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Building a fair and transparent tax system. Campaigning against corruption and dirty money. Working cross-party for real change. Chaired by Phil Brickell MP

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APPG on Anti-Corruption and Responsible Tax @anticorruption-responsibletax.org · 24/09/2026
This week is Labour Party Conference. Our Chair, @philbrickellmp.bsky.social Brickell MP, writes for @labourlist.bsky.social on the urgent need to tackle the growing influence of big money in British politics 👇
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'Britain cannot let billionaire donors buy our democracy' - LabourList
Foreign interference and big money distorting our democracy can only be solved through constructive collaboration.
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APPG on Anti-Corruption and Responsible Tax @anticorruption-responsibletax.org · 18/09/2026
Peers from across the Lords used the Second Reading of the Representation of the People Bill to say the same thing: the Bill leaves too much open or unaddressed, and the stakes are too high for it to do so 👇
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APPG on Anti-Corruption and Responsible Tax @anticorruption-responsibletax.org · 16/09/2026
The APPG on Anti-Corruption and Responsible Tax welcomes the Government's new Anti-Money Laundering and Asset Recovery Strategy. There is real ambition here, including £550 million of investment over 3 years and 500 new officers across law enforcement and justice 👇
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APPG on Anti-Corruption and Responsible Tax @anticorruption-responsibletax.org · 14/09/2026
Two crypto billionaires handed a political party £72 million this weekend. That's more than every party in Britain received in donations across the whole of last year. Today peers begin Second Reading of the Representation of the People Bill. The APPG are backing amendments to secure our democracy.
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APPG on Anti-Corruption and Responsible Tax @anticorruption-responsibletax.org · 08/09/2026
A strong set of contributions from MPs across the House during the Representation of the People Bill debate last week From tackling political donations routed through crypto, to strengthening “Know Your Donor” rules and regulating campaign spending - see some of the highlights below 👇
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APPG on Anti-Corruption and Responsible Tax @anticorruption-responsibletax.org · 13/08/2026
Member and former APPG Chair Joe Powell MP writes on this week's high street announcements - including new local powers over what opens, longer closure orders, and a permanent successor to Operation Machinize. labourlist.org/2026/08/a-re...
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'A renaissance of our high streets is in reach' - LabourList
The condition of Britain’s High Streets has become a stark symbol of economic decline and state failure. Labour are changing that.
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APPG on Anti-Corruption and Responsible Tax @anticorruption-responsibletax.org · 11/08/2026
✅ 𝑨𝑷𝑷𝑮 𝑾𝑰𝑵 The Government has announced new powers for councils to take back control of the high street - measures the APPG has been calling for. 1. New vape shops will now need planning permission, closing the loophole that let them open unchecked 👇
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APPG on Anti-Corruption and Responsible Tax @anticorruption-responsibletax.org · 10/07/2026
If you've got money, getting politicians to listen is often far easier than if you've just got a vote. That has to change. An independent review has backed reforms to drag lobbying out of the shadows. No more hidden meetings. No more special treatment. No more backroom deals.
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APPG on Anti-Corruption and Responsible Tax @anticorruption-responsibletax.org · 08/07/2026
A hostile foreign state cannot legally donate to a British political party. But it can give money to a British citizen, who then donates it instead. On paper it's a British donation. In reality, it's foreign money entering our politics through a middleman 👇
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APPG on Anti-Corruption and Responsible Tax @anticorruption-responsibletax.org · 07/07/2026
If your bank took a large payment without checking whether it came from a high-risk country, prominent politician or the proceeds of crime, it would be breaking the law. Political parties? Not so much... 👇
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APPG on Anti-Corruption and Responsible Tax @anticorruption-responsibletax.org · 07/07/2026
🚨🧵 1/3 The APPG on Anti-Corruption and Responsible Tax supports the important work that the independent Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards does in overseeing the rules for all parliamentarians. www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
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Standards watchdog set to interview Farage over £5m gift
The Reform UK leader is facing scrutiny over money from the cryptocurrency billionaire Christopher Harborne and his links with George Cottrell
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Mark Sewards MP @markjsewards.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
It’s time to stop dodgy donors. I welcome the Government’s decision to accept all the recommendations from the Rycroft Review. Through my amendments, I will work with the Government to strengthen the Representation of the People Bill. Let’s get dirty money out of our politics.
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APPG on Anti-Corruption and Responsible Tax @anticorruption-responsibletax.org · 06/07/2026
Dirty money has had a free run at British politics for too long. But today, that's started to change. The Gvt has adopted the Rycroft Review in full: caps on overseas donations, profit-based tests for company donors, and stronger checks on the source of political money. This is genuine progress.
