Revealed: Top rail firm’s pre-strike payout to shareholders

CEOs of the six biggest train companies also took home a combined salary of more than £5m in 2020

Why we’re suing over the £23m NHS data deal with Palantir

The UK government is battling ‘vaccine hesitancy’. How does sneaking through a massive deal with a controversial spy tech firm help?

Exclusive: NHS using ‘flawed’ COVID-19 test – missing 25% of positives

Hancock under pressure to resign as leaked documents show NHS is using knowingly flawed tests for coronavirus

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British journalists have become part of Johnson’s fake news machine

It’s chilling. From the Mail, The Times to the BBC and ITN, everyone is peddling Downing Street’s lies and smears. They’re turning their readers into dupes.

We’ve won our lawsuit over Matt Hancock’s £23m NHS data deal with Palantir

And here’s what needs to happen now

Tory billionaire bankrolled ‘herd immunity’ scientist who advised PM against lockdown

Exclusive: Johnson ruled out lockdown 24 hours after meeting with Sunetra Gupta – resulting in ‘1.3m extra COVID infections’

Downing Street has banned me from asking questions. Why?

I’ve been a lobby journalist for decades – but now I've been shut out by No. 10. What are Boris Johnson and Dominic Cummings so afraid of?

Revealed: The elite dining club behind £130m+ donations to the Tories

Private dinners, access to ministers, honours – openDemocracy lifts the lid on the exclusive group bankrolling the Conservatives. Shadow minister calls for transparency on ‘cash for access’.

Want a seat in the House of Lords? Be Tory treasurer and donate £3m

Exclusive: Senior Tory accuses Boris Johnson of overseeing ‘scandal in plain sight’ as it’s revealed party treasurers who donate £3m are almost always offered peerages

We’ve won our lawsuit over Matt Hancock’s £23m NHS data deal with Palantir

And here’s what needs to happen now

Boris Johnson government in ‘scandalous’ breach of Ministerial Code

Exclusive: Large payments to Johnson and ministers have been kept secret for months – fuelling controversy over lavish Downing Street refurbishment, and much more

Under pressure, UK government releases NHS COVID data deals with big tech

Hours before openDemocracy was due to sue, government releases massive data-sharing contracts with Amazon, Microsoft, Google, Faculty and Palantir.

Exclusive: Robert Jenrick in new UK 'cash for favours' row

Boris Johnson’s embattled housing minister took charge of another controversial planning decision – days after the property developer donated thousands to the Tories

Why ‘gender criticals’ are desperate to defeat Stonewall

Lawyer Allison Bailey lost her case against Stonewall. But her supporters are trying to claim the exact opposite

Sunak admits think tank helped write anti-protest laws

The PM confirmed Policy Exchange helped draft laws targeting climate activists, as first revealed by openDemocracy

OPINION: It's time to take a stand. We’re suing Braverman

The home secretary ripped up the rule book by forcing through new police powers. So Liberty is taking her to court

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At least 16 Tory allies given paid ‘independent’ roles in government

Exclusive: Non-executive directors like Gina Coladangelo are meant to ‘challenge’ ministers like Matt Hancock, but new investigations finds many have Conservative ties

Fears raised that ex-energy bosses ‘sway government policy’

Exclusive: Scale of ‘revolving door’ between major energy firms and key Whitehall posts revealed

Exclusive: Egyptian billionaire’s firm’s £1.5m export deal unveiled days after Tory donation

Unatrac gave the Conservatives £125,000 in January. Six days later the firm's taxpayer-backed deal was announced. Opposition MP calls for official inquiry.

Starmer takes more freebies than any post-1997 Labour leader

Labour leader’s 28 junkets include Spurs hospitality, two Coldplay concerts and a £380 dinner from Google at Davos

Spain’s response to protests is a dangerous step towards authoritarianism

“The reality is a democratic mass movement increasingly frustrated with successive governments who have sought juridical answers to political problems.”

Labour handed £4m from tax haven-based hedge fund

Quadrature’s donation is noteworthy not just for being Labour’s largest-ever, but for its timing ahead of election

Revealed: Labour donor invested in weapons for Israel

Exclusive: Quadrature Capital held shares in arms companies that make Israeli fighter jets and bombs

Boris Johnson accused of attack on democracy over plan to ‘neuter’ watchdog

Exclusive: Proposed hike in power for Tory MPs and ban on UK commission prosecuting election fraud is ‘a real concern in a developed democracy’

Think tank behind Truss’s budget “should not be a charity”

Charity Commission accused of failing to control Institute of Economic Affairs, which inspired doomed tax cuts

Boris Johnson’s ex-adviser has role at firm that won £3.5m government ‘support’

