Members of the House of Lords last night took a small but significant step towards tackling the immense harm caused by foreign influence over the UK’s political system, with 207...
So here we go again. The Westminster Accounts is the latest scandal showing how vulnerable UK politics is to those seeking undue influence with their cheque books and how money...
This year has been a whirlwind on the anti-corruption front. From integrity issues bringing down a Prime Minister in July, to the UK finally getting to grips with its Londongrad...
Tomorrow, the House of Lords will debate the National Security Bill and has an opportunity to make an important intervention on tackling dubious money in UK politics. Both the current...
Spotlight on Corruption has written to Prime Minister Rishi Sunak asking him to fulfil his commitment to appoint an independent adviser on ministerial interests. The letter, which was also published...
A series of political scandals in recent years have exposed significant weaknesses in the UK’s system for the regulation of lobbying. The UK’s standards landscape must be brought up to date to ensure that integrity and ethics in government are regulated in a way that befits a modern democracy; strengthening the Lobbying Act is a central plank of that process. Enhancing the UK’s system for lobbying would ensure greater transparency and more equal access to government, with positive consequences for public decision-making and the use of public resources.
The last few years have seen intense and growing public debate about how the standards of behaviour by politicians and senior government officials should be regulated in the UK. At...
