Looking forward to joining Mary Fitzgerald from Open Society Foundations who has gathered a panel of outstanding editors at #ijf24 to talk about how we fund investigative journalism today - and in future

Yesterday Labour announced its advisory panel on (clamping down on) tax avoiders. A welcome move in principle. But the composition raises some red flags Chiefly the inclusion of Sir Edward Troup – a former HMRC official with a less than clear history of tackling tax avoidance 🧵

After 30 years, tomorrow will be my last day in Parliament. It's been the privilege of my life to serve as Barking's MP, working alongside my constituents to improve the lives of everyone in the community. A bittersweet moment as this journey ends. My thanks to everyone.

Margaret you have been a guiding star for me during a decade at the coalface of anti corruption journalism. You took on complex financial forces - Swiss banks, tax havens, kleptocrats - in a way people could understand. Redoubtable. Irreplaceable. You made such a difference.

Political parties in the EU received almost a billion euros worth of donations between 2019 and 2022. But the origin of almost three quarters of those funds is unknown. As elections approach, we explore the #TransparencyGap in Europe. ftm.eu/articles/eu-pa…

REVEALED: Eric Zemmour's far right party Reconquete, also backed by Marine Le Pen's niece, raised more money in private donations, membership and other non-public revenue than Macron in year of presidential election. €14.2m v €13.8m theguardian.com/world/article/…

Who is giving money to German parties? This question remains publicly unanswered for 77 % of all donations and mandate contributions, shows an international investigation with frontal& e.g. Follow the Money EU, The Guardian & LobbyControl - (wir haben X verlassen) #transparencygap (1/6)

Serbian judge Dušanka Đorđević has filed two lawsuits against OCCRP Serbia member center KRIK over the database “Judge Who Judges”. She is seeking money, a two-year occupational ban for KRIK journalists and 10 months prison sentences. krik.rs/en/judge-sues-…

Elon Musk is out of control. Here is how to rein him in theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Amazing snowball effect happening on Bluesky right now. Added 1k followers overnight. I’ve been there on [email protected] for a while but it’s now starting to feel conversational and buzzy like Twitter used to.

📰The world must seize the opportunity for a fairer and redistributive tax system. My interview with The Guardian @juliettegarside. theguardian.com/news/2024/nov/…

This is fantastic from David Lammy . In 2020 with David Pegg Hilary Osborne we showed how Isabel dos Santos used the assets of the Angolan people to become a billionaire. There were UK properties worth £24m. Boris Johnson's government did nothing. theguardian.com/world/2020/jan…