Sky News and Tortoise Media have created the first database showing the scale of money entering UK politics. SamCoatesSky explains how and why the tool was made. WestminsterAccounts: 📺 Sky 501, Virgin 602, Freeview 233 and YouTube
What was agreed that night did amount to an important incremental tightening of the rules that was welcomed by campaigners. But the focus of the Westminster juggernaut had moved on with the change of prime minister. The vote was of little interest because many thought it of minimal practical consequence to them - it might mean up to 30 MPs have to reassess second jobs.
Is this the best system we could possibly have, given the Paterson affair happened as it did? Have MPs really come up with the best way to collect and publish data about outside earnings, gifts and donations? Is the register of members' financial interests a sufficient guide to the financial dealings of MPs?
In a landmark move, we are publishing a new publicly available tool to give voters the chance to explore. Everyone will be able to play with the financial data we have collected from publicly available sources about each MP, explore a new universe connecting the financial dots across our political universe - and draw their own conclusions.
Then in a powerful and unprecedented move, once users have explored one MP's financial affairs, they then have the ability to search by donor, MP and party in the political-financial universe represented by a series of globes. This tool will be updated every few weeks with the latest data provided by the authorities, at least up until the next general election.
But we defend our right to look at the numbers in this way; and encourage the conversation that will follow, however difficult. But rather than avoiding the exercise, Sky News is attempting to help shine a light on how money works in politics, so the public better understands what is going on.
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