{"id":14067,"date":"2026-03-26T16:59:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-26T16:59:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/davelevy.info\/wiki\/?p=14067"},"modified":"2026-03-26T17:18:54","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T17:18:54","slug":"electoral-finance-reform","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/davelevy.info\/wiki\/electoral-finance-reform\/","title":{"rendered":"Electoral finance reform"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Have the Labour Government finally decided to put a stop to foreign donations? The Guardian <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/politics\/2026\/mar\/25\/political-donations-cryptocurrency-blocked-reform-uk\">reports <\/a>in an article entitled &#8220;Overseas political funding capped and crypto donations blocked in blow to Reform UK&#8221;. It&#8217;s an important issue but caps are needed for domestic donation too. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>See also<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/the-rycroft-review-report-of-the-independent-review-into-countering-foreign-financial-influence-and-interference-in-uk-politics\">https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/the-rycroft-review-report-of-the-independent-review-into-countering-foreign-financial-influence-and-interference-in-uk-politics<\/a> at gov.uk<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"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\/\">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\/<\/a>, the house of commons response.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.transparency.org.uk\/news\/rycroft-review-government-right-act-fast-cap-all-political-donations-needed\">Rycroft review: Government right act fast but cap on all political donations needed<\/a> by Transparency International<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>And possibly the story that started it all, <a href=\"https:\/\/democracyforsale.substack.com\/p\/has-labour-just-accepted-the-case-donations-cap-rycroft-reform-foreign\">https:\/\/democracyforsale.substack.com\/p\/has-labour-just-accepted-the-case-donations-cap-rycroft-reform-foreign<\/a> at democracy for sale<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>But there&#8217;s also this, <a href=\"https:\/\/constitution-unit.com\/2026\/02\/26\/the-representation-of-the-people-bill-contours-of-the-debates-to-come\/\">https:\/\/constitution-unit.com\/2026\/02\/26\/the-representation-of-the-people-bill-contours-of-the-debates-to-come\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Image from Unsplash<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Have the Labour Government finally decided to put a stop to foreign donations? The Guardian reports in an article entitled &#8220;Overseas political funding capped and crypto donations blocked in blow to Reform UK&#8221;. 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