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Unfortunately, we do not have the resources or legal expertise to take on specific cases or give advice to people who want to report corruption, bribery or fraud. We regret that we are unable to investigate individual cases. Please refer to the information and guidance below as to who in the UK may be able to handle your specific matter.
This page was last updated on September 5, 2024.
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Protect is a whistleblowing charity that aims to protect society by encouraging workplace whistleblowing. As the leading authority in the field, they advise individuals with whistleblowing dilemmas at work and support organisations with their whistleblowing arrangements.
Online: https://protect-advice.org.uk/contact-protect-advice-line/
Tel: 020 3117 2520
The Guardian Media Group provide SecureDrop, a secure platform for whistleblowers to securely submit confidential documents to the newspaper’s reporters. The Guardian say that ‘the SecureDrop open-source whistleblowing platform provides a way for sources, who can choose to remain anonymous, to submit documents and data while avoiding virtually all of the most common forms of online tracking.’
Online: https://www.theguardian.com/securedrop
The SFO is a specialist prosecuting authority tackling the top level of serious or complex fraud, bribery and corruption. They are part of the UK criminal justice system covering England, Wales and Northern Ireland, but not Scotland, the Isle of Man or the Channel Islands. They take on a small number of large economic crime cases. In considering whether to take on an investigation, the Director of the SFO applies his Statement of Principle, which includes consideration of:
Report serious fraud, bribery or corruption here.
Email: [email protected] (email only for general enquires, not for providing provide sensitive information or to report serious fraud, bribery or corruption)
Tel: (0)20 7239 7272
The International Corruption Unit (ICU) within the National Crime Agency investigates international corruption and related money laundering offences. The ICU also traces and recovers the proceeds of international corruption.
Online: https://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/what-we-do/crime-threats/bribery-...
Email: [email protected]
The UK's national fraud and internet crime reporting centre, providing a central point of contact for reporting fraud and financially motivated internet crime.
Online: https://www.actionfraud.police.uk/reporting-fraud-and-cyber-crime
The UK’s official expert in sorting out problems with banking, insurance, PPI, loans, mortgages, pensions and other money and financial complaints. Please note that the Ombudsman is a service of last resort and you will need to have exhausted the internal complaints procedure of the financial institution that is the subject of your complaint before using this service.
Online: http://www.financial-ombudsman.org.uk/consumer/complaints.htm
Tel: 0800 023 4567
They are the final stage for complaints about the NHS in England and public services delivered by the UK Government. They look into complaints where someone believes there has been injustice or hardship because an organisation has not acted properly or fairly or has given a poor service and not put things right. Please note that the Ombudsman is a service of last resort and you will need to have exhausted the internal complaints procedure of the parliamentary or health institution that is the subject of your complaint before using this service.
Online: https://www.ombudsman.org.uk/making-complaint
Tel: 0345 015 4033
The Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman looks at complaints about councils and some other authorities and organisations, including education admissions appeal panels and adult social care providers (such as care homes and home care providers). Please note that the Ombudsman is a service of last resort and you will need to have exhausted the internal complaints procedure of the local government institution that is the subject of your complaint before using this service. From March 2024 they only investigate serious NHS complaints. Current wait times are seven months for NHS complaints and four months for complaints about Government departments.
Online: https://www.lgo.org.uk/make-a-complaint
Tel: 0300 061 0614
The Ombudsman deals with complaints from people who believe they have suffered injustice as a result of poor administration or the wrong applications of rules by government departments and public bodies in Northern Ireland. They are the ‘last resort’, normally only investigating cases when the complainant has already exhausted the formal complaints procedure of the organisation concerned.
Online: https://www.nipso.org.uk/make-complaint
Tel: 0800 34 34 24
The Scottish Public Services Ombudsman (SPSO) is the final stage for complaints about councils, the National Health Service, housing associations, colleges and universities, prisons, most water and sewerage providers, the Scottish Government and its agencies and departments and most Scottish authorities. Please note that the Ombudsman is a service of last resort and you will need to have exhausted the internal complaints procedure of the Scottish Public Service institution that is the subject of your complaint before using this service.
Online: https://www.spso.org.uk/
Tel: 0800 377 7330
The Commissioner for Public Appointments regulates the processes by which Ministers (including Welsh Ministers) make appointments to the boards of national and regional public bodies. They also currently regulate appointments processes in relation to some bodies in Northern Ireland.
Email: [email protected]
The ICR provides the independent complaints review service for the Land Registry. Anyone (including the members of the public, businesses and professional advisors) may refer a complaint to the ICR.
Online: ICR Office How to complain - ICR Office (icrev.org.uk)
Email: [email protected]
Tel: 0300 013 2119
The Independent Office for Police Conduct oversees the police complaints system in England and Wales and sets the standards by which the police should handle complaints. It is independent of the police and government.
Online: https://www.policeconduct.gov.uk/complaints
Tel: 0300 020 0096
Email: [email protected]
The role of the PIRC is to undertake independent investigations into the most serious incidents involving the police and to provide independent scrutiny of the way police bodies are operating in Scotland and respond to complaints from the public
Online: https://pirc.scot/complaint-handling-review
Email: [email protected]
Tel: 01698 542900
This Office provides an independent system for the handling of complaints about the conduct of police officers. They deal with those complaints in a manner which is free from any police, governmental or sectional community interest. Please note that the Ombudsman is a service of last resort and you will need to have exhausted the internal complaints procedure of the Police institution that is the subject of your complaint before using this service.
Online: https://www.policeombudsman.org/Complaints/English
Email: [email protected]
Tel: 0300 123 2989
The legal ombudsman deals with service complaints about lawyers, and has replaced the previous complaints organisations for the legal profession, including the Legal Complaints Service (for solicitors), the Complaints Commissioner for the Bar Standards Board (for barristers) and the former Legal Services Ombudsman. Please note that the Ombudsman is a service of last resort and you will need to have exhausted the internal complaints procedure of the legal institution that is the subject of your complaint before using this service.
Online: https://www.legalombudsman.org.uk/make-a-complaint/
Email: [email protected]
Tel: 0300 555 0333
The Housing Ombudsman Service is set up by law to look at complaints about the housing organisations that are registered with them. They resolve disputes involving the tenants and leaseholders of social landlords and our voluntary members (private landlords and letting agents who are committed to good service for their tenants). Please note that the Ombudsman is a service of last resort and you will need to have exhausted the internal complaints procedure of the housing institution that is the subject of your complaint before using this service.
Online: https://www.housing-ombudsman.org.uk/
Email: [email protected]
Tel: 0300 111 3000
