Spotlight on Corruption shines a light on the UK’s role in corruption at home and abroad.

New Representation of the People Bill – Still far to go to protect UK democracy

• Dr Susan Hawley

• Kamila Kingstone

The government’s Representation of the People Bill goes some way towards protecting our democracy by introducing stronger checks on donations and enhancing enforcement. However, there is still far to go…

Collapse of major bribery prosecution triggers review of disclosure in 20 SFO cases

• Zainab Saleem

• Dr Helen Taylor

Today the Serious Fraud Office dropped a decade-old corruption case against former executives at London Mining PLC and their alleged ‘fixer’, exposing new problems with the agency’s legacy disclosure software…

No more tinkering – root and branch reform of how politicians are held to account is now essential

• Dr Susan Hawley

There is rightly huge public demand that Mandelson and those who saw fit to appoint him face meaningful accountability.  But former Prime Minister, Gordon Brown’s intervention over the weekend that…

Mandelson’s misconduct – a moment of reckoning for the UK’s political establishment

• Dr Susan Hawley

The Mandelson scandal must lead to a review of whether the new misconduct in public office offence in the Hillsborough Bill is robust enough, and urgent measures to ensure greater…

Legal regulator to foot hefty bill for pursuing Carter-Ruck partner in OneCoin crypto scam SLAPP case

• Dr Helen Taylor

• Zainab Saleem

• Megan Davis

Today the Solicitors Regulation Authority has been told it is on the hook for more than half a million pounds in legal costs to Claire Gill, after the regulator’s SLAPPs…

Submission to the Public Office (Accountability) Bill committee, November 2025