Correspondence between the Minister for Homelessness and Democracy, and the Chair, CSPL, on the government's electoral reform strategy

Correspondence between Rushanara Ali MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Homelessness and Democracy, and Doug Chalmers, Chair, CSPL, on the government's electoral reform strategy.

Letter to Committee on Standards in Public Life - Strategy publication.

Letter from Chair, CSPL to Rushanara Ali MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Homelessness and Democracy

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The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Homelessness and Democracy, Rushanara Ali MP, wrote to Doug Chalmers regarding the publication of ‘Restoring trust in our democracy: Our strategy for modern and secure elections'. Doug Chalmers replied, saying he was pleased to see that a number of the recommendations in our 2021 report, 'Regulating Election Finance', had been reflected in the proposals, including tightening the requirement to identify the true source of donations in order to reduce the risk of foreign money influencing UK elections, along with measures to make the enforcement of political finance rules more effective and proportionate. Doug Chalmers also welcomed the measures in the Strategy aimed at countering the risk to our democracy posed by the unacceptable levels of intimidation faced by candidates at our elections, which build on recommendations made in our 2017 report, ‘Intimidation in Public Life'.