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Published in: openDemocracyUKWas a Tory PR firm behind a smear campaign against Grenfell’s MP?
A PR firm run by a former Downing Street staffer claimed to be behind a series of media attacks on Labour MP for...
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Published in: Dark Money InvestigationsScotland in Union held talks with Cambridge Analytica
The vice-chair of the campaign against Scottish independence met with the controversial data firm months after...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKWe need to talk about where Brexit funder Arron Banks gets his money
openDemocracy investigations raise fresh questions about Arron Banks's wealth and the real source of the Brexit...
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Published in: Dark Money InvestigationsArron Banks and Brexit’s offshore secrets
In 2015, Arron Banks’s insurance business was bailed out. Where the rescue money came from is unclear—but as the...
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Published in: Dark Money InvestigationsNot everyone agrees with Arron Banks about the value of his diamond mines
The ‘bad boy’ who bankrolled Brexit says he’s struck it lucky in Africa. But do his claims of a ‘significant find’...
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Published in: Dark Money Investigations'Crimes' committed by Brexit campaigners? One extraordinary coincidence offers a new clue
Did Vote Leave abuse the rules to 'spend as much as necessary' to win? We've uncovered a small but revealing error...
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Published in: Dark Money InvestigationsIf Brexit was hacked, shouldn't we know exactly who paid?
Yes, the Leave campaign probably cheated. And yes, Remain played unfair advantages. But where did the Brexit dark...
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Published in: Dark Money InvestigationsIs there a link between Cambridge Analytica and the DUP’s secret Brexit donors?
Today we reveal the close relationship between a key Cambridge Analytica backer and a senior pro-Brexit Northern...
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Published in: Dark Money InvestigationsUK government refuses to reveal details of meetings with the man who’s shaping Brexit
Freedom of Information requests show that the 'disaster capitalist' Legatum Institute has unequalled access to...
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Published in: Dark Money InvestigationsNorthern Irish party donors finally published – but source of DUP Brexit money remains secret
Firm that donated to DUP owned by Gibraltar-based businessman, prompting criticism of 'representation without taxation'.
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Published in: Dark Money InvestigationsElectoral Commission demand end to ban on publishing Northern Irish Brexit campaign donor details
MPs vote for campaign donor transparency for Northern Ireland – but exclude all major recent donations.
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Published in: Dark Money InvestigationsMPs should reject the government’s attempt to cover up for the DUP’s Brexit dark money donation
Theresa May is trying to cover-up for her scandal-prone Northern Irish allies. MPs must call her bluff.
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Published in: openDemocracyUKDUP dark money cover-up: officials dismiss minister’s reassurances on Northern Ireland transparency
“No one should read a great deal into what the minister was saying.”
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Published in: Dark Money InvestigationsWhat we've discovered in a year investigating the dark money that funded Brexit means we can't stop now
On the first anniversary of our dark money investigation...
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Published in: HomeThe secrets of 'Black Ops' advertising. Who is paying for our news?
"I think the public would resent knowing they are being tricked. So best not to always tell them."
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Published in: HomeHow a GM giant ‘bought control’ of what millions of Londoners read
The Evening Standard’s lucrative deal with Swiss chemical giant Syngenta shows how commercial giants pay for news –...
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Published in: Dark Money InvestigationsSix of Theresa May’s cabinet are paid up “members” of secret group demanding a total break from the European Union
The head of the secretive European Research Group won’t reveal which senior ministers are members of the hardline...
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Published in: HomeThe Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: the new commercial masters of the ‘branded’ newsroom
openMedia pan-European survey throws up an early warning for the next generation of journalists.
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Published in: Dark Money InvestigationsDo you know where the Brexit dark money came from? Tell us anonymously
Someone out there knows something about the DUP's mystery £435,000 Brexit spending spree. It's vital for democracy...
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Published in: Dark Money InvestigationsLegatum: the Brexiteers’ favourite think tank. Who is behind them?
It's arguably the most influential think tank in the country, pushing a free market pro-Brexit vision and enjoying...