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Shining a light on the UK's role in corruption at home and abroad
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🔥 As Starter Packs are doing the rounds again, here is a hastily updated
#anticorruption
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Alex Beatty
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👇 Come and do my job at Spotlight! It's a fantastic opportunity to work with brilliant people tackling an important issue that affects us all.
#anticorruption
@charitycomms.bsky.social
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Patriotic Millionaires UK
2 days ago
When even millionaires, like us, recognise that extreme wealth has cost everyone else everything else, there can be no doubt that society is dangerously teetering off the edge of a precipice. We want our democracies back. We want our communities back. We want our future back.
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Open Ownership
4 days ago
#AntiCorruption
job alert -
@spotlightcorruption.org
is looking for a highly motivated and gifted communicator. Details below:
#NGOJobs
#NonProfitJobs
#vacancy
#job
@unjobs.org
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APPG on Anti-Corruption and Responsible Tax
4 days ago
🔥 Top opportunity for a brilliant comms person with our good friends at Spotlight on Corruption.
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💥 Are you an experienced comms pro with a track record of crafting & delivering messages to achieve real change? ✊ Keen to join the fight against
#corruption
? 🫵 You might be the person we need! We’re looking for a comms adviser to join the friendly Spotlight team. Apply below 👇. Deadline: 14 Feb.
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Spotlight is recruiting! We are looking for a Senior Communications Adviser - Spotlight on Corruption
We are looking for a highly motivated and gifted communicator to craft Spotlight’s messages and help us achieve real change.
https://www.spotlightcorruption.org/recruiting-senior-communications-adviser/
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The Bureau of Investigative Journalism
8 days ago
Wikipedia was created 25 years ago, today – since then it’s become the largest collection of relatively reliable knowledge in history But how vulnerable is it to those willing to pay top dollar to polish their reputations? And how do British PR firms help them do it?
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💥 Are you an experienced comms pro with a track record of crafting & delivering messages to achieve real change? ✊ Keen to join the fight against
#corruption
? 🫵 You might be the person we need! We’re looking for a comms adviser to join the friendly Spotlight team. Apply below 👇. Deadline: 14 Feb.
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Spotlight is recruiting! We are looking for a Senior Communications Adviser - Spotlight on Corruption
We are looking for a highly motivated and gifted communicator to craft Spotlight’s messages and help us achieve real change.
https://www.spotlightcorruption.org/recruiting-senior-communications-adviser/
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🚨 A social housing investment scheme is the latest target of investigation by the Serious Fraud Office with a new probe announced today into allegations that really bring home the harms caused by
#corruption
and
#fraud
www.gov.uk/government/n...
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SFO announces investigation in social housing sector
The SFO has arrested six people and searched seven sites in connection with a fraud and bribery investigation into the past management of Home REIT.
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/sfo-announces-investigation-in-social-housing-sector
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🔥 As Starter Packs are doing the rounds again, here is a hastily updated
#anticorruption
pack with (mostly) a UK focus. 🙏 As always, any additions, deletions or edits much appreciated.
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Transparency International UK
10 days ago
🎥 "The situation we have at the end of the day is... whatever rules you have, all of this conversation is about policing the perimeter." Yesterday
@duncanhames.bsky.social
gave evidence to parliament and explained to MPs and Peers why caps on donations are key to ending undue influence in politics.
