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Wow. Josh Simons has resigned as govt minister
Follows weeks of reporting by Democracy for Sale and others about how he paid PR firm to smear journalists investigating Labour Together
Huge thanks to all our supporters. Couldn’t have done it without you
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The Elections Bill is really very thin on political finance.
Some loopholes closed, some warm words, but still unlimited political donations.
That's why we're working with @38degrees.bsky.social to call for a cap on donations
Please sign and share: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ta...
Great to hear a Democracy for Sale story on heads of news on Today on Radio 4
Also very good to see a proper credit for us - as an ‘investigative website’ not ‘a Substack’ - high up in the story
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🔴 BREAKING: Labour Together paid controversial PR firm £30k to investigate journalists who were digging into how its undeclared funding
Reporters from Sunday Times, Guardian and other outlets targetted
*And* Morgan McSweeney knew about it
Full story:
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/exclusive-...
WOW c 10k people have now watched Democracy for Sale's video about our new undercover investigation, with Led By Donkeys.
An ex-Tory MP introduced our fake Chinese AI investor into MPs and ministers - and all for just £5k! 😱
Watch the video here:
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Our latest investigation, in collaboration with Democracy for Sale 👇
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/breaking-o...
🔴 BREAKING: Our fake Chinese AI investor bought access to 10+ Labour MPs and minister
Brand new investigation by Democracy for Sale and Led By Donkeys.
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Democracy for Sale’s first ever Christmas party - and of course it starts with a panel discussion about Freedom of Information 🥳😬
Great panel with @jennacorderoy.bsky.social @alexgoodmankc.bsky.social Heather Brooke and more. And so much to see so many D4S friends in the audience
🔴"FOI is the democratic canary in the coal mine. When official information flows freely, it signals that power is shared. When it’s withheld or delayed, it signals the opposite: power concentrated in the few."
Vital by Heather Brooke on Democracy 4 Sale democracyforsale.substack.com/p/why-the-br...
Really looking forward to speaking at this FOI event on 2nd December at City University. Register to attend!: www.citystgeorges.ac.uk/news-and-eve...
At Institute for Government in London for an event on the Freedom of Information Act at 25.
My Democracy for Sale colleague @jennacorderoy.bsky.social rightly stressing that FOI responses are at an all time low.
So much prevarication from government departments in particular
Insane lengths the government goes to to fight transparency. Great to have Lucas Amin @petergeoghegan.bsky.social and @jennacorderoy.bsky.social fighting back.
The Cabinet Office refused, claiming disclosure could harm “the effective conduct of public affairs.” - Ridiculous.
This is going to be a really, really good discussion on Freedom of Information - get along if you can!
Looking forward to speaking at the Institute for Government's panel discussion on the Freedom of Information Act.
Registration details for the September event are here: www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/event/foi-ac...
Looking forward to speaking at the Institute for Government's panel discussion on the Freedom of Information Act.
Registration details for the September event are here: www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/event/foi-ac...
After 14 years of Tory failure to clean up our politics, it's time for Labour to deliver.
We urgently need an elections bill to close the glaring loopholes in our donation rules.
An Elections Bill is expected very soon.
This is a test for Starmer’s government: will it close the loopholes — or let dark money shape the next election too?
If you want more fearless, independent journalism that follows the money — support Democracy for Sale today:
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So thrilled about this - such a pleasure to work with @petergeoghegan.bsky.social and @lucasamin.bsky.social
Important piece from @petergeoghegan.bsky.social democracyforsale.substack.com/p/starmer-ha...
Incredibly proud of @petergeoghegan.bsky.social and @lucasamin.bsky.social
Now live on Democracy for Sale with @seththevoz.bsky.social talking about who funds Reform! democracyforsale.substack.com/live-stream/...
🔴 Whitehall departments responded in full to just 29% of Freedom of Information requests in 2024 - an all time low
A Labour MP calls on government ‘to put an end to the culture of obfuscation’
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Lovely piece about how the government sought to misuse FoI law, and how the government was defeated.
Enjoy the story.
🔴 Remember Aria, the “moonshot" research agency dreamed up by Dominic Cummings?
It's funded by £800m in public money but exempt from FOI laws
We decided to fight for transparency... and we won 🎉
New on Democracy for Sale w/ @lucasamin.bsky.social
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“It is absolutely disgraceful – strong language that accurately reflects the culpability of the Department – for the Cabinet Office to continue to refuse to come clean about who Gove and other ministers were lobbied by”
– @jolyonmaugham.bsky.social
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Delighted to have a shout out from @carolecadwalla.bsky.social for Democracy for Sale at @granardbooktown.bsky.social 😊
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Tireless investigators like @jennacorderoy.bsky.social really shouldn’t have to spend four years - and go to court - to prise documents out of government.
But we are so lucky that she does (and I’m so lucky to work with her at Democracy for Sale) democracyforsale.substack.com/p/reform-uk-...