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Get ‘VIP LANE’: An Award-Nominated Chronicle of COVID Catastrophe
Russell Scott’s unparalleled reporting on COVID cronyism just got him shortlisted for the 2025 British Journalism Awards. Get Scott’s full scoop in ‘VIP…
Nov 7, 2025
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New Book OUT NOW - VIP Lane
I am very pleased to announce my book "VIP Lane" which covers 5 years of investigation uncovering the previous governments PPE procurement scandal …
Sep 19, 2025
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Gaza's Vanishing Stadiums. The Football Story That Is Being Ignored.
800+ athletes killed, including hundreds of footballers, stadiums reduced to rubble and the ongoing, illegal matches in the West Bank. Watch this film…
Aug 23, 2025
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Lobbyists pour £700,000 into cross-party parliamentary groups
Despite new transparency rules, fossil fuel firms, vaping companies and other private interests are still bankrolling All-Party Parliamentary Groups
Nov 5, 2024
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Labour Party's largest donor has $million’s invested in Carbon Capture interests
Quadrature the firm that handed £4m to the Labour Party holds $67m in Exxon Mobil shares - the winner of 4 UK Carbon Capture Licences. Its