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Published in: Home: OpinionMinisters blocked my questions on why they let a warlord sue a journalistLIAM BYRNE: The government must be transparent about its decision to waive sanctions against Yevgeny Prigozhin
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Published in: Home: NewsPutin’s warlord planned new legal attack on BBC with UK government helpYevgeny Prigozhin, who leads the notorious Wagner army, sought to attack the BBC two months before the Ukraine invasion
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Published in: Freedom of Information: NewsHancock’s official Covid diaries ‘not in public interest’, government saysExclusive: The health department has again refused to publish Matt Hancock's official diary – despite WhatsApp leaks
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Published in: Home: OpinionGovernments have failed. We must save ourselves from the climate crisisOPINION: After I lost my home, I realised we can’t rely on politicians. Communities must act to protect their future
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Published in: Home: NewsRevealed: BA owner pressured government to hide emissions dataBritish Airways doesn’t want the public to know it has the highest emissions per passenger on transatlantic routes
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Published in: Dark Money Investigations: InvestigationRevealed: E.ON tried to get Kwarteng to cut its taxes while bills soaredThe UK’s biggest energy supplier also felt threat from Don’t Pay UK was ‘existential’, exclusive documents reveal
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Published in: Freedom of Information: NewsGovernment given formal warning over personal data failuresInformation Commissioner’s Office reprimanded seven organisations for causing people ‘significant distress’
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Published in: Freedom of Information: NewsTruss and Sunak’s teams had worst transparency records in WhitehallRevealed: Tory leadership hopefuls both led teams with an 'awful' record for Freedom of Information
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Published in: Home: NewsRevealed: Why government tried to shield £800m research agency from scrutinyGovernment forced to release discussions after information rights watchdog rules in openDemocracy’s favour
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Published in: Freedom of Information: InvestigationBoris Johnson refuses to publish his official pandemic diariesExclusive: Government blocks release of 18 ministers’ calendars – including those of the PM and Matt Hancock
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Published in: Home: NewsSunak’s jobs scheme left young people in debt and failed to vet employersExclusive: Under-25s were treated like ‘free bodies’ under the government’s £1.9bn Kickstart project
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Published in: Home: AnalysisMinisters’ attacks on judges threaten UK democracy, warns new reportGovernment attacks risk giving the impression that the courts are being pressured to rule in Boris Johnson's favour
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Published in: Home: OpinionTo ‘level up’, the UK needs a real jubilee: a mass write-off of debtsEven before cost of living crisis, the poor owed the government – or, the Crown – £16bn. Why not just write it off?
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Published in: Home: OpinionThe Online Safety Bill endangers us by ignoring digital threats to democracyIn Russia, Putin's propaganda reminds us of the risk of online manipulation. Why are our MPs failing to address it?
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Published in: oDR: AnalysisThe UK can sanction Russian luxury property. But will it?As tension heightens over Ukraine, experts say targeting the Russian elite’s UK property would be difficult – and...
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: NewsHow Jacob Rees-Mogg’s new Brexit post could make him richerThe new minister for Brexit opportunities is thought to have a 12% stake in an $8bn investment fund that specialises...
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: OpinionIf Tory MPs want to protect freedom, why are they supporting the Elections Bill?Let’s not suffer from selective liberalism. Civil liberties are for life, not just for Christmas rebellions
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: OpinionI missed my grandma’s last Christmas as Downing Street partiedIt’s one rule for the British government and another for everybody else: a lockdown for us, a party for them
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: OpinionThe UK government is looking to profit from closing borders to asylum seekersAs the UK government pushes its Borders Bill through Parliament, it also makes a sales pitch to other states wanting...
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: OpinionEngland and Wales’s Police Bill threatens anyone with a cause they believe inIt now proposes new crimes that could criminalise almost any protester and give police alarmingly wide powers of...
