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

Spotlight launches its Impact Report 2019-2023

Spotlight on Corruption is four years old this month. We’ve done a lot in that time. So much in fact that we’ve wrapped up a summary of our achievements in…

The UK must up its game on asset recovery to tackle corruption and kleptocracy

• James Bolton-Jones

Just how much does the UK recover from corruption? Annual asset recovery statistics published last week show some modest progress in the UK’s asset recovery performance, with a strong showing…

UK government misses key opportunities to strengthen the Economic Crime Bill

• James Bolton-Jones

The government on Monday resisted key amendments to the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill despite strong cross-party support including from prominent and well-respected former Conservative law officers.  These amendments…

First-ever court challenge to Russia sanctions fails

• Dr Helen Taylor

Today the first-ever judicial challenge to a designation under the UK’s Russia sanctions regime was dismissed, as the High Court upheld the government’s decision to impose sanctions against the US-UK…

Integrity-lite: how the government’s standards reforms stack up (in pictures)

• Dr Susan Hawley

• Dr Daniel Beizsley

With just hours to go before Parliament went on recess, the government last week snuck out its long awaited (and very overdue) response to three separate independent reports on strengthening…