Margaret Hodge

He should not be beyond the reach of the British justice system.

Today, File on 4 Investigates is on the trail of the fugitive fraudster who stole from every one of us.

Gabby.

Gabby, Gabby.

But so too do criminal attacks on the tax system, often by serious organised crime groups.

Last year alone, more than £4.7 billion of public money was stolen in this way.

A stone's throw from Natalie's home in Preston is the former headquarters of one of the country's most prolific tax fraudsters.

His name is Arif Patel, and he stole tens of millions of pounds from all of us, which he used to buy sports cars, build a property empire, and to kid himself that he was a local boy made good.

The people who were the, the most, um, adam- adamant saboteurs, who were more often than not also pro-Israel lobbyists.

People like, um, Margaret Hodge, Ruth Smeeth, uh, Luciana Berger, uh, and so forth, all of these people.

Um, the, uh, i- uh, what, uh, you know, a- and actually Jeremy Corbyn opposed that.

He opposed the deselection because he sort of, he was a, a, a very sort of kumbaya style of leadership, wishy-washy, where he wanted to kind of get along with everyone, even people who were just viciously opposed to him, which was never really gonna work.

Over on American Friction, Robin M. Meyer, executive director of the Death Penalty Information Center, examines what Krista Pike's botched execution tells us about the state of capital punishment in America.

And over on The Bunker, I speak to Baroness Margaret Hodge about her career and the latest political turmoil.

And Dorian Lindsky sits down with Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich to discuss his 500 days locked up in Russia.

Joining us today, he's the Guardian columnist who's resting his thumbs after a good few days using the block button, it's Rafael Behr.

Hi to Chris.

I thought Margaret Hodge's daughter was high up in the BBC news department, says Chris.

Jewish, could well be.

Chris, hi to Rich.

These 14 institutions include such renowned museums as the National Gallery, the British Museum, and the Natural History Museum, among others, which together attract tens of millions of visitors each year.

The decision for them to remain free, even to foreigners, was prompted by an independent review published in December by former Labour Party Minister Margaret Hodge, who said a charging model for international tourists would align the UK with other countries that charge an entry fee for international visitors.

The Department of Culture, Media, and Sport considered the notion, but after months of consolations that included local community leaders, they decided to keep the museum entry free to all people.

Free admission was first instituted by Tony Blair in 2001.

I'll be speaking to her about her new book, which looks at the mistreatment of widows in history.

And this connects with what Dame Margaret Hodge told us earlier this month about her experiences of becoming a widow after the death of her husband in 2009.

I object to being called a widow.

It took me forever.

We're all going to probably live for a long life.

Why should you define yourself for perhaps 30 years of life as something you've

lost? Dame Margaret Hodge there.

So how are widows treated and viewed in today's society? We'd like to hear from you on this.

Overseas visitors will continue to enjoy free entry to England's national museums after ministers decided against charging them after months of discussions between government museums and the tourism department.

Ministers said in March that, quote, "Charging international visitors at national museums could provide significant benefit," as they promised to explore options, including examining whether making overseas tourists pay, quote, "boost the institution's finances." So they were responding to an independent review published in December by former Labour minister Margaret Hodge, who said charging model for international tourists should be there.

The Department for Culture, Media and Sports, DCMS, confirmed on Tuesday that free admission would remain in place for everyone.

It said, quote, "The government believes that charging overseas visitors could deter domestic visitors and that the impacts and benefits of charging would not be felt equally across the sector and therefore will not introduce charges for overseas visitors." Universal free admission to museums was introduced by Tony Blair's Labour government in two thousand and one.