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17 September 2020
Brexit trade adviser’s lobbying ties raise fresh conflict of interest questions
Shanker Singham reappointed to key British trade commission as documents show advisory company lobbied Biden allies for post-Brexit trade deal
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10 September 2020
Africa girls project is first casualty of UK cuts as government shifts Rwanda aid to Tesco
As the UK government scraps its international development department, a programme to help women and girls in Rwanda suffers the consequences
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6 July 2020
UK export agency waited a year before reporting Airbus corruption evidence
A government body sat on clear evidence of corruption by Airbus for more than a year before raising the alarm
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4 May 2020
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14 October 2019
Revealed: the hidden pollution affecting millions
More than 5 million people are exposed to dangerous levels of traffic pollution in hidden hotspots unacknowledged by official government figures
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21 May 2019
Brexit Party candidate spread propaganda for Balkan warlord and was ‘bugged by MI6’
John Kennedy, a former Tory now standing on a list headed by Farage, was monitored by security services for his work with Radovan Karadzic
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2 May 2019
Senior Tory revealed as Huawei cheerleader in Brussels
High-ranking Conservative urged colleagues to back controversial Chinese telecoms group
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13 April 2019
The heretic in the Vatican: How Pope Francis became a hate figure for the far right
On a mountain outside Rome, Steve Bannon’s anti-immigrant populism joins forces with Catholic extremists who say a 'gay plague' has infected the Vatican
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29 March 2019
Family event in Italy’s ‘city of love’ hides violent ties
A children's rights conference in Verona, the “city of love”, is linked to an extremist group whose members have been accused of violent attacks
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20 February 2019
Glencore’s very private school
What links the world’s biggest commodities trader, a billionaire friend of Kazakhstan’s president and one of the UK’s most prestigious education institutions?
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12 December 2018
‘Russia is the rock’ the yellow vests and France’s far right
The anger is real. But is outside influence aggravating France's popular revolt?
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