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🔥 As Starter Packs are doing the rounds again, here is a hastily updated #anticorruption pack with (mostly) a UK focus. 🙏 As always, any additions, deletions or edits much appreciated.
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🔥 As Starter Packs are doing the rounds again, here is a hastily updated #anticorruption pack with (mostly) a UK focus. 🙏 As always, any additions, deletions or edits much appreciated.
January 12, 2026 at 11:54 AM
🔥 As Starter Packs are doing the rounds again, here is a hastily updated #anticorruption pack with (mostly) a UK focus. 🙏 As always, any additions, deletions or edits much appreciated.
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🎥 "The situation we have at the end of the day is... whatever rules you have, all of this conversation is about policing the perimeter."
Yesterday @duncanhames.bsky.social gave evidence to parliament and explained to MPs and Peers why caps on donations are key to ending undue influence in politics.
Yesterday @duncanhames.bsky.social gave evidence to parliament and explained to MPs and Peers why caps on donations are key to ending undue influence in politics.
January 13, 2026 at 11:01 AM
🎥 "The situation we have at the end of the day is... whatever rules you have, all of this conversation is about policing the perimeter."
Yesterday @duncanhames.bsky.social gave evidence to parliament and explained to MPs and Peers why caps on donations are key to ending undue influence in politics.
Yesterday @duncanhames.bsky.social gave evidence to parliament and explained to MPs and Peers why caps on donations are key to ending undue influence in politics.
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💥 Powerful intervention from @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social in the Lords Chamber highlighting how the UK banking system is facilitating the environmental devastation and displacement being caused by the world’s largest private coal developer, the Adani Group ⬇️
January 12, 2026 at 3:27 PM
💥 Powerful intervention from @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social in the Lords Chamber highlighting how the UK banking system is facilitating the environmental devastation and displacement being caused by the world’s largest private coal developer, the Adani Group ⬇️
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👇 Good coverage here of the growing calls for a ban on donations to political parties in cryptocurrencies. “Crypto donations present real risks to our democracy,” says our Executive Director @suehawley.bsky.social.
Senior Labour MPs urge government to ban cryptocurrency political donations
Campaign groups argue online transactions ‘present real risks to our democracy’ as it is hard to trace their true source
www.theguardian.com
January 12, 2026 at 12:30 PM
👇 Good coverage here of the growing calls for a ban on donations to political parties in cryptocurrencies. “Crypto donations present real risks to our democracy,” says our Executive Director @suehawley.bsky.social.
💥 Powerful intervention from @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social in the Lords Chamber highlighting how the UK banking system is facilitating the environmental devastation and displacement being caused by the world’s largest private coal developer, the Adani Group ⬇️
January 12, 2026 at 3:27 PM
💥 Powerful intervention from @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social in the Lords Chamber highlighting how the UK banking system is facilitating the environmental devastation and displacement being caused by the world’s largest private coal developer, the Adani Group ⬇️
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🚨🚨 7 Select Committee Chairs urge PM to ban crypto donations 👇👇
Like them, we've called for a ban on crypto donations to political parties because they are hard to trace, facilitate risky borderless transfers, and can obscure the true source of funds.
➡️ Read more here: shorturl.at/B8hIs
Like them, we've called for a ban on crypto donations to political parties because they are hard to trace, facilitate risky borderless transfers, and can obscure the true source of funds.
➡️ Read more here: shorturl.at/B8hIs
January 12, 2026 at 12:42 PM
🚨🚨 7 Select Committee Chairs urge PM to ban crypto donations 👇👇
Like them, we've called for a ban on crypto donations to political parties because they are hard to trace, facilitate risky borderless transfers, and can obscure the true source of funds.
➡️ Read more here: shorturl.at/B8hIs
Like them, we've called for a ban on crypto donations to political parties because they are hard to trace, facilitate risky borderless transfers, and can obscure the true source of funds.
➡️ Read more here: shorturl.at/B8hIs
👇 Good coverage here of the growing calls for a ban on donations to political parties in cryptocurrencies. “Crypto donations present real risks to our democracy,” says our Executive Director @suehawley.bsky.social.
