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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
2 May 2019
Senior Tory revealed as Huawei cheerleader in Brussels
High-ranking Conservative urged colleagues to back controversial Chinese telecoms group
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