Transparency International UK

Challenging corruption, strengthening integrity, and fighting for a fair society based on the rule of law. @anticorruption UK chapter

[Transparency International UK @TransparencyUK]

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.

[Transparency International UK @TransparencyUK]

📺 "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 ⤵️
https://t.co/hgLEdXjW21

[Transparency International UK @TransparencyUK]

🆕 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 ⤵️
https://t.co/hgLEdXjW21

[Transparency International UK @TransparencyUK]

💷 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. ⤵️

[Good Law Project @GoodLawProject]

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 👇
https://t.co/pIZlvhOEUE

[Transparency International UK @TransparencyUK]

💷 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 ⤵
https://t.co/CdL8AdwmcJ

[Transparency International UK @TransparencyUK]

💷 The government says democracy is not for sale - but still won't cap what a mega-donor can give.

@stellacreasy's amendment would.

Send your MP a postcard asking them to back a cap before Tuesday's debate ⤵️
https://t.co/CdL8AdwmcJ

[Daniel Bruce @DanielJBruce]

Is the UK inching closer to a much needed cap on political donations?

"Without it, the wealthiest will still be able to buy influence over our democracy in a way ordinary voters never could." @TransparencyUK

https://t.co/nm4UW1Bbw9

[Transparency International UK @TransparencyUK]

📻 "Just four per cent of those lobbying government are currently identified by the lobbying register."

@duncanhames on Next Week in Westminster, ahead of Baroness Hayter's Bill on strengthening the UK's lobbying laws.

https://t.co/tZw6ubbagY

[Transparency International UK @TransparencyUK]

Full results of our recent polling on money in UK politics ⤵️

https://t.co/ZQDRWqbLMA

[Transparency International UK @TransparencyUK]

🚨Burnham backs public on donation caps

Our polling⤵️

🔹 83% of Brits believe wealthy donors use political donations to buy influence
🔹 Nearly half say they would view more favourably a party that introduced a cap & just 7% would view one less favourably.

Results⤵️

[Transparency International UK @TransparencyUK]

🔎 NEW: Almost 1 in 6 peers holds a paid political advisory role that carries a significant lobbying risk.

The House of Lords is meant to be a place of independent scrutiny — not a network of political advisers for hire.

Our investigation ⤵️
https://t.co/K2Unj3LaCw

[Transparency International UK @TransparencyUK]

TONIGHT!

Come along to watch the timely documentary Breaking Social followed by a panel discussion on the impact of corruption on our society.

Details below ⤵️

[Transparency International UK @TransparencyUK]

💰Dirty money. Resource extraction. Corruption.

These aren't abstract problems, they have a real human cost. And the UK is not immune.

Join us at @Filmhouse for a Q&A with The Ferret & @NRGI after a screening of @breakingsocial1.

🎟️Tickets in comments ⤵️

[Transparency International UK @TransparencyUK]

Grab your tickets here ⤵️

https://t.co/b1CVEfOcl4

[Transparency International UK @TransparencyUK]

💰Dirty money. Resource extraction. Corruption.

These aren't abstract problems, they have a real human cost. And the UK is not immune.

Join us at @Filmhouse for a Q&A with The Ferret & @NRGI after a screening of @breakingsocial1.

🎟️Tickets in comments ⤵️

[Transparency International UK @TransparencyUK]

🗣️ “When government transparency is treated as a tick-box exercise... this undermines our right to know how decisions are made and leaves room for undue influence."

@duncanhames speaking w/ @openDemocracyUK on lobbying behind closed doors.

https://t.co/mJZ1afEykG

[Transparency International UK @TransparencyUK]

💷 BIG MONEY CORRUPTS POLITICS

In 2015, £1m+ donations made up just 1% of political donations. By 2024? They made up more than a third.

Today, it was put straight to the PM: the Election's Bill doesn't go far enough.

It’s time to cap donations & end big money in politics

[Transparency International UK @TransparencyUK]

🗣️ "The commission has created a giant regulatory black hole that we're now proposing to fill before it does untold damage.”

Steve Goodrich with @catneilan on MPs from @taxinparliament pushing to have donations from before being elected reported.

https://t.co/mJZ1afEykG

[Transparency International UK @TransparencyUK]

🚨 NEW ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING SUPERVISION MEASURES CONFIRMED

Gaps in oversight have enabled the corrupt to exploit the UK’s economy to launder their stolen wealth.

🕰️ Delivering these reforms as a priority is critical to strengthen the fight against dirty money

[Transparency International UK @TransparencyUK]

🗣️"We have never seen the number [of big donors] this small and the money this big”

@duncanhames in @AJEnglish on politics' dependence on the super rich.

We need a donations cap to end big money corrupting our politics.

More⤵️

https://t.co/RIgrQW6WUC

[Transparency International UK @TransparencyUK]

🗣️“Criminals can buy from developers off-plan and in bulk, often with fewer questions asked than in the resale market, and then generate apparently legitimate rental income”.

@BenCowdock in @OCCRP on how new builds are being used for money laundering.

https://t.co/NSqOTNNifj