government corruption
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UK: C19-They must tell the whole truth
We are today seeking urgent clarification from the Government that it is not planning to fatally undermine the official Covid Inquiry. According to an article published by Bloomberg, the Government is trying to block essential information from being passed to the Inquiry. Continue reading
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UK Crony Capitalism: Six weeks later…
Cressida Dick has finally confirmed that the Met Police will investigate the parties held in No 10 Downing Street and Whitehall after we initiated formal legal proceedings against them. Continue reading
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UK Crony Capitalism: They’re undermining Parliament
No 10 reportedly made these threats to force MPs to spare Tory MP Owen Paterson from suspension, after he broke parliamentary rules by lobbying for a private firm that paid him £100,000 a year. One backbencher said MPs were told “they would lose funding for their constituency” if they failed to vote with the Prime Minister. Continue reading
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UK Crony Capitalism: Government is appealing
Tomorrow, we’re in Court. The Government is appealing the High Court’s ruling that it acted unlawfully – that there was apparent bias – in its award of a contract to associates of Dominic Cummings and Michael Gove. Continue reading
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UK Crony Capitalism: Then there were 50
Government was forced to release the names following a successful and long-running Freedom of Information battle by Good Law Project. We can reveal this list includes 50 names – rather than the 47 leaked to Politico – and includes three more significant Conservative Party figures. Continue reading
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UK Crony Capitalism: We don’t have a written constitution
Until now, we haven’t seen the need for binding rules. We’ve relied on self-restraint. We’ve trusted politicians to behave themselves. We’ve assumed that only ‘good chaps’ – as Lord Hennessy memorably put it – will rise to high office. And those good chaps won’t need to be told how to behave. Being good chaps, they… Continue reading
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UK Crony Capitalism: Matt Hancock’s messages
For months, Government has been refusing to hand over evidence in our challenge concerning Abingdon Health, the testing company awarded £85 million worth of contracts without competition. Yesterday we took Government to Court to fight for this evidence – and we had a good day. Continue reading
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UK Crony Capitalism: Tory welfare for the wealthy
Cash for the Tories buys you access. And access means cash from the public purse. That’s the abysmal two-step that channels public cash to Party donors. Continue reading
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UK Crony Capitalism: They didn’t want to reveal these names
Good Law Project is now able to reveal the names of six more companies awarded PPE contracts through the controversial ’VIP’ fast-track lane for associates of ministers and advisers. These six firms landed nearly half a billion pounds of public contracts – all without competition – and were uncovered in documents prised from Government in the course… Continue reading
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UK Crony Capitalism: We are being targeted
Over the weekend the Mail on Sunday reported, quite explicitly, that our founder, Jo Maugham, is being “targeted by Ministers”. What is suggested is that Good Law Project is somehow “abusing” crowdfunding. But no evidence is given in support of that contention. Continue reading
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UK Crony Capitalism: This is shocking
Government gets a bona fide PPE offer from a would be supplier. The company has sourced the PPE, submitted a bid and passed through the technical checks. They’re close to signing on the dotted line. But at the eleventh hour they get dropped. Instead, Government buys the same thing from someone else. Someone who came… Continue reading
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UK Crony Capitalism: Recent attacks by Government
What should the campaigner do if he hears from an insider that a formal response to judicial review proceedings is “a work of fiction Government has created”? Should he close his ears? And if he is sent documents supporting that proposition, what then? What should he do if those documents show Ministers acting in ways… Continue reading
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UK Crony Capitalism: High Court update
Today the High Court heard our lawyers detail waste, mismanagement – and yet more special treatment for politically connected companies placed in the “VIP” Lane. Continue reading
The New Dark Age 