A fully independent Electoral Commission is critical to ensuring the integrity of UK elections, and maintaining public confidence that elections are run fairly. However, the previous Conservative government curtailed the...
The independence of the Electoral Commission must be fully restored to safeguard the UK’s electoral integrity from a future authoritarian government, a new report released today by Spotlight on Corruption...
The focus on yesterday’s introduction of the proposed Hillsborough Law has largely been about ensuring those in public office tell the truth and are transparent. But yesterday’s Bill – with...
Today the National Audit Office has released a report into what controls the UK’s Ministry of Defence had in place on two key defence programmes with the Saudi Arabian government...
Around the world, criminals are profiting from environmental destruction, driving climate change, and getting away with it. Industrial-scale illegal gold mining by Chinese syndicates is destroying biodiversity and displacing communities...
Today’s announcement of a new Ethics and Integrity Commission must be the first step in a more ambitious upgrade of standards regulation that independent experts have long called for. Without...
Spotlight on Corruption welcomes today’s publication of an elections strategy which sees the government commit to crucial reforms that will help protect our democracy from the risks of undue influence...
Spotlight asked electoral experts what they want to see in the upcoming Elections Bill. Here former Electoral Commission chief executive Bob Posner discusses how to block foreign donations. Most established...