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Countering Foreign Financial Influence and Interference in UK Politics Independent Review

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he plans to take to help ensure that the consultation process for the independent review into foreign interference in UK politics remains (i) transparent and (ii) acce

answeredMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

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Answering body
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Tabled
26 Jan 2026
Target answer date
28 Jan 2026
Answer
4 Feb 2026 · 9 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 26 Jan 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he plans to take to help ensure that the consultation process for the independent review into foreign interference in UK politics remains (i) transparent and (ii) acce

  2. 28 Jan 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 4 Feb 2026

    Answer published

    Decisions made about the Rycroft Review, within the scope of its terms of reference, are a matter for the independent reviewer and his team. The review team’s email address is published online alongside the terms of reference here. The review findings wil...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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