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High Streets Illegality Taskforce

Asked by John MilneLiberal DemocratHome OfficeTabled Answered 12 January 2026UIN 102318

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the High Streets Illegality Taskforce; and how she measures that effectiveness.

Answered by Dan Jarvis

At the Autumn Budget 2025, the Chancellor announced the creation of a dedicated cross-government taskforce to tackle money laundering and associated criminality on our high streets.

The Taskforce is currently being established. It will develop an intelligence-led understanding of the threat, design systemic interventions to disrupt money laundering and related criminality and set strategic priorities for future operational activity. Effectiveness will be assessed through systematic monitoring and evaluation of progress against its objectives. Further details will be announced in due course.

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