Senior Labour MPs urge government to ban cryptocurrency political donations
Campaign groups argue online transactions ‘present real risks to our democracy’ as it is hard to trace their true source
www.theguardian.com
January 12, 2026 at 12:30 PM
👇 Good coverage here of the growing calls for a ban on donations to political parties in cryptocurrencies. “Crypto donations present real risks to our democracy,” says our Executive Director @suehawley.bsky.social.
🔥 As Starter Packs are doing the rounds again, here is a hastily updated #anticorruption pack with (mostly) a UK focus. 🙏 As always, any additions, deletions or edits much appreciated.
January 12, 2026 at 11:54 AM
🔥 As Starter Packs are doing the rounds again, here is a hastily updated #anticorruption pack with (mostly) a UK focus. 🙏 As always, any additions, deletions or edits much appreciated.
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👏 Brilliant work by the Serious Fraud Office to make creative use of civil recovery tools to secure more than £400k for victims of an email scam in the UK 24 years ago:
SFO returns £400,000 to victims of global email fraud
Nine fraud victims to be compensated 24 years after the crime following innovative SFO technique.
www.gov.uk
January 8, 2026 at 12:04 PM
👏 Brilliant work by the Serious Fraud Office to make creative use of civil recovery tools to secure more than £400k for victims of an email scam in the UK 24 years ago:
👏 Brilliant work by the Serious Fraud Office to make creative use of civil recovery tools to secure more than £400k for victims of an email scam in the UK 24 years ago:
SFO returns £400,000 to victims of global email fraud
Nine fraud victims to be compensated 24 years after the crime following innovative SFO technique.
www.gov.uk
January 8, 2026 at 12:04 PM
👏 Brilliant work by the Serious Fraud Office to make creative use of civil recovery tools to secure more than £400k for victims of an email scam in the UK 24 years ago:
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🆕 With the govt’s #ElectionsBill set to land in the coming weeks, we have a new entry in our ‘Bold Ideas for Electoral Reform’ series. Bob Posner, former @electoralcommission.org.uk chief exec, calls for year-round limits on political parties’ spending to prevent the cost of elections spiralling.
Bold ideas for electoral reform: Regulating political party spending year-round - Spotlight on Corruption
Current campaign spending rules only cover the 'regulated period' before an election. It's time to change that, argues Bob Posner.
www.spotlightcorruption.org
January 7, 2026 at 2:16 PM
🆕 With the govt’s #ElectionsBill set to land in the coming weeks, we have a new entry in our ‘Bold Ideas for Electoral Reform’ series. Bob Posner, former @electoralcommission.org.uk chief exec, calls for year-round limits on political parties’ spending to prevent the cost of elections spiralling.
🆕 With the govt’s #ElectionsBill set to land in the coming weeks, we have a new entry in our ‘Bold Ideas for Electoral Reform’ series. Bob Posner, former @electoralcommission.org.uk chief exec, calls for year-round limits on political parties’ spending to prevent the cost of elections spiralling.
Bold ideas for electoral reform: Regulating political party spending year-round - Spotlight on Corruption
Current campaign spending rules only cover the 'regulated period' before an election. It's time to change that, argues Bob Posner.
www.spotlightcorruption.org
January 7, 2026 at 2:16 PM
🆕 With the govt’s #ElectionsBill set to land in the coming weeks, we have a new entry in our ‘Bold Ideas for Electoral Reform’ series. Bob Posner, former @electoralcommission.org.uk chief exec, calls for year-round limits on political parties’ spending to prevent the cost of elections spiralling.
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Great to see FCDO commitment in the UK Anti-Corruption Strategy 2025 to "work more closely with international partners to support wider access to beneficial ownership data ... and wider uptake of the Beneficial Ownership Data Standard"
www.gov.uk/government/p...
#beneficialownership #openstandards
www.gov.uk/government/p...
#beneficialownership #openstandards
UK Anti-Corruption Strategy 2025 (accessible)
www.gov.uk
January 5, 2026 at 3:41 PM
Great to see FCDO commitment in the UK Anti-Corruption Strategy 2025 to "work more closely with international partners to support wider access to beneficial ownership data ... and wider uptake of the Beneficial Ownership Data Standard"
www.gov.uk/government/p...
