On 11 December 2025, Spotlight on Corruption and the UK Home Office co-hosted a workshop to explore options for legislative reforms to the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (POCA). Held...
The submission calls for a robust ban on cryptocurrency donations which covers contributions to individual politicians as well as political parties and the emerging risks linked to politically affiliated memecoins.
The government’s lobbying review is a rare chance to fix a transparency regime that has fallen behind international standards. Our submission calls for a comprehensive lobbying register, tougher enforcement, stronger disclosure rules, and reforms to rebuild public trust in decision-making.
We are in an era of profound disillusionment in politics. Recent polling by More in Common shows that 87% of Britons have little or no trust in politicians, with public...
The UK Home Office is seeking to address problems relating to information sharing between and within the public and private sectors to stop financial crime. Through a call for evidence that closed in May 2026, Spotlight on Corruption submitted evidence drawn from our research and unique court monitoring programme on how information could be shared more effectively to tackle economic crime.
A damning report released today by the Public Accounts Committee reveals the Ministry of Defence’s (MOD) alarming failures to protect taxpayer money from economic crime and corruption.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Illicit Finance Summit delay should be used to launch bold UK leadership against dirty money The delay to the UK’s Illicit Finance Summit should now be used...
The King’s Speech has reaffirmed the government’s commitment to delivering the most ambitious reforms to policing in decades, following its recent white paper. The changes will have direct implications for...
