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Published in: Dark Money Investigations: NewsUK is ‘top destination’ for Russians looking to hide dirty money in property
Former deputy prime minister sanctioned by EU among those who own multi-million-pound London properties
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Published in: Dark Money Investigations: NewsExclusive: 623 new ‘British’ companies are actually controlled from Russia
It comes amid calls to bring sanctions against oligarchs and restrict the flow of Russian money through British businesses
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Published in: Dark Money Investigations: NewsFresh Tory lobbying row over unregulated ‘Westminster Russia Forum’
Exclusive: The group, once called Conservative Friends of Russia, is set to hold a ‘multilateral relations...
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Published in: Dark Money Investigations: News200 Russian millionaires bought way into UK in seven years since ‘clampdown’
Exclusive: ‘Golden visa’ scheme afforded oligarchs special treatment despite ‘security concerns’ that eventually saw...
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Published in: Dark Money Investigations: NewsAPPGs scandal: MP reveals how lobby firm tried to use her to influence Parliament
Calls for independent inquiry as SNP’s Alison Thewliss reveals she was asked to set up an All-Party Parliamentary...
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Published in: Dark Money Investigations: OpinionChris Bryant: MPs should run a mile from groups controlled by lobbyists
'Every lobbying company sees an All-Party Parliamentary Group as an ideal way of making a quick buck,' writes the...
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Published in: Dark Money Investigations: NewsWeapons makers and private firms donate £13m to get exclusive access to MPs
Revealed: Unregulated MPs’ groups took more than half their funding from private sector – including health and...
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Published in: Dark Money Investigations: NewsMPs who lobbied for controversial ‘green’ petrol were funded by fuel industry
Government introduced 'E10' petrol after parliamentary group produced glowing report – despite warnings about its...
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Published in: Dark Money Investigations: InvestigationAll-Party Parliamentary Groups: search the data
Explore Westminster's unregulated network of special interest groups – and who is funding them
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Published in: Dark Money Investigations: NewsPartygate investigator helped shield No.10 from scrutiny over Grenfell
Revealed: Emails show how Sue Gray was consulted over decision to withhold information about fatal fire
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Published in: Dark Money Investigations: NewsBritish universities slammed for taking £90m from oil companies in four years
Exclusive: Campaigners condemn ‘scandalous’ funding, saying it is ‘a blemish on the reputations of the UK’s leading...
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Published in: Dark Money Investigations: NewsTories fined £17,800 as Boris Johnson accused of lying about flat refurb
The prime minister personally contacted a Tory donor on WhatsApp to ask for help funding his redecoration, Electoral...
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Published in: Dark Money Investigations: OpinionNew lobbying ban wouldn’t have stopped Owen Paterson from taking second job
Yet 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 investigation
Exclusive: 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 sleaze
Banning 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 deal
Leak 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 says
Exclusive: 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 states
Exclusive: Under-fire Tory MP’s second job is at London-based law firm Withers, which boasts of work representing...