#beneficialownership #openstandards
www.gov.uk/government/p...
#beneficialownership #openstandards
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Great to see @thetimes.com cover our latest report on how just a third of criminal assets frozen by UK law enforcement agencies in the fight against #dirtymoney is currently being recovered. www.thetimes.com/article/0c64...
Less than a third of frozen criminal assets recovered under ‘McMafia’ laws
A report found despite powers to crack down on corrupt elites, Britain is still being used to harbour illicit wealth
www.thetimes.com
December 22, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Great to see @thetimes.com cover our latest report on how just a third of criminal assets frozen by UK law enforcement agencies in the fight against #dirtymoney is currently being recovered. www.thetimes.com/article/0c64...
Great to see @thetimes.com cover our latest report on how just a third of criminal assets frozen by UK law enforcement agencies in the fight against #dirtymoney is currently being recovered. www.thetimes.com/article/0c64...
Less than a third of frozen criminal assets recovered under ‘McMafia’ laws
A report found despite powers to crack down on corrupt elites, Britain is still being used to harbour illicit wealth
www.thetimes.com
December 22, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Great to see @thetimes.com cover our latest report on how just a third of criminal assets frozen by UK law enforcement agencies in the fight against #dirtymoney is currently being recovered. www.thetimes.com/article/0c64...
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🎉 🥳 #UNCAC #CoSP11 adopted resolution on political finance transparency, making it the first-ever set of principles agreed at UN-level to promote accountability in funding of political parties and campaigns. Congrats, Norway, Albania, Ghana, Mongolia @anticorruption.bsky.social @ifes.bsky.social!
December 19, 2025 at 1:53 PM
🎉 🥳 #UNCAC #CoSP11 adopted resolution on political finance transparency, making it the first-ever set of principles agreed at UN-level to promote accountability in funding of political parties and campaigns. Congrats, Norway, Albania, Ghana, Mongolia @anticorruption.bsky.social @ifes.bsky.social!
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🏠💷🏦 Last week, the NCA’s #AzerbaijaniLaundromat case was back in the courts with its claim against Javanshir Feyziyev to recover 22 properties and associated rental income, plus the balance of a Liechtenstein bank account currently held by the Azerbaijani businessman, his wife, or for their benefit.
December 19, 2025 at 8:03 AM
🏠💷🏦 Last week, the NCA’s #AzerbaijaniLaundromat case was back in the courts with its claim against Javanshir Feyziyev to recover 22 properties and associated rental income, plus the balance of a Liechtenstein bank account currently held by the Azerbaijani businessman, his wife, or for their benefit.
🏠💷🏦 Last week, the NCA’s #AzerbaijaniLaundromat case was back in the courts with its claim against Javanshir Feyziyev to recover 22 properties and associated rental income, plus the balance of a Liechtenstein bank account currently held by the Azerbaijani businessman, his wife, or for their benefit.
December 19, 2025 at 8:03 AM
🏠💷🏦 Last week, the NCA’s #AzerbaijaniLaundromat case was back in the courts with its claim against Javanshir Feyziyev to recover 22 properties and associated rental income, plus the balance of a Liechtenstein bank account currently held by the Azerbaijani businessman, his wife, or for their benefit.
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👏 Welcome news that there will be an independent review into foreign interference in our politics.
👇 Here's Spotlight’s statement on what it should cover:
👇 Here's Spotlight’s statement on what it should cover:
Statement: Spotlight urges foreign interference review not to ignore broader risks - Spotlight on Corruption
It is highly welcome that the government has launched an independent review into foreign interference in our politics. We have long called for an inquiry
www.spotlightcorruption.org
December 16, 2025 at 3:53 PM
👏 Welcome news that there will be an independent review into foreign interference in our politics.
👇 Here's Spotlight’s statement on what it should cover:
👇 Here's Spotlight’s statement on what it should cover:
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🚨🧵 1/ We welcome the new urgent Government review into foreign interference in UK politics.
👍 Our Chair @philbrickellmp.bsky.social: "It's absolutely right that the Govt is reviewing our defences against foreign interference in light of Nathan Gill's bribery conviction."
www.gov.uk/government/n...
