Jem Mills-Sheehy

📺 "The £122 million of Medpro is the tip of the iceberg. A billion pounds of stock that went through that VIP lane was written off as unfit for use in the NHS."

Following yesterday's ruling, @danieljbruce.bsky.social spoke with Talk TV on the serious flaws of the ‘VIP lane’ for COVID contracts.

Full room for our event atm! Brill team at @moreincommonuk.bsky.social and @spotlightcorruption.org have all helped out this together.

Great to be at todays UKACC event in partnership with @thefabians.bsky.social with @philbrickellmp.bsky.social @liambyrnemp.bsky.social @catneilan.bsky.social and @suehawley.bsky.social.

Great to be at Demos for an extremely timely event on information chaos’ impact threat to democracy.

Brill panel with @hannahperry.bsky.social, @kirstymcneill.bsky.social, @pollycurtis.bsky.social, Shuab Gamote from @futuregovforum.bsky.social and Anneliese Dodds MP.

Come along tomorrow!

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Does the UK have a dark money problem?

Should we be worried?

As our Senior Research Officer, @rosewhiff.bsky.social explains - the public have a right to be concerned about the grip of dark money on our politics.

Who pays, who decides? Big money in British politics Join Transparency International UK at Labour Party Conference

Heading to Labour Party Conference this weekend?

Join our Director of Policy, @duncanhames.bsky.social, @liambyrnemp.bsky.social, @suehawley.bsky.social, @edhodgsoned.bsky.social and Baroness Hodge for "Who pays, who decides? Big money in British politics".

www.transparency.org.uk/events/who-p...

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Honestly Bernardo Silva biggest shithouser in the league.

Can’t stand the guy but would no doubt love it if he was in my team 😂😂😂

Labour conference requirements: expensive phone

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If you see a lost Australian carrying pop up banners and flyers wandering around Liverpool docks next weekend, looks like I’ll have plenty of time for a coffee 😂

My colleague @rosewhiff.bsky.social marked international ‘day of democracy’ with this timely suggestion for what we need to do to protect our politics and elections from capture by parties’ ultra-wealthy backers:

Political donation caps are needed to tackle deepening political inequality - British Politics and Policy at LSE The Government has to limit the individual donation amounts allowed and cap campaign spending by political parties.

Wealthy donors are increasingly fudning political campaigns, eroding the public’s trust in the political process. The Government has the opportunity to reverse that trend, argues Rose Whiffen of @anticorruption.bsky.social.

blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandp...

Calls for Peter Mandelson to face inquiry over meeting wi... Patrick Vallance recorded contact as with Global Counsel, the consultancy founded by Mandelson

🗣️ “The evidence available provides grounds for the commissioners for standards to investigate.”

@stevejgoodrich.bsky.social spoke to @catneilan.bsky.social as @theobserveruk.bsky.social revealed potential breaches to lobbying rules by Peter Mandelson.

observer.co.uk/news/politic...

First time in Holyrood! Awesome to see our Open Access Tool now rolled out in Scotland thanks to the always awesome @rosewhiff.bsky.social & @muteswann.bsky.social

And of course, check it out yourself 👇

openaccess.transparency.org.uk

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Authorities sound alarm on new money laundering threats The latest National Money Laundering Risk Assessment finds up to £10 billion in illicit flows through UK property each year

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Up to £10 billion could be laundered through UK property each year, according to the latest government risk assessment.

From opaque trusts to crypto schemes, criminals are finding new ways to hide dirty money.

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Take Big Money Out of Our Politics British politics is awash with money from super rich donors. In 2023, two-thirds of all private donations came from just 19 people. These so-called ‘mega donors’ enjoy privileged access to political p...

💰 Mega donors' ability to flood our politics with huge sums of money was regrettably not addressed in the Gov's recent Elections Bill Strat.

@petergeoghegan.bsky.social and @38degrees.bsky.social launched a petition to show how much the public wants big money taken out of our democracy.

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We are extremely concerned to see the worsening humanitarian situation in Gaza, where more than 100 international aid organisations and human rights groups are warning of mass starvation. We have colleagues at AMAN-Transparency Palestine (Transparency International Palestine) who remain in Gaza with their families and are experiencing chronic hunger and dehydration, in unimaginably dire conditions.. As a global movement committed to fighting for a world without corruption, we believe that everyone has the right to be treated with dignity and to live safely and freely in their country. We stand with our colleagues across the region and support calls for an immediate ceasefire, the opening of all land crossings, and the free and safe flow of humanitarian aid through UN-led mechanisms. We are also appealing for the urgent release of all remaining hostages.

We are extremely concerned to see the worsening humanitarian situation in Gaza, where more than 100 international aid organisations and human rights groups are warning of mass starvation.

📺 Big announcement yesterday to stop💰in politics having too much sway over our democracy.

Some good announcements though a few things we need to tighten up!

In the coming months we will be working to ensure this bill stops mega donors wielding undue influence over our politics.

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Crackdown on foreign donations welcome, but bolder action needed to end corrupting influence of big money Anti-corruption campaigners warn more still to be done to protect UK democracy and restore trust in politics

Good to see government address the vulnerabilities we have identified to the threat of foreign interference in our politics. But these proposals duck the issue of political parties’ growing reliance on a small number of ultra-wealthy donors and the corrupting influence of big money in our politics.

📣 "The upcoming Elections Bill needs to close loopholes... that allow dark money into our politics, stop undue influence of mega donors and give the Electoral Commission the powers needed to properly enforce the law"

@duncanhames.bsky.social in @petergeoghegan.bsky.social on money in UK politics.

Times letters: Rising Reform and disappointment in Starmer Sir, If Reform voters wanting to “smash things up” means they want radical change, AN Wilson is correct

🗣️ "It is causing confusion and a chilling effect on public discussion. It should be withdrawn."

@danieljbruce.bsky.social joined academics and civil society leaders in opposing govt guidance that bars public officials from attending public and stakeholder events.

www.thetimes.com/comment/lett...

📖 With the Government due to release it's plans for political donation reform, read our timely blog on the poor powers and enforcement that undermines existing protections for our UK democracy.

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Hear from @stevejgoodrich.bsky.social and @racheldavies.bsky.social on why its time to end the financial secrecy in the UK's offshore financial centres that make the UK a safe haven for dirty money.

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More on what today's missed deadline from my brilliant colleague @margotmollat.bsky.social

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