Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 72473

Political Parties: Finance

Tabled: 29 August 2025
Answered: 11 September 2025

Question

Mr Angus MacDonald

Liberal DemocratInverness, Skye and West Ross-shire

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent steps her Department has taken to help strengthen safeguards against foreign interference in UK political funding.

Answer

Samantha Dixon
Stakeholders have raised concerns for more than a decade that our legal framework regulating political donations makes it too easy for determined actors to facilitate illegal donations, allowing foreign states to influence politics and decision-making in ...

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