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Lammy appointed Labour donor to plum foreign office role
Exclusive: Karen Blackett donated £5,000 to foreign secretary’s office last year. Now she’s been given a paid role as a non-executive director in his…
Jul 9
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Starmer has broken his promise to end sleaze
After a year in power, Labour’s listlessness on corruption risks eroding democracy further
Jul 4
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June 2025
What happens when Silicon Valley runs the state?
Palantir, tech billionaires and why MAGA might spell with the death knell for America's empire, with Laleh Khalili.
Jun 28
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Peter Geoghegan
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Uncovered: How UK police are hiding their Palantir work
Civil liberties campaigners lodge formal complaint over secretive policing unit instructing forces to withhold information about US spy tech firm
Jun 26
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Jenna Corderoy
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Peter Geoghegan
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Disgraced Tory says banning MPs' second jobs would harm democracy
Plus: Why young men being drawn to the far-right, and peer complains to House of Lords about Britain’s “political influence bazaar”.
Jun 21
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Peter Geoghegan
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Disgraced Tory says banning MPs' second jobs would harm democracy
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The curious case of Britain’s nightlife lobbyist-in-chief
Dr Michael Kill says he’s a UN rep, a university dean and that his lobby group represents major music industry players. But the facts — and the…
Jun 18
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Peter Geoghegan
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Trump's rolling revolution, with Anne Applebaum
A conversation with Autocracy Inc author on Trump, LA, and how we can resist the global authoritarian playbook
Jun 12
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Peter Geoghegan
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Reform UK promised huge donations - where are they?
Farage’s party is still reliant on cash from Richard Tice and familiar names
Jun 10
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Peter Geoghegan
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Revealed: “Shocking” scale of Big Tech’s influence over Labour
Science and technology secretary Peter Kyle asked Google boss to “sense check” AI policy and told Amazon he’d “advocate” for them to competition…
Jun 7
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Lucas Amin
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The US Right Is Coming for the UK—With Crypto in Hand
Nigel Farage, Peter Thiel and how authoritarian tech fantasies are becoming political reality, with Amy Westervelt
Jun 4
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Peter Geoghegan
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The US Right Is Coming for the UK—With Crypto in Hand
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May 2025
US anti‑abortion cash floods UK free speech frontlines
Democracy for Sale investigation finds US anti‑abortion lawyer funding Toby Young’s Free Speech Union, while Alliance Defending Freedom’s UK spending…
May 31
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Peter Geoghegan
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US anti‑abortion cash floods UK free speech frontlines
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UK government withholding details of Palantir contract
KPMG is being paid £8 million to promote Peter Thiel’s tech in NHS hospitals – but we’re being forced to fight for information about this public…
May 24
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Lucas Amin
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