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  • 23 October 2024
    How private health has invested in Wes Streeting

    More than 60% of the registered donations accepted by the health secretary come from people and companies linked to private health. But are they expecting a return?

    How private health has invested in Wes Streeting
  • 17 October 2024
    Farage fails to declare gifts from rightwing US PR firm

    Five nights at the Hilton and a booking service. The MP for Clacton travelled to the US to support Donald Trump. So why hasn’t he declared the donations that paid for his stay?

    Farage fails to declare gifts from rightwing US PR firm
  • 17 October 2024
    The dark money shielding corporate wrongdoing

    Fair Civil Justice says it wants to preserve ‘fairness’ and stand up for consumers. But it’s nothing more than a front for big business.

    The dark money shielding corporate wrongdoing
  • 12 October 2024
    It’s not red or blue. It’s power we hold to account

    Since taking office, Keir Starmer has begun to deliver on some of his promises. But he has also made some bad choices. We’re here to hold the government to account.   By Jo Maugham

    It’s not red or blue. It’s power we hold to account
  • 11 October 2024
    Protest adviser must be removed for conflicts of interest

    We’ve made an official complaint about ‘independent’ protest adviser, Lord Walney, and submitted a dossier of evidence of his conflicts of interest. It’s time for Labour to clean up standards in political life.

    Protest adviser must be removed for conflicts of interest
  • 24 September 2024
    Tories shelled out £114m in payouts for undelivered Covid contracts

    The Tories made million-pound deals with firms to supply medical equipment which wasn’t delivered, or was cancelled. Tory-linked companies are taking the lion’s share of the payouts from these failed deals. By Max Colbert

    Tories shelled out £114m in payouts for undelivered Covid contracts
  • 21 September 2024
    The offshore bonanza powering Reform’s far-right rhetoric

    Nigel Farage says he wants to ‘secure Britain’s future’, but more than two-thirds of the money his party depends on is linked to offshore financial interests.   By Max Colbert

    The offshore bonanza powering Reform’s far-right rhetoric
  • 18 September 2024
    The defamation game – stopping the abuse of Britain’s libel laws

    We need to make sure campaigners can expose wrongdoing without people in power shutting them down. If you’re punching up and someone sends you a libel letter – get in touch.

    The defamation game – stopping the abuse of Britain’s libel laws
  • 14 September 2024
    Farage shared stage with far-right Austrian leader who opposes Russian sanctions

    Farage spoke at the pro-Trump Heartland Institute, sharing a stage with Harald Vilimsky –  a senior figure in Austria’s far-right who opposes sanctions on Putin’s Russia.

    Farage shared stage with far-right Austrian leader who opposes Russian sanctions
  • 11 September 2024
    Priti Patel took leadership donation from firm linked to PPE deal fixer

    As Home Secretary, Priti Patel intervened to help Tory fixer Samir Jassal secure £29m worth of inflated PPE contracts from the government for a company he was working with. Now it has emerged that a firm owned by Mr Jassal’s wife helped to fund Patel’s recent bid to become leader of the Conservative Party. By Max Colbert

    Priti Patel took leadership donation from firm linked to PPE deal fixer
  • 6 September 2024
    Good Law Practice to close

    Good Law Project has decided to revert to the model of procuring legal services in house.

    Good Law Practice to close
  • 5 September 2024
    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
  • 2 September 2024
    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
    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
    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
    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