Perhaps I should have said some weeks back, that I had stopped posting new content here, because I was trying out somewhere else (with fairer, brighter horizons) instead. I like it there, so am sticking with it, come find me, if you like.

Perhaps I should have said some weeks back, that I had stopped posting new content here, because I was trying out somewhere else (with fairer, brighter horizons) instead. I like it there, so am sticking with it, come find me, if you like.

RT @anticorruption: We are profoundly saddened by the loss of Helen Darbishire, Executive Director of @Access_Info. Helen was an inspiring…

"By summer 2025, Companies House should be able to allow access on request to certain trust information on the Register of Overseas Entities" https://t.co/9UPU5nwkec cc @BenCowdock @SteveJGoodrich @darkgreener @ukaccoalition

Are we on the verge of another CJEU decision that will not only fail to fix a problem but create a bigger one? If the @EUCourtPress follows the Advocate General’s opinion, Golden Passport schemes could spread across the EU – giving the corrupt many options to gain EU citizenship

"We need to have some new rules." 📜 With Keir Starmer repaying some of the gifts he received this year, @HarrietHarman tells @BethRigby and @RuthDavidsonPC why she thinks donation rules need examining.

Media rows on freebies have overly focused on whether politicians should accept gifts. The bigger question is: why are these offered in the first place? My blog w/@MillsSheehy on why this is Keir's chance to end decades of corrosive money in politics. https://t.co/FKFvpL2vFb

Today marks 6 years since journalist #JamalKhashoggi was brutally murdered at the #SaudiArabia embassy in Istanbul. His murder was deemed a “premeditated extrajudicial killing” with the kingdom of Saudi Arabia responsible. They must be held accountable: https://t.co/AM52I7DAl9

🇬🇪BREAKING: Voter suppression in Georgia's October 26th election is intensifying. A recent Tbilisi court decision bars Transparency International Georgia @Transparency_GE from observing the election 🧵—here’s why this move is alarming and part of a broader trend.

We are no longer able to observe the 2024 parliamentary elections following Tbilisi City Court's decision today not to suspend the ruling of the Head of the Anti-Corruption Bureau, who unlawfully declared us as entities with declared election goals. https://t.co/dSuexct8Wb

🧵Another packed event at #CPC24 in partnership with @anticorruption featuring 📷 @AndrewmitchMP , @DavidDavisMP, @MariaNizzero, @jboltonjones and @BGStaniszewski! 📷Executive Room 7, ICC Birmingham📷 https://t.co/wtODQaW2FI #brightblue

🚨 🗣️ 🎞️ 🟥 @TransparencyUK's @duncanhames chatted to us after sitting on our joint @IPPR panel event "Combatting the kleptocrats" at @UKLabour Conference #Lab24. 💬 It was a very productive discussion with @SDoughtyMP, @josephpowell, @margarethodge and @pathwithanr. 1/4

Great to speak on this panel with @josephpowell @duncanhames @SDoughtyMP @pathwithanr. Britain will never prosper off the back of dirty money. Excited to work with a Labour Government to make Britain the anti-corruption champion of the world. @IPPR @ukaccoalition

Important discussion on Combatting the Kleptocrats: How To Make the UK the Anti-Corruption Capital of the World? With @IPPR and @ukaccoalition Anti-Corruption Coalition Importance of ensuring the UK is a global leader in tackling illicit finance & economic crime - includes

Thanks to everyone who came to our discussion at Labour party conference, and asked questions. They really helped raise our ambition for change - so much to do!

🗣️ "We urge her and the Treasury to ensure a full and thorough probe of the 135 high risk contracts that we've identified to ensure that where money could be clawed back, it is." See our response to @RachelReevesMP' announcement of investigations into £600m of Covid contracts.

Research from @TransparencyUK finds #corruption red flags in £15.3bn of COVID contracts: £1 in every £3 spent. We have supplied details of 135 contracts of most concern to the Chancellor, Serious Fraud Office & National Audit Office urging full investigation #LabourConference24

Our reaction to the Chancellor’s speech today: (full statement from @DanielJBruce of @TransparencyUK here: https://t.co/GBhBqukcqj)

Great discussion at #LabourConference24 on lessons to be learned from UK #COVID19 procurement after @TransparencyUK found #corruption red flags in £15.3bn of contracts w/ @NJ_Davies @josephpowell @katyballs @instituteforgov

Good to hear the Chancellor’s determination in her speech to the Labour Party conference to pursue waste and fraud from COVID contracts. She wants that money back: