Have the Labour Government finally decided to put a stop to foreign donations? The Guardian reports in an article entitled “Overseas political funding capped and crypto donations blocked in blow to Reform UK”. It’s an important issue but caps are needed for domestic donation too.
See also
- https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-rycroft-review-report-of-the-independent-review-into-countering-foreign-financial-influence-and-interference-in-uk-politics at gov.uk
- https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/111/national-security-strategy-joint-committee/news/212850/rycroft-review-joint-committee-chair-responds-to-review-of-foreign-interference-in-uk-politics/, the house of commons response.
- Rycroft review: Government right act fast but cap on all political donations needed by Transparency International
- And possibly the story that started it all, https://democracyforsale.substack.com/p/has-labour-just-accepted-the-case-donations-cap-rycroft-reform-foreign at democracy for sale
But there’s also this, https://constitution-unit.com/2026/02/26/the-representation-of-the-people-bill-contours-of-the-debates-to-come/
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