News / MPs launch inquiry into UK government’s ‘opaque’ handling of FOI requests A parliamentary committee will investigate the Cabinet Office after openDemocracy won transparency court case over ‘Clearing House’ unit By Adam Bychawski / 8 Jul 2021
News / Urgent changes needed to tackle dirty money in British politics, says new report Secretive groups can be used as ‘route for foreign money to influence UK elections’, parliamentary committee warns By Adam Bychawski and Seth Thévoz / 7 Jul 2021
News / UK aid cuts cast doubt on Boris Johnson’s promise to double climate funding The prime minister wants a ‘pile of cash’ for climate action from G7 leaders, but aid experts say the UK has undermined its own pledge By Adam Bychawski / 10 Jun 2021
News / openDemocracy staff sign union agreement Union will help openDemocracy to thrive and make it an even better place to work, says acting editor-in-chief By Adam Bychawski / 27 May 2021
News / ‘Callous’ UK aid cuts threaten global gender equality goals Women and girls worldwide are ‘under threat of violence’ due to the UK government cutting research funding by two-thirds By Adam Bychawski / 14 May 2021
Analysis / In pursuit of truth: journalists fight back in battle for press freedom Seven global stories of the rising attacks on reporters and how they joined campaigners to take on hostile governments and online bullies By Adam Bychawski / 3 May 2021
News / Leading European cultural figures call on EU to offer Scotland ‘path’ to rejoin Brian Cox, Slavoj Žižek, and Elena Ferrante among signatories asking the EU to offer membership ahead of possible Scottish independence vote By Adam Bychawski / 29 Apr 2021
News / UK government must abolish ‘pernicious’ unit blocking FOI requests, says senior Tory David Davis said Cabinet Office’s ‘Clearing House’ unit should be scrapped, and criticised ‘political strategy’ of withholding information By Adam Bychawski / 23 Apr 2021
News / ‘VIP’ lane led to ‘systemic bias’ in UK government COVID contracts More than £2bn in contracts politically connected to Tories may have come through priority channel, suggests new report By Adam Bychawski / 22 Apr 2021
News / Douglas Ross under fire for ‘prejudicial’ Traveller comments unearthed by openDemocracy The Scottish Tory leader faces backlash from Travellers and human rights activists after being accused of ‘divisive language’ in TV leaders debate By Adam Ramsay and Adam Bychawski / 14 Apr 2021
News / ‘Worse than a crime’: Johnson cutting aid to ‘pander’ to Red Wall, says Tory MP Decision to slash aid to poorest countries made for ‘cultural reasons’ not economic ones, says former international development secretary By Adam Bychawski / 1 Apr 2021
News / United Nations hits out at UK government global research cut Exclusive: ‘Incredibly short-sighted’ budget cuts draw international disapproval and threaten global health research By Adam Bychawski and Peter Geoghegan / 12 Mar 2021
