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The Latest Breaking News from Spotlight on Corruption

Tory peer’s punishment for fiddling expenses criticised as too lenient

Campaigners demand ‘real consequences’ for peer who claimed expenses for car journeys he did not take

The Guardian - UK

UK government urged to restore Electoral Commission’s independence to protect democracy

Oversight of watchdog could be abused by a future authoritarian government, report warns

The Guardian - UK

The Covid Contracts: Follow the Money review – a devastating picture of the biggest spending scandal ever

This rigorous look at the Tories’ ‘VIP lane’ for PPE suppliers during Covid raises questions about the motivations of those involved – ones that are almost too disgusting to contemplate

The Guardian - UK

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UK ministers and officials treated to hospitality 3,500 times in five years, study finds

Some of firms providing meals and tickets also among those to secure most meetings in key departments

The Guardian - UK

National Crime Agency 'on its knees', report warns with 'Britain's FBI' facing brain drain

The agency is at the heart of Sir Keir Starmer’s plans to ‘smash the gangs’ bringing people across the English Channel in small boats

Evening Standard

After the bombshell Saudi defence deal revelations, we need a full inquiry into who knew what

There cannot be one rule for ordinary businesses and ordinary people, and another for government departments, says Susan Hawley of Spotlight on Corruption

The Guardian - UK

Post-ministerial jobs rules tightened but fall short of ethics overhaul demanded

Labour’s Angela Rayner said the changes ‘barely scratch the surface’ of the reforms required.

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Labour MPs in spotlight over donations from secretive firm

SENIOR Labour MPs have received more than quarter of a million pounds in donations from a secretive firm amid a renewed focus on Westminster funding.

The National (Scotland)

Failure to name firms receiving Covid loans hurts trust in UK, BBB tribunal told

‘Woefully inadequate’ due diligence controls to deter fraud cited in challenge to British Business Bank

The Guardian - UK

Covid fraud: how bounce back loans paid for cars, watches and even porn

As details emerge, concerns grow about Treasury’s efforts to recover almost £5bn wrongly claimed

The Guardian - UK

Children of oligarchs may have used parents’ funds for UK ‘golden visas’

Home Office granted right to live in UK through tier 1 scheme to 46 people aged 21 or under, FoI request reveals

The Guardian - UK

UK gave sanctioned Russians ‘golden visas’ after first Ukraine invasion

Government accused of ‘shocking complacency’ over awards to seven Putin cronies

The Guardian - UK

Name the eight oligarchs given ‘golden visas’, demands Labour

Exclusive: Call for Priti Patel to name the Russians on sanctions list and publish report on defunct visa purchase scheme

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