👍 Our Chair @philbrickellmp.bsky.social: "It's absolutely right that the Govt is reviewing our defences against foreign interference in light of Nathan Gill's bribery conviction."
www.gov.uk/government/n...
Urgent review into foreign financial interference in UK politics
An independent review, led by Philip Rycroft, into foreign financial interference in UK politics has been commissioned by the government.
www.gov.uk
December 16, 2025 at 4:51 PM
🚨🧵 1/ We welcome the new urgent Government review into foreign interference in UK politics.
👍 Our Chair @philbrickellmp.bsky.social: "It's absolutely right that the Govt is reviewing our defences against foreign interference in light of Nathan Gill's bribery conviction."
www.gov.uk/government/n...
👍 Our Chair @philbrickellmp.bsky.social: "It's absolutely right that the Govt is reviewing our defences against foreign interference in light of Nathan Gill's bribery conviction."
www.gov.uk/government/n...
👏 Welcome news that there will be an independent review into foreign interference in our politics.
👇 Here's Spotlight’s statement on what it should cover:
👇 Here's Spotlight’s statement on what it should cover:
Statement: Spotlight urges foreign interference review not to ignore broader risks - Spotlight on Corruption
It is highly welcome that the government has launched an independent review into foreign interference in our politics. We have long called for an inquiry
www.spotlightcorruption.org
December 16, 2025 at 3:53 PM
👏 Welcome news that there will be an independent review into foreign interference in our politics.
👇 Here's Spotlight’s statement on what it should cover:
👇 Here's Spotlight’s statement on what it should cover:
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🚨 SCOOP: “I’m a Labour donor”
Ben Howlett is an ex-Tory MP, owner of influential PoliticsUK account, and the fixer we exposed selling access to Westminster
Turns out he's also involved in Labour fundraising, and discussing donations with Labour MPs
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/im-a-labou...
Ben Howlett is an ex-Tory MP, owner of influential PoliticsUK account, and the fixer we exposed selling access to Westminster
Turns out he's also involved in Labour fundraising, and discussing donations with Labour MPs
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/im-a-labou...
“I’m a Labour donor”: ex-Tory MP exposed in cash-for-access sting
Exclusive: Details of Ben Howlett’s fundraising for Labour prompts Green leader Zack Polanski to call on Starmer's party to “come clean” about its relationship with him.
democracyforsale.substack.com
December 16, 2025 at 11:52 AM
🚨 SCOOP: “I’m a Labour donor”
Ben Howlett is an ex-Tory MP, owner of influential PoliticsUK account, and the fixer we exposed selling access to Westminster
Turns out he's also involved in Labour fundraising, and discussing donations with Labour MPs
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/im-a-labou...
Ben Howlett is an ex-Tory MP, owner of influential PoliticsUK account, and the fixer we exposed selling access to Westminster
Turns out he's also involved in Labour fundraising, and discussing donations with Labour MPs
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/im-a-labou...
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@spotlightcorruption.org said this story “raises serious red flags about where political fundraising ends and private influence begins”
Labour says it is not affiliated with Howlett or his Chamber Group. Howlett did not respond.
Labour says it is not affiliated with Howlett or his Chamber Group. Howlett did not respond.
December 16, 2025 at 11:52 AM
@spotlightcorruption.org said this story “raises serious red flags about where political fundraising ends and private influence begins”
Labour says it is not affiliated with Howlett or his Chamber Group. Howlett did not respond.
Labour says it is not affiliated with Howlett or his Chamber Group. Howlett did not respond.
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What happens when a law firm acts for a business widely suspected of fraud — run by a convicted fraudster, owned by unknown parties, and unable to answer fraud allegations?
And threatens whistleblowers, regulators and even the police who try to stop it?
Nothing.
And threatens whistleblowers, regulators and even the police who try to stop it?
Nothing.
December 15, 2025 at 2:34 PM
What happens when a law firm acts for a business widely suspected of fraud — run by a convicted fraudster, owned by unknown parties, and unable to answer fraud allegations?
And threatens whistleblowers, regulators and even the police who try to stop it?
Nothing.
And threatens whistleblowers, regulators and even the police who try to stop it?
Nothing.