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Health company favoured by Hancock linked to Tory donors

22 June 2021

Health company favoured by Hancock linked to Tory donors

Shareholders in Babylon Healthcare made donations to Conservatives and Hancock’s 2019 leadership campaign

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Cummings pushed NHS to skirt funding rules for data project

22 June 2021

Cummings pushed NHS to skirt funding rules for data project

Leaked emails show PM’s aide told head of NHSX ‘no delay please – just send immediately’

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Plastic Patriots

23 February 2021

Plastic Patriots

Ineos, the controversial chemicals giant that turns fracked gas to plastics, trumpeted its return to the UK. Its billionaire owner, Jim Ratcliffe, appears to be less patriotic about his taxes

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Revealed: The fossil fuel projects in line for UK support despite ban

7 February 2021

Revealed: The fossil fuel projects in line for UK support despite ban

Offshore oil drilling in Brazil, a gas pipeline in Turkmenistan and power stations in Iraq among the projects that could still be approved

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Dirty white elephants

4 February 2021

Dirty white elephants

Incinerators were supposed to solve the UK’s waste crisis. Are they making it worse?

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UK helped arm Brazilian police during Rio’s deadliest year on record

18 January 2021

UK helped arm Brazilian police during Rio’s deadliest year on record

The UK government facilitated arms sales which went to a police force that killed almost 2,000 civilians – twice as many as police in the US – in a single year

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Revealed: Northern Ireland officials used dodgy numbers to secure biogas bonanza

4 December 2020

Revealed: Northern Ireland officials used dodgy numbers to secure biogas bonanza

Documents obtained by SourceMaterial show how a tiny tweak in a ministry submission to Brussels unlocked hundreds of millions in subsidies

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Sherlock Holmes and the Mystery of the Kazakh Millions

10 November 2020

Sherlock Holmes and the Mystery of the Kazakh Millions

A new investigation solves a five-year riddle—and raises more questions about secretive investments in London

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Brexit trade adviser’s lobbying ties raise fresh conflict of interest questions

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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Africa girls project is first casualty of UK cuts as government shifts Rwanda aid to Tesco

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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UK export agency waited a year before reporting Airbus corruption evidence

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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