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Ministers Block Calls for Overhaul of Lobbying Rules Despite Slew of Sleaze Scandals
Westminster’s top ethics watchdog will remain under the Prime Minister’s thumb, raising questions about impartiality.
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MPs Urged to Ditch Ties to Parliamentary Lobby Group Run by ‘Climate Denialist’
A controversial parliamentary group that successfully opposes fuel price rises and tough climate action is backed by a campaigner who denies that humans are causing climate change, Josiah Mortimer reveals
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Government ‘Must Defy’ Developers’ Calls to Drop Vital Leasehold Overhauls
Housing secretary Michael Gove is facing pressure to abandon popular plans to reform England and Wales’ feudal leasehold system, Josiah Mortimer reports
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Climate-Sceptic MP ‘Failed to Declare’ Ties to Controversial Net Zero Watch
Two of Craig Mackinlay’s staffers have had close ties to the Global Warming Policy Forum (now Net Zero Watch) and its wholly-owned charitable wing report Josiah Mortimer and Max Colbert
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HGV-Lobby Funded Group Faces Parliamentary Investigation Over Transparency ‘Rule Breaches’
A controversial parliamentary group failed to disclose its list of ‘active members’ among other potential breaches, Josiah Mortimer reports
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More Russian Linked Lobbying in UK Parliament
Further investigations by Iain Campbell reveal key Russian businessmen tied to Parliamentary groups involved in tech and healthcare data
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MPs Advocate for NHS Privatisation While Being Funded by Private Health Firms
Sam Bright investigates how a parliamentary lobbying group on healthcare has been backed by private interests
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Boris Johnson’s Ex-PR Guru Lands Role at Fracking Giant
The appointment raises fresh questions about the ‘revolving door’ between energy companies and the Government, reports Sascha Lavin
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Corporate Lobbying Threatens to Undermine Biodiversity
A new report shows the extent to which powerful corporations and fossil fuel interests exert their influence to delay or roll back legislation to protect the environment
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The Tufton Street Elite Takes Back Control of the Brexit Project
The libertarian ideologues in Downing Street are taking a hammer to Boris Johnson’s Brexit coalition, says Sam Bright
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American Dark Money, the Mercers and the Conservative Party: A Network of Influence
A special investigation by Nafeez Ahmed exposes the transatlantic connections between an extremist US pro-Trump lobby and organisations influencing Liz Truss’ Conservative Cabinet
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The Truss Network: Who are the New Prime Minister’s Donors and Advisors?
The Byline Intelligence Team maps the network of billionaires, property developers and die-hard libertarians surrounding the new Prime Minister
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Britain’s Other Oligarchs
The Byline Intelligence Team explores how Russian roubles are not the only currency cleaned at London’s laundromat
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Boris Johnson’s Telegraph Meetings Leave No Paper Trail
No notes were recorded at two meetings between the Prime Minister and his ‘real boss’ at the outset of the pandemic, reports Sascha Lavin
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What are the Benefits of Being a Tory Donor?
Sam Bright reviews the perks enjoyed by the big money patrons of the Conservative Party
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On Board the Post-Prime Ministerial Gravy Train: The Lavish Life After Number 10 Awaiting Boris Johnson
Tom Robinson explores the fortune that the Prime Minister can expect to earn after his reign finally comes to an end
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Driving Towards Disaster: The Car Manufacturers Undermining Climate Action
Thomas Perrett reports on new evidence suggesting that the actions of the automotive sector doesn’t match its rhetoric on climate change
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Defence Secretary Received Funding for Private Party from Law Firm Lobbying for Putin’s Sanctioned Banks
Along with three other Conservative MPs, Ben Wallace accepted a £10,000 donation from legal giant Squire Patton Boggs, which lobbied on behalf of Gazprombank and others
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US Law-Makers are Blacklisting Renewable Energy Efforts
Thomas Perrett reports on the efforts of corporate lobbyists to stymie US President Joe Biden’s climate ambitions
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Where is the Government’s Anti-Corruption ‘Champion’?
