Written Question·Home Office·UIN 115735

Shops: Urban Areas

Tabled: 24 February 2026
Answered: 4 March 2026

Question

Jenny Riddell-Carpenter

LabourSuffolk Coastal

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress her Department has made on creating a public reporting line for illicit high-street businesses.

Answer

Sarah Jones
The High Streets Illegality Taskforce is working to develop a strategic long-term policy response to money laundering and associated illegality on UK high streets, including other forms of economic crime, tax evasion, and illegal working, tackling the sys...

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