Written Question·Cabinet Office·UIN 119680
Think Tanks: Finance
Tabled: 10 March 2026
Answered: 18 March 2026
Question
Dr Ellie Chowns
Green Party — North Herefordshire
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of requiring think tanks that seek to influence public policy to disclose their sources of private funding.
Answer
Nick Thomas-SymondsElectoral law already requires transparency where think tanks make political donations, campaign during elections, or work with political parties on regulated activity, and there are further restrictions on think tanks which have charitable status. The Go...
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