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Restoring trust in politics is mission-critical for the health of UK democracy. Keir Starmer’s new ministerial code – rumoured to be out this week – should be a moment for real ambition given the risks of rising populism in our own backyard: thetimes.com/uk/politics/ar…

Four months after the government took office, progress on a range of reforms critical for improving political integrity has been disappointingly slow – including to the UK’s opaque and broken regime for lobbying transparency.

The new government acknowledges that “transparency is a critical part of restoring public faith in politics.” But last week Cabinet Office rowed back on commitments to increase frequency of information about who is meeting ministers: questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questi…

This is deeply disappointing, and we urge the government to review this decision, and fully implement CSPL recommendations including by vastly improving the quality and frequency of transparency releases.

Tory former energy secretary facing conflict of interest claim over JCB owner links theguardian.com/politics/2024/…

Really important story over the weekend by Shanti Das which should inject some urgency into thinking about how to ban party political donors from receiving public contracts and government grants as well as other public benefits Cabinet Office

“The UK's like a sieve... money can come in from wherever and influence our elections.” With reports that Elon Musk may donate to Reform, Dr Susan Hawley tells Ali Miraj that the government must ‘close loopholes’ around foreign political donations 'to protect UK democracy’.

Pleased to get to talk about Transparency International UK research in today’s The Guardian as well as our own research from Spotlight on Corruption about the loopholes in UK election rules, risks of dark money and why we need a new Elections Act sharpish

Important piece by ⁦Daniel Finkelstein⁩ about online political campaign spending - Money is starting to talk in British politics thetimes.com/article/129004…

Huge congratulations to Margaret Hodge on announcement of becoming Anti-Corruption Champion. A long-awaited and exciting announcement. Looking forward to working with Margaret on getting a really ambitious Anti-Corruption Strategy. APPG on Anti-Corruption & Responsible Tax questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-statem…

Where has the UK got to on lobbying reform? Definitely not as far as we would like or need. Spotlight on Corruption releases report card on progress so far on lobbying reform recommendations by ⁦CSPL⁩ ⁦PACAC Committee⁩ spotlightcorruption.org/still-in-the-d…

This move is good news for 1. Lobbyists 2. Foreign governments 3. Corrupt officials like Gold Bar Bob But it's bad news for the rest of us. New from Ben Freeman and I responsiblestatecraft.org/fara/

After gutting anti-corruption enforcement, important article on how new AG is also gutting enforcement of foreign influence in US

Really crucial insight into how Palantir’s use of ‘revolving door’ with government officials has helped it win friends and public contracts. Great reporting by ⁦Cynthia O’Murchú⁩ spurs and ⁦Tabby Kinder⁩ on.ft.com/40Pl3tt