🚨 NEW: We wrote to the Chancellor, urging her not to leave billions lost to illicit finance and tax-related crimes on the table ahead of the upcoming budget. www.ukanticorruptioncoalition.org/work/our-let...

🗣️ Yesterday, MPs of all stripes spoke out against the ongoing financial secrecy in certain UK Overseas Territories. They called urgent attention to its devastating impacts on their constituents, and pushed the government to act. 🧵⬇️

💥 BREAKING 💥 Scottish Government commits to anti-corruption strategy with improved transparency of trust structures (as proposed by Rhoda Grant in parliament). This is an important commitment that will help prevent kleptocrats and oligarchs investing their ill-gotten gains in Scottish property.

🚨 1 in 3 law firms are not compliant with anti-money laundering rules. 📈 But, the government has recently taken steps to address this issue. 💷 If implemented correctly, this move could be transformational for the UK's dirty money problem. Learn more: ukanticorruptioncoalition.org/work/release...

🚨 Current estimates of misspent Covid PPE waste total at around £10bn. 🗣️ "UK taxpayers have every right to feel robbed... If Labour wants to prove it stands with them, it must pull every legal, administrative and political lever to get that money back." ⬇️ ⬇️ ⬇️ labourlist.org/2025/10/covi...

💷 2013 - 2023: Nearly 25% of political House of Lords nominations were party donors, giving £58m+ collectively. At our event with @spotlightcorruption.org at Labour Conference, @duncanhames.bsky.social set out why big money's influence on UK democracy is damaging the public's trust. Watch more ⬇️

👏 Brilliant to see Crossbench Peer Lord Cromwell set out the case in today's debate on the Crime and Policing Bill for securing desperately needed funding for the fight against #EconomicCrime by reinvesting seized assets and fines back into enforcement agencies.

👇 Don't miss our colleague @timpicton.bsky.social's cutting edge analysis of the significance of the first ever crypto donation to a political party. 🚨 It's a big moment, entailing big risks for our democracy. Read his piece below.

📢 HM Treasury’s #sanctions watchdog has released its latest annual report today, showing encouraging signs that investment in intelligence and enforcement capabilities is starting to bear fruit, but there is a long way to go to ensure robust deterrence for #sanctions evasion:

👏 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.

🚪🔚 Party Conferences Season 2025 comes to a close. 🏃🏻‍♂️‍➡️ We've been busy! 🌎 From Bournemouth to Aberdeen, Manchester to Liverpool, we discussed the urgent need to fight corruption, tackle dirty, and restore trust in our politics. ❤️ Thanks to all of you who joined us -- see you next year!

🚨🚂 Heading to the the SNP conference this weekend? Join us at "Can You Keep A Secret?" 🤫🔐 🗓️ Sunday October 12 | 5pm | The Events Complex Aberdeen ➡️ Featuring @emmaharpermsp.bsky.social, Juliet Swann and @margotmollat.bsky.social of @transparencyuk.bsky.social, @theferret.scot's Jamie Mann.

🚨🔵 UKACC AT CONSERVATIVE PARTY CONFERENCE 🚆 Heading to Manchester this weekend? Don’t miss our event on Monday October 6 -- with expert speakers Sir Andrew Mitchell MP, @danieljbruce.bsky.social, John Penrose, @catneilan.bsky.social, and @brightblueuk.bsky.social. 👋 See you there!

🚨🆕: Anti-Corruption Experts welcome Michelle Mone verdict — but call attention to the billions of taxpayer pounds still left to reclaim. Read more from our experts: www.ukanticorruptioncoalition.org/work/release...

🗓️ 🚨HAPPENING TODAY: Brave New World? Fighting Corruption in the New Trump Era. With @catneilan.bsky.social, @philbrickellmp.bsky.social, @liambyrnemp.bsky.social, and @suehawley.bsky.social. Monday 29 September | 3pm | Bluecoat Liverpool See you there!

