A press regulator boss has urged journalists to be wary of claims made by ‘dark money’ think tanks after openDemocracy found that many opaque bodies are more influential than their transparent counterparts.
The third annual Who Funds You? report, which was published by this website today, also revealed that UK think tanks have raised more than £101m to influence public policy in the run-up to the next general election.
The report assessed how transparent think tanks’ financial disclosures were over the past year, grading them on a scale from A to E based on how much they publish about their funders.
