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Here's a vintage example of FOI vandalism I've been dealing with. The department: David Cameron’s Foreign Office. The subject: David Cameron’s lobbying career. 🧵

MPs who pushed Michael Gove to water down laws to protect renters’ rights have received £450,000 in donations and earnings linked to landlords since the last general election. My investigation for The i Paper here, and a thread 🧵inews.co.uk/news/tory-mp-t…

🧵 It’s against the law to ‘sell’ seats to the House of Lords. Yet Transparency International UK’s latest research shows nearly 25% of party nominated peers in the last decade were also party donors #UKPolitics #HouseofLords #Democracy #AntiCorruption mirror.co.uk/news/politics/…

Official records show that Blackstone have also recently secured access to the Minister for Investment, with meetings held to discuss "investment between the UK and US". Check out more on Open Access: openaccess.transparency.org.uk/?meeting=97684

🔎Today we're launching WhoFundsThem, a new project to uncover outside interests in Parliament. You can be part of it - find out how: whofundsthem.com

What kind of person celebrates the 50th anniversary of the Register of Members’ Interests in the House of Commons? Erm, me… spectator.co.uk/article/why-mp…

Labour manifesto pledges to 'protect democracy by strengthening the rules around donations to political parties'. Party previously pledged (2021) to stop Tory 'plans to allow foreign money to pour into politics and create strict rules about donations from shell companies'.

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EXCLUSIVE: Jeremy Hunt’s re-election campaign and CCHQ have accepted tens of thousands from a dormant shell company with undisclosed ties to a Mayfair private equity fund The Tory Treasurer's department initially rejected donations from "Ironduke Management", fearing it broke

✨NEW✨ A tough new Ministerial Code for the UK Government is needed to raise standards. As the Prime Minister puts integrity at the centre of his first speeches in government, we urge actions, not just words to strengthen the Ministerial Code. transparency.org.uk/tough-new-mini…

With the modernisation committee in the making and pledges to new integrity rules, we thought of offering our view on how to tackle the old problem of lobbying reform in 🇬🇧 HAPP at Queen's QUB Policy Engagement Transparency International UK ben worthy #lobbying #Transparency transparency.org.uk/how-do-we-solv…

✨ NEW ✨ Our new investigation finds corruption red flags in £15.3 billion of UK COVID contracts– almost one in every three pounds spent on the pandemic. We're now calling on authorities to investigate these high-risk contracts. Find out more ⤵️ transparency.org.uk/report-landmar…

Does Sue Gray being paid more than the PM tell us anything useful about Labour?No But this does: Labour’s largest donation was from hedge fund with $$$ in arms, private health, oil and big tech + questions over why it wasn’t declared during the election opendemocracy.net/en/labour-give…

‘To show commitment to improving trust the prime minister should issue his ministerial code with promised changes to strengthen the independent adviser as well as the Nolan principles front & centre’ Rose Whiffen Transparency International UK   #UKPolitics #Standards thetimes.com/uk/politics/ar…

🔴Did UK Politicians Violate Lobbying Rules With Questions About Northern Cyprus? MPs and Lords failed to declare freebie trips to contested region when asking parliamentary questions. Ian Blackford calls for investigation New by me on Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project occrp.org/en/scoop/did-u…

Media rows on freebies have overly focused on whether politicians should accept gifts. The bigger question is: why are these offered in the first place? My blog w/Jem Mills-Sheehy on why this is Keir's chance to end decades of corrosive money in politics. transparency.org.uk/keir-starmer-n…

New Ministerial Code ‘an important marker’ for Government's commitment to improving standards. Read our full response to the publication of the new Ministerial Code. ⤵️ transparency.org.uk/new-ministeria…

🗣️ The findings raised “­serious questions about the potential influence of outside individuals over policy”. @Rose_Whiffen warns the Guardian about potential conflicts when ministers and shadow ministers accept hospitality and gifts. theguardian.com/politics/2024/…

💥NEW💥 Exclusive in the Observer - analysis from our new report exposing the true scale of 'dark money' flowing into UK politics. Our experts found questions over source of almost £1 in every £10 of UK political donations. theguardian.com/politics/2024/…