For years, corporate whistleblowers in the UK have found themselves in an unenviable predicament. They’re encouraged to report wrongdoing, but at the same time they often feel like they’ve risked everything: their careers and livelihoods in exchange for little. In this special two-part series, we explore why critics think this system is failing whistleblowers and what the UK can do to change things.

In part one: We hear from two whistleblowers who share why they blew the whistle and what went wrong after. Plus, the FT’s financial regulation editor Martin Arnold and Mary Inman, the attorney who represented well-known whistleblowers such as Frances Haugen of Meta and Tyler Shultz of Theranos, discuss the systemic issues whistleblowers have faced in the UK.

Part two airs next Monday, December 15.

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For further reading:

Should corporate whistleblowers get paid?

Whistleblowers could earn millions as HMRC targets tax fraud

Corporate whistleblowing in the UK needs a shake-up

Asset management: inside the scandal that rocked GAM

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