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  • 01 October 2024
    Case Update Government must hand over key documents relating to Sunak’s net zero U-turn

    The Information Commissioner’s Office has granted Good Law Project’s application to force the government to disclose vital documents about the UK’s plans to reach net zero.

    Government must hand over key documents relating to Sunak’s net zero U-turn
  • 24 September 2024
    News 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
    News 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
    News 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
  • 16 September 2024
    Case Update We’re fighting for trans voices to be heard in the Supreme Court

    An appeal in the Supreme Court threatens to put trans rights back 20 years. We’re supporting leading legal academic Prof. Stephen Whittle and former judge Dr. Victoria McCloud to intervene, so that trans people’s experiences will be heard.

    We’re fighting for trans voices to be heard in the Supreme Court
  • 14 September 2024
    News 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
    News 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
  • 06 September 2024
    News 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
  • 05 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
  • 04 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
  • 02 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 mining 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 mining 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