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APPG on Anti-Corruption and Responsible Tax @anticorruption-responsibletax.org · 24/06/2026
You've seen them on your high street. The vape shop with no customers. The barber's that's empty every time you walk past. The car wash doing a roaring trade in the rain. How do they survive? In a Westminster Hall debate last week, MP after MP asked exactly that.
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APPG on Anti-Corruption and Responsible Tax @anticorruption-responsibletax.org · 23/06/2026
📅 Today was due to be the UK's Countering Illicit Finance Summit. The Summit may have been delayed, but the threats posed by dirty money, money laundering and economic crime have not been. The next six months should be used to build an even stronger event.
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APPG on Anti-Corruption and Responsible Tax @anticorruption-responsibletax.org · 22/06/2026
💷 It's All 'Bout the Money - who has too much of it, where it hides, and how it buys influence... ✉️ Read our latest newsletter here: mailchi.mp/fpc/june-new...
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It’s All ‘Bout the Money
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APPG on Anti-Corruption and Responsible Tax @anticorruption-responsibletax.org · 19/06/2026
🚨 🧵 1/6 NEW: Research from @transparencyuk.bsky.social finds that almost 1 in 6 members of the House of Lords holds a political advisory role in addition to their duties in parliament. www.transparency.org.uk/news/house-l...
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The House of Lords has become a lobbying network for hire
Almost one in six peers holds a political advisory role that presents a significant lobbying risk
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APPG on Anti-Corruption and Responsible Tax @anticorruption-responsibletax.org · 11/06/2026
The Illicit Finance Summit is coming. The Government must put it high on the political agenda, and set a date urgently. Here's what APPG members had to say 👇 @steffanaquarone.bsky.social @philbrickellmp.bsky.social @joepowell.bsky.social @elliechowns.bsky.social @rebeccalongbailey.com
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APPG on Anti-Corruption and Responsible Tax @anticorruption-responsibletax.org · 08/06/2026
Britain's high streets are under threat from organised crime. Across the country, legitimate businesses are being undercut by criminal operators using cash-intensive businesses to launder dirty money. @philbrickellmp.bsky.social set out the scale of the challenge and called for tougher action 👇
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APPG on Anti-Corruption and Responsible Tax @anticorruption-responsibletax.org · 08/06/2026
Fraud now accounts for more than 40% of all recorded crime. Yet too often economic crime is treated as a victimless offence. It isn’t. Last week, members of the APPG visited the City of London Police to hear about the challenges facing those on the frontline of tackling fraud and corruption.
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APPG on Anti-Corruption and Responsible Tax @anticorruption-responsibletax.org · 02/06/2026
🤠 𝑾𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒊𝒔 𝒏𝒐𝒘 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒅 𝒘𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒄𝒐𝒓𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒊𝒏𝒇𝒍𝒖𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆 APPG member Baroness Hayter has brought forward a Bill that tries to deal with something most of us already suspect: too much of how government is influenced happens out of sight 👇
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APPG on Anti-Corruption and Responsible Tax @anticorruption-responsibletax.org · 01/06/2026
Baroness Hodge and Minister Jake Richards arrive in Guernsey today. The timing couldn't be more relevant; last week @thefinancelab.bsky.social released a shocking report report which revealed £393bn in dirty money flows annually through the UK and Crown Dependencies 👇 www.ft.com/content/7b35...
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UK warns it could take action over crown dependencies’ lack of transparency
Government in fresh bid to persuade likes of Guernsey as well as overseas territories to go further in tackling illicit finance
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APPG on Anti-Corruption and Responsible Tax @anticorruption-responsibletax.org · 27/05/2026
👍 1/3 We fully support this action from the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office to clamp down on Russian illicit finance and crypto networks. www.gov.uk/government/n...
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UK cracks down on backdoor Russian sanctions evasion with tough new measures
Crypto and illicit finance networks exploited by Russia to circumvent UK sanctions are being targeted as the government ramps up pressure on Putin’s war machine to support Ukraine.
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Phil Brickell MP @philbrickellmp.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Have a read of my piece on the more than £300bn of illicit funds flowing through the UK each year and what we can do to tackle it 👇🏻
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'Labour must show Britain is no longer open for dirty money' - LabourList
On dirty money, people want fairness. They want accountability. And they want to know that the rules are enforced.
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APPG on Anti-Corruption and Responsible Tax @anticorruption-responsibletax.org · 26/05/2026
🚨 🧵 1/4 Alarming new report from our friends at Finance Innovation Lab, which finds that dirty money worth the equivalent of over 10% of our GDP flows through Britain every year. This includes illicit money linked to money laundering, corruption, financial crime, illegal trade and tax dodging.
