Does Florence Eshalomi Support Crypto?

The Liaison Committee held an oral evidence session with Prime Minister Keir Starmer on the work of the Prime Minister. During this Chair of the Housing, Communities, and Local Government Committee Florence Eshalomi MP (Lab, Vauxhall and Camberwell Green) asked about the timeline of the Rycroft review into foreign financial interference in UK politics and the possibility of the Government banning cryptocurrency.

Downing Street has been urged to ban political donations in cryptocurrency by seven senior Labour MPs who chair parliamentary committees.

The committee chairs – Liam Byrne, Emily Thornberry, Tan Dhesi, Florence Eshalomi, Andy Slaughter, Chi Onwurah and Matt Western – called on the government to introduce a full ban in the forthcoming elections bill amid concern that cryptocurrency could be used by foreign states to influence politics.