APPG on Anti-Corruption and Responsible Tax
@appgonacrt.bsky.social
Building a fair and transparent tax system. Campaigning against corruption and dirty money. Working cross-party for real change.
Chaired by Phil Brickell MP
Chaired by Phil Brickell MP
The APPG has visited the Serious Fraud Office for a behind-the-scenes look at how it is tackling major bribery and corruption cases.
We heard directly from the leadership team, spoke with case controllers running investigations, and finished with a session on the Digital Forensics Unit.
We heard directly from the leadership team, spoke with case controllers running investigations, and finished with a session on the Digital Forensics Unit.
January 6, 2026 at 3:01 PM
The APPG has visited the Serious Fraud Office for a behind-the-scenes look at how it is tackling major bribery and corruption cases.
We heard directly from the leadership team, spoke with case controllers running investigations, and finished with a session on the Digital Forensics Unit.
We heard directly from the leadership team, spoke with case controllers running investigations, and finished with a session on the Digital Forensics Unit.
🌍Today is International Anti-Corruption Day!
Yesterday, the Government published its Anti-Corruption Strategy – timely recognition that corruption is a threat to democracy. We co-sponsored the launch event, where our Chair @philbrickellmp.bsky.social welcomed the UK’s anti-corruption drive.
Yesterday, the Government published its Anti-Corruption Strategy – timely recognition that corruption is a threat to democracy. We co-sponsored the launch event, where our Chair @philbrickellmp.bsky.social welcomed the UK’s anti-corruption drive.
December 9, 2025 at 12:07 PM
🌍Today is International Anti-Corruption Day!
Yesterday, the Government published its Anti-Corruption Strategy – timely recognition that corruption is a threat to democracy. We co-sponsored the launch event, where our Chair @philbrickellmp.bsky.social welcomed the UK’s anti-corruption drive.
Yesterday, the Government published its Anti-Corruption Strategy – timely recognition that corruption is a threat to democracy. We co-sponsored the launch event, where our Chair @philbrickellmp.bsky.social welcomed the UK’s anti-corruption drive.
The budget wasn't the only show in town this week - here’s our Chair @philbrickellmp.bsky.social and APPG member Lloyd Hatton on why today's Government meeting with the UK's Overseas Territories matters for communities across the country 👇
November 27, 2025 at 12:23 PM
The budget wasn't the only show in town this week - here’s our Chair @philbrickellmp.bsky.social and APPG member Lloyd Hatton on why today's Government meeting with the UK's Overseas Territories matters for communities across the country 👇
Great news!
After a campaign from the APPG, the Chancellor has made tackling dodgy high street businesses a priority in today’s Budget – setting aside £50 million a year for the next 3 years to boost enforcement against money laundering & tax evasion on our high streets.
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After a campaign from the APPG, the Chancellor has made tackling dodgy high street businesses a priority in today’s Budget – setting aside £50 million a year for the next 3 years to boost enforcement against money laundering & tax evasion on our high streets.
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November 26, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Great news!
After a campaign from the APPG, the Chancellor has made tackling dodgy high street businesses a priority in today’s Budget – setting aside £50 million a year for the next 3 years to boost enforcement against money laundering & tax evasion on our high streets.
🧵👇
After a campaign from the APPG, the Chancellor has made tackling dodgy high street businesses a priority in today’s Budget – setting aside £50 million a year for the next 3 years to boost enforcement against money laundering & tax evasion on our high streets.
