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  • 6 February 2023
    News Sunak-linked hedge fund sees pandemic profits soar to £109m
    Sunak-linked hedge fund sees pandemic profits soar to £109m
  • 30 January 2023
    News REVEALED: Dominic Raab did use WhatsApp for official business, but Government didn’t retain a copy of his messages

    For 17 months, the FCDO refused to answer our questions regarding Raab’s WhatsApp use. But, following an intervention from the ICO, they’ve finally come clean.

    REVEALED: Dominic Raab did use WhatsApp for official business, but Government didn’t retain a copy of his messages
  • 26 January 2023
    News PPE losses rise to £14.9 billion

    The Department of Health and Social Care’s annual accounts for 2021-22 have revealed a further £6 billion write down in connection with PPE and other inventory. This follows a staggering £8.9bn write down in 2020-21.   

    PPE losses rise to £14.9 billion
  • 26 January 2023
    Case Update Pharmaceuticals Direct: We have a date in the Supreme Court to argue for our case to be heard

    In 2021, we brought a case against the Government’s award of PPE contracts to Pharmaceuticals Direct – a company linked to a Conservative Party activist and donor, Samir Jassal. However, our legal action was paused by a technical error made by our external solicitors when filing the claim.

    Pharmaceuticals Direct: We have a date in the Supreme Court to argue for our case to be heard
  • 25 January 2023
    Case Update Global Warming Policy Foundation reports itself to the Charity Commission following MPs’ complaint

    Following a complaint raised by a cross-party group of MPs working with Good Law Project, the climate change promoting ‘charity’, the Global Warming Policy Foundation (GWPF), has been forced to make a Serious Incident Report to the Charity Commission. GWPF is based at 55 Tufton Street, the home of dark funding, astroturfing and opaque influence.

    Global Warming Policy Foundation reports itself to the Charity Commission following MPs’ complaint
  • 24 January 2023
    News REVEALED: Politically connected broker made £17m profit on ‘VIP’ PPE contracts

    An investigation by Good Law Project has uncovered the huge profits made by Zoe Ley after she brokered a £250m PPE deal for Hong Kong-based Worldlink Resources – a firm who landed two huge contracts via the unlawful ‘VIP’ lane.

    REVEALED: Politically connected broker made £17m profit on ‘VIP’ PPE contracts
  • 16 January 2023
    Case Update Good Law Project Will Appeal High Court Decision on Trans Waiting Times

    The High Court has rejected our attempt to challenge the long waiting times experienced by trans people seeking help from the NHS. The waits are measured in years rather than weeks and months. We will seek permission from the Court of Appeal to try and overturn this decision.

    Good Law Project Will Appeal High Court Decision on Trans Waiting Times
  • 13 January 2023
    Case Update Success: Restore Trust caves in to legal challenge

    Last year, Good Law Project launched a legal campaign to uncover the insidious network of think-tanks and lobby groups based around 55 Tufton Street. These organisations have had a disproportionate and harmful influence over our politics – and we have set out to expose who’s behind them and who’s funding them.

    Success: Restore Trust caves in to legal challenge
  • 12 January 2023
    News REVEALED: Government fails again to publish Covid contracts worth £248m

    We have taken the first formal step in legal proceedings over the Cabinet Office’s three year delay in publishing the contracts awarded to suppliers as part of the Government’s controversial ‘Ventilator Challenge’ programme.   

    REVEALED: Government fails again to publish Covid contracts worth £248m
  • 9 January 2023
    Case Update They’re paying our costs

    The final details of the case have been sewn up. We have received the consent order confirming that the case has been withdrawn and that E2BN will pay £10,000 of our costs.

    They’re paying our costs
  • 22 December 2022
    Case Update Michael Gove let off the hook after awarding £840,000 pandemic contract to associates

    In June 2021, the High Court ruled that Michael Gove acted unlawfully and demonstrated apparent bias in giving the PR company, Public First, a £840,000 contract without competition during the pandemic – a firm with links to both him and Dominic Cummings. 

    Michael Gove let off the hook after awarding £840,000 pandemic contract to associates
  • 21 December 2022
    News REVEALED: The names of those who referred Covid testing firms into the “VIP” lane

    Introductions from just six Conservative Party politicians led to ‘VIPs’ being awarded contracts worth an eye-watering £5 billion.

    REVEALED: The names of those who referred Covid testing firms into the “VIP” lane
  • 16 December 2022
    Case Update Partygate: Permission hearing in our case against the Met Police’s handling of probe into Downing Street parties

    As we mark two years since the lockdown-busting Downing Street Christmas Party, Good Law Project can confirm that there will be a hearing to decide whether we can bring our case, along with former Deputy Assistant Commissioner Lord Paddick, against the Metropolitan Police’s handling of the Partygate investigation to the High Court. That hearing will take place on 22 February 2023.

    Partygate: Permission hearing in our case against the Met Police’s handling of probe into Downing Street parties
  • 15 December 2022
    News REVEALED: PPE storage costs hit £1bn as ‘VIP’ firm Uniserve’s profit soars

    An investigation by Good Law Project can reveal that the cost of storing unused PPE and Covid testing kits has now exceeded an eye-watering £1 billion.

    REVEALED: PPE storage costs hit £1bn as ‘VIP’ firm Uniserve’s profit soars
  • 14 December 2022
    Case Update Good Law Project visits oyster farm under threat from sewage dumping

    Tom Haward’s oyster firm (Richard Haward’s Oysters) has been in his family for eight generations, going back 300 years. He says that he has been “lucky” that his oyster beds have not been impacted by sewage dumping so far. But Tom is worried about the “immediate threat” that these discharges by water companies pose to his business and marine life around Mersea Island, if they are allowed to continue.

    Good Law Project visits oyster farm under threat from sewage dumping
  • 12 December 2022
    News REVEALED: Tory donor’s company awarded £4.5 million Government contract to take care of mountain of unusable PPE waste

    A £4.5 million Government contract has been handed to a company headed up by a major Conservative Party donor to dispose of unused PPE, Good Law Project can reveal.

    REVEALED: Tory donor’s company awarded £4.5 million Government contract to take care of mountain of unusable PPE waste