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Published in: Dark Money Investigations: InvestigationExclusive: Property tycoons gave Tories more than £11m in less than a yearConservatives accused of being ‘in hock’ to developers as donations from property and construction soars amid ‘cash...
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Published in: Dark Money Investigations: InvestigationExclusive: Egyptian billionaire’s firm’s £1.5m export deal unveiled days after Tory donationUnatrac gave the Conservatives £125,000 in January. Six days later the firm's taxpayer-backed deal was announced....
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Published in: Dark Money Investigations: InvestigationRevealed: Nearly 400,000 British companies evade anti-money laundering checksDavid Cameron promised to stop scammers and kleptocrats hiding behind British shell companies. But almost one in ten...
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Published in: Dark Money Investigations: InvestigationRevealed: Serco under fire over fresh £90m COVID-19 contractFirm in charge of England’s ‘track and trace’ now responsible for supporting vulnerable people during the pandemic....
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Published in: Dark Money Investigations: OpinionWhy are British politicians so scared of transparency?From scientific advice and procurement contracts to Freedom of Information requests, our government has drastically...
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Published in: Dark Money Investigations: InvestigationExclusive: DUP dark money man in ‘very unusual’ investment scandalRichard Cook signed an oil deal with a firm run by a convicted Texan fraudster. The Scottish company involved has...
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Published in: Dark Money Investigations: InvestigationRevealed: More than 700 British firms blacklisted in Ukraine for suspicious activityBritish shell companies provide high prestige with low transparency – perfect for money-laundering, popular across...
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Published in: Dark Money Investigations: Investigation'Useless' Deloitte accused of PPE failings amid COVID-19 deal secrecyRevealed: British firms offering to make PPE say they were ignored – MPs demand transparency over major supply deal
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Published in: Dark Money Investigations: InvestigationAs Burberry makes PPE for nurses and doctors, Brexiteer hedge funder shorts its stockIgnoring Bank of England pleas, hedge funds managers including Paul Marshall and Crispin Odey are profiting from...
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Published in: Dark Money Investigations: InvestigationThe Northern Irish ghost companies that mask crime worldwideExploitation of workers, corruption and money-laundering, all kept in the shadows by lax regulation. Could Northern...
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Published in: Dark Money Investigations: InvestigationExclusive: Boris Johnson’s Culture Minister under fire over ‘clearly inappropriate’ failure to end relationship with media companyJohn Whittingdale, appointed to ‘whack’ the BBC, accused of ‘clear conflict of interest’ over continuing his...
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Published in: Dark Money Investigations: InvestigationRevealed: The secret cash that put Boris Johnson in Number 10Cash from secretive Tory groups and anonymous donors played a critical role in demolishing Labour’s ‘red wall’ of...
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Published in: Dark Money Investigations: InvestigationRevealed: LSE-Huawei deal sparks ‘reputation laundering’ concernsLondon School of Economics gave ethical approval for Huawei to pay the university to study its 5G “leadership.”...
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Published in: Dark Money Investigations: OpinionFreedom of Information is broken – help us fix itWe’ve forced the government to obey the law on transparency, but it’s been a long fight. It shouldn’t be this way....
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: OpinionBoris Johnson made politics awful, then asked people to vote it awayOur investigations show how the Tories won big
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Published in: Dark Money Investigations: InvestigationRevealed: A fifth of new Tory MPs have worked as lobbyistsNew MPs include lobbyists for banks, private healthcare and arms manufacturers
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Published in: Dark Money Investigations: InvestigationEyebrows raised over Tory candidate’s ‘unusual’ £100,000 MPs’ expense claimsConservative who blocked upskirting legislation and opposed anti-domestic-violence laws outsourced parliamentary...
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Published in: Dark Money Investigations: Investigation‘People are cheesed off’: Brexit anger tests Teesside’s Labour loyaltiesThe Tories are eyeing the North East Labour stronghold as anti-establishment feelings run high over the region’s...
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Published in: Dark Money Investigations: InvestigationPro-Labour Facebook pages swing into action in key marginalRemain groups are helping Labour close the online funding war in Wales's capital
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Published in: Dark Money Investigations: InvestigationDodgy bar charts, misinformation and propaganda in Bristol North WestFrom old-school tactics to creative use of social media adverts, the parties (and others) have been battling it out...