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APPG on Anti-Corruption and Responsible Tax @anticorruption-responsibletax.org · 20/05/2026
📺WATCH: Our former Chair @joepowell.bsky.social welcoming the Government's £30m crackdown on the organised crime destroying our High Streets. This is a real step forward - but to win back the beating heart of our communities, we urge the Govt to go even further 👇
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APPG on Anti-Corruption and Responsible Tax @anticorruption-responsibletax.org · 15/05/2026
🆕 👏 We're sorry to be losing @rachelblakemp.bsky.social as a Co-Chair of the APPG - but delighted at the reason - her appointment as Economic Secretary to the Treasury.
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APPG on Anti-Corruption and Responsible Tax @anticorruption-responsibletax.org · 15/05/2026
👑This week's King's Speech contains real opportunities to clean up British politics and tackle economic crime. But it also contains one glaring omission. A short thread 🧵
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APPG on Anti-Corruption and Responsible Tax @anticorruption-responsibletax.org · 08/05/2026
We're delighted that former APPG Chair @joepowell.bsky.social was invited to open Day 2 of the SFO's International Conference on Economic Crime.
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The Bureau of Investigative Journalism @tbij.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
📢 Today we’re launching the Voices For Transparency project – it explores how financial secrecy in British offshore jurisdictions has enabled corruption, wrongdoing and human rights abuses These are the human stories behind the hidden systems that protect wealth, power, and impunity
A photo of Sam Byrne, by Alex KurunisThe text reads: "Sam Byrne lives in Thurrock, a small Essex community. Thurrock Council handed hundreds of millions of pounds of taxpayer money to businessman Liam Kavanagh to buy 53 solar farms across the UK. Kavanagh pocketed as much as £130m after inflating the value of the farms to persuade the council to increase its investments. He used the money to buy a mansion, private jet, yacht and a fleet of supercars. Days after the Bureau’s first story on Kavanagh’s businesses, Kavanagh moved the money offshore to a new company, Anyard Holdings Ltd, on the Isle of Man."A quote from Sam reads: "“It’s the people of Thurrock who are the victims here.

[We] will be paying so much more for so much less … [we] will be faced with a debt that [our] grandchildren will be paying back.”
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APPG on Anti-Corruption and Responsible Tax @anticorruption-responsibletax.org · 30/04/2026
Under current rules, far too many dodgy lobbying practices are perfectly legal. Westminster's lobbying system is broken — and we're pushing the Government to fix it. Here's what needs to change 👇
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APPG on Anti-Corruption and Responsible Tax @anticorruption-responsibletax.org · 23/04/2026
🕐 Earlier in the week we highlighted Steff Aquarone's question on Overseas Territories beneficial ownership registers at FCDO questions. He wasn't alone — our Co-Chair Sir Andrew Mitchell MP pressed the same point 👇
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APPG on Anti-Corruption and Responsible Tax @anticorruption-responsibletax.org · 21/04/2026
"𝐎𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐟𝐥𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐟𝐥𝐚𝐠, 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐊𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞, 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐩𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐭 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞."👇
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APPG on Anti-Corruption and Responsible Tax @anticorruption-responsibletax.org · 15/04/2026
We are proud to support the UK Anti-SLAPP Coalition's day of action today to #StopSLAPPs. The law needs to protect those who speaking out against corruption. We are supporting the call for universal anti-SLAPP legislation to be included in the King's Speech.
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APPG on Anti-Corruption and Responsible Tax @anticorruption-responsibletax.org · 30/03/2026
Foreign money. Anonymous donors. Strongman tactics. Britain's democracy is under threat - here's how we fight back 👇
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Phil Brickell MP @philbrickellmp.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Reform UK's cryptocurrency donation portal is still live, despite the Government announcing hours ago that such donations will be banned with immediate effect until further notice.
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APPG on Anti-Corruption and Responsible Tax @anticorruption-responsibletax.org · 25/03/2026
👏 We welcome the publication of the Rycroft Review and the serious attention it gives to the threat of foreign financial interference in UK politics. We are also grateful to the Government for recognising the significant contribution our APPG has made to this debate.
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APPG on Anti-Corruption and Responsible Tax @anticorruption-responsibletax.org · 25/03/2026
🆕 Today the Government will publish the Rycroft review into foreign interference in UK politics. We don’t yet know what it will recommend. But commissioning the review was the right step, and reflects a clear recognition that our democracy must keep pace with evolving threats 👇
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APPG on Anti-Corruption and Responsible Tax @anticorruption-responsibletax.org · 18/03/2026
Fraud is now the most common crime in our country. More than 4 million offences. 45% of all crime. 1/14 affected. And £14 billion drained from our economy. As @philbrickellmp.bsky.social explains, we welcome the new Fraud Strategy - read it here: assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/69ae77...
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APPG on Anti-Corruption and Responsible Tax @anticorruption-responsibletax.org · 11/03/2026
👏 Today’s announcement is a welcome step from the PM. We're pleased to see the Government moving in the right direction on driving up standards in public life. The APPG looks forward to engaging with the Ethics and Integrity Commission as they undertake this review. www.gov.uk/government/n...