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The MPs highlighted how throwing open the books in British Overseas Territories could put a stop crooks and kleptocrats using offshore shell companies to:
💷 Enable tax abuse
🏪 Hide dodgy high street shops
🕵️♂️ Clean cash for organised crime gangs
🏠 Distort the housing market
💷 Enable tax abuse
🏪 Hide dodgy high street shops
🕵️♂️ Clean cash for organised crime gangs
🏠 Distort the housing market
November 25, 2025 at 10:40 AM
The MPs highlighted how throwing open the books in British Overseas Territories could put a stop crooks and kleptocrats using offshore shell companies to:
💷 Enable tax abuse
🏪 Hide dodgy high street shops
🕵️♂️ Clean cash for organised crime gangs
🏠 Distort the housing market
💷 Enable tax abuse
🏪 Hide dodgy high street shops
🕵️♂️ Clean cash for organised crime gangs
🏠 Distort the housing market
🆕 The APPG has coordinated a letter to the Government signed by 18 cross party MPs calling for an end to “embarrassing and costly” offshore financial secrecy, as covered by Politico 👇
November 25, 2025 at 10:40 AM
🆕 The APPG has coordinated a letter to the Government signed by 18 cross party MPs calling for an end to “embarrassing and costly” offshore financial secrecy, as covered by Politico 👇
🔎 Last week in Westminster Hall, MPs set out how financial secrecy in Britain’s Overseas Territories is something that hits communities hard across the UK. When oligarchs, tax dodgers and organised criminals hide their money offshore, it is working people here at home who pick up the bill 👇🧵
November 10, 2025 at 4:56 PM
🔎 Last week in Westminster Hall, MPs set out how financial secrecy in Britain’s Overseas Territories is something that hits communities hard across the UK. When oligarchs, tax dodgers and organised criminals hide their money offshore, it is working people here at home who pick up the bill 👇🧵
🚨 Our Chair @philbrickellmp.bsky.social is leading a debate today on how financial secrecy in Britain's Overseas Territories is harming communities throughout the UK.
When oligarchs, tax dodgers and organised criminals hide their money offshore, working people here at home pick up the bill 👇
When oligarchs, tax dodgers and organised criminals hide their money offshore, working people here at home pick up the bill 👇
November 5, 2025 at 9:20 AM
🚨 Our Chair @philbrickellmp.bsky.social is leading a debate today on how financial secrecy in Britain's Overseas Territories is harming communities throughout the UK.
When oligarchs, tax dodgers and organised criminals hide their money offshore, working people here at home pick up the bill 👇
When oligarchs, tax dodgers and organised criminals hide their money offshore, working people here at home pick up the bill 👇
💷 Economic crime costs us billions every year, from fraud to money laundering.
But law enforcement budgets haven’t kept pace.
Watch Lord Cromwell make the case for an Economic Crime Fighting Fund, which would give agencies the tools they need by reinvesting more of the cash taken from criminals 👇
But law enforcement budgets haven’t kept pace.
Watch Lord Cromwell make the case for an Economic Crime Fighting Fund, which would give agencies the tools they need by reinvesting more of the cash taken from criminals 👇
October 16, 2025 at 3:58 PM
💷 Economic crime costs us billions every year, from fraud to money laundering.
But law enforcement budgets haven’t kept pace.
Watch Lord Cromwell make the case for an Economic Crime Fighting Fund, which would give agencies the tools they need by reinvesting more of the cash taken from criminals 👇
But law enforcement budgets haven’t kept pace.
Watch Lord Cromwell make the case for an Economic Crime Fighting Fund, which would give agencies the tools they need by reinvesting more of the cash taken from criminals 👇
🗣️ "We need open registers of beneficial ownership, transparency, and letting sunlight be the best disinfectant."
👏 Our Vice-Chair the Rt Hon Sir Andrew Mitchell MP spoke on a great @ukanticorruptioncoalition.org and @brightblueuk.bsky.social panel at @conservatives.bsky.social Conference today.
👏 Our Vice-Chair the Rt Hon Sir Andrew Mitchell MP spoke on a great @ukanticorruptioncoalition.org and @brightblueuk.bsky.social panel at @conservatives.bsky.social Conference today.
October 6, 2025 at 3:42 PM
🗣️ "We need open registers of beneficial ownership, transparency, and letting sunlight be the best disinfectant."
👏 Our Vice-Chair the Rt Hon Sir Andrew Mitchell MP spoke on a great @ukanticorruptioncoalition.org and @brightblueuk.bsky.social panel at @conservatives.bsky.social Conference today.
👏 Our Vice-Chair the Rt Hon Sir Andrew Mitchell MP spoke on a great @ukanticorruptioncoalition.org and @brightblueuk.bsky.social panel at @conservatives.bsky.social Conference today.
