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Published in: Dark Money Investigations: InvestigationCrowdfunding site used by Wootton has ties to shadowy think tanksExclusive: Democracy 3.0 hosts campaigns by politicians, but lacks transparency about donations
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Published in: Dark Money Investigations: InvestigationRevealed: Elite club took £150,000 from property firm…then donated to ToriesLondon property firm run by Henning Conle gave regular donations to the Carlton Club, which supports Conservative MPs
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Published in: Dark Money Investigations: NewsOligarch’s ‘UK office’ had bank accounts frozen after openDemocracy revelationsAction came shortly after we revealed ex-Arsenal shareholder Alisher Usmanov could still profit from London firm
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Published in: Dark Money Investigations: NewsTory MP Bob Stewart faces investigation over register of interestsThe probe was launched days after openDemocracy revealed Bob Stewart had failed to declare a directorship
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Published in: Dark Money Investigations: NewsRishi Sunak admits oil-funded think tank helped write anti-protest lawsThe PM confirmed Policy Exchange helped draft laws targeting climate activists, as first revealed by openDemocracy
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Published in: Dark Money Investigations: InvestigationTory MP hid directorship at defence firm while sitting on defence committeeExclusive: Bob Stewart failed to declare role at a defence firm linked to a controversial Azerbaijani businessman
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Published in: Dark Money Investigations: NewsLaw to protect UK journalists from vexatious lawsuits a welcome ‘first step’New amendment will protect only those reporting on economic crime, sparking calls for government to go further
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Published in: Dark Money Investigations: NewsNew law to stop the rich and powerful from silencing UK journalistsExclusive: Government-backed amendment to protect those reporting on corruption expected to be in Parliament this week
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Published in: Dark Money Investigations: NewsHow both sides of Scottish indy debate are being bankrolled by dark moneyRevealed: Former PM Gordon Brown’s think tank Our Scottish Future is among those receiving the lowest transparency rating
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Published in: Dark Money Investigations: NewsMinister snubbed warning from elections watchdog over foreign donationsRevealed: Security minister didn’t even reply to Electoral Commission’s letter warning of loophole in UK election law
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Published in: Dark Money Investigations: NewsMinisters responsible for controversial sanction waivers, new rules sayMP asks ‘what are ministers trying to hide?’, as government refuses to publish original sanctions guidance
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Published in: Dark Money Investigations: NewsCalls for lobbying crackdown after we expose £13m ‘backdoor’ to MPsStandards committee demands tighter rules after openDemocracy uncovers lobbying by firms including weapons makers
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Published in: Dark Money Investigations: AnalysisLabour’s plans to tackle UK’s dirty money problem need more ambitionIf Labour wins the next election, it can’t just talk tough on corruption – it must fund Londongrad’s clean-up
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Published in: Dark Money Investigations: NewsRishi Sunak cut air taxes and blocked climate levy after airline lobbyingExclusive: Sunak’s Treasury was lobbied by airlines over tax cuts, sparking accusations of government ‘favouritism’
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Published in: Dark Money Investigations: OpinionThere’s a new expenses scandal, but Westminster is silentOPINION: Taxpayers are still being billed huge sums for controversial expenses, from MPs’ PR to business class flights
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Published in: Dark Money Investigations: InvestigationParliament’s £180m expenses bonanza: photoshoots and business class flightsExclusive: Train enthusiast MP claimed £52,000 on London hotels, instead of catching the train
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Published in: 50.50: NewsKate Forbes’ political career began with role paid by anti-abortion lobby groupExclusive: SNP leadership candidate previously worked for shadowy Christian right group that doesn’t declare funders
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Published in: Dark Money Investigations: NewsRevealed: MPs claim £1m on expenses for private spin doctorsPR firms are raking in taxpayer cash, as Westminster regulator admits it doesn’t check if rules are followed
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Published in: Dark Money Investigations: InvestigationRevealed: Peer claims £18,000 expenses for ‘doing nothing’New House of Lords expenses scandal as member claimed ‘daily allowance’ to attend, despite never speaking or voting
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Published in: Dark Money Investigations: InvestigationMPs claimed £1m in six years to heat their second homesExclusive: Suella Braverman and Matt Hancock are among the biggest claimers, while ordinary families struggle with...