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The Home Office has scrapped golden visas. This is what should happen next.

by Spotlight On Corruption | Feb 28, 2022

On 17 February 2022, the Home Office scrapped the UK’s Tier 1 Investor visa route (‘golden visas’) without formal notice and with immediate effect. This decision is welcome – last year, Spotlight on Corruption published research which revealed serious concerns...

Statement on news that the UK government will scrap ‘golden visas’

by Spotlight On Corruption | Feb 17, 2022

The leaked news that the Home Secretary is planning to scrap the UK’s ‘golden visa’ program is highly welcome. For too long, Tier 1 Investor visas have laid out the red carpet to dirty money, giving kleptocrats, fraudsters and criminals easy access to UK residency and...

Half of VIP lane companies supplied PPE worth £1 billion that was not fit for purpose

by Spotlight On Corruption | Feb 11, 2022

11.02.2022 Spotlight on Corruption has established that 25 of the 50 companies in the government’s ‘VIP lane’ supplied PPE worth £1 billion that was not fit for purpose. This amounts to 59% of all money awarded to VIP lane companies for PPE. One third of the total...

Spotlight on Corruption’s Dr Susan Hawley signs letter urging Foreign Secretary to impose sanctions on Kazakhstan’s kleptocratic elite

by Spotlight On Corruption | Feb 4, 2022

Liz TrussSecretary of State for Foreign Commonwealth and Development AffairsKing Charles StreetLondonSW1A 2AH 3rd February 2022   Dear Secretary of State   Targeted anti-corruption sanctions  in relation to Kazakhstan We are writing to urge you to impose...

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