On 12 May 2016, as part of his closing remarks at the Anti-Corruption Summit 2016, David Cameron announced that the UK will require foreign companies which own UK property and those that wish to buy UK property or bid for central government contracts to disclose their ultimate shareholders.

This is to be done by joining a public register of beneficial ownership information. The closing remarks can be accessed here:

https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/anti-corruption-summit-2016-pms-closing-remarks

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