Loopholes Must Be Shut to Stop Foreign Money Influencing UK Politics: Watchdog

Loopholes Must Be Shut to Stop Foreign Money Influencing UK Politics: Watchdog
Undated file photo of the UK's Houses of Parliament in London. Stefan Rousseau/PA
Alexander Zhang
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The UK must close loopholes in its political donations rules in order to block foreign influence in British politics, an election watchdog has said.

John Pullinger, the chairman of the Electoral Commission, the UK’s independent elections agency, said there are not enough safeguards in place for the British public to have confidence that “unlawful” foreign money is not influencing UK politics.