🚨 BREAKING: UKACC has arrived at the Labour Party conference, and the new chair of the @appgonacrt.bsky.social, @philbrickellmp.bsky.social is ready to get to work. Come and find us at our events across Liverpool: ukanticorruptioncoalition.org/labour

“A pandemic was always going to be expensive. But we didn’t need to turn it into the profiteers charter that we did.” 📺 A new ITV documentary goes behind the scenes to reveal how government PPE contracts lined the pockets of businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic. Watch on @itvx.com now.

⬇️ This is the first time a British politician will be found guilty under the UK Bribery Act.

📽️ NEW 📽️ Does the UK have a dark money problem? Should we be worried? As our Senior Research Officer, @rosewhiff.bsky.social explains - the public have a right to be concerned about the grip of dark money on our politics.

📺 "It is probably the biggest misspending scandal in the UK of all time." ⚡ ITV's new documentary offers reveals the scale of fraud within UK government's PPE procurement processes. Don't miss The Covid Contracts: Follow The Money, available on ITVX now: www.itv.com/watch/the-co...

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ from @guardian. Don't miss this “devastating picture of the biggest spending scandal in the UK… of all time.” Watch 'The Covid Contracts' now on ITV ➡️ www.itv.com/watch/the-co... www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...

Full house today at our Liberal Democrat’s fringe event! Important discussions on the impact of SLAPPs, the upcoming Illicit Finance summit, and shifting global anti-corruption norms in an era of Trump. Learn more: ukanticorruptioncoalition.org

📺 TONIGHT 📺 🚨UK's Covid PPE contracts scandal exposed on @itvx.com Don't miss this new documentary exposing the chaos behind COVID contracts. Public money wasted, lives lost, and private companies profiting from this crisis. Watch tonight, 10.20pm on ITV1 📷 ⤵️

As Trump completes his second state visit to the UK, a reminder of one of the many alleged corruption scandals facing his administration: As anti-corruption standards slip (or are brazenly ignored) around the world, the UK must show global leadership. newrepublic.com/article/2005...

🎙️ Is Keir committed to cleaning up politics? Our Chief Executive @danieljbruce.bsky.social joined @alaintolhurst.bsky.social, @suehawley.bsky.social, @petergeoghegan.bsky.social and Lloyd Hatton MP on this week's The Rundown podcast to answer this question. podfollow.com/politicshome...

🚨 Join the UK Anti-Corruption at Party Conferences 2025! 🚨 Throughout the next month, our coalition will be putting on events at the Liberal Democrat, Labour, and Conservative Party conferences 🧵⬇️ We hope to see you there!

Angela Rayner’s resignation shows just how flimsy our integrity system really is. It should be the catalyst for Labour to finally deliver the robust, statutory ethics and integrity reforms they promised writes @anticorruption.bsky.social's Professor Robert Barrington

🆕: Leaders from the anti-corruption space have written to the new Deputy Prime Minister David Lammy MP and new Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper MP, urging them to continue the UK’s leadership on illicit finance and commit to hosting the upcoming international summit. Read our letters below:

🆕 BLOG 🆕 Up to £10 billion could be laundered through UK property each year, according to the latest government risk assessment. From opaque trusts to crypto schemes, criminals are finding new ways to hide dirty money. Read more ⤵️ www.transparency.org.uk/news/authori...

"It is unclear how the new financial penalties will be enforced and there are no changes to the rules on the revolving door, which urgently need strengthening" Our thoughts on the Government's new ethics announcements in the @financialtimes.com ⬇️ www.ft.com/content/0ff2...

Government plans for a new Ethics Commission are welcome, but without laws that enshrines the existence of the Ministerial Code of Conduct, ministerial standards will still rely on the ‘good chaps’ theory of government. Our full statement 👇 www.transparency.org.uk/news/new-eth...

🚨🆕Almost a year after Bangladesh's autocratic leader fled into exile, new investigations reveal that figures linked to the former regime - now under investigation - appear to have sold or refinanced millions worth of UK property. 🚨 Read more👇: www.theguardian.com/business/202...