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💥 Powerful intervention from
@nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social
in the Lords Chamber highlighting how the UK banking system is facilitating the environmental devastation and displacement being caused by the world’s largest private coal developer, the Adani Group ⬇️
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👇 Good coverage here of the growing calls for a ban on donations to political parties in cryptocurrencies. “Crypto donations present real risks to our democracy,” says our Executive Director
@suehawley.bsky.social
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Senior Labour MPs urge government to ban cryptocurrency political donations
Campaign groups argue online transactions ‘present real risks to our democracy’ as it is hard to trace their true source
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/jan/11/senior-labour-mps-urge-government-to-ban-cryptocurrency-political-donations
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💥 Powerful intervention from
@nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social
in the Lords Chamber highlighting how the UK banking system is facilitating the environmental devastation and displacement being caused by the world’s largest private coal developer, the Adani Group ⬇️
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UK Anti-Corruption Coalition
11 days ago
🚨🚨 7 Select Committee Chairs urge PM to ban crypto donations 👇👇 Like them, we've called for a ban on crypto donations to political parties because they are hard to trace, facilitate risky borderless transfers, and can obscure the true source of funds. ➡️ Read more here:
shorturl.at/B8hIs
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👇 Good coverage here of the growing calls for a ban on donations to political parties in cryptocurrencies. “Crypto donations present real risks to our democracy,” says our Executive Director
@suehawley.bsky.social
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Senior Labour MPs urge government to ban cryptocurrency political donations
Campaign groups argue online transactions ‘present real risks to our democracy’ as it is hard to trace their true source
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/jan/11/senior-labour-mps-urge-government-to-ban-cryptocurrency-political-donations
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🔥 As Starter Packs are doing the rounds again, here is a hastily updated
#anticorruption
pack with (mostly) a UK focus. 🙏 As always, any additions, deletions or edits much appreciated.
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👏 Brilliant work by the Serious Fraud Office to make creative use of civil recovery tools to secure more than £400k for victims of an email scam in the UK 24 years ago:
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SFO returns £400,000 to victims of global email fraud
Nine fraud victims to be compensated 24 years after the crime following innovative SFO technique.
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/sfo-returns-400000-to-victims-of-global-email-fraud
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👏 Brilliant work by the Serious Fraud Office to make creative use of civil recovery tools to secure more than £400k for victims of an email scam in the UK 24 years ago:
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SFO returns £400,000 to victims of global email fraud
Nine fraud victims to be compensated 24 years after the crime following innovative SFO technique.
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/sfo-returns-400000-to-victims-of-global-email-fraud
15 days ago
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🆕 With the govt’s
#ElectionsBill
set to land in the coming weeks, we have a new entry in our ‘Bold Ideas for Electoral Reform’ series. Bob Posner, former
@electoralcommission.org.uk
chief exec, calls for year-round limits on political parties’ spending to prevent the cost of elections spiralling.
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Bold ideas for electoral reform: Regulating political party spending year-round - Spotlight on Corruption
Current campaign spending rules only cover the 'regulated period' before an election. It's time to change that, argues Bob Posner.
https://www.spotlightcorruption.org/report/party-spending-year-round/
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🆕 With the govt’s
#ElectionsBill
set to land in the coming weeks, we have a new entry in our ‘Bold Ideas for Electoral Reform’ series. Bob Posner, former
@electoralcommission.org.uk
chief exec, calls for year-round limits on political parties’ spending to prevent the cost of elections spiralling.
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Bold ideas for electoral reform: Regulating political party spending year-round - Spotlight on Corruption
Current campaign spending rules only cover the 'regulated period' before an election. It's time to change that, argues Bob Posner.
https://www.spotlightcorruption.org/report/party-spending-year-round/
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Stephen Abbott Pugh
18 days ago
Great to see FCDO commitment in the UK Anti-Corruption Strategy 2025 to "work more closely with international partners to support wider access to beneficial ownership data ... and wider uptake of the Beneficial Ownership Data Standard"
www.gov.uk/government/p...
#beneficialownership
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UK Anti-Corruption Strategy 2025 (accessible)
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/uk-anti-corruption-strategy-2025/uk-anti-corruption-strategy-2025-accessible#:~:text=uptake%20of%20the-,Beneficial%20Ownership%20Data%20Standard,-(FCDO)
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Great to see
@thetimes.com
cover our latest report on how just a third of criminal assets frozen by UK law enforcement agencies in the fight against
#dirtymoney
is currently being recovered.
www.thetimes.com/article/0c64...
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Less than a third of frozen criminal assets recovered under ‘McMafia’ laws
A report found despite powers to crack down on corrupt elites, Britain is still being used to harbour illicit wealth
https://www.thetimes.com/article/0c64e8bf-6906-49f8-84c8-c5f48d5f3b26?shareToken=1500c38194d4b6b52d6495eaef2f1e3d
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Great to see
@thetimes.com
cover our latest report on how just a third of criminal assets frozen by UK law enforcement agencies in the fight against
#dirtymoney
is currently being recovered.
www.thetimes.com/article/0c64...
