This summer's intense sunshine could be powering our homes. But most households can't afford to install their own solar panels. The Solar Saver scheme would change this. From @neweconomics.bsky.social and @thefinancelab.bsky.social 1/5

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🚨 🧵 1/4 Alarming new report from our friends at Finance Innovation Lab, which finds that dirty money worth the equivalent of over 10% of our GDP flows through Britain every year. This includes illicit money linked to money laundering, corruption, financial crime, illegal trade and tax dodging.

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"With the right finance model, millions of homes could install solar panels and batteries with no upfront cost, cut their energy bills from day one, and strengthen Britain's energy security – with no direct cost to the government," says @jesselgriffiths.bsky.social of @thefinancelab.bsky.social 4/5

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🧵 1/ Did you know that £325 billion of dirty money flows through the UK economy each year? That’s tax evasion, money laundering, corruption - whether on the high street, enabled by professional advisers or connected to organised crime gangs.

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Have a read of my piece on the more than £300bn of illicit funds flowing through the UK each year and what we can do to tackle it 👇🏻

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