Media / Members-only / Dark Arts Dispatch: Rogue investors, lobbyist cricket and visitors at No 10 Firms fined for breaching environmental, labour and consumer protection rules are stars of Labour’s investment summit By The Dark Arts and Ethan Shone / 17 Oct 2024
Investigation / Members-only / Revealed: No 10 adviser involved in AI policy has financial interests in AI Varun Chandra left an MI6-linked consultancy to join Starmer’s government, but he still has a stake in its AI-backing investment fund By Ethan Shone / 12 Oct 2024
Keir Starmer / Members-only / Revealed: No 10 advisor involved in AI policy has financial interests in AI Varun Chandra left an MI6-linked consultancy to join Starmer’s government, but he still has a stake in its AI-backing investment fund By The Dark Arts and Ethan Shone / 12 Oct 2024
News / 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 Ethan Shone / 18 Sep 2024
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