Ex-Shell worker Alexander Stafford MP chairs parliamentary pressure group run by industry-funded Connect PA firm

European trade unionists say UK strike laws are already more restrictive than its neighbours

Institute of Economic Affairs boasted of access to parliamentarians in run-up to Liz Truss’s ill-fated premiership

Ministers’ own schools were among those that received millions while state schools faced bankruptcy

The A&E delays can be traced back to Cameron – and have been worsened by successive health secretaries

New legislation is set to target corporate corruption and attempts to silence journalists through SLAPP lawsuits

Coca-Cola and Amazon among giants that hand over a fraction of their profits as part of promotional stunts

Wes Streeting is among Labour frontbenchers backed by a new group with links to so-called ‘Effective Altruism’

OPINION: Independence activists want to combine the best parts of liberal democracy with indigenous traditions

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Campaigners had urged the government to cap private rents alongside social rents, which will be limited to a 7% rise