Steve Goodrich
@stevejgoodrich.bsky.social
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Head of Research and Investigations at Transparency International UK. Formerly at Electoral Commission. Following the money.
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Not so fun fact..

If you placed 1 million pallets of PPE side by side they would stretch from John o’Groats to Lands End.

Not only was the VIP Lane unlawful it was also incredibly wasteful. Over half of VIP firms supplied PPE deemed unsuitable for the NHS.

Viplanebook.com
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catneilan.bsky.social
Exclusive: Nigel Farage has not updated his register since May, despite continuing to present his GB News show, record Cameo videos and being a verified X user

Qus are now being asked about the non-registration of his shareholding in GB parent co All Perspectives

observer.co.uk/news/politic...
‘Nine-jobs Nigel’ Farage denies not declaring extra earni...
Roles outside Parliament make Reform leader the highest-earning MP, but register of interests has not been updated since end of May
observer.co.uk
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transparencyuk.bsky.social
WHO PAYS, WHO DECIDES? BIG MONEY IN BRITISH POLITICS

📆Monday, 4.30pm | Nova Scotia | Liverpool

Join our Director of Policy, @duncanhames.bsky.social, @liambyrnemp.bsky.social, @suehawley.bsky.social & @edhodgsoned.bsky.social to hear about big money's influence on our democracy.
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transparencyuk.bsky.social
📽️ NEW 📽️

Does the UK have a dark money problem?

Should we be worried?

As our Senior Research Officer, @rosewhiff.bsky.social explains - the public have a right to be concerned about the grip of dark money on our politics.
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transparencyuk.bsky.social
📺 "It is probably the biggest misspending scandal in the UK of all time."

A ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ review from The Guardian for last night's The Covid Contracts documentary featuring commentary and analysis from our Chief Executive, @danieljbruce.bsky.social.

Now available on ITVX ⤵️
www.itv.com/watch/the-co...
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Russell's being very modest here, he's also just written THE book on the VIP lane. Available now russellscott.substack.com/p/new-book-o...
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Great to see UK coverage of what's happening in Georgia. I remember how the Rose revolution 20yrs ago got so much airtime and print space, yet now almost nothing as it slides into authoritarianism and further into Russia's orbit. Needs more attention.

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
Owner of Georgian broadcaster called country’s ‘propaganda megaphone’ is based in London
Imedi TV owner denies criticism by EU disinformation monitor and says it is editorially independent
www.theguardian.com
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catneilan.bsky.social
Exclusive: Peter Mandelson is facing calls for a standards investigation over a possible breach of parliamentary rules

Comes amid ongoing questions about whether the Labour peer should remain a member of the House of Lords

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observer.co.uk/news/politic...
Calls for Peter Mandelson to face inquiry over meeting wi...
Patrick Vallance recorded contact as with Global Counsel, the consultancy founded by Mandelson
observer.co.uk
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catneilan.bsky.social
Exc: Reform Party sponsors appear to have broken company law

Crypto firm Zebec's Companies House listing cites a BVI-registered holding company as its ultimate owner, in an apparent breach of the rules

observer.co.uk/news/politic...
Reform conference sponsored by crypto firm and tobacco co...
Questions have been raised over Zebec’s shell company registration and Japan Tobacco International’s links to Russia
observer.co.uk
stevejgoodrich.bsky.social
Given the PM likes football, I'll put it this way.

Mandelson has scored a hat trick of OGs for successive Labour governments.

Surely this had got to be last time he's selected to be on the first team?
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transparencyuk.bsky.social
📻 "No Prime Minister is under any obligation to follow the advice that they're given."

Following Angela Rayner's resignation
@danieljbruce.bsky.social
went on LBC News made the case for stronger rules and independent oversight of ministerial standards in government.
stevejgoodrich.bsky.social
Electoral law is crystal clear that parties and politicians can only accept donations from permissible sources, and recipients must verify the source of funds.

Credible allegations of rule breaking should be investigated.

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Leaked files cast doubt on source of £2.6m in Tory donations
Official log records meeting ‘with Wafic Saïd (donor)’, a Canadian citizen whose British wife has given to party
www.theguardian.com
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transparencyuk.bsky.social
🚨NEW

Our blueprint to end financial secrecy in UK offshore centres is out today.

New guidelines provide five standards for meaningful beneficial ownership registers - from protecting investigators to ensuring broad access for journalists & civil society.

www.transparency.org.uk/publications...
Unlocking Ownership Data
Guidelines for implementing meaningful access to beneficial ownership data in the UK's offshore financial centres
www.transparency.org.uk
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This sets an important benchmark with which to measure delivery of commitments made by Anguilla, Bermuda, the BVI, Cayman Islands and Turks & Caicos Islands at last year's Joint Ministerial Council in London www.gov.uk/government/p...

We will be measuring progress by these Territories in due course
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For those interested in #beneficialownership transparency, @transparencyuk.bsky.social have published new guidelines on how to provide effective access to this data, building on previous standards from FATF, @openownership.bsky.social, the EU and UK www.transparency.org.uk/sites/defaul...
www.transparency.org.uk
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Local reporting is a bulwark against abuse of office yet it is chronically underfunded and overstretched. Boycotting the Nottingham Post to avoid scrutiny is a dangerous precedent for the UK. Copying Trump's playbook undermines free speech, a Great British liberty www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Reform council’s Nottingham Post ban a ‘massive attack on local democracy’
Nottinghamshire council’s administration says it will no longer deal with local paper, in unprecedented move
www.theguardian.com
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transparencyuk.bsky.social
🗣️ “The public have a right to know how much time MPs spend on second jobs, and how much they’re paid.”

@stevejgoodrich.bsky.social warned @catneilan.bsky.social that MPs must be transparent about outside payments to distinguish real deals from disguised donations.

observer.co.uk/news/politic...
There’s gold in bullion adverts for fill-your-boots Farage
A £280,000 payment to the MP for promotional work raises questions over the lack of clarity in his register of interests
observer.co.uk
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If I had a pound for every housing minister in the last ten years...
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Great to see CSPL call-out the UK Gov for allowing ministers to continue meddling in the affairs of the Electoral Commission www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

We @transparencyuk.bsky.social agree there's no place for gov interference in this parliamentary body.

Labour agreed too in last parl...