❗High-street money laundering and tax abuse is damaging communities nationwide. After our APPG received a briefing from the NCA last week, APPG Chair @philbrickellmp.bsky.social asked the Home Office what they’re doing about it ⬇
September 16, 2025 at 12:38 PM
❗High-street money laundering and tax abuse is damaging communities nationwide. After our APPG received a briefing from the NCA last week, APPG Chair @philbrickellmp.bsky.social asked the Home Office what they’re doing about it ⬇
New officers, new direction ⬆️
Following its Annual General Meeting, MPs elected a fresh slate of officers to take the APPG forward in the year ahead.
@philbrickellmp.bsky.social was elected Chair of the Group. Phil brings to the role over a decade of senior experience tackling financial crime.
Following its Annual General Meeting, MPs elected a fresh slate of officers to take the APPG forward in the year ahead.
@philbrickellmp.bsky.social was elected Chair of the Group. Phil brings to the role over a decade of senior experience tackling financial crime.
September 16, 2025 at 9:55 AM
New officers, new direction ⬆️
Following its Annual General Meeting, MPs elected a fresh slate of officers to take the APPG forward in the year ahead.
@philbrickellmp.bsky.social was elected Chair of the Group. Phil brings to the role over a decade of senior experience tackling financial crime.
Following its Annual General Meeting, MPs elected a fresh slate of officers to take the APPG forward in the year ahead.
@philbrickellmp.bsky.social was elected Chair of the Group. Phil brings to the role over a decade of senior experience tackling financial crime.
Why are our high streets littered with vape shops that always appear empty yet claim to take in tens of thousands each week? Why are they lined with multiple barbers that never seem to cut any hair? These are questions MPs are now demanding answers to.
September 11, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Why are our high streets littered with vape shops that always appear empty yet claim to take in tens of thousands each week? Why are they lined with multiple barbers that never seem to cut any hair? These are questions MPs are now demanding answers to.
🚨 STATEMENT 🚨
We welcome the Government's announcement today that it will set up an Ethics and Integrity Commission to help restore trust in politics.
Statement from our Chair @joepowell.bsky.social 👇
We welcome the Government's announcement today that it will set up an Ethics and Integrity Commission to help restore trust in politics.
Statement from our Chair @joepowell.bsky.social 👇
July 21, 2025 at 2:28 PM
🚨 STATEMENT 🚨
We welcome the Government's announcement today that it will set up an Ethics and Integrity Commission to help restore trust in politics.
Statement from our Chair @joepowell.bsky.social 👇
We welcome the Government's announcement today that it will set up an Ethics and Integrity Commission to help restore trust in politics.
Statement from our Chair @joepowell.bsky.social 👇
👏 3/4 Finally, @philbrickellmp.bsky.social welcomed the strategy.
❔ He asked several Qs, including on timelines and permissible donations.
👍 📝 Minister @rushanaraalibgs.bsky.social said she would write to him about his questions, and would be working closely with the Electoral Commission.
❔ He asked several Qs, including on timelines and permissible donations.
👍 📝 Minister @rushanaraalibgs.bsky.social said she would write to him about his questions, and would be working closely with the Electoral Commission.
July 18, 2025 at 12:00 PM
👏 3/4 Finally, @philbrickellmp.bsky.social welcomed the strategy.
❔ He asked several Qs, including on timelines and permissible donations.
👍 📝 Minister @rushanaraalibgs.bsky.social said she would write to him about his questions, and would be working closely with the Electoral Commission.
❔ He asked several Qs, including on timelines and permissible donations.
👍 📝 Minister @rushanaraalibgs.bsky.social said she would write to him about his questions, and would be working closely with the Electoral Commission.
⚠️ 🪙 2/4 Next up was @liambyrnemp.bsky.social who cautioned that the measures outlined by Govt need to be strengthened by banning cryptocurrency from our politics.
📑 The Minister said existing rules will still need to be abided by, regardless of the type of donation.
📑 The Minister said existing rules will still need to be abided by, regardless of the type of donation.
July 18, 2025 at 12:00 PM
⚠️ 🪙 2/4 Next up was @liambyrnemp.bsky.social who cautioned that the measures outlined by Govt need to be strengthened by banning cryptocurrency from our politics.
📑 The Minister said existing rules will still need to be abided by, regardless of the type of donation.
