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Published in: Dark Money Investigations: NewsA quarter of Tory MPs are private landlordsExclusive: ‘Clear conflict of interests’ as 115 MPs earn thousands of pounds by renting out property
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?: AnalysisEurope’s elderly care problemEurope’s care homes have seldom been out of the news during the COVID crisis. Why is this sector so understaffed and...
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Published in: Dark Money Investigations: News20% of UK political donations come from just ten menExclusive: Ten men with an average age of 70, most of whom are white, gave £106m – while women gave just one in four...
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Published in: Dark Money Investigations: NewsChair of UK Parliament’s lobbying watchdog faces probe over transparencyEric Pickles is facing an official investigation into his financial declarations, following openDemocracy revelations
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Published in: Freedom of Information: NewsMPs launch inquiry into UK government’s ‘opaque’ handling of FOI requestsA parliamentary committee will investigate the Cabinet Office after openDemocracy won transparency court case over...
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Published in: Dark Money Investigations: NewsUrgent changes needed to tackle dirty money in British politics, says new reportSecretive groups can be used as ‘route for foreign money to influence UK elections’, parliamentary committee warns
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Published in: Dark Money Investigations: News‘No record’ of Matt Hancock meeting Tory donor who owns stake in £346m COVID contractExclusive: UK government accused of ‘very serious’ transparency failure over meeting with private health firm...
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Published in: Dark Money Investigations: NewsLabour demands investigation into Michael Gove over ‘unlawful’ COVID contractThe 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 scrutinyMatt Hancock, who Labour accused of trying to ‘conduct government business in secret’, joins a long list of...
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: OpinionHancock is gone, but the rot at the heart of UK government is only getting worseDon’t be fooled, Boris Johnson’s administration is still without transparency or scruples
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: OpinionBrexit: Let’s reform the immigration system, not regret lost privilegesFive years on from the Brexit vote, we must fight for the rights of all migrants in the UK – not for EU ‘exceptionalism’
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: OpinionWhat Boris Johnson’s new allies tell us about ‘Global Britain’Welcome to the future, where a state of fewer than ten million people, led by a kleptocrat who described migrants as...
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: Feature‘It’s not often you defeat Priti Patel’: Will Glasgow be a wake-up call?Last week’s events on Kenmure Street raised questions about who makes the rules in Scotland, in whose interests, and...
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Published in: North Africa, West Asia: AnalysisAfter six years of war, what is happening in Yemen?More than 80% of Yemenis live in poverty, yet international donors such as the UK are withdrawing aid
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Published in: Countering the Radical Right: AnalysisWhat happens when governments deny racism exists?A recent government report concluded that the UK does not have a problem with racism. But history shows us the...
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Published in: Rethinking PopulismGlobal transformation: the precariat overcoming populismA contribution to debate urging the mainstream left not to be distracted by populism. Aim instead for what we know...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Right-wing authoritarianism in Britain: lessons from Hungary and PolandBritain is hardly living in splendid isolation. It has much to learn from several other European countries.
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Published in: HomeWhat does Brexit mean? ‘Majority judgment’ can solve the puzzleSomething is going badly wrong in elections and referenda across the world. The culprit is an age-old voting system...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKThe government must restore funding for free TV licences for the over-75s, urge campaigners and expertsThe government has off-loaded responsibility for funding – or withdrawing – free TV licenses, onto the BBC. Media...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKThe BBC should stand up to the government’s hypocrisy over free licence fees for over-75sPerhaps there is a very British compromise to be found?
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