Exclusive: Hydro Industries donated £20,000 to the Tories at the same time it secured funding meant for struggling businesses

Cummings and Gove allies won fresh COVID contract for A-level crisis work

Exclusive: Government accused of wasting taxpayer money after Public First landed contract without competition to deal with exam results debacle

Met Police silent despite calls to investigate Tory ‘cash for peers’ scandal

Opposition MPs demand police inquiry after openDemocracy revealed Conservative treasurers who donate £3m seem almost guaranteed seat in the Lords

Liz Truss campaign hints at U-turn on conversion therapy ban

Tory leadership hopeful ‘hates’ the policy she brought forward as equalities minister, suggests Iain Duncan Smith

Why are Britain’s ‘watchdogs’ protecting politicians, not us?

Our leaders stand accused of presiding over corruption, fraud, racism – and suppressing evidence of foreign interference. We urgently need answers.

Revealed: ‘COVID goldrush’ firms receiving millions under UK furlough scheme

Marketing company with PPE deal, pest control firm with £350m government contracts and politically connected suppliers among those claiming public funds

Imagine! Hancock’s GP data grab is not about saving lives

The health secretary says his plans will put us in control of our health data and suggests no one but our clinicians will see it. But he’s either lying or dreaming

Tax-funded research by Rees-Mogg’s ERG must be released, tribunal rules

Long-running openDemocracy investigation sees ruling that the public has a right to see research produced by the pro-Brexit European Research Group.

Alan Sugar among 24 lords to have broken finance rules, parliamentary watchdog rules

Exclusive: Downton Abbey creator Julian Fellowes also among peers named in official UK ruling, following an openDemocracy investigation

Exclusive: Property tycoons gave Tories more than £11m in less than a year

Conservatives accused of being ‘in hock’ to developers as donations from property and construction soars amid ‘cash for access’ accusations against housing secretary Robert Jenrick.

‘No record’ of Matt Hancock meeting Tory donor who owns stake in £346m COVID contract

Exclusive: UK government accused of ‘very serious’ transparency failure over meeting with private health firm investors before pandemic

Taxpayers charged £17m for MPs' meals as food costs soar

Exclusive: Restaurants and bars in the House of Commons cut prices for MPs, as they were bailed out by taxpayers

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David Cameron met vaccines minister before firm he advises won health contracts

Exclusive: Ex-PM met the vaccines minister to discuss genome sequencing – two months before the genome firm he advises won contracts worth £870,000

Turkish asylum seekers allegedly being pushed back in small boats by Greece

Exclusive: Turkish nationals claim they were illegally put in boats by Greek authorities and returned to Turkey, where they risked persecution

Sanctioned VTB bank gave donations to Tories

Treasury gave a controversial 30-day grace period to Kremlin-linked VTB Bank – where a senior banker has handed the Tories £44,000 since 2018

British journalists have become part of Johnson’s fake news machine

It’s chilling. From the Mail, The Times to the BBC and ITN, everyone is peddling Downing Street’s lies and smears. They’re turning their readers into dupes.

As a lifelong Conservative, here’s why I can’t vote for Boris Johnson

This government is an explicit repudiation of everything it means to be a Conservative. History will judge us accordingly.

Partygate investigator helped shield No.10 from scrutiny over Grenfell

Revealed: Emails show how Sue Gray was consulted over decision to withhold information about fatal fire

Anti-trans activists forced rape crisis centre into lockdown

Hounding of Edinburgh Rape Crisis Centre’s director part of a pattern of attacks on trans-inclusive feminist groups

Boris Johnson’s new ethics adviser works for arms company

Exclusive: Lord Geidt, tasked with clearing up government sleaze scandal, is a paid adviser to an arms company with history of corruption allegations

What’s wrong with Britain? Let’s start with the monarchy

The Royal Family’s archaic-seeming rules and customs obscure its deep connections with modern global corporate power

An exclusive openDemocracy investigation

NHS invited speakers with ‘anti-trans’ links to trans event

Exclusive: Safety concerns for LGBTIQ+ attendees at event that whistleblowers feared would promote ‘extremist’ ideologies

openDemocracy appoints Peter Geoghegan editor-in-chief

Irish journalist who led openDemocracy’s UK investigations appointed editor-in-chief and CEO

For me, social distancing brings back difficult memories

Many of us quietly self-isolate, every day. Coronavirus has brought back a darkness I’d long buried. But this time, I know I’m not alone.

Open letter: Editors and MPs unite over government secrecy

openDemocracy leads campaign to enforce transparency laws as government accused of abusing Freedom of Information Act and blacklisting reporters