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Published in: Dark Money Investigations: InvestigationRevealed: ‘Alternative Irish border’ Brexit lobbyist in fresh conflict of interest row
Shanker Singham, reappointed to key government trade role, paid to lobby influential Biden allies on post-Brexit...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKBrexit is a dirty business, but grassroots resistance is growing - an interview with Friends of the Earth’s Kierra Box
Brexiteers plan to slash regulation to a terrifying degree, after years of poor enforcement of existing rules. But...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKLeaving the EU’s chemicals regulations will lead to chaos and increased animal testing, warns industry
The UK’s chemicals industry’s leading trade bodies say their members overwhelmingly want to stay in the EU’s REACH....
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Published in: Dark Money InvestigationsMP accuses former Tory official of being a ‘fraudster’ and ‘cowboy’ who exploited legal loophole to hide source of ‘dark money’
The Scottish Tory vice chair Richard Cook, who helped channel £435,000 to the Democratic Unionist Party, was branded...
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Published in: Dark Money InvestigationsA second Brexit referendum is getting more likely. Here are 3 things that must happen first
We can prevent a rerun of the abuses that dogged the 2016 vote. Here’s how.
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Published in: Dark Money InvestigationsRevealed: How dark money is winning ‘the Brexit influencing game’
As Tory MPs resign in protest at the malign influence of hardline Brexiters, documents show the “unfettered” access...
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Published in: Dark Money InvestigationsCommons report on “fake news” says failing electoral laws are putting UK democracy at risk
Report from MPs builds on openDemocracy’s work exposing unaccountable ‘dark money’ and influence on our elections
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Published in: openDemocracyUKJohnson & Davis claim chemicals industry will be Brexit winners – so where are the firms clamouring to leave?
Part one of a three-part-series: Will Brexit mean a toxic chemicals BREACH?
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Published in: Dark Money InvestigationsRevealed: The dark-money Brexit ads flooding social media
Facebook has new transparency rules on political ads. But in the last week pro-Brexit groups have spent tens of...
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Published in: Dark Money InvestigationsStop calling ‘no-deal’ Brexiteers idiots. They know exactly what they’re doing
This is not bungling, or delusion. It’s part of the Great British Asset striptease. And we need to know who’s bankrolling it.
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Published in: Dark Money Investigations‘They were planning on stealing the election’: Explosive new tapes reveal Cambridge Analytica CEO’s boasts of voter suppression, manipulation and bribery
Previously unknown recording reveals extraordinary ‘black ops’ on three continents – exploiting weaknesses in...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKBrexit is good news for those in the business of war
Lydia Noon reflects on a busy week for those seeking and profiteering from arms deals, and the hypocrisy of it.
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Published in: openDemocracyUKWill the new Environment Bill really deliver Gove’s “Green Brexit”?
Next week parliament starts scrutinising draft legislation, but environmental campaigners are sceptical about the...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKFormer shadow Northern Ireland minister asks elections watchdog to investigate DUP Brexit dark money
Former Northern Ireland frontbencher joins cross-party MPs calling for ‘full investigation’ into Richard Cook and...
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Published in: Dark Money InvestigationsRevealed: the dirty secrets of the DUP’s ‘dark money’ Brexit donor
MPs call on Richard Cook to “emerge from the shadows” after we uncover his trail of illegal waste, unpaid bills and...
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Published in: Dark Money InvestigationsFresh concerns raised over DUP’s secret Brexit donation
Caroline Lucas MP calls on UK watchdog to ‘re-open investigation’, after new evidence suggests ‘deeply...
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Published in: Dark Money InvestigationsRevealed: Arron Banks Brexit campaign's 'secret' meetings with Cambridge Analytica
Leaked emails show Leave.EU misled parliament and UK regulator about meetings with controversial Trump-linked firm –...
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Published in: Dark Money InvestigationsDark money investigations: what we’ve found out, and why we’re looking
For the past two years openDemocracy has been tracking down the secretive, wealthy donors trying to influence...
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Published in: Dark Money InvestigationsRight-wing think tank accused of promoting tobacco and oil industry “propaganda” in schools
The Institute of Economic Affairs’ magazine distributed to tens of thousands of British schoolchildren promotes...
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Published in: Dark Money InvestigationsTheresa May accused of "major cover-up" over Brexit donor Arron Banks
Home Office refuses openDemocracy’s request for information about investigation into Banks – saying this “would...