Lucas Amin is a reporter for openDemocracy's investigations team
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Published in: Home: NewsRevealed: 75 senior London councillors have financial ties to property developersScores of lobbyists for the building sector also hold senior roles in local government, openDemocracy has found
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Published in: Freedom of Information: News2020 was worst year on record for UK government secrecyExclusive: Landmark openDemocracy report exposes depth of the government’s attack on the Freedom of Information Act
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Published in: Freedom of Information: InvestigationBP paid ex-MI6 spy firm to snoop on green campaignersExclusive: Oil giant also shared intelligence on environmentalists with British Museum and Warwick University in...
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Published in: Freedom of InformationHow the UK government is undermining the Freedom of Information ActFrom delaying tactics and stonewalling to schoolboy errors, the government is making its disdain for transparency laws clear.
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Published in: Freedom of Information: InvestigationUK government running ‘Orwellian’ unit to block release of ‘sensitive’ informationExclusive: Secretive Cabinet Office 'Clearing House' for Freedom of Information requests also accused of...
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Published in: Freedom of Information: OpinionVast sums spent, no one knows why: COVID reveals why UK transparency law must changeBritish governments love to outsource. But Freedom of Information doesn’t apply to private companies, so the rest of...