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Published in: 50.50: OpinionRwanda shows that it takes more than seats in Parliament to liberate womenTo emancipate Rwandan women, we need cultural and economic shifts as well as parliamentary representation
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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: InvestigationRevealed: Peer claims £18,000 expenses for ‘doing nothing’New House of Lords expenses scandal as member claimed ‘daily allowance’ to attend, despite never speaking or voting
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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: NewsGovernment ‘misinformation’ unit flagged investigative journalism and criticsExclusive: openDemocracy investigation on Westminster secrecy was monitored by shadowy Cabinet Office unit
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Published in: Dark Money Investigations: NewsRevealed: MPs’ staff bankrolled by climate sceptics and gambling industryExclusive: Campaigner warns of ‘conflict of interest’ over donors who gave £1m to fund MPs’ staff and offices
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Published in: Home: NewsGas industry paid lobbyists £200,000 to get MPs’ support for ‘blue hydrogen’Ex-Shell worker Alexander Stafford MP chairs parliamentary pressure group run by industry-funded Connect PA firm
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Published in: 50.50: AnalysisTunisia may end up with an all-male parliament – by designPresident Kais Saied has made it harder for women to run for office, reversing a decade of gains from gender quotas
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Published in: Home: AnalysisTroubles bill puts perpetrators before victims, say politicians and bereavedThe families of victims on both sides of the debate have slammed the government’s plan to end criminal investigations
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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: 50.50: NewsCommittee that banned babies from Commons was 75% male'There are very few mothers who are making the big decisions about our laws'
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Published in: Home: OpinionDenying Scotland a referendum would prove that Britain really is brokenWhile Britain’s democracy is an antiquated theme park, in Scotland, sovereignty lies with the people, not the Crown
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Published in: Home: InvestigationRevealed: Lords complain of ‘poor wine’ and ‘too much salmon’ in ParliamentExclusive: Peers sent angry letters about the ‘disappointing’ taxpayer-subsidised food and drink served in the Lords
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Published in: Home: OpinionThe next PM won't be any better – look at the MPs who want Boris Johnson outWhile Johnson will probably survive this vote of no confidence, his eventual successor will be much the same
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Published in: Home: FeatureHow to get away with breaking the rules like Boris Johnson
A handy guide to wriggling out of accountability like the prime minister fending off a report by Sue Gray
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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: Home: NewsRevealed: Taxpayers fork out £8m to subsidise Lords’ food and drinkExclusive: Bailout comes on top of £17m spent on bars and restaurants in the House of Commons, with cut-price food...
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Published in: Dark Money Investigations: NewsRevealed: Lobbying boss who worked for oligarchs has access to ParliamentDavid Burnside, who runs New Century Media, was given the pass after stepping down as an MP in 2005, but denies...
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Published in: Dark Money Investigations: OpinionChris Bryant: MPs should run a mile from groups controlled by lobbyists'Every lobbying company sees an All-Party Parliamentary Group as an ideal way of making a quick buck,' writes the...
