EU strengthens whistleblower protections

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EU states have two years to bring in agreed new legal protection for whistleblowers. Robert McCoy is one such person who exposed systemic fraud over the award of contracts in the European Union, and tells us about the toll it took on his life to come forward. Virginie Roziere is a former Member of the European Parliament, who helped steer the new legislation through its various stages, and explains how complainants will be protected in Europe. And we hear from Paul Boyle, who was chief audit officer for the insurance firm Aviva, and is now chairman of the trustees at Protect, which has helped 40,000 workers raise concerns. Also in the programme, the new leaders of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank have warned of a deteriorating global economic outlook. Today the World Bank published its World Development Report 2020 so we speak to its Chief Economist, Penny Goldberg. As the UK draws closer to the 31st October Brexit date, our reporter heads to a government-run roadshow event to hear what businesses should be doing to prepare. (Picture: An envelope marked confidential. Picture credit: Getty Images.)