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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

Finally, @emilythornberry.bsky.social argued that political donations should come from people genuinely contributing to British society, rather than individuals using tax arrangements while maintaining only a nominal connection to the country.

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APPG on Anti-Corruption and Responsible Tax @anticorruption-responsibletax.org · 08/09/2026

Lloyd Hatton MP proposed closing another potential loophole by requiring new parties to face permissibility checks on funds above £250,000 already held when they register.

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APPG on Anti-Corruption and Responsible Tax @anticorruption-responsibletax.org · 08/09/2026

@philbrickellmp.bsky.social argued New Clause 121 would future-proof any reduction in spending limits by requiring them to be assessed against three tests: fairness of elections, the impact on political parties, and public confidence in electoral integrity.

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APPG on Anti-Corruption and Responsible Tax @anticorruption-responsibletax.org · 08/09/2026

@anneliesedoddsmp.bsky.social welcomed the Government’s commitment to expedite the Electoral Commission’s review of campaign spending limits, while making clear that the Commission must now move quickly to stop the spending arms race.

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APPG on Anti-Corruption and Responsible Tax @anticorruption-responsibletax.org · 08/09/2026

@joepowell.bsky.social called for the Electoral Commission’s review to consider whether the current long and short campaign system actually works. Candidates can be selected years before an election, creating a substantial period of effectively uncapped spending.

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APPG on Anti-Corruption and Responsible Tax @anticorruption-responsibletax.org · 08/09/2026

@elliechowns.bsky.social proposed New Clause 30, which would examine annual campaign spending limits. Campaigning no longer happens only during the short election campaign; politics happens online and year-round, so spending rules need to reflect that reality.

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APPG on Anti-Corruption and Responsible Tax @anticorruption-responsibletax.org · 08/09/2026

Mark Sewards MP argued that “Know Your Donor” rules should go further, including checks on politically exposed persons and the source of donated wealth. If these checks apply when someone takes out a mortgage, political parties accepting millions should face equivalent scrutiny.

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APPG on Anti-Corruption and Responsible Tax @anticorruption-responsibletax.org · 08/09/2026

Ex-Democracy Minister @rushanaraalibgs.bsky.social also backed New Clause 34, arguing that our rules must cover digital tokens and meme coins held in crypto wallets, bringing them within the same safeguards as other assets.

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APPG on Anti-Corruption and Responsible Tax @anticorruption-responsibletax.org · 08/09/2026

@liambyrnemp.bsky.social - New Clause 34 would close loopholes allowing money to be routed through crypto exchanges, converted into fiat and donated on, while also preventing political donations through digital tokens and meme coins.

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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 · 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 · 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 · 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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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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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 · 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 · 12/02/2026

4/ 🏛️ The Govt's Security Minister @danjarvismp.bsky.social pledged that the Bill will "further strengthen safeguards against covert political funding" by - amongst other things - increasing the powers of the Electoral Commission and safeguarding against the potential use of crypto by foreign actors.

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APPG on Anti-Corruption and Responsible Tax @anticorruption-responsibletax.org · 12/02/2026

3/ 🗣️ Meanwhile @alexsobel.co.uk , Chair of our friends at the APPG on Fair Elections and the APPG on Ukraine, recommended a raft of measures for the Bill. ❌ These include a ban on all overseas donations and tighter rules around disinformation.

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APPG on Anti-Corruption and Responsible Tax @anticorruption-responsibletax.org · 12/02/2026

2/ ⚖️ While APPG member @joepowell.bsky.social pointed to the way Russian oligarchs can use our own systems against us. 😷 The now-sanctioned Roman Abramovich used a SLAPP lawsuit to try to gag a journalist from publishing details of his relationship with President Putin.

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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 · 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 · 06/01/2026

The APPG has visited the Serious Fraud Office for a behind-the-scenes look at how it is tackling major bribery and corruption cases. We heard directly from the leadership team, spoke with case controllers running investigations, and finished with a session on the Digital Forensics Unit.

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APPG on Anti-Corruption and Responsible Tax @anticorruption-responsibletax.org · 09/12/2025

🌍Today is International Anti-Corruption Day! Yesterday, the Government published its Anti-Corruption Strategy – timely recognition that corruption is a threat to democracy. We co-sponsored the launch event, where our Chair @philbrickellmp.bsky.social welcomed the UK’s anti-corruption drive.

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APPG on Anti-Corruption and Responsible Tax @anticorruption-responsibletax.org · 27/11/2025

The budget wasn't the only show in town this week - here’s our Chair @philbrickellmp.bsky.social and APPG member Lloyd Hatton on why today's Government meeting with the UK's Overseas Territories matters for communities across the country 👇

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APPG on Anti-Corruption and Responsible Tax @anticorruption-responsibletax.org · 26/11/2025

Great news! After a campaign from the APPG, the Chancellor has made tackling dodgy high street businesses a priority in today’s Budget – setting aside £50 million a year for the next 3 years to boost enforcement against money laundering & tax evasion on our high streets. 🧵👇

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APPG on Anti-Corruption and Responsible Tax @anticorruption-responsibletax.org · 25/11/2025

The MPs highlighted how throwing open the books in British Overseas Territories could put a stop crooks and kleptocrats using offshore shell companies to: 💷 Enable tax abuse 🏪 Hide dodgy high street shops 🕵️‍♂️ Clean cash for organised crime gangs 🏠 Distort the housing market

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APPG on Anti-Corruption and Responsible Tax @anticorruption-responsibletax.org · 25/11/2025

🆕 The APPG has coordinated a letter to the Government signed by 18 cross party MPs calling for an end to “embarrassing and costly” offshore financial secrecy, as covered by Politico 👇

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