Challenging corruption, strengthening integrity, and fighting for a fair society based on the rule of law. @anticorruption UK chapter
London / Edinburgh
Joined June 2011
- Tweets8.2K
- Following1.1K
- Followers24.4K
- Likes1.6K
📝 BLOG
Who’s really buying Britain’s new homes?
As the Government pushes to build more, our new blog explains how off-plan sales, developer-linked lawyers and overseas marketing let suspicious wealth into new-build property.
Read more ⤵️
transparency.org.uk/news/new…
🆕 VIDEO
More than £2.2bn of suspicious wealth has been invested in Britain’s new-build homes.
But developers have no legal duty to check who’s buying or where the money comes from.
Who’s really buying Britain’s new-build homes?
Watch ⤵️
youtube.com/watch?v=t44JsThH…
🆕 REPORT
£2.2bn of suspicious wealth has gone into new-build homes across England and Scotland.
Developers have no legal duty to check where buyers’ money comes from.
That needs to change.
Read more ⤵️
transparency.org.uk/news/new…
Full report ⤵️
transparency.org.uk/publicat…
💼✨ JOIN US ✨💼
Could you be our new Digital Communications Officer?
Help our research on political finance and dirty money reach people: video, graphics, social, and the digital side of our campaigns and report launches.
Find out more and apply ⤵️
transparency.org.uk/who-we-a…
💼✨ JOIN US ✨💼
Could you be our new Events and Communications Officer?
We're recruiting for a six-month fixed-term role to join our team to deliver our events programme and corporate member communications.
Find out more and apply below ⤵️
transparency.org.uk/who-we-a…
Transparency International UK retweeted
Watch episode 3 now
youtube.com/watch?v=0GHO8CLr…
Transparency International UK retweeted
🆕 CAN BRITISH DEMOCRACY BE SAVED?
Andy Burnham enters Downing Street inheriting a political funding problem his predecessor promised to tackle but didn't.
3 months ago, he even backed a cap on donations.
Final ep of our series w/ @PeterKGeoghegan out now.
Full🔗⤵️
🆕 CAN BRITISH DEMOCRACY BE SAVED?
Andy Burnham enters Downing Street inheriting a political funding problem his predecessor promised to tackle but didn't.
3 months ago, he even backed a cap on donations.
Final ep of our series w/ @PeterKGeoghegan out now.
Full🔗⤵️
🆕HOW MEGA DONATIONS DESTROY PUBLIC TRUST
More than four in five Britons (83%) believe wealthy individuals use political donations to influence the government in their own interests.
Watch episode 2 now of our new series with @PeterKGeoghegan ⤵️
youtu.be/q84jM1QHQkk
🗣️"In a democracy, politics is meant to be serving the public interest".
@duncanhames in Ep. 2 of 'How the super rich are buying UK democracy', releasing tomorrow.
Catch up on Ep. 1 & subscribe to our channel to not miss it ⤵️
youtube.com/watch?v=Dn-G0nAl…
Transparency International UK retweeted
🎬 EPISODE 1: HOW BIG MONEY IS CORRUPTING UK POLITICS 🗣️
"We're in an arms race, and we're in an arms race with no guardrails" - @suehawley
Today we publish Episode 1 of Going, Going, Almost Gone w/ @PeterKGeoghegan
youtube.com/watch?v=Dn-G0nAl…
🎬 EPISODE 1: HOW BIG MONEY IS CORRUPTING UK POLITICS 🗣️
"We're in an arms race, and we're in an arms race with no guardrails" - @suehawley
Today we publish Episode 1 of Going, Going, Almost Gone w/ @PeterKGeoghegan
youtube.com/watch?v=Dn-G0nAl…
And a huge thanks to @CatNeilan @OliverBullough @faizashaheen from @TaxJusticeUK and @suehawley
from @spotlightcorruption for there contributions to this series.
🎬GOING, GOING, ALMOST GONE
In partnership with @PeterKGeoghegan we're releasing episode 1 of a 3 part minidocumentary series on how the super rich are buying UK democracy.
🔄Subscribe to our youtube to not miss it & share to help end big money in politics.
Yesterday's Covid Inquiry report exposed the failures of the VIP lane for PPE contracts and the billions of pounds of public money wasted.
At the launch @DanielJBruce to @BBCNews about how this should never be allowed to happen again.
📺 "Emergency" was the excuse to suspend procurement rules long after the first panic passed.
A crisis needs government to keep a cool head, not act out of blind panic.
Tomorrow, the UK Covid-19 Inquiry reports on pandemic procurement.
Watch our film ⤵️
youtube.com/watch?v=tlf0o4y0…
🆕 5,000 Covid contracts worth around £45bn. We found 135 worth £15bn carrying red flags for possible corruption.
The VIP lane, ruled unlawful, delivered worse PPE at higher prices.
The Covid Inquiry reports on Tuesday.
Watch our film first ⤵️
youtube.com/watch?v=tlf0o4y0…
💷 Big money is corrupting our politics
The government says democracy is not for sale - but still won't cap what a mega-donor can give.
Stella Creasy's amendment would. We're backing her call for a £100,000 cap on all political donations. ⤵️
To stop wealthy donors from influencing politics, Stella Creasy MP has proposed a vital amendment to the Representation of the People Bill to place a strict £100k cap on all individual donations.
Use our quick tool to message your MP 👇
goodlaw.social/bmsd
💷 Who gives £5 million and expects nothing in return?
That's not democracy - it's access for sale.
Write to your MP asking them to back a cap on all political donations ⤵
politicsnotforsale.mp.tiuk.j…