Sam Bright explores the role of John Penrose MP, and his unwillingness to call out systemic corruption in the UK
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Fossil Fuelled: Host of COP26 Met Big Oil and Nuclear Lobbies Over 200 Times
Nafeez Ahmed reveals disinformation campaigns and a frenzy of lobbying of the British Government by fossil fuel giants ahead of the UN climate change conference
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‘Distorted and Wrong’: Senior Cabal of Conservatives with Johnson’s Ear Put Red Wallers at Risk Over Corruption Scandal, Says MP
Conservative MPs say the Prime Minister’s disastrous attempt to save Owen Paterson from corruption allegations has badly backfired, reports Adam Bienkov
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The Johnson Scandal is Far Sleazier than ‘Cash for Questions’
David Hencke, who broke the story of MPs tabling parliamentary questions on behalf of private interests in 1994, reflects on why Boris Johnson’s actions are a threat of a different kind to Britain’s political system
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Conservative Sleaze Allegations are Finally Starting to Stick to Boris Johnson
The Prime Minister is right at the centre of the Owen Paterson scandal which appears to be turning the tide like other misdemeanours have not, reports Adam Bienkov
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Majority of Voters Think Johnson’s Government is Corrupt, Poll Finds
Exclusive polling for Byline Times suggests that people are concerned about the corruption of politics by private-sector interests
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Conservative MPs Opposing Lobbying Suspension have Second Jobs Worth £1 Million
The MPs publicly supporting Andrea Leadsom’s amendment in the Owen Patterson affair have considerable external interests, Sam Bright reveals
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Political Capture: How Donations Made in the Shadows are Putting Democracy in Danger
An investigation by the Byline Intelligence Team and The Citizens, revealing the profiles of Conservative Party backers in the UK, has exposed how a lack of transparency and the culture of political donations is putting British democracy at risk
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Meet Mr Tory: Average Elite Conservative Donor Giving £500,000 is 65-Year-Old White Man Called Michael
A joint investigation by the Byline Intelligence Team and The Citizens reveals the lack of gender and ethnic diversity of elite Conservative donors – raising questions about how it is now the party of hedge funds and oligarchs rather than business and commerce
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The UK’s Conservative Political Figures Linked to the US Anti-Abortion Drive
Numerous Conservative MPs, donors, and allies have spoken at and collaborated with Washington D.C. think tanks and organisations working to overturn the state-wide right to safe, legal abortion in the US
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‘A Party Within A Party’: Calls for Investigation into European Research Group, Paid Quarter of a Million in Taxpayer Cash Since Brexit
Byline Times reveals the membership and ministerial backing of the powerful group of ‘hard Brexit’ Conservative MPs
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Delay is the New Denial: How Big Polluters Continue to Fight Climate Science
light of the IPCC’s report warning that climate change is a ‘code red for humanity’, Thomas Perrett reports on how fossil fuel companies have subtly changed their tactics to continue avoiding the reforms required to combat greenhouse gas emissions
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COP 26: The Government is Still in Thrall to Fossil Fuel Lobbyists
Behind the rhetoric on climate change action, the British Government is still heavily under the influence of the oil and gas industry, and their supporters in aviation and transport
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Conservative PR Firm Linked to Black Lives Matter Hoax That Fooled Right-Wing Press
A fake organisation designed to stir up the US culture war is linked to a Utah PR firm that has connections with Republicans and dark-money groups
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‘What is he Doing for his Wage?’: Lord Philip Hammond’s Revolving Door Continues
ust two years after leaving office, the former Chancellor and life peer is now free to lobby the Government on behalf of businesses registered in tax havens and set up by Conservative peers
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Qatari Officials, Tabloid Supremos and Conservative Donors: Ministers’ Meetings Revealed
Sam Bright delves into the new records showing who has had the ear of Government ministers
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David Cameron in Government Summit with Firm Employing him as a Consultant
The former Prime Minister and one of his clients met with a Business minister days before the Greensill lobbying scandal hit the headlines
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Government’s Mass Infection Plan pushed by Great Barrington Declaration Lobbying Effort to End COVID Protections
Nafeez Ahmed reports on an open letter published in April, which was coordinated by a Government advisor and signed by those behind the controversial ‘herd immunity’ declaration
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Business Department Advisors Lobbied Government Bank Over Greensill Loans, Report Reveals
David Hencke reports on a new twist in the Greensill Capital lobbying saga uncovered by the independent public spending watchdog
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The Government Must Face Down Big Business and Put Nature First
Dominic Dyer considers why the Cabinet reshuffle could be a crucial moment in the effort to restore the environment after 50 years of damage and depletion
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Top World Health Organisation COVID-19 Advisor Bankrolled by Great Barrington Declaration Successor Organisation
Nafeez Ahmed raises asks why the global health body is seeking input from scientists linked to the discredited theory of herd immunity by natural infection
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£11.6 Billion in Public Contracts Won by Registered Lobbying Firms Since 2015
Companies that aim to influence government policy have been awarded deals worth billions in recent years
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Lex Greensill Spoke in Government Capacity at Event Hosted by Minister and Attended by 160 Delegates
Sam Bright reveals the Australian businessman had access to dozens of senior Government procurement officials at a single briefing
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The Johnson Government’s Ties to Israeli Lobbying Groups Stains the UK’s Global Reputation
CJ Werleman explores the implications of the Government’s stance on an investigation into alleged war crimes in the Palestinian Territories by the International Criminal Court
