About

The All-Party Parliamentary Group on Anti-Corruption & Responsible Tax is a unique campaigning organisation with strong cross-party support that works to influence political debate and deliver real world change.

Our aim is to develop and advocate for policies which promote fair taxation and put a stop to corruption or financial crime. We work not only for the headline fiscal purpose of increasing public revenue, but also for the wider purpose of ensuring that the public at large continues to have faith in the system. We are non-partisan and work to build consensus across the political divide.

The APPG was established in June 2020 with the merger of two existing backbench Parliamentary groups on responsible taxation and anti-corruption. The group has a secretariat and specialist research function based out of the Policy Institute at King’s College London that supports our Parliamentary campaigns. The group is funded by grants from The Joffe Trust and the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy.

Officers

Dame Margaret Hodge MP (Lab), Chair

Margaret became the Labour Member of Parliament for Barking in June 1994. She has served in government, holding portfolios across education, work and pensions, business and culture. In 2010, Margaret also became the first elected Chair of the Public Accounts Committee and was also its first female Chair. Today, Margaret is the Chair of the APPG on Anti-Corruption and Responsible Tax. She is also the Chair of Theatre Royal Stratford East as well as Royal Holloway, University of London.

Alison Thewliss MP (SNP), Co-Chair

Alison Thewliss was elected in May 2015. Alison is currently the SNP Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer. Prior to her election as an MP, she served as Glasgow Councillor for the Calton Ward in the East End. Alison was the Glasgow SNP Council Group’s spokesperson on Land and Environmental Services, and she takes a keen interest in improving local government and democracy.

Liam Byrne MP (Lab), Co-Chair

Liam is the Labour MP for Birmingham Hodge Hill, a member of Her Majesty's Privy Council, elected Chair of the Global Parliamentary Network on the World Bank and IMF and an Associate of Nuffield College, Oxford. He sits on the House of Commons Foreign Affairs Committee and chairs the All Party Parliamentary Group on Inclusive Growth

Nigel Mills MP (Con), Co-Chair

Nigel Mills is a Conservative Party politician, serving as the Member of Parliament for Amber Valley since 2010. Nigel is a member of the Work and Pensions Committee, Backbench Business Committee, Procedure Committee, and the Committee on the Future Relationship with the European Union. Prior to a career in politics, Nigel qualified as a chartered accountant, working for PwC and Deloitte. In 2013, Nigel was awarded The Spectator’s Parliamentarian of the Year Award, with 14 other MPs.