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  • 13 February 2024
    Case Update Voter ID: We’re challenging the Government’s arbitrary new rules

    The Government’s new rules are blocking a registered voter from exercising her democratic rights. We’re challenging these biased regulations before it’s too late.

    Voter ID: We’re challenging the Government’s arbitrary new rules
  • 10 February 2024
    Case Update The letter the Tories didn’t want us to publish – here it is

    We’re fighting to stop political parties misusing voter data. It’s no surprise the Conservatives wanted to keep their response to our challenge under wraps.

    The letter the Tories didn’t want us to publish – here it is
  • 05 February 2024
    Case Update The Tories want to keep us quiet – but we’re not backing down

    The Conservative Party claims we can’t publish its response to our legal challenge over its voter data grab. But – unless they injunct us – we’re going to go ahead and share it anyway.   

    The Tories want to keep us quiet – but we’re not backing down
  • 02 February 2024
    Case Update The Tories have responded to our data challenge – but we can’t tell you what they say

    Can a political party rule its legal letters are confidential and bound by copyright? The Tories want to keep what they really think under wraps.

    The Tories have responded to our data challenge – but we can’t tell you what they say
  • 02 February 2024
    News Michael Gove opened the door to biggest VIP lane firm

    Fervent prayers for ‘the Conservative Party’ and a promise to ‘follow up!’ How Michael Gove’s emails greased the wheels of Unispace’s £679m PPE deals. with Russell Scott

    Michael Gove opened the door to biggest VIP lane firm
  • 02 February 2024
    News Tory donor’s oil and gas firm offered another license to drill

    The latest round of North Sea oil and gas licenses is bad news for the future of our planet, but good news for the profit forecasts of a Tory donor’s company.

    Tory donor’s oil and gas firm offered another license to drill
  • 31 January 2024
    Case Update Sunak’s claims that Tory data grab is lawful don’t add up

    Dawn Butler challenged Rishi Sunak over his party’s tool to capture voter data at Prime Minister’s Questions. And now the Tories are on shaky ground.

    Sunak’s claims that Tory data grab is lawful don’t add up
  • 29 January 2024
    News Government sells £135m worth of pandemic ventilators for ‘peanuts’

    Excalibur Healthcare bagged a contract for ventilators at £50,000 each. Now the Tories are flogging thousands of the same model – never used – for a starting price of as little as £100 each. By Russell Scott

    Government sells £135m worth of pandemic ventilators for ‘peanuts’
  • 25 January 2024
    Case Update Why do the Tories hate onshore wind power?

    The Government has made it harder to generate power from wind than from incinerators. We’re taking legal action to help spark a revolution in renewable power.

    Why do the Tories hate onshore wind power?
  • 23 January 2024
    Case Update As the Tories max out the North Sea, we’re defending net zero

    The Government has been refusing to publish its assessment of its failing green strategy for months. It’s time to make them come clean.

    As the Tories max out the North Sea, we’re defending net zero
  • 22 January 2024
    Case Update Exposed: Tory data scam

    The Tories have launched an online tool that breaks privacy law. We’re launching a legal challenge to protect our data rights.

    Exposed: Tory data scam
  • 18 January 2024
    News £336m likely to be lost after VIP lane companies shut up shop

    Firms that bagged massive contracts have now stopped trading, meaning that hundreds of millions of pounds spent on unusable PPE is likely to be unrecoverable. by Max Colbert

    £336m likely to be lost after VIP lane companies shut up shop
  • 17 January 2024
    News Water industry plan for ‘urgent change’ now four months late

    The water industry promised to publish its plan to tackle its sewage dumping by summer 2023. Four months on, it still hasn’t materialised. So we’ve demanded answers.

    Water industry plan for ‘urgent change’ now four months late
  • 12 January 2024
    News Tory Minister takes £5,000 donation from Palantir’s UK boss

    Housing Minister, Lee Rowley, accepted a £5,000 donation from Palantir’s Executive President for UK and Europe just a few months after the spy-tech giant landed its controversial £330m data contract with NHS England.

    Tory Minister takes £5,000 donation from Palantir’s UK boss
  • 11 January 2024
    News Labour to roll back private equity’s sweetheart deal on tax

    Our legal challenge forced HMRC to abandon a sweetheart deal that costs the public purse £420m a year. Now Keir Starmer wants to enforce the law so he can fund child mental health services.

    Labour to roll back private equity’s sweetheart deal on tax
  • 11 January 2024
    Case Update Legal pressure forces Scottish Government to come clean on climate impacts

    Scottish Ministers were keeping details of the climate impact of their £26bn infrastructure plan under wraps. Now Good Law Project and the Environmental Rights Centre for Scotland have won a promise to publish them.

    Legal pressure forces Scottish Government to come clean on climate impacts