Elections: Subversion

(asked on 7th March 2022) - View Source

Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:

What steps he is taking to prevent donations from groups or individuals based overseas from unduly influencing elections in the UK.


Answered by
Kemi Badenoch Portrait
Kemi Badenoch
President of the Board of Trade
This question was answered on 7th March 2022

UK electoral law already sets out a stringent regime of donations controls to ensure that only those with a legitimate interest in UK elections, such as UK electors or UK-registered companies, can make political donations.

Measures in the Elections Bill go even further to strengthen the controls against ineligible foreign spending on electoral campaigning.

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