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Less than a third of frozen criminal assets recovered under ‘McMafia’ laws
A report found despite powers to crack down on corrupt elites, Britain is still being used to harbour illicit wealth
https://www.thetimes.com/article/0c64e8bf-6906-49f8-84c8-c5f48d5f3b26?shareToken=1500c38194d4b6b52d6495eaef2f1e3d
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UNCAC Coalition
about 1 month ago
🎉 🥳
#UNCAC
#CoSP11
adopted resolution on political finance transparency, making it the first-ever set of principles agreed at UN-level to promote accountability in funding of political parties and campaigns. Congrats, Norway, Albania, Ghana, Mongolia
@anticorruption.bsky.social
@ifes.bsky.social
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🏠💷🏦 Last week, the NCA’s
#AzerbaijaniLaundromat
case was back in the courts with its claim against Javanshir Feyziyev to recover 22 properties and associated rental income, plus the balance of a Liechtenstein bank account currently held by the Azerbaijani businessman, his wife, or for their benefit.
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🏠💷🏦 Last week, the NCA’s
#AzerbaijaniLaundromat
case was back in the courts with its claim against Javanshir Feyziyev to recover 22 properties and associated rental income, plus the balance of a Liechtenstein bank account currently held by the Azerbaijani businessman, his wife, or for their benefit.
about 1 month ago
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👏 Welcome news that there will be an independent review into foreign interference in our politics. 👇 Here's Spotlight’s statement on what it should cover:
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Statement: Spotlight urges foreign interference review not to ignore broader risks - Spotlight on Corruption
It is highly welcome that the government has launched an independent review into foreign interference in our politics. We have long called for an inquiry
https://www.spotlightcorruption.org/foreign-interference-review/
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APPG on Anti-Corruption and Responsible Tax
about 1 month ago
🚨🧵 1/ We welcome the new urgent Government review into foreign interference in UK politics. 👍 Our Chair
@philbrickellmp.bsky.social
: "It's absolutely right that the Govt is reviewing our defences against foreign interference in light of Nathan Gill's bribery conviction."
www.gov.uk/government/n...
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Urgent review into foreign financial interference in UK politics
An independent review, led by Philip Rycroft, into foreign financial interference in UK politics has been commissioned by the government.
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/urgent-review-into-foreign-financial-interference-in-uk-politics
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👏 Welcome news that there will be an independent review into foreign interference in our politics. 👇 Here's Spotlight’s statement on what it should cover:
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Statement: Spotlight urges foreign interference review not to ignore broader risks - Spotlight on Corruption
It is highly welcome that the government has launched an independent review into foreign interference in our politics. We have long called for an inquiry
https://www.spotlightcorruption.org/foreign-interference-review/
about 1 month ago
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Peter Geoghegan
about 1 month ago
🚨 SCOOP: “I’m a Labour donor” Ben Howlett is an ex-Tory MP, owner of influential PoliticsUK account, and the fixer we exposed selling access to Westminster Turns out he's also involved in Labour fundraising, and discussing donations with Labour MPs
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/im-a-labou...
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“I’m a Labour donor”: ex-Tory MP exposed in cash-for-access sting
Exclusive: Details of Ben Howlett’s fundraising for Labour prompts Green leader Zack Polanski to call on Starmer's party to “come clean” about its relationship with him.
https://democracyforsale.substack.com/p/im-a-labour-donor-ex-tory-mp-exposed-china-ben-howlett
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Peter Geoghegan
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@spotlightcorruption.org
said this story “raises serious red flags about where political fundraising ends and private influence begins” Labour says it is not affiliated with Howlett or his Chamber Group. Howlett did not respond.
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RAID
about 1 month ago
Hello everyone @ Bluesky 👋 We’re new here! Check out our website and stay tuned – more soon.
