APPG on Anti-Corruption and Responsible Tax
@appgonacrt.bsky.social
Building a fair and transparent tax system. Campaigning against corruption and dirty money. Working cross-party for real change.
Chaired by Phil Brickell MP
Chaired by Phil Brickell MP
The budget wasn't the only show in town this week - here’s our Chair @philbrickellmp.bsky.social and APPG member Lloyd Hatton on why today's Government meeting with the UK's Overseas Territories matters for communities across the country 👇
November 27, 2025 at 12:23 PM
The budget wasn't the only show in town this week - here’s our Chair @philbrickellmp.bsky.social and APPG member Lloyd Hatton on why today's Government meeting with the UK's Overseas Territories matters for communities across the country 👇
Great news!
After a campaign from the APPG, the Chancellor has made tackling dodgy high street businesses a priority in today’s Budget – setting aside £50 million a year for the next 3 years to boost enforcement against money laundering & tax evasion on our high streets.
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After a campaign from the APPG, the Chancellor has made tackling dodgy high street businesses a priority in today’s Budget – setting aside £50 million a year for the next 3 years to boost enforcement against money laundering & tax evasion on our high streets.
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November 26, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Great news!
After a campaign from the APPG, the Chancellor has made tackling dodgy high street businesses a priority in today’s Budget – setting aside £50 million a year for the next 3 years to boost enforcement against money laundering & tax evasion on our high streets.
🧵👇
After a campaign from the APPG, the Chancellor has made tackling dodgy high street businesses a priority in today’s Budget – setting aside £50 million a year for the next 3 years to boost enforcement against money laundering & tax evasion on our high streets.
🧵👇
🔎 Last week in Westminster Hall, MPs set out how financial secrecy in Britain’s Overseas Territories is something that hits communities hard across the UK. When oligarchs, tax dodgers and organised criminals hide their money offshore, it is working people here at home who pick up the bill 👇🧵
November 10, 2025 at 4:56 PM
🔎 Last week in Westminster Hall, MPs set out how financial secrecy in Britain’s Overseas Territories is something that hits communities hard across the UK. When oligarchs, tax dodgers and organised criminals hide their money offshore, it is working people here at home who pick up the bill 👇🧵
🚨 Our Chair @philbrickellmp.bsky.social is leading a debate today on how financial secrecy in Britain's Overseas Territories is harming communities throughout the UK.
When oligarchs, tax dodgers and organised criminals hide their money offshore, working people here at home pick up the bill 👇
When oligarchs, tax dodgers and organised criminals hide their money offshore, working people here at home pick up the bill 👇
November 5, 2025 at 9:20 AM
🚨 Our Chair @philbrickellmp.bsky.social is leading a debate today on how financial secrecy in Britain's Overseas Territories is harming communities throughout the UK.
When oligarchs, tax dodgers and organised criminals hide their money offshore, working people here at home pick up the bill 👇
When oligarchs, tax dodgers and organised criminals hide their money offshore, working people here at home pick up the bill 👇
💷 Economic crime costs us billions every year, from fraud to money laundering.
But law enforcement budgets haven’t kept pace.
Watch Lord Cromwell make the case for an Economic Crime Fighting Fund, which would give agencies the tools they need by reinvesting more of the cash taken from criminals 👇
But law enforcement budgets haven’t kept pace.
Watch Lord Cromwell make the case for an Economic Crime Fighting Fund, which would give agencies the tools they need by reinvesting more of the cash taken from criminals 👇
October 16, 2025 at 3:58 PM
💷 Economic crime costs us billions every year, from fraud to money laundering.
But law enforcement budgets haven’t kept pace.
Watch Lord Cromwell make the case for an Economic Crime Fighting Fund, which would give agencies the tools they need by reinvesting more of the cash taken from criminals 👇
But law enforcement budgets haven’t kept pace.
Watch Lord Cromwell make the case for an Economic Crime Fighting Fund, which would give agencies the tools they need by reinvesting more of the cash taken from criminals 👇
❗High-street money laundering and tax abuse is damaging communities nationwide. After our APPG received a briefing from the NCA last week, APPG Chair @philbrickellmp.bsky.social asked the Home Office what they’re doing about it ⬇
September 16, 2025 at 12:38 PM
❗High-street money laundering and tax abuse is damaging communities nationwide. After our APPG received a briefing from the NCA last week, APPG Chair @philbrickellmp.bsky.social asked the Home Office what they’re doing about it ⬇
👏 3/4 Finally, @philbrickellmp.bsky.social welcomed the strategy.
❔ He asked several Qs, including on timelines and permissible donations.
👍 📝 Minister @rushanaraalibgs.bsky.social said she would write to him about his questions, and would be working closely with the Electoral Commission.
❔ He asked several Qs, including on timelines and permissible donations.
👍 📝 Minister @rushanaraalibgs.bsky.social said she would write to him about his questions, and would be working closely with the Electoral Commission.
July 18, 2025 at 12:00 PM
👏 3/4 Finally, @philbrickellmp.bsky.social welcomed the strategy.
❔ He asked several Qs, including on timelines and permissible donations.
👍 📝 Minister @rushanaraalibgs.bsky.social said she would write to him about his questions, and would be working closely with the Electoral Commission.
❔ He asked several Qs, including on timelines and permissible donations.
👍 📝 Minister @rushanaraalibgs.bsky.social said she would write to him about his questions, and would be working closely with the Electoral Commission.
