Journalists use the UK beneficial ownership (BO) register to investigate political party financing

A UK political party faced scrutiny over an undisclosed GBP 5 million gift to its leader that was flagged to the National Crime Authority for money-laundering concerns, including an investigation by parliamentary standards. Journalists used the UK BO register to show the leader controlled the party's corporate entity earlier than claimed – a concrete instance of UK BO data being used for real-time political accountability reporting.

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