Exclusive: Two of Nathan Gill's fellow Ukip/Brexit Party MEPs used the same pro-Russia talking points in European Parliament, after joining him on a paid-for trip to Kyiv observer.co.uk/news/nationa...

The UK's first #cryptocurrency donation to a political party raises questions on traceability, foreign influence & regulation @timpicton.bsky.social of @spotlightcorruption.org explores options - regulate or ban crypto? Read the blog 👇 www.radixbigtent.org.uk/news-comment... #ElectionsBill

An excellent article in the @financialtimes.com this week from @cfs-rusi.bsky.social's Eliza Lockhart on the outdated approach to crypto-assets in UK politics. 📰✒️ ft.com/content/c01c... #Crypto #Politics #Corruption

Great to see @russellscott1.bsky.social shortlisted for a British journalism award for his brilliant @bylinetimes.bsky.social investigations into the VIP lane PPE scandal pressgazette.co.uk/press-gazett...

🔴Michael Gove Lobbied Government Officials to Hand Conservative Donor Multimillion Pound Covid Contract Private correspondence seen by Byline Times reveals that Ciga Healthcare’s Brexit-supporting owner had pushed Gove to “take control” of the process bylinetimes.com/2025/10/23/m...

I think this is the weirdest story I've ever reported. www.londoncentric.media/p/terry-ball...

FT Investigation: At least 30 individuals or companies that have collectively donated more than $116mn to Donald Trump’s causes have received benefits or advantages from White House moves. Read more here: on.ft.com/497fook

💥The first crypto donation to a UK political party has been made – but what should happen next? @timpicton.bsky.social sets out what guidance the @electoralcommission.org.uk could issue right now, and takes a look at how the forthcoming #ElectionsBill could deal with potential future risks.

👏 Really welcome to see these coordinated UK-US sanctions aimed at taking down a crypto investment scam in South East Asia, targeting BVI companies which invested in UK property including a £12m mansion in North London, a £100m office building in the City of London, and 17 flats around London.

Help @bylinetimes.bsky.social step things up a level. We’re raising £20k to build a new special investigations team led by Nafeez Ahmed subscribe.bylinetimes.com/nostoneuntur...

NEW: How a U.S. anti-abortion group has quietly positioned itself as a powerbroker between the Trump administration and Nigel Farage’s Reform UK. Latest investigation w Elizabeth Dias.  www.nytimes.com/2025/10/13/w...

Exc: The Electoral Commission has been given early notice of the UK's first ever crypto donation The has been "made, but not declared", to a party understood to be Reform Reform spox said: "All donations above the reporting limit will be disclosed in the usual way" share.google/VvtjBjEjEjRa...

The £1m man: Why did Boris Johnson take his donor to Ukraine?

That’s a wrap on conference season! With David Lammy confirming next year’s Illicit Finance Summit, and opportunities to shape the forthcoming Elections Bill, there’s real momentum to make progress in the year ahead. Full roundup here ⬇️ anticorruption-responsibletax.org/news/2025-co...

Some of London’s poorest areas could see their share of the children’s services funding formula halved under Labour’s plans to reform local government grants. By me, for Politics Home: www.politicshome.com/news/article...

The previous government spent £billions storing and incinerating unused PPE. The same VIP’s that supplied unusable PPE made a killing storing and destroying it. To date 1million pallets have gone up in smoke costing the taxpayer £8.6billion 🎥ITV: The Covid Contracts

Another v. important investigation by the Guardian, no doubt a lot more to come…

Douglas Barrowman and Michelle Mone's company, PPE Medpro, has just been ordered to refund the Government £122m from a PPE contract. There are two very odd things about PPE Medpro that may affect the odds of the Government ever getting that £122m... Thread:

Some good news. London is meeting legal limits for toxic NO2 pollution for the first time – almost 200 years earlier than predicted – following the Mayor’s "world leading air pollution policies," City Hall announces. The Ultra Low Emissions Zone - and similar policies - really do work.

Convicted fraudster and Farage adviser George Cottrell is writing a book called "How to Launder Money". It's ostensibly about how to stop it. Looks like reputation laundering to me... www.bitebackpublishing.com/announcements

Great to see Dr. Susan Hawley of @spotlightcorruption.org speaking about the need for public registers of beneficial ownership in the British Overseas Territories. These long-overdue transparency measures must be fully accessible to crack down on tax abuse.

This is *really* important. Our elections regulator isn’t independent. Reform’s Arron Banks has said the Electoral Commission should be abolished The architecture of British democracy is really weak and easily ripped out. It needs to be protected now

💥 The independence of @electoralcommission.org.uk must be fully restored to safeguard the UK’s electoral integrity from a future authoritarian government, our new report warns. Covered exclusively by Rowena Mason in today’s @theguardian.com 👇

Russ did an amazing job as our investigative journalist, uncovering the untold abuses of the PPE scandal. A book based on his investigations his now being published – and a documentary about the revelations will be broadcast on ITV this Sunday 📅

📣I am very pleased to announce my book "VIP Lane" which covers 5 years of investigation uncovering the previous governments PPE procurement scandal + much more is now on sale. 👀 Buy a copy here: viplanebook.com 🚨Now the subject of a major ITV documentary hitting the screen next week. 🧵

Boris Johnson appears to have had a secret meeting with Peter Thiel, the billionaire co-founder of the controversial US data firm Palantir, the year before it was given a role at the heart of the UK’s pandemic response. w/ @rowenamason.bsky.social

Shocking, fascinating and downright ridiculous story from @joeygrostern.bsky.social about AI slop websites churning out climate denial 👇🏻

Britain isn't the US - but is Christian nationalism becoming a political force here? I spoke to US author Katherine Stewart about dark money, and the growing transatlantic ties, from Nigel Farage and JD Vance to Paul Marshall and James Orr. New on D4S: democracyforsale.substack.com/p/could-proj...

Former directors of a company linked to Roman Abramovich’s superyachts will end up in Cyprus court for criminal offenses related to VAT @cirency.bsky.social and OCCRP can reveal www.occrp.org/en/news/ex-d...

Very excited to have joined the brilliant @spotlightcorruption.org team as a senior advocacy advisor, after a totes emosh goodbye to @goodlawproject.bsky.social! Also feeling smug to have been immortalised in yesterday's Politico London Influence newsletter... www.politico.eu/newsletter/p...

🔍 We're excited to announce that we're launching a new one-year legal fellowship for aspiring barristers and solicitors looking to do high-impact work as a stepping stone to a legal career. See details below 👇. Deadline: 14 Sept.