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  • 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
  • 11 August 2024
    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
    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
    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
  • 12 July 2024
    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
  • 9 July 2024
    We kept up the pressure. Here are two things Labour is set to change.

    New chancellor Rachel Reeves promises changes on onshore wind and housing. We’re making sure the new government keeps its promise.  

    We kept up the pressure. Here are two things Labour is set to change.
  • 5 July 2024
    They’re gone – but we won’t be shedding any tears

    Fourteen years of Tory rule have caused incalculable harm. This morning we can breathe a sigh of relief. But Labour won’t be able to fix all the problems. We’ve been thinking hard about our work under a new government.

    They’re gone – but we won’t be shedding any tears
  • 2 July 2024
    Water companies could face raft of legal challenges after landmark sewage ruling

    Water companies could face a tide of legal challenges, after a landmark judgment in the Supreme Court removes a block on lawsuits over pollution

    Water companies could face raft of legal challenges after landmark sewage ruling
  • 28 June 2024
    A US climate case could help tackle global heating in the UK

    We’re backing young Americans in their long-running fight for fundamental rights that could protect the environment for future generations.

    A US climate case could help tackle global heating in the UK
  • 28 June 2024
    Pandemic profiteers buy up luxury real estate worth £35m

    What do you do with the millions you made selling the Government PPE? Companies who got fast-track access through the Tories’ unlawful VIP lane are investing in bricks and mortar.

    Pandemic profiteers buy up luxury real estate worth £35m