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Published in: Home: AnalysisRishi Sunak may not have broken the rules, but his government hasThe entire government is in breach of the ministerial code, meaning there may be more undeclared ministers’ interests
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Published in: Home: OpinionOfcom must crack down on the Conservative Party love-ins on GB News and TalkTVOPINION: Will the regulator allow two Tory MPs to interview a Tory chancellor about a Tory Budget on a news channel?
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Published in: Home: AnalysisHow Boris Johnson raked in £5m in 6 months after leaving officeThe former prime minister has made over £25,000 a day in outside earnings since he left Downing Street
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Published in: Home: NewsTory MPs’ rent expenses soar as they inflict real-terms housing benefit cutExclusive: Tory MPs blamed rising rents for increased claims, while government imposed freeze on poorest tenants
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Published in: Dark Money Investigations: OpinionThere’s a new expenses scandal, but Westminster is silentOPINION: Taxpayers are still being billed huge sums for controversial expenses, from MPs’ PR to business class flights
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Published in: Dark Money Investigations: InvestigationParliament’s £180m expenses bonanza: photoshoots and business class flightsExclusive: Train enthusiast MP claimed £52,000 on London hotels, instead of catching the train
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Published in: Dark Money Investigations: NewsRevealed: MPs claim £1m on expenses for private spin doctorsPR firms are raking in taxpayer cash, as Westminster regulator admits it doesn’t check if rules are followed
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Published in: Dark Money Investigations: InvestigationMPs claimed £1m in six years to heat their second homesExclusive: Suella Braverman and Matt Hancock are among the biggest claimers, while ordinary families struggle with...
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Published in: Home: NewsExclusive: Moonlighting MPs raked in £9.6m from second jobs in a yearMPs’ earnings outside the Commons have doubled year-on-year as Labour unveils plans to clamp down on side hustles
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Published in: Home: NewsMPs charged public £1.3m to foot their tax billsRevealed: Council tax expense claims come on top of the £11.4m taxpayers already spend on MPs' rent and energy
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Published in: 50.50: NewsMPs call for review into policing of Black children
Shocking testimony shared in Parliament as Metropolitan Police placed in special measures
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Published in: Home: OpinionIs Westminster a safe place for women to work? Not in my experienceFor young female staffers, it’s common to be cornered by a drunken MP, or subjected to a pat on the bum or an...
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Published in: Dark Money Investigations: OpinionNew lobbying ban wouldn’t have stopped Owen Paterson from taking second jobYet again, Parliament’s standards watchdog has botched the rules for MPs – proving that they shouldn’t be allowed to...
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Published in: Dark Money Investigations: OpinionBoris Johnson’s plans won’t stop government sleazeBanning MPs from working as political consultants fails to answer the question at the heart of the scandal: is being...
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: NewsOwen Paterson asked third firm for a job ‘weeks after leaving government’Exclusive: Disgraced former Tory MP phoned businessman he’d met through his ministerial brief to ask for work...
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: NewsMPs inundated with complaints from voters over Tory sleaze scandalSome Tory MPs hit back at voters over ‘destruction’ of Owen Paterson, while others admit being ‘deeply unhappy’...
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Published in: Dark Money Investigations: OpinionI told the UK Parliament how to fix corruption… nobody listenedThe Owen Paterson scandal doesn’t surprise me; MPs shouldn’t be trusted. That’s why Westminster is plagued with scandals
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Published in: 50.50MPs from 14 countries call for inquiry into ‘dark money’ millions spent by US Christian right in EuropeFollowing openDemocracy revelations, politicians demand information on American groups ‘trying to buy influence in...