📑 The Minister said existing rules will still need to be abided by, regardless of the type of donation.
🚨 📽️ 🧵 1/4 New video thread!
🗣️ Yesterday, when Govt launched its Elections Bill strategy, some of our members asked key questions.
🦹♂️ First up was @rachelblakemp.bsky.social who voiced her concerns about foreign influence.
📖 Minister @rushanaraalibgs.bsky.social agreed, citing the Russia Report.
🗣️ Yesterday, when Govt launched its Elections Bill strategy, some of our members asked key questions.
🦹♂️ First up was @rachelblakemp.bsky.social who voiced her concerns about foreign influence.
📖 Minister @rushanaraalibgs.bsky.social agreed, citing the Russia Report.
July 18, 2025 at 12:00 PM
🚨 📽️ 🧵 1/4 New video thread!
🗣️ Yesterday, when Govt launched its Elections Bill strategy, some of our members asked key questions.
🦹♂️ First up was @rachelblakemp.bsky.social who voiced her concerns about foreign influence.
📖 Minister @rushanaraalibgs.bsky.social agreed, citing the Russia Report.
🗣️ Yesterday, when Govt launched its Elections Bill strategy, some of our members asked key questions.
🦹♂️ First up was @rachelblakemp.bsky.social who voiced her concerns about foreign influence.
📖 Minister @rushanaraalibgs.bsky.social agreed, citing the Russia Report.
💰 In short, Phil says, 'dirty money...corrodes the entire tax system.'
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July 17, 2025 at 3:07 PM
💰 In short, Phil says, 'dirty money...corrodes the entire tax system.'
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🏝️ As Phil says, corporate secrecy in territories like the BVI enables tax abuse on a huge scale.
🛥️ In Jan, @tbij.bsky.social reported on how UK tax havens allowed sanctioned Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich to allegedly dodge vast amounts of tax.
www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2025...
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🛥️ In Jan, @tbij.bsky.social reported on how UK tax havens allowed sanctioned Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich to allegedly dodge vast amounts of tax.
www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2025...
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July 17, 2025 at 3:07 PM
🏝️ As Phil says, corporate secrecy in territories like the BVI enables tax abuse on a huge scale.
🛥️ In Jan, @tbij.bsky.social reported on how UK tax havens allowed sanctioned Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich to allegedly dodge vast amounts of tax.
www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2025...
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🛥️ In Jan, @tbij.bsky.social reported on how UK tax havens allowed sanctioned Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich to allegedly dodge vast amounts of tax.
www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2025...
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📽️ 🧵 New video thread!
🗣️ The APPG's @philbrickellmp.bsky.social spoke about British Overseas Territories in this week's tax debate.
❌ The British Virgin Islands (BVI) recently missed a 3rd deadline for creating more transparent corporate registers.
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🗣️ The APPG's @philbrickellmp.bsky.social spoke about British Overseas Territories in this week's tax debate.
❌ The British Virgin Islands (BVI) recently missed a 3rd deadline for creating more transparent corporate registers.
1/4
July 17, 2025 at 3:07 PM
📽️ 🧵 New video thread!
🗣️ The APPG's @philbrickellmp.bsky.social spoke about British Overseas Territories in this week's tax debate.
❌ The British Virgin Islands (BVI) recently missed a 3rd deadline for creating more transparent corporate registers.
1/4
🗣️ The APPG's @philbrickellmp.bsky.social spoke about British Overseas Territories in this week's tax debate.
❌ The British Virgin Islands (BVI) recently missed a 3rd deadline for creating more transparent corporate registers.
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🚨 STATEMENT 🚨
This morning, @rushanaraalibgs.bsky.social, the Minister for Homelessness and Democracy, outlined the Government's new strategy to protect our democracy from malign influence.
www.gov.uk/government/p...
We welcome this move. Statement from our Chair Joe Powell here 👇
This morning, @rushanaraalibgs.bsky.social, the Minister for Homelessness and Democracy, outlined the Government's new strategy to protect our democracy from malign influence.
www.gov.uk/government/p...
