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...
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...
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.
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...
Eighteen organisations reiterate their support for Carole Cadwalladr as she faces SLAPP trial
Spotlight on Corruption strongly welcomes today’s Committee on Standards in Public Life roadmap for upgrading how standards in public life are regulated. This roadmap represents a realistic but robust agenda...
We join with 14 other organisations to condemn legal action against the journalist, the Financial Times and HarperCollins in London The undersigned organisations express their serious concern at the legal...
Nigel Boardman’s 19 recommendations and 5 suggestions resulting from the Greensill scandal were finally published last week, after sitting in the government’s in-tray since early August. It has been worth...