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Over the past two decades, rightwing think-tanks and pressure groups that spread climate denial, attack public services and stoke culture wars have bagged millions of pounds in donations from charities. Max Colbert investigates.

It took just 12 days for the Charity Commission to dismiss a complaint against the rightwing think-tank. Now it’s thinking again.

Global Warming Policy Foundation is to divest from its campaigning subsidiary and change its outputs after a Charity Commission investigation. But why won’t the commission apply sanctions?

The right wing has ripped up the consensus on the climate crisis. In this documentary short, we examine how radical groups based in and around 55 Tufton Street have fought net zero.

The charities regulator ripped up its guidance and brushed off a complaint over the Institute of Economic Affairs in just 12 days. So we’re supporting a formal complaint over this irrational decision.

After more than a year of delay, sustained legal pressure has forced the charities regulator to confirm it will report on whether the Global Warming Policy Foundation has breached charity law.

Since Rishi Sunak became prime minister, anonymous dining clubs and special interest groups, set up as ‘unincorporated associations’, have funnelled millions into political parties. But who’s splashing the cash?

Charities get generous tax breaks – even for anonymous donations. But shouldn’t we know who they’re working for?

The charity regulator changed its guidance a day after receiving our letter and dismissed a complaint against the radical rightwing Institute of Economic Affairs in 12 days. Why the rush?

A year after cross-party MPs joined Good Law Project to request an investigation, new facts about climate denial charity the Global Warming Policy Foundation make an inquiry all the more urgent.

Speaking at the launch of a new Tufton Street pressure group, Neil Philip Anderson proposed ‘grassroots local action’ to put the issue on to the political agenda.  by Max Colbert

The UK arm of Alliance Defending Freedom, a US pressure group which helped overturn Roe v Wade, almost doubled its spending between 2020 and 2022.

Earlier this year, it was revealed that Conservative MP, Liam Fox, lobbied the Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak, on behalf of an advisory group that had paid him £16,000 for just 21 hours’ work. According to reports, Fox wrote to the PM lobbying for a tax break for exporters.

With the government finally publishing the long-awaited white paper on gambling, our investigation has found that Conservative Party MP, Philip Davies, lobbied ministers to reduce regulations on behalf of an exclusive, London-based casino.  

A year on since Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, we can reveal that the Conservative Party is still receiving large donations from individuals and companies with links to Russia.

In a series of investigations, we expose the web of influence tangled around British politics.