We welcome this move. Statement from our Chair Joe Powell here 👇
July 17, 2025 at 12:57 PM
🚨 STATEMENT 🚨
This morning, @rushanaraalibgs.bsky.social, the Minister for Homelessness and Democracy, outlined the Government's new strategy to protect our democracy from malign influence.
www.gov.uk/government/p...
We welcome this move. Statement from our Chair Joe Powell here 👇
This morning, @rushanaraalibgs.bsky.social, the Minister for Homelessness and Democracy, outlined the Government's new strategy to protect our democracy from malign influence.
www.gov.uk/government/p...
We welcome this move. Statement from our Chair Joe Powell here 👇
2/ 👍 The Government's own Growth Duty guidance is clear:
📈 “Well designed, proportionate regulation” is essential to protecting consumers and promoting long-term, sustainable growth.
📈 “Well designed, proportionate regulation” is essential to protecting consumers and promoting long-term, sustainable growth.
July 10, 2025 at 12:02 PM
2/ 👍 The Government's own Growth Duty guidance is clear:
📈 “Well designed, proportionate regulation” is essential to protecting consumers and promoting long-term, sustainable growth.
📈 “Well designed, proportionate regulation” is essential to protecting consumers and promoting long-term, sustainable growth.
2/ 💰 Economic crime isn’t "just" a financial problem. It directly fuels:
❌ people trafficking
❌ drug networks
❌ ransomware
❌ and espionage.
🚓 In 2024, the NCA dismantled a laundering network tied to Russian elites, ransomware gangs, and the Kinahan cartel. Read the story here ⬇️
❌ people trafficking
❌ drug networks
❌ ransomware
❌ and espionage.
🚓 In 2024, the NCA dismantled a laundering network tied to Russian elites, ransomware gangs, and the Kinahan cartel. Read the story here ⬇️
July 9, 2025 at 3:12 PM
2/ 💰 Economic crime isn’t "just" a financial problem. It directly fuels:
❌ people trafficking
❌ drug networks
❌ ransomware
❌ and espionage.
🚓 In 2024, the NCA dismantled a laundering network tied to Russian elites, ransomware gangs, and the Kinahan cartel. Read the story here ⬇️
❌ people trafficking
❌ drug networks
❌ ransomware
❌ and espionage.
🚓 In 2024, the NCA dismantled a laundering network tied to Russian elites, ransomware gangs, and the Kinahan cartel. Read the story here ⬇️
2/ "Clean Foundations for Growth" outlines some of the costs of economic crime:
💸 Estimated £350bn cost to the economy every year
📉 Public trust undermined
🏘️ Housing & markets distorted
🔒 National security threatened
💸 Estimated £350bn cost to the economy every year
📉 Public trust undermined
🏘️ Housing & markets distorted
🔒 National security threatened
July 8, 2025 at 11:57 AM
2/ "Clean Foundations for Growth" outlines some of the costs of economic crime:
💸 Estimated £350bn cost to the economy every year
📉 Public trust undermined
🏘️ Housing & markets distorted
🔒 National security threatened
💸 Estimated £350bn cost to the economy every year
📉 Public trust undermined
🏘️ Housing & markets distorted
🔒 National security threatened
1/🚨🧵 Out now! Our new report with the APPG on Fair Banking and @ukanticorruptioncoalition.org shows how tackling dirty money can create growth.
🗣️ The report launch featured speeches by @margarethodge.bsky.social, @yuanfenyang.bsky.social, UK Finance's Aminah Samad, and @kathrynwestmore.bsky.social
🗣️ The report launch featured speeches by @margarethodge.bsky.social, @yuanfenyang.bsky.social, UK Finance's Aminah Samad, and @kathrynwestmore.bsky.social
July 8, 2025 at 11:57 AM
1/🚨🧵 Out now! Our new report with the APPG on Fair Banking and @ukanticorruptioncoalition.org shows how tackling dirty money can create growth.
🗣️ The report launch featured speeches by @margarethodge.bsky.social, @yuanfenyang.bsky.social, UK Finance's Aminah Samad, and @kathrynwestmore.bsky.social
🗣️ The report launch featured speeches by @margarethodge.bsky.social, @yuanfenyang.bsky.social, UK Finance's Aminah Samad, and @kathrynwestmore.bsky.social