Fresh evidence prompts calls for probe into anti-Labour 'dark money' groups
Exclusive: Electoral Commission urged to investigate potential coordination between ‘near identical’ campaigns that spent heavily on attack ads without declaring any donations
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Published in:Dark Money Investigations: InvestigationPro-Tory campaigns spent over £700,000 without declaring a single donationExclusive: The likes of Capitalist Worker and Campaign Against Corbynism spent heavily ahead of the 2019 election...
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Published in:Freedom of Information: NewsBritish government slammed by regulator over ‘unacceptable’ FOI failuresStinging criticism of Gove’s Cabinet Office laid bare in new openDemocracy analysis. Tory MP calls for...
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Published in:Freedom of Information: NewsFleet Street editors unite to demand ‘urgent’ action on Freedom of InformationGove under pressure as Guardian, Times, Telegraph, FT, Mirror and others sign openDemocracy letter calling for...
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Published in:Dark Money Investigations: InvestigationTory MP broke ministerial code over paid consulting for COVID-19 tech firmFormer minister George Freeman failed to seek official approval before giving “commercial advice” to a company...
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Published in:Dark Money Investigations: InvestigationTory donor Lord Ashcroft’s outsourcing firm lands £350m vaccination contractMedacs Healthcare is part of a group whose largest shareholder is Michael Ashcroft – who has given millions to the...
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Published in:Dark Money Investigations: InvestigationConservative donor given government export deal met senior Tories privatelyA billionaire whose firm was given a £1.5 million loan by UK Export Finance earlier this year admits attending...
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Published in: Dark Money Investigations: NewsUK government faces calls in Parliament for inquiry into third-party campaignsLabour MP John McDonnell calls on Electoral Commission to launch ‘serious and in-depth inquiry’ after openDemocracy...
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Published in: Dark Money Investigations: NewsMost Northern Irish voters want DUP’s dark money revealed, research suggestsNorthern Ireland Electoral Commission calls for powers to publish political donations retrospectively, including...
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Published in: Dark Money Investigations: NewsMatt Hancock under fire for latest donation from top horse auctioneer at ‘super-spreader’ Cheltenham FestivalThe health secretary has received more than £350,000 from the horse racing industry, leading an opposition MP to...
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Published in: Dark Money Investigations: NewsCummings lobbied for ‘friends’ to get fat contract for COVID focus groupsShadow minister says it's ‘appalling’ that the government dismissed concerns of bias raised after openDemocracy...
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Published in: Dark Money Investigations: InvestigationMet Police officers privately ordered to switch off NHS COVID-19 tracing appExclusive: Emails show senior police leadership in south London told their officers to turn off COVID app despite...
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Published in: Dark Money Investigations: OpinionUS is paying for letting dark money and disinformation run riotBillionaires such as Charles Koch spent a fortune convincing ordinary Americans to doubt everything - they shouldn't...
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Published in: Dark Money Investigations: InvestigationRevealed: Prominent Tory MP faces calls for investigation over lobbying tiesAndrew Bridgen lobbied ministers for “appropriate tax treatment” for a British teak plantation in Ghana – and later...
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Published in: ourNHS: OpinionControversial ‘spy tech’ firm Palantir lands £23m NHS data dealExclusive: UK government sneaks through new COVID data contract, despite legal challenges.
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Published in: Dark Money Investigations: InvestigationLocal authority accuses secretive Russian Tory donor’s firm of ‘abusing planning laws’Portsmouth City Council raises concerns about Aquind’s £1.2billion undersea power link project
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Published in: Freedom of Information: OpinionIs the government’s secretive ‘Clearing House’ lawful? An expert explainsWhen government departments share the names of people making freedom of information requests, they may be breaking...
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Published in: Dark Money InvestigationsPolitically connected firms were given 'high priority' for government COVID contracts, official report findsDamning Whitehall spending watchdog report 'will do little to quell concerns about cronyism in UK government procurement'.
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Published in: Dark Money Investigations: InvestigationRevealed: Former Tory chairman was secretly appointed as COVID advisorRole for former Conservative chairman and corporate lobbyist Andrew Feldman prompts fresh concerns about privileged...
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Published in: Dark Money Investigations: InvestigationPR firm at centre of Covid vaccine tsar row went on ‘frenzied’ hiring spreeAfter Admiral Public Relations was paid £670,000 to advise Kate Bingham, the PR firm – which has ties to Dominic...
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Published in: Dark Money Investigations: InvestigationOil firm linked to DUP dark money man collapses owing investors £4.5mRichard Cook signed an oil deal with a Texan company run by a convicted fraudster. The Scottish company involved has...
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Published in: Dark Money Investigations: InvestigationDark money think tank’s own advisor accuses it of ‘hiding’ behind charity law to lobby‘Disillusioned’ Institute of Economic Affairs advisor criticises hard Brexit think tank – while new documents show...
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Published in: Dark Money Investigations: InvestigationRevealed: ‘Failing’ Serco won another £57m COVID contract without competitionAs Serco's share price soars, government accused of "shovelling huge sums of public money to a handful of...
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Published in: Dark Money Investigations: InvestigationGovernment accused of ‘cronyism’ after Tory councillor wins £156m COVID contractStroud councillor Steve Dechan ran a small, loss-making firm distributing medical devices. Documents show it signed...
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Published in: Dark Money InvestigationsGovernment outsourcing of COVID-19 response is “national scandal” says select committee memberLabour’s Dawn Butler says pandemic being used as a “cover” to avoid accountability, comments come in wake of latest...
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Published in: Dark Money Investigations: InvestigationCummings and Gove allies won fresh COVID contract for A-level crisis workExclusive: Government accused of wasting taxpayer money after Public First landed contract without competition to...
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Published in: Dark Money Investigations: InvestigationRevealed: Electoral Commission’s private concerns about Russian Tory donorsUK elections watchdog alerted staff to 'interesting donations' from Lubov Chernukhin – and queried other Tory...