Whether you call it Londongrad or the London Laundromat, there’s no doubt that the UK has a serious problem with dirty money in politics. It undermines the integrity of our elections and therefore our democracy – a problem that is exacerbated by weak rules around donations to political parties. These issues can and must be dealt with if we’re to drive dirty money out of UK politics.
Spotlight has researched and developed a model “know your donor” policy that political parties could straightforwardly implement. And we continue to recommend additional important measures to secure the integrity of the UK’s democratic processes.
Spotlight on Corruption is today publishing the National Crime Agency’s (NCA) response to our letter, in which we called for the agency to coordinate the UK’s response to serious breaches...
Independent expert bodies have provided a catalogue of recommendations to improve the UK’s political finance laws and their enforcement. From landmark reports by the Committee on Standards in Public Life...
This briefing looks at recent Government measures in relation to electoral integrity, the issues that need to be tackled to ensure the integrity of the next election and at the...
On Tuesday 12 December, the House of Lords debated a statutory instrument (SI) removing the 15-year limit on voting rights for UK citizens living abroad. The government estimates that as...
This week Spotlight on Corruption wrote to the National Crime Agency (NCA) to urge it to take a leading role in coordinating enforcement of the UK’s electoral finance laws –...
Earlier this month, the government accepted and enlarged upon recommendations from Parliament’s Committee on Standards for stronger rules for the UK’s All-Party Parliamentary Groups (APPGs) – the informal groups that...
The government has once again voted down a House of Lords amendment that would have introduced checks on donations to political parties to ensure that they are not disguised payments...
Tonight members of the House of Lords defeated the government by passing an amendment to the National Security Bill that will require political parties to do proper checks on whether...