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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Rowena Mason Whitehall editor

Senior Labour MPs urge government to ban cryptocurrency political donations

A Reform UK rosette
Reform UK this year became the first British political party to accept contributions in the digital currency. Photograph: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images

Downing Street has been urged to ban political donations in cryptocurrency by seven senior Labour MPs who chair parliamentary committees.

The committee chairs – Liam Byrne, Emily Thornberry, Tan Dhesi, Florence Eshalomi, Andy Slaughter, Chi Onwurah and Matt Western – called on the government to introduce a full ban in the forthcoming elections bill amid concern that cryptocurrency could be used by foreign states to influence politics.

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