Keir Starmer / Members-only / Labour given £4m from tax haven-based hedge fund with shares in oil and arms Quadrature’s donation is noteworthy not just for being Labour’s largest-ever, but for its timing ahead of election By The Dark Arts and Ethan Shone / 18 Sep 2024
Analysis / Members-only / Lobbyists helped MPs get elected – and you have no right to know about it A lobbyist can give a Labour MP £1,499 without it being declared. And that's still true if they give 30 Labour MPs £1,499 By Ethan Shone / 11 Sep 2024
Labour / Members-only / You have no right to know which MPs got elected with the help of lobbyists A lobbyist can give a Labour MP £1,499 without it being declared. And that's still true if they give 30 Labour MPs £1,499 By The Dark Arts and Ethan Shone / 11 Sep 2024
Analysis / Members-only / Concerts, clothes and New York breaks: New ministers take £170,000 of gifts Starmer has accepted more than anybody else since start of 2023, raising questions over what donors get in return By Ethan Shone / 4 Sep 2024
Keir Starmer / Members-only / Concerts, clothes and New York breaks: New ministers take £170,000 of gifts Starmer has accepted more than anybody else since start of 2023, raising questions over what donors get in return By The Dark Arts and Ethan Shone / 4 Sep 2024
News / Members-only / Revealed: Corporate lobbyists were at heart of Labour’s election campaign Lobbyists described work for Labour – which was not declared to authorities – as ‘great for future relationships’ By Ethan Shone / 1 Aug 2024
Analysis / Members-only / Inside the Westminster networking events where lobbyists and politicians mix No 10 refused to say who attended a Downing Street business reception. So openDemocracy found out By Ethan Shone / 31 Jul 2024
Keir Starmer / Members-only / Inside the Westminster networking events where lobbyists and politicians mix No 10 refused to say who attended a Downing Street business reception. So Dark Arts found out By The Dark Arts and Ethan Shone / 31 Jul 2024
Analysis / Members-only / The army of private sector secondees who helped Labour win Private firms have given Labour £1.8m worth of secondments and pro-bono work since 2022. What do they get in return? By Ethan Shone / 22 Jul 2024
Keir Starmer / Members-only / The army of private sector secondees who helped Labour win Private firms have given Labour £1.8m worth of secondments and pro-bono work since 2022. What do they get in return? By The Dark Arts and Ethan Shone / 22 Jul 2024
Keir Starmer / Members-only / Lovebombed by lobbyists: How Labour became the party of Big Business An openDemocracy investigation reveals the secretive mass lobbying campaign that shaped Starmer's policies By The Dark Arts and Ethan Shone / 9 Jul 2024
Investigation / Members-only / Lovebombed by lobbyists: How Labour became the party of Big Business An openDemocracy investigation reveals the secretive mass lobbying campaign that shaped Starmer's policies By Ethan Shone / 9 Jul 2024