⚠️ 🪙 2/4 Next up was @liambyrnemp.bsky.social who cautioned that the measures outlined by Govt need to be strengthened by banning cryptocurrency from our politics.
📑 The Minister said existing rules will still need to be abided by, regardless of the type of donation.
📑 The Minister said existing rules will still need to be abided by, regardless of the type of donation.
July 18, 2025 at 12:00 PM
⚠️ 🪙 2/4 Next up was @liambyrnemp.bsky.social who cautioned that the measures outlined by Govt need to be strengthened by banning cryptocurrency from our politics.
📑 The Minister said existing rules will still need to be abided by, regardless of the type of donation.
📑 The Minister said existing rules will still need to be abided by, regardless of the type of donation.
🚨 📽️ 🧵 1/4 New video thread!
🗣️ Yesterday, when Govt launched its Elections Bill strategy, some of our members asked key questions.
🦹♂️ First up was @rachelblakemp.bsky.social who voiced her concerns about foreign influence.
📖 Minister @rushanaraalibgs.bsky.social agreed, citing the Russia Report.
🗣️ Yesterday, when Govt launched its Elections Bill strategy, some of our members asked key questions.
🦹♂️ First up was @rachelblakemp.bsky.social who voiced her concerns about foreign influence.
📖 Minister @rushanaraalibgs.bsky.social agreed, citing the Russia Report.
July 18, 2025 at 12:00 PM
🚨 📽️ 🧵 1/4 New video thread!
🗣️ Yesterday, when Govt launched its Elections Bill strategy, some of our members asked key questions.
🦹♂️ First up was @rachelblakemp.bsky.social who voiced her concerns about foreign influence.
📖 Minister @rushanaraalibgs.bsky.social agreed, citing the Russia Report.
🗣️ Yesterday, when Govt launched its Elections Bill strategy, some of our members asked key questions.
🦹♂️ First up was @rachelblakemp.bsky.social who voiced her concerns about foreign influence.
📖 Minister @rushanaraalibgs.bsky.social agreed, citing the Russia Report.
💰 In short, Phil says, 'dirty money...corrodes the entire tax system.'
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July 17, 2025 at 3:07 PM
💰 In short, Phil says, 'dirty money...corrodes the entire tax system.'
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🏝️ As Phil says, corporate secrecy in territories like the BVI enables tax abuse on a huge scale.
🛥️ In Jan, @tbij.bsky.social reported on how UK tax havens allowed sanctioned Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich to allegedly dodge vast amounts of tax.
www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2025...
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🛥️ In Jan, @tbij.bsky.social reported on how UK tax havens allowed sanctioned Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich to allegedly dodge vast amounts of tax.
www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2025...
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July 17, 2025 at 3:07 PM
🏝️ As Phil says, corporate secrecy in territories like the BVI enables tax abuse on a huge scale.
🛥️ In Jan, @tbij.bsky.social reported on how UK tax havens allowed sanctioned Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich to allegedly dodge vast amounts of tax.
www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2025...
2/4
🛥️ In Jan, @tbij.bsky.social reported on how UK tax havens allowed sanctioned Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich to allegedly dodge vast amounts of tax.
www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2025...
2/4
📽️ 🧵 New video thread!
🗣️ The APPG's @philbrickellmp.bsky.social spoke about British Overseas Territories in this week's tax debate.
❌ The British Virgin Islands (BVI) recently missed a 3rd deadline for creating more transparent corporate registers.
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🗣️ The APPG's @philbrickellmp.bsky.social spoke about British Overseas Territories in this week's tax debate.
❌ The British Virgin Islands (BVI) recently missed a 3rd deadline for creating more transparent corporate registers.
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July 17, 2025 at 3:07 PM
📽️ 🧵 New video thread!
🗣️ The APPG's @philbrickellmp.bsky.social spoke about British Overseas Territories in this week's tax debate.
❌ The British Virgin Islands (BVI) recently missed a 3rd deadline for creating more transparent corporate registers.
1/4
🗣️ The APPG's @philbrickellmp.bsky.social spoke about British Overseas Territories in this week's tax debate.
❌ The British Virgin Islands (BVI) recently missed a 3rd deadline for creating more transparent corporate registers.
1/4
📽️ NEW VIDEO 📽️
🚨 "Missing deadlines must have consequences." 🚨
🏛️ After some Overseas Territories missed their own deadline for opening up their corporate registers, our Chair, @joepowell.bsky.social calls for "urgent action" from UK Govt to help us clean up dirty money.
🚨 "Missing deadlines must have consequences." 🚨
🏛️ After some Overseas Territories missed their own deadline for opening up their corporate registers, our Chair, @joepowell.bsky.social calls for "urgent action" from UK Govt to help us clean up dirty money.
July 2, 2025 at 11:31 AM
📽️ NEW VIDEO 📽️
🚨 "Missing deadlines must have consequences." 🚨
🏛️ After some Overseas Territories missed their own deadline for opening up their corporate registers, our Chair, @joepowell.bsky.social calls for "urgent action" from UK Govt to help us clean up dirty money.
🚨 "Missing deadlines must have consequences." 🚨
🏛️ After some Overseas Territories missed their own deadline for opening up their corporate registers, our Chair, @joepowell.bsky.social calls for "urgent action" from UK Govt to help us clean up dirty money.