Margaret Hodge appointed UK anti-corruption champion to tackle flow of ‘dirty money’

Labour peer says she will combat ‘corruption and the illicit finance that flows from it, both at home and abroad’

Margaret Hodge, a long-term campaigner against global corruption, has been appointed as the UK’s anti-corruption champion.

Her strong track record of campaigning on the issue, including in the UK overseas territories, is a signal of intent by the foreign secretary, David Lammy, that he intends the issue to be at heart of his revamped Foreign Office.

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