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  • 04 November 2024
    News George Monbiot: Labour has been captured by carbon capture

    The £3.9bn Rachel Reeves announced last week for carbon capture and storage is a downpayment on a £21.7bn scam that will fuel climate chaos, says George Monbiot.

    George Monbiot: Labour has been captured by carbon capture
  • 02 November 2024
    Case Update Sunak must correct the record over Tory data grab

    When Dawn Butler asked Rishi Sunak about a Tory data grab, Rishi Sunak claimed his party ‘follows all laws’. Now the regulator has ruled the Tories breached data law, she’s demanding he sets the record straight.

    Sunak must correct the record over Tory data grab
  • 01 November 2024
    News Are off-the-record meetings softening Labour policy on water companies?

    While ministers who talked tough on water companies have rowed back on tough action, there’s been a steady drip of meetings but no minutes. By Max Colbert

    Are off-the-record meetings softening Labour policy on water companies?
  • 23 October 2024
    News 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? By Max Colbert

    How private health has invested in Wes Streeting
  • 17 October 2024
    News 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
    News 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
  • 15 October 2024
    Case Update Regulator reopens complaint against Institute of Economic Affairs

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

    Regulator reopens complaint against Institute of Economic Affairs
  • 12 October 2024
    News 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
    News 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
  • 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