Tell Priti Patel: Stop your attack on journalistic freedom
Journalists who share leaks of official information should not face life imprisonment for doing their job
Tamasin Cave writes about corporate lobbying and blogs at BadInfluence.net. She has been a researcher with Spinwatch for a decade and is co-author with Andy Rowell of A Quiet Word: Lobbying, Crony Capitalism and Broken Politics in Britain (Vintage, 2015).
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Published in: Dark Money Investigations: NewsPrince Charles’ billionaire adviser stands to gain from Australia trade dealCharles wants support for UK small farmers, but his adviser is a Tory donor in line to profit from big farms after...
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: NewsEuropean Super League hired former Tory spinner as PR just hours before launchRevealed: Ex-Number 10 communication chief was hired only on Sunday to run PR strategy for ill-fated ‘comms...
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: OpinionHow Cameron’s vow to clean up lobbying turned into a loophole-ridden shamPrevious parliamentary inquiries into lobbying have gone ignored. It’s hard to imagine Johnson’s will be any different
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Published in: Dark Money Investigations: InvestigationRevealed: A fifth of new Tory MPs have worked as lobbyistsNew MPs include lobbyists for banks, private healthcare and arms manufacturers
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Published in: ourNHS: InvestigationThe President, the US private health giant, and top NHS officials – special relationships?US private healthcare firm Optum has been ‘planting seeds’ in the English NHS for a decade, new research exposes.
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Published in: openDemocracyUKWhy is Johnson’s campaign manager’s firm bragging about links to British politicians?Lynton Crosby is running Boris Johnson's campaign for Tory leader... meanwhile, his American lobbying firm is...