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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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Muck for Brass: Watchdog shuts down £6.5m biogas gaming scheme

10 October 2020

Muck for Brass: Watchdog shuts down £6.5m biogas gaming scheme

Muck for Brass: Watchdog shuts down £6.5m biogas gaming following SourceMaterial investigation

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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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DemocracyWatch

4 May 2020

DemocracyWatch

Regimes around the world are rushing through anti-democratic measures. Sign up to our newsletter with openDemocracy to follow the crackdown

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Revealed: the hidden pollution affecting millions

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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Brexit Party candidate spread propaganda for Balkan warlord and was ‘bugged by MI6’

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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Senior Tory revealed as Huawei cheerleader in Brussels

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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The heretic in the Vatican: How Pope Francis became a hate figure for the far right

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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