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Ethics and Integrity Commission to review lobbying, disclosure and access to government
The Prime Minister has today asked the Ethics and Integrity Commission to carry out a review into lobbying, disclosure and access to government.
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APPG on Anti-Corruption and Responsible Tax @anticorruption-responsibletax.org · 10/03/2026
👮 Fraud is now the most common crime in the country, causing huge harm to victims, businesses and costing the wider economy £15 billion a year. So we welcome the Government’s new Fraud Strategy, particularly the steps that align with our long-standing asks 👇
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APPG on Anti-Corruption and Responsible Tax @anticorruption-responsibletax.org · 04/03/2026
🔥"𝑾𝒉𝒊𝒍𝒆 𝒃𝒓𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝑼𝒌𝒓𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒊𝒂𝒏𝒔 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒅𝒆𝒇𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒓 𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒕𝒓𝒚, 𝑷𝒖𝒕𝒊𝒏’𝒔 𝒄𝒓𝒐𝒏𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒋𝒐𝒚𝒓𝒊𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒓 𝒎𝒖𝒍𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒊𝒍𝒍𝒊𝒐𝒏-𝒑𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅 𝒚𝒂𝒄𝒉𝒕𝒔, 𝒆𝒏𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒆𝒅 𝒃𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑩𝑽𝑰" Good to see @steffanaquarone.bsky.social holding the OT's to account for their ongoing failure to introduce public beneficial ownership registers 👇
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APPG on Anti-Corruption and Responsible Tax @anticorruption-responsibletax.org · 03/03/2026
🚨 𝐈𝐌𝐏𝐎𝐑𝐓𝐀𝐍𝐓 𝐖𝐈𝐍 𝐅𝐎𝐑 𝐃𝐄𝐌𝐎𝐂𝐑𝐀𝐂𝐘 🚨 The referee is back to refereeing. For too long, the Strategy and Policy Statement gave Ministers undue influence over the Electoral Commission - letting politicians lean on the body meant to police elections 👇
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APPG on Anti-Corruption and Responsible Tax @anticorruption-responsibletax.org · 02/03/2026
A hard truth: a democracy can be stolen without anyone taking away a single vote. Today, the Representation of the People Bill comes before the House. The UK must close the loopholes that let dirty money and foreign interference shape our politics unseen.
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APPG on Anti-Corruption and Responsible Tax @anticorruption-responsibletax.org · 13/02/2026
👍 We fully support growing calls from journalists and campaigners to ban SLAPP lawsuits in the next King's Speech. These vexatious, anti-democratic weapons of lawfare - used to silence criticism by everyone from Russian warlords to rapists - have absolutely no place in a free and fair democracy.
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APPG on Anti-Corruption and Responsible Tax @anticorruption-responsibletax.org · 12/02/2026
🚨📽️🧵 1/ Today, the Govt launches its Representation of the People Bill (previous working title: The Elections Bill). One of the core aims of the Bill is to prevent foreign interference in UK democracy. Earlier this week, our Chair @philbrickellmp.bsky.social said we need to ban crypto donations...
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APPG on Anti-Corruption and Responsible Tax @anticorruption-responsibletax.org · 10/02/2026
📽️ 1/ Today, Britain dropped to its lowest placing in @anticorruption.bsky.social's global Corruption Perceptions Index. 🚨 Our Chair @philbrickellmp.bsky.social says this "must serve as a wake-up call for the Government." @transparencyuk.bsky.social
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APPG on Anti-Corruption and Responsible Tax @anticorruption-responsibletax.org · 06/02/2026
🚨 🧵 1/ The Peter Mandelson affair reaffirms that Britain still has major issues around undue influence and peerage processes. So today we have called for a clearout of other peers who have behaved egregiously, and for wider reforms to the House of Lords.
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APPG on Anti-Corruption and Responsible Tax @anticorruption-responsibletax.org · 03/02/2026
“The Government’s safer streets mission must include tackling economic crime.” Our Chair @philbrickellmp.bsky.social speaks in a debate about the need for the UK to be far more robust in its response to money laundering and serious criminality on high streets across the country 👇
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APPG on Anti-Corruption and Responsible Tax @anticorruption-responsibletax.org · 30/01/2026
🚨 🧵 1/ Alarming new report from The Times on how hundreds of billions of pounds' worth of property is still concealed behind offshore companies and trusts with no clear owner. It remains far too easy to hide dirty money in plain sight in Britain. www.thetimes.com/life-style/p...
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Revealed: the foreign owners ‘hiding’ £190bn worth of UK property
A new investigation uncovers what is likely to be a mass breach of the government’s anticorruption rules, involving almost 45,000 properties
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