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Published in: Dark Money Investigations: InvestigationRevealed: A fifth of new Tory MPs have worked as lobbyists
New MPs include lobbyists for banks, private healthcare and arms manufacturers
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Published in: Dark Money Investigations: InvestigationCabinet Office urged to investigate fresh Tory ‘cash for honours’ scandal
New openDemocracy research reveals one in five elite Tory donors have got top honours, including knighthoods and...
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Published in: Dark Money Investigations: OpinionAmerican dirty tricks are corroding British democracy
Super PACs in the US are notorious for smear campaigns and disinformation – now we're seeing them in the UK...
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Published in: Dark Money Investigations: InvestigationInside the elite Tory fundraising machine
The Conservatives told openDemocracy they rely on "small-scale" funding. We explore the Tory donors' clubs and do...
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Published in: Dark Money Investigations: InvestigationEyebrows raised over Tory candidate’s ‘unusual’ £100,000 MPs’ expense claims
Conservative who blocked upskirting legislation and opposed anti-domestic-violence laws outsourced parliamentary...
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Published in: Dark Money Investigations: OpinionThe Tories aren’t the party of business – just the London financial elite
The Conservative Party used to look after big, nationwide businesses. Now it serves a finance industry based in a...