🆕 The political finance bits of the government’s new election strategy paper released today are good 👍 but with a few tweaks they could be great 🌟. We look forward to helping push the ambition of the Bill to ensure it is as strong as possible in protecting UK democracy from malign or foreign actors.

Today, the Government released their long-awaited Strategy for Modern and Secure Elections. Out experts outline some of the key provisions in the White Paper and talk through what’s missing ⬇️

I'd like bits to go further and I'd want transparency and anti-corruption specialists to be heavily involved in shaping the policies. But after the last govt's project of voter suppression, it is deeply rewarding to see a govt intent on widening participation.

🆕 @spotlightcorruption.org welcomes today’s announcement that the government will bring forward an Elections Bill which will address the threat of illicit money being funnelled from abroad to UK political parties. 👇 See our quote from @jamesbj.bsky.social:

🚨 STATEMENT 🚨 This morning, @rushanaraalibgs.bsky.social, the Minister for Homelessness and Democracy, outlined the Government's new strategy to protect our democracy from malign influence. www.gov.uk/government/p... We welcome this move. Statement from our Chair Joe Powell here 👇

🗣️ "Crackdown on foreign donations welcome, but bolder action needed to end corrupting influence of big money." See our full statement on the government's new elections strategy published today ⤵️ www.transparency.org.uk/news/crackdo...

The Government is getting on with what it was elected to do - restoring trust in politics as a force for good. But could our plans to protect elections from dirty money and foreign influence be even bolder? Read my initial thoughts on today's announcements 👇 www.politicshome.com/opinion/arti...

"The consequences of poor financial crime controls are very real – they allow criminals to launder the proceeds of their crimes, and they allow fraudsters to defraud consumers." www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Europe’s new anti-money laundering watchdog has warned that crypto assets are its biggest challenge to stop dirty money infiltrating the region’s financial system: www.ft.com/content/84a4...

Barclays fined £42mn for failed money laundering checks https://on.ft.com/4kDFKkd

NEW: Over the past 2 decades, more than £60 million has flowed into British politics through exploiting critical loopholes in our election laws. In 2025 alone, close to £700,000 has been handed to political parties through these routes. Read more⬇️: democracyforsale.substack.com/p/how-to-sec...

⬇️An important and timely report from @appgonacrt.bsky.social Tackling economic crime is essential for enabling long-term, sustainable economic growth in the UK. In fact, good growth is impossible without clean economic foundations -- and that's exactly what this new report demonstrates. ⤵️

🚨NEW: After yet another missed deadline, Sir Andrew Mitchell MP and Lloyd Hatton MP are encouraging the Government to use all the tools at its disposal – including an already-drafted Order in Council – to end financial secrecy in the British Virgin Islands. shorturl.at/nmiHW

🆕: We wrote to Rachel Reeves to warn against the reintroduction of ‘Golden Visa' schemes. 🚨These schemes carry huge national security risks, render the UK economy vulnerable to flows of dirty money, and provide negligible – if any – benefit to the UK taxpayer. ow.ly/ujt450Wmocv

🔥 Really important intervention here by @ukanticorruptioncoalition.org,‬ pushing back against calls for new ‘golden visas’. The UK’s previous golden visa scheme was scrapped because it created huge national security risks while providing negligible economic benefit.

🔎Meanwhile, new tax enforcement stats obtained by TaxWatch show that HMRC letters to 1,277 UK residents named in the 2021 'Pandora Papers' offshore leak have so far generated just 22 disclosures of undeclared offshore income. More here: taxwatchuk.org/broken-offsh...

📺NEW VIDEO📺 Last night, key British offshore financial centres failed to meet their own deadline for revealing who owns companies registered there. It’s time the UK Government escalates its response & ensures places like the BVI are no longer safe havens for the world's corrupt. Watch and read ⤵️

🚨UK TAX HAVENS MISS ANOTHER CRITICAL FINANCIAL TRANSPARENCY DEADLINE 🚨 UK offshore financial centres have once again failed to comply with the deadline for ending corporate secrecy. ➡️NOW: We’re calling on the Government to act. Read our full statement: ow.ly/M3ww50WiYsp