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Published in: Home: NewsCladding culprits ‘get away with it’ as government recovers just 3% of loans
Developers were meant to reimburse the taxpayer for the cost of removing cladding. 97% of loans are still outstanding
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Published in: Freedom of Information: OpinionMichael Gove smeared us. Now we have been vindicated by an official inquiry
The levelling up secretary attacked our ‘Clearing House’ reporting. Today, he is the one who looks ‘ridiculous’
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: NewsSue Gray: How ‘partygate’ investigator stonewalled transparency campaign
‘No confidence’ in civil servant after her involvement with Cabinet Office’s ‘Orwellian’ Clearing House, campaigner says
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Published in: Dark Money Investigations: NewsLabour demands investigation into Michael Gove over ‘unlawful’ COVID contract
The Cabinet Office minister has been accused of ‘habitual dishonesty', after openDemocracy exposed £560,000 given to...
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Published in: Freedom of Information: AnalysisFrom private emails to Post-it Notes: How politicians avoid scrutiny
Matt Hancock, who Labour accused of trying to ‘conduct government business in secret’, joins a long list of...
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Published in: Dark Money Investigations: NewsAt least 16 Tory allies given paid ‘independent’ roles in government
Exclusive: Non-executive directors like Gina Coladangelo are meant to ‘challenge’ ministers like Matt Hancock, but...
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Published in: Freedom of Information: NewsLabour demands investigation into Michael Gove over ‘Orwellian’ FOI unit
Angela Rayner has written to Boris Johnson calling for an inquiry in wake of openDemocracy’s legal victory over...
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Published in: Dark Money Investigations: NewsMichael Gove broke law over COVID contracts, High Court rules
The judge said Gove acted with ‘apparent bias’ after openDemocracy revealed £560,000 deal with firm run by his former adviser
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Published in: Freedom of Information: NewsJudge slams Michael Gove’s office as openDemocracy wins transparency court case
Exclusive: UK government accused of ‘profound lack of transparency’ as openDemocracy wins legal victory over...
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Published in: Dark Money Investigations: NewsGove grilled about UK government secrecy on payments to ministers
His Labour shadow, Rachel Reeves, was following up on openDemocracy’s revelation of an ethics gap at the heart of government
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Published in: Freedom of Information: InvestigationRevealed: Government’s ‘Orwellian’ unit blocked infected blood scandal disclosure
Campaigner whose father died of HIV calls secrecy ‘outrageous’; staff in Michael Gove’s Cabinet Office cited Chilcot...
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Published in: Freedom of InformationPioneering FOI peer calls for investigation into ‘Orwellian’ Cabinet Office unit
Lord Clark calls for inquiry in wake of openDemocracy’s revelations about the secretive unit ‘blacklisting’...
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Published in: Dark Money Investigations: InvestigationCummings and Gove allies won fresh COVID contract for A-level crisis work
Exclusive: Government accused of wasting taxpayer money after Public First landed contract without competition to...
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Published in: Dark Money Investigations: InvestigationRevealed: Key Cummings and Gove ally given COVID-19 contract without open tender
Cabinet Office accused of breaching rules after handing £840,000 contract to PR firm run by co-author of the 2019...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKAre PISA scores really that important?
What do PISA scores actually tell us about a country? Judging from data rather than headlines and rhetoric, the...