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UK Taxpayers’ Cash Is Funding an Arms Firm Whose Biggest Shareholder Is Now Bankrolling Nigel Farage’s Reform UK
The UK Government’s big increase in defence spending will likely hugely benefit Reform UK’s biggest donor
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Who is Neil Record? Meet the Climate Change Sceptic Think-Tanker Bankrolling Kemi Badenoch’s Campaign
Conservative leadership favourite Kemi Badenoch is running her campaign from the home of a wealthy Tufton Street donor
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From Russia with Riots: Hostile States ‘Relentlessly’ Seeking to Sow Division, Leading Anti-Corruption Figures Warn
A Government spokesperson told Byline Times tackling foreign interference is an ‘absolute priority’
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Farage’s Reform in Line for Millions of Pounds in Taxpayer ‘Short Money’ Funding If It Picks Up Seats in Election
The party says it will ensure taxpayers’ money is never wasted
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Time to Tackle ‘Dark Money’ in Politics – As Voters Demand Transparency Over Britain’s Opaque Think Tanks
We know very little about the funding for many of the UK’s leading think tanks – but a new report sheds some light
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Why Are the Conservatives in a ‘Union’ with Viktor Orbán and Narendra Modi?
Peter Geoghegan examines the membership and funding of the International Democracy Union.
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Tufton Street-Linked Trans-Exclusionary Charity Receives Surge in Funding
The LGB Alliance has received a surge in donations amid ongoing calls for it to lose its charitable status
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The Missing Million-Pound Donor Lords
Byline Times analyses the attendance rate of 12 Peers who have donated more than £1 million to the party that appointed them
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Lords Demand Political Parties Launch Tougher Checks on Foreign Donations – But Ministers Set to Block Move
There are fears that foreign powers can use proxies to channel cash into UK political parties
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Revealed: The Charles Koch Foundation’s Staggering Donations to UK’s Top Universities
New research by Byline Times reveals that billionaire oil magnate Charles Koch – behind hundreds of millions in annual donations promoting climate science disinformation and right-wing causes in the US – has been contributing to academic research in UK institutions
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Russian Roulette: Foreign Interference and how the Conservatives are Gambling with our Elections
Despots and kleptocrats have their eyes trained on British politics – and our laws are doing little to protect us
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Demands for More Scrutiny of Political Donations as Conservative Donor Tied to ‘Laundromat’ Court Case
Javad Marandi, a major Conservative Party benefactor, is named as a ‘person of importance’ in a money laundering court case, sparking fresh questions over party donations, Josiah Mortimer reports
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The Public Needs Answers on BBC Chairman Richard Sharp’s Donations to Groups Campaigning Against BBC
Pressure is mounting on the Johnson-appointed BBC Chairman – but no answers have been forthcoming from him or the corporation, reports Josiah Mortimer
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REVEALED: MPs’ Gifts from Gulf States Accused of Human Rights Abuses
Analysis by this newspaper reveals Conservative MPs make up the majority of those in receipt – as post-Brexit trading opportunities appear to be trumping ethical concerns for the Government
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‘Government by Think Tank’: The Return of Policy Exchange
Tom Griffin explores how an ideological reliance on lobbying groups appears to be undermining another Conservative leader
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REVEALED: MPs Working Second Jobs in Property Industry ‘Clear Conflict of Interest’
Rishi Sunak ‘needs to deal with the issue of moonlighting MPs once and for all’ the Labour Party told Byline Times
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‘The Boris Johnson Loan Scandal Shows how Cronyism Corrupts Public Life’
BBC Chairman Richard Sharp’s hidden involvement in arranging a £800,000 loan for the former PM exposes the gilded upper circles of politics and media in the UK, writes Adam Bienkov
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Calls for Government to Publish ‘Secret’ List of Ministers’ Interests After Boris Johnson BBC Scandal
As the former PM continues to deny he sought financial advice from the BBC’s now Chairman, guidance from his civil servant at the time has contradicted this, reports Josiah Mortimer
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Lying Again? The Many Questions for Boris Johnson Over his Support for Ukraine
With the former Prime Minister again dominating the news with claims of alleged nuclear threats from Vladimir Putin, former diplomat Alexandra Hall Hall puts his record on Ukraine under the spotlight
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Nadhim Zahawi’s Tory Leadership Bid Funded by Offshore-Linked Investor
The then-Chancellor was given more than £60,000 by an individual listed in the Paradise Papers
