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Published in:Dark Money Investigations: OpinionThe Brexit dark money lobby has a new target – climate change actionBrexit showed that a few ruthless, well-connected people with big money behind them can change history. Now they’re...
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Published in:Dark Money Investigations: NewsCabinet Office blocked probe into government secrecyMPs told that the department is ‘utterly failing’ transparency laws at parliamentary inquiry
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Published in:Dark Money Investigations: News43 Lords have financial interests in fossil fuel industryPoliticians accused of being ‘worryingly cosy’ with oil and gas firms as it’s revealed almost one in ten Tory peers...
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Published in:Dark Money Investigations: NewsMarketing firm given £40m PPE contract made staff work on furloughExclusive: Employees say KAU Media Group threatened to fire staff who complained about being forced to work on...
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Published in:Dark Money Investigations: NewsAlan Sugar among 24 lords to have broken finance rules, parliamentary watchdog rulesExclusive: Downton Abbey creator Julian Fellowes also among peers named in official UK ruling, following an...
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Published in:Dark Money Investigations: NewsOil and gas firms have given £1m to Boris Johnson’s ConservativesExclusive: Tories accused of being ‘worryingly close to fossil fuel’ industry as oil and gas companies line up for...
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Published in: Dark Money Investigations: OpinionNew lobbying ban wouldn’t have stopped Owen Paterson from taking second jobYet again, Parliament’s standards watchdog has botched the rules for MPs – proving that they shouldn’t be allowed to...
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Published in: Dark Money Investigations: NewsUK peers face tighter rules on financial interests, after openDemocracy investigationExclusive: Members of the House of Lords will have to provide details of companies they have ‘significant control’...
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Published in: Dark Money Investigations: OpinionBoris Johnson’s plans won’t stop government sleazeBanning MPs from working as political consultants fails to answer the question at the heart of the scandal: is being...
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Published in: Dark Money Investigations: NewsTory MP facing lobbying probe helped firm win 'VIP lane' PPE dealLeak reveals ministers and MPs, including former health minister Steve Brine, referred private firms to ‘VIP’ list...
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: NewsOwen Paterson asked third firm for a job ‘weeks after leaving government’Exclusive: Disgraced former Tory MP phoned businessman he’d met through his ministerial brief to ask for work...
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Published in: Dark Money Investigations: NewsRevealing Johnson’s talks with BP not ‘in public interest’, UK government saysExclusive: Details of secretive meeting between the PM and the oil giant among crucial climate documents the Cabinet...
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Published in: Live discussionsHow to change the narrative on corruption in the UK
Thanks to Owen Paterson, British politicians are at last starting to use the C-word. It’s not just a Westminster...
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Published in: Dark Money Investigations: NewsGeoffrey Cox made £800,000 at law firm that helps rich companies sue poor statesExclusive: Under-fire Tory MP’s second job is at London-based law firm Withers, which boasts of work representing...
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Published in: Dark Money Investigations: NewsTory MP Geoffrey Cox has undeclared stake in ‘tax avoidance’ schemeExclusive: Former attorney general, who earns hundreds of thousands of pounds from a second job, is part of a scheme...
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Published in: Dark Money Investigations: OpinionThe Geoffrey Cox headlines look bad – the reality is worseThe British Virgin islands is not a country, it’s a loophole used to dodge tax, regulations, laws and oversight –...
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Published in: Dark Money Investigations: NewsMet Police silent despite calls to investigate Tory ‘cash for peers’ scandalOpposition MPs demand police inquiry after openDemocracy revealed Conservative treasurers who donate £3m seem almost...
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Published in: Dark Money Investigations: NewsWant a seat in the House of Lords? Be Tory treasurer and donate £3mExclusive: Senior Tory accuses Boris Johnson of overseeing ‘scandal in plain sight’ as it’s revealed party...
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Published in: Dark Money Investigations: NewsMPs net £6m from second jobs since pandemic beganExclusive: Opposition MPs call for ban on ‘moonlighting’ as it’s revealed an ex-PM and a cabinet minister are among...
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Published in: Dark Money Investigations: OpinionJohnson’s UK, Bolsonaro’s Brazil and Orbán’s Hungary: peas in a state-captured podState capture happens when narrow interest groups take control of public policy, buying influence to rewrite the...
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: OpinionNo second jobs for MPs, declare all lobbying: how Labour can fight corruptionThe people should be sovereign – but it is the power of wealth that is steering the UK’s course. A few simple but...
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Published in: Dark Money Investigations: OpinionI told the UK Parliament how to fix corruption… nobody listenedThe Owen Paterson scandal doesn’t surprise me; MPs shouldn’t be trusted. That’s why Westminster is plagued with scandals
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Published in: Dark Money Investigations: NewsBoris Johnson’s ex-adviser has role at firm that won £3.5m government ‘support’Exclusive: Hydro Industries donated £20,000 to the Tories at the same time it secured funding meant for struggling businesses
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Published in: Dark Money Investigations: NewsCalls for probe into ‘PPE millionaires’ who made staff work on furloughopenDemocracy revealed how a marketing firm that won £40m in PPE contracts threatened to fire staff who spoke out...
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Published in: oDR: AnalysisThese are the changes the UK must make after the Pandora PapersExclusive: After leaked offshore data exposed secrets of the ultra rich, experts accuse British government of not...
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Published in: Dark Money Investigations: NewsRecord profits for firm involved in bungled £250m PPE dealExclusive: Ayanda Capital’s earnings rise by 2,600% after winning huge COVID contract – but masks were rejected by NHS