The former MP for Barking and former long-time chair of the Public Accounts Committee, who is remembered for grilling multinationals like Amazon and Starbucks about their use of aggressive tax avoidance, will support the government’s agenda to tackle corruption.

Hodge is a leading campaigner on corruption and illicit finance. As chair of PAC from 2010-2015 and of the APPG on Anti-Corruption and Responsible Tax, she shone a light on the impact of dirty money in the UK and was instrumental in setting up the beneficial ownership register at Companies House.