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  • 5 September 2024
    News Disabled children’s charity hands 43% of grants to rightwing think-tanks

    Campaigners shocked to find that much of the Street Foundation’s funds are ‘not being spent on disabled children at all’. By Max Colbert

    Disabled children’s charity hands 43% of grants to rightwing think-tanks
  • 4 September 2024
    Case Update Jo Bateman: It’s time for Labour to take action on sewage

    Sewage dumping robs me of my daily swims and harms my mental health. So I’m heading to 10 Downing Street to demand urgent action.

    Jo Bateman: It’s time for Labour to take action on sewage
  • 2 September 2024
    News Farage hangs on to job flogging ‘tax-free’ gold since becoming MP

    Nigel Farage’s latest declaration of financial interests reveals that his collection of side hustles could net him over £1m this year, on top of his MP’s salary. But even this long list of outside earnings published by parliament fails to tell the full story of his extracurricular activities.

    Farage hangs on to job flogging ‘tax-free’ gold since becoming MP
  • 21 August 2024
    News Can you clean up a coal mine by digging more coal?

    Companies are looking for ways around Labour’s ban on new coal projects. The Welsh government must stand firm against companies who want to keep piling up profit from fossil fuels.

    Can you clean up a coal mine by digging more coal?
  • 20 August 2024
    News Tommy Robinson: Why are his companies registered under different names?

    Tommy Robinson? Stephen Lennon? Paul Harris? Confusion reigns over the far-right agitator’s business empire, as he has registered companies under two different names. But has he broken the law?

    Tommy Robinson: Why are his companies registered under different names?
  • 15 August 2024
    News Trudi Warner’s ordeal finally comes to an end

    Labour’s solicitor general has dropped the Tory campaign to prosecute a retired social worker after she held a placard outside a court.

    Trudi Warner’s ordeal finally comes to an end
  • 13 August 2024
    Case Update Win: Labour says onshore wind is back on the map

    The new government has ripped up the Tories’ ‘absurd ban’ on onshore wind. We’ll be watching to make sure they spark a revolution in renewable energy.

    Win: Labour says onshore wind is back on the map
  • 11 August 2024
    News Reform MP Richard Tice had millions squirrelled away in a tax haven

    He said he’d ‘take back control’ of ‘our money’, but the new Boston and Skegness MP put millions of pounds worth of shares in his property empire into an offshore trust.

    Reform MP Richard Tice had millions squirrelled away in a tax haven
  • 31 July 2024
    Case Update Climate denial charity to offload campaigning arm following investigation

    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?

    Climate denial charity to offload campaigning arm following investigation
  • 31 July 2024
    News Stewart Wood to step down from Good Law Project board

    After nearly six years on our board, the Labour peer will step down at the end of this month.

    Stewart Wood to step down from Good Law Project board
  • 30 July 2024
    News VIP lane: Government claws back just 3.4% of the £1bn wasted on useless PPE

    Official records show over £979m of the money wasted by the Tories on unusable VIP lane PPE is yet to be recovered.  

    VIP lane: Government claws back just 3.4% of the £1bn wasted on useless PPE
  • 29 July 2024
    Case Update Court upholds puberty blockers ban. We won’t stop fighting for trans rights

    An emergency ban on puberty blockers rushed through despite warnings of the risks to vulnerable young people has been upheld. But how will the government protect young trans people and their families?

    Court upholds puberty blockers ban. We won’t stop fighting for trans rights
  • 17 July 2024
    Case Update A parent’s perspective on the puberty blockers ban

    Ever since the Tories rushed through their ban on puberty blockers, we’ve been flooded with emails from worried parents. One mother asked us to share her fears. Read the mother’s words, unedited.

    A parent’s perspective on the puberty blockers ban
  • 15 July 2024
    Case Update MPs urge Wes Streeting to reverse the Tory ban on puberty blockers

    The health secretary must listen to the trans community, medical experts and many of his own party on the dangers of removing puberty blockers. Content warning: suicide

    MPs urge Wes Streeting to reverse the Tory ban on puberty blockers
  • 12 July 2024
    Case Update Labour defends Tory trans healthcare ban that will have a ‘grave impact’ on young lives

    The new health secretary has defended the dangerous Tory ban on puberty blockers for young trans people being challenged in the High Court. He added he’d like to make the ban permanent, despite repeated warnings of the risk to young people’s lives. Content warning: suicide, self-harm

    Labour defends Tory trans healthcare ban that will have a ‘grave impact’ on young lives
  • 12 July 2024
    News We’re supporting Jo Bateman to take legal action for our right to swim – watch her story

    Jo’s swims are being disrupted by unlawful sewage spills. Jo’s simply had enough – and so have we. With our support, she’s taking legal action for everyone who wants to protect their right to swim.

    We’re supporting Jo Bateman to take legal action for our right to swim – watch her story