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Scandal of the Moonlighting MPs: Conservatives Take Jobs Worth £700,000 Working for Party Donors
The Labour Party told Byline Times there is ‘no reason why a serving constituency MP needs to make thousands and thousands of pounds as a consultant or by lobbying on behalf of businesses’
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Special Investigation: The Vested Private Interests Behind Westminster’s Influential Lobbying Groups
Sam Bright investigates a murky aspect of our political system, where landlords fund private rental research and fossil fuel firms donate to environmental groups
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Foreign Office Fails to Disclose Vital Information on Billion-Pound Developing Countries Fund
Mystery remains around a Government fund that invested heavily in developing countries where a company run by Conservative Party donor also has significant investments
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The UK’s Rise in Drowning Deaths
Samir Jeraj reports on how funding cuts, increasing costs, ageing facilities and climate change are all playing a role in rising numbers of deaths by drowning
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Anatomy of the PPE Procurement Scandal
Sam Bright dissects the multi-billion-pound affair that saw lucrative public contracts awarded to Conservative donors
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European Research Group Loses Two-Thirds of its Paid-Up Members
The hard-Brexit lobbying group, which produces research paid for by taxpayer-funded expenses, appears to be losing support
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REVEALED: 52 Peers Sitting in House of Lords Hold Interests in Fossil Fuel Industry
The finding raises questions about the UK’s commitment to achieving net zero – with one MP telling Byline Times ‘it’s akin to asking arsonists to legislate on robust fire safety legislation’
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Government Investing in Carbon Polluters Funded By Major Conservative Donor
An investment firm whose CEO has given more than £1m to the Tory Party has a third of its assets tied up in petrostates which benefited from a UK Government fund
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REVEALED: Rishi Sunak Received £141,000 from Energy Interests this Year
The Conservative Party remains indebted to big money interests in oil, gas and aviation
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Is a Big Money Coalition Influencing Liz Truss’ Climate Change Policies?
Max Colbert reports on the well-funded, well-connected groups seemingly determined to water-down Britain’s climate commitments
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Casino Politics: Westminster’s Gambling Addiction
With a number of MPs accepting salaries and gifts from the gambling industry, Rachel Morris explores how those in power have an uncomfortably close relationship with betting
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‘Just Helping a Mate’: Conservative MP Given £25,000 Loan to Cover Housing Costs by Big Brexit Donor
Andrew Bridgen has accepted an interest-free loan to help pay for his constituency home, reveals Sascha Lavin
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Jacob Rees-Mogg’s Funding Ties with Dirty Canadian Pipeline Giants and Palm Oil Deforestation
Rees-Mogg’s appointment as Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Secretary suggests the Government is not committed to its own net zero aims, reports Nafeez Ahmed
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Contract-Winning Firm Owned by Tory Donor Sees Major Financial Boost
Max Colbert reports on the millions gained by one of the Government’s PPE suppliers
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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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On the Frontline of Exposing the Truth About Russia and Brexit
Four years ago, Tom Mutch thought he had the ‘scoop of the century’ blowing open Russia’s involvement in Brexit. Now, after the UK has left the European Union and Putin wages genocidal war in Ukraine, he wonders whether we are any closer to knowing the truth
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Major Russian Donor Funds Conservative Member of Intelligence Committee
The wife of a former Russian deputy finance minister has gifted thousands to a Conservative member of the Intelligence and Security Committee, reports Sascha Lavin
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The Tories’ Big Money ‘Summer Party’ – What We Know and Don’t Know
Sam Bright explores the facts and the mysteries surrounding Boris Johnson’s fundraising bash
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Black Ties and Dark Money: The Conservative Cash-for-Access Machine
As the party’s biggest donors come out fighting for Boris Johnson, Sam Bright and Max Colbert inspect how the Conservatives continue to sell democracy to the highest bidder
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Auctioning Off Democracy
The Conservative Party’s cash-for-access culture is one of the neglected scandals of modern British politics, says Iain Overton
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British Politics is Now Awash with Money and Social Media – Do We Care?
Former Labour MP Ian Lucas explores how digital campaigning and Big Tech has driven a coach and horses through the UK’s historically robust electoral rules
