• New measures introduced to help safeguard democratic processes from foreign financial influence and interference 

• Annual cap on donations from overseas electors set to be introduced, stopping people not living and working in this country from having unfair sway over politicians 

• Cryptocurrency will be banned for use in political donations until sufficient regulation in place to prevent untraceable funds being funnelled into UK politics

Landmark changes to protect UK democracy from scourge of foreign actors and financial influence are set to come into force – including a hard cap on donations from overseas electors. 

Under the new rules, British citizens living abroad will…