Political finance faces growing strategic challenges across the world. The UK’s system is exposed. It has long sought to balance pragmatism and transparency, vested interests and public accountability. Despite its myriad faults, it has not precipitated systemic collapse in the integrity of democratic processes. We worry about the next five years. Foreign state threats are growing, and efforts to influence UK positions on critical issues (for example on the US, EU or Ukraine) may increase between now and the next election. Democracies across the world are under threat, which erodes norms on international corporate ... (full story)