🗣️ “The public have a right to know who was fast-tracked and on whose say-so. Five years of resisting disclosure has been a prolonged and unnecessary failure of transparency.” Our @duncanhames on the newly released ‘VIP lane’ records. democracyforsale.substack.co…

Great to welcome @anticorruption Chair François Valérian to London this week to spend two days with TI-UK and our global programme teams. We are part of a global movement in 100+ countries, and with so much corrupt money flowing through the UK, our work here matters worldwide.

🗣️ “Leaving [SLPs] out of identity verification with no timetable risks making them the weak link in an otherwise strengthened system.” Our Juliet Swann on why Scottish Limited Partnerships shouldn’t be left behind as ID checks roll out for other firms. thenational.scot/news/266875…

📝 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 ⤵️ piped.video/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…

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🆕 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 ⤵️ piped.video/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 ⤵️ piped.video/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 piped.video/watch?v=Dn-G0nAl…

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 ⤵️ piped.video/watch?v=tlf0o4y0…