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Truss’s ex-chief of staff lobbying for sanctioned Russian oligarchs' firm
Exclusive: Mark Fullbrook has been lobbying for LetterOne. The Russian-owned investment group also employs a Labour peer and an ex-Tory chairman
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Peter Geoghegan
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Tata Steel closure leaves 2,800 jobless - but could net bosses millions in profit
Tata Steel UK has raked in government subsidies worth more than £1billion under emissions trading scheme branded "futile" by opposition MP
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Peter Geoghegan
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Lucas Amin
New: Peter Mandelson's Firm Secretly Lobbied for Qatar Freeports
Global Counsel’s Qatar campaign raises fresh concerns about the effectiveness of UK lobbying transparency and the influence of foreign entities
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Peter Geoghegan
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Revealed: Major Tory donor was handed public contract before general election
The public has a right to know how taxpayer money is spent. So why won’t the Crown Estate answer our questions about £15,000 contract awarded to a…
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Peter Geoghegan
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August 2024

Robert Jenrick accepts donations from loss-making company - AGAIN
New transparency data also reveals how Labour Together has become the party’s “first SuperPac”
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Peter Geoghegan
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Labour's lobbying problem
"I’d be shocked if there isn’t a lobbying scandal in the first year"
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Peter Geoghegan
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July 2024

Why the secrecy over mega-donor Frank Hester’s meetings with Tory ministers?
Government has repeatedly refused to respond to our requests for information about controversial donor who has received £400m in public contracts. Now…
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Peter Geoghegan
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Lucas Amin
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We’re going to court
Democracy for Sale is battling government to release important documents about controversial Whitehaven coal mine - and a former Tory minister is…
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Peter Geoghegan
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Lucas Amin
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Starmer's NHS 'fixer' has made £8m+ from private health consultancy
Alan Milburn, tipped 'to drive NHS reform' in Starmer government, has had a lucrative few years. His company has just one employee and more than £4.9m…
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Peter Geoghegan
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The lobbying behind a bee-killing pesticide
A new investigation into neonicotinoids should be an opportunity to lift the lid on a secretive lobbying operation - will it be taken?
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Peter Geoghegan
Reform’s 'phantom candidates' expose major loophole in our election law
"How can it be right that a regular voter has to prove they are who they say they are, yet the candidates they are voting for do not?”
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Peter Geoghegan
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Josiah Mortimer
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Now we need to fix our democracy
Labour has an unrivalled chance to clean up British politics - and we’ve got some exciting news about how to make it happen
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Peter Geoghegan
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Lucas Amin
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