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https://raid-uk.org/
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Dan Neidle
about 1 month ago
What happens when a law firm acts for a business widely suspected of fraud — run by a convicted fraudster, owned by unknown parties, and unable to answer fraud allegations? And threatens whistleblowers, regulators and even the police who try to stop it? Nothing.
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🚨BREAKING: The Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal dismisses the case against Carter-Ruck's Claire Gill, in a shock decision that could give the green light for lawyers to continue to push the boundaries of what constitutes abusive litigation.
#SLAPPs
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🚨BREAKING: The Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal dismisses the case against Carter-Ruck's Claire Gill, in a shock decision that could give the green light for lawyers to continue to push the boundaries of what constitutes abusive litigation.
#SLAPPs
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🚨 With few new announcements in the Anti-Corruption Strategy aimed at boosting political
#integrity
in the UK, Spotlight's
@kamilakingstone.bsky.social
looks at what the government should have said – and explains what it needs to do to show decisive action that will restore public trust in politics.
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The Anti-Corruption Strategy – containing 120 commitments, spanning everything from tackling professional enablers to facilitating asset recovery – is
https://www.spotlightcorruption.org/anti-corruption-strategy-pol-integrity/
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📢 Proud to be joining over 150 civil society organisations from across the globe calling for States Parties attending next week's UN Convention Against
#Corruption
meeting in Doha to commit to
#integrity
in the funding of political parties and elections.
#UNCAC
#COSP11
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📣 Today the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal will hear an application on behalf of Claire Gill, a partner at the libel law firm Carter-Ruck, to strike out proceedings commenced against her by the Solicitors Regulation Authority for allegedly making an “improper threat of litigation”.
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‘Send a clear message’: Carter-Ruck’s dirty tactics on behalf of $4bn…
Stunning new documents lay bare law firm’s attempts to silence whistleblowers and cast doubt on police probe
https://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2025-09-23/send-a-clear-message-law-firms-dirty-tactics-on-behalf-of-4bn-crypto-scam
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📣 Today the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal will hear an application on behalf of Claire Gill, a partner at the libel law firm Carter-Ruck, to strike out proceedings commenced against her by the Solicitors Regulation Authority for allegedly making an “improper threat of litigation”.
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‘Send a clear message’: Carter-Ruck’s dirty tactics on behalf of $4bn…
Stunning new documents lay bare law firm’s attempts to silence whistleblowers and cast doubt on police probe
https://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2025-09-23/send-a-clear-message-law-firms-dirty-tactics-on-behalf-of-4bn-crypto-scam
about 1 month ago
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UK Anti-Corruption Coalition
about 1 month ago
📋 With 120 commitments, it's an ambitious strategy that needs to turn into action - fast. 🗣️ As our co-chair,
@opengavin.bsky.social
said: "We finally have a clear diagnosis. What we need next is bold, rapid action that the public can see and feel."
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UK Anti-Corruption Coalition
about 1 month ago
📃 On Monday, the Government published their anti-corruption strategy. 🚀 UKACC joined Deputy PM David Lammy,
@danjarvismp.bsky.social
, Anti-Corruption Champion Margaret Hodge,
@appgonacrt.bsky.social
, and many others in launching it!
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✍️ Spotlight’s Helen Taylor has teamed up with
@jyansura.bsky.social
of
@factcoalition.bsky.social
for this joint blog on why we urgently need to tackle the issue of illicit gold, a key means of criminals laundering their ill-gotten gains that has devastating impacts on people and the environment.
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UK illicit finance summit puts dirty gold in the spotlight – real reforms must follow - Spotlight on Corruption
Faced with such a complex issue, one simple yet meaningful reform that the UK should promote at the Summit is requiring international travellers to declare
https://www.spotlightcorruption.org/dirty-gold-in-the-spotlight/
about 1 month ago
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International Bar Association
about 1 month ago
On International Anti-Corruption Day, 9 December, IBA reaffirms the central role of the
#legal
profession in combating corruption, and its longstanding commitment to integrity and global cooperation, at a time when standards are under pressure. Read:
www.ibanet.org/Internationa...
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International Anti-Corruption Day: IBA highlights urgent global risks and the critical role of the legal profession
On International Anti-Corruption Day, 9 December, the International Bar Association (IBA) reaffirms the central role of the legal profession in combating corruption, strengthening public trust and saf...
https://www.ibanet.org/International-Anti-Corruption-Day-IBA-highlights-urgent-global-risks-and-the-critical-role-of-the-legal-profession
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✍️ Spotlight’s Helen Taylor has teamed up with
@jyansura.bsky.social
of
@factcoalition.bsky.social
for this joint blog on why we urgently need to tackle the issue of illicit gold, a key means of criminals laundering their ill-gotten gains that has devastating impacts on people and the environment.
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UK illicit finance summit puts dirty gold in the spotlight – real reforms must follow - Spotlight on Corruption
Faced with such a complex issue, one simple yet meaningful reform that the UK should promote at the Summit is requiring international travellers to declare
https://www.spotlightcorruption.org/dirty-gold-in-the-spotlight/
about 1 month ago
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EITI
about 2 months ago
On
#InternationalAntiCorruptionDay
, we outline four ways the EITI is advancing anti-corruption, from exposing hidden ownership to informing due diligence and strengthening SOE and commodity trading
#transparency
. 👉
eiti.org/blog-post/transparency-integrity-four-ways-eiti-advancing-anti-corruption
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UK Anti-Corruption Coalition
about 2 months ago
🚨⏰ BREAKING — Over 1000 days since the last strategy expired, the government just published their new anti-corruption strategy. Our coalition of experts have shared their initial reaction, urging the government to go from ambition to action. ⬇️⬇️⬇️
www.ukanticorruptioncoalition.org/work/from-as...
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From Aspiration to Action: Experts Call for Rapid Implementation Plans for New Anti-Corruption Strategy — UK Anti-Corruption Coalition
Monday 8 December 2025 — The UK Anti-Corruption Coalition welcomes the publication of the government strategy to tackle corruption, over 1000 days since the expiry of the previous strategy. Wi...
https://www.ukanticorruptioncoalition.org/work/from-aspiration-to-action-experts-call-for-rapid-implementation-plans-for-new-anti-corruption-strategy
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👇 Here's our initial take on today's announcement of the UK government's new anti-corruption strategy.
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Spotlight statement: New strategy a good step forward but needs urgency and concrete implementation - Spotlight on Corruption
Spotlight on Corruption strongly welcomes today’s publication of a new UK government anti-corruption strategy with a comprehensive and wide-ranging set of 120
https://www.spotlightcorruption.org/spotlight-statement-strategy/
about 2 months ago
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🆕 When it rains it pours… not only has the UK government published its new Anti-Corruption Strategy today, HM Treasury has also put out the latest annual report on anti-money laundering
#AML
supervision.
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Anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism: Supervision Report 2024-25
The annual report for financial year 2024 to 2025 on anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing (AML/CFT) supervision.
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/anti-money-laundering-and-countering-the-financing-of-terrorism-supervision-report-2024-25
about 2 months ago
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👇 Here's our initial take on today's announcement of the UK government's new anti-corruption strategy.
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Spotlight statement: New strategy a good step forward but needs urgency and concrete implementation - Spotlight on Corruption
Spotlight on Corruption strongly welcomes today’s publication of a new UK government anti-corruption strategy with a comprehensive and wide-ranging set of 120
https://www.spotlightcorruption.org/spotlight-statement-strategy/
about 2 months ago
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⚖️The Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal has today ruled against the Solicitors Regulation Authority in the 2nd case to arise out of a
#SLAPP
complaint which concerned the conduct of lawyer Christopher Hutchings of Hamlins LLP, drawing the Tribunal’s unprecedented private hearings to a close.
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Secret SLAPP case damages public confidence in disciplinary action against lawyers - Spotlight on Corruption
There were unprecedented scenes this week at the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal as the high-profile prosecution of lawyer Christopher Hutchings by the
https://www.spotlightcorruption.org/secret-slapp-case-damages-confidence/
about 2 months ago
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