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New: Peter Mandelson’s lobbying firm behind think tank pushing PFI 2.0
Plus: new report lays bare UK government’s woeful conflicts of interest management
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Peter Geoghegan
Trump: A Warning from History
This week I saw first hand how US politics has long been fuelled by virulent opposition to migration
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Peter Geoghegan
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Tory minister used official visit to Azerbaijan to promote party donor’s business
Exclusive: Foreign office minister Leo Docherty posed on one of Lord Bamford’s JCB diggers in Baku when the company wanted to ‘raise their profile’ in…
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Lucas Amin
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Peter Geoghegan
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DUP MP Sammy Wilson under investigation over north Cyprus lobbying
Exclusive: Standards watchdog launches probe following reports on Democracy for Sale
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Peter Geoghegan
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BP in Azerbaijan
As Keir Starmer prepares to address COP29 in Baku, we take a look at the fascinating and troubling history of Azerbaijan’s biggest foreign investor: BP.
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Peter Geoghegan
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Dark money and Donald Trump's British fan club
Britain is already prey to many of the opaque US conservative donors that backed Trump. Keir Starmer needs to act.
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Peter Geoghegan
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A huge victory for America’s oligarchy
Trump’s win has handed US democracy to Elon Musk, Peter Thiel, Jeff Bezos and a cast of plutocrats and vested interests. Britain is not immune.
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Peter Geoghegan
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Revealed: Trump campaigns received $45m from Tufton Street donors
Labour MP raises concerns about transatlantic “web of dark money” as our investigation finds UK think tank donors pouring millions into Donald Trump and…
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Peter Geoghegan
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UK lobbyists accused of ‘greenwashing’ oil-rich Azerbaijan ahead of COP climate summit
Boris Johnson’s former business chief among British consultants paid “monthly fee of $25,000, plus bonuses totalling $50,000” to work part-time for…
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Lucas Amin

October 2024

Dark money, a secretive cult and the US election
Journalist Gareth Gore talks about his new book on Opus Dei - plus, Democracy for Sale is going to court
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Peter Geoghegan
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Starmer urged to cut ties with P&O Ferries owner over links to Russia
Exclusive: UK government is facing calls to cease trading with DP World because of its sea route partnership with Putin
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Peter Geoghegan
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BREAKING: Peter Mandelson’s lobbying firm under investigation
Lobbying watchdog investigating Global Counsel in the wake of Democracy for Sale revelations
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Peter Geoghegan
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