Countering Foreign Financial Influence and Interference in UK Politics Independent Review
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what discussions (a) Ministers and (b) officials have had with political parties on the Rycroft review recommendations since the Rycroft report was published.
Answered by Samantha Dixon
On the day the review was published, on 25 March 2026, the Secretary of State sent a letter to political party representatives setting out the Government’s intention to immediately accept two of the recommendations via amendments to the Representation of the People Bill: (1) an annual £100,000 cap on total political donations and regulated transactions made by each overseas elector; and (2) a moratorium on political donations made using crypto assets, of any amount. These changes are intended to strengthen protections against foreign financial interference in UK democracy and to maintain confidence in the transparency and integrity of political donations.
The government is committed to responding formally and in full to the Rycroft Review in advance of the Commons report stage of the Representation of the People Bill. As part of this, the Government will continue to engage across the sector, including with political parties. We have received correspondence from parties in response to the Secretary of State’s letter and look forward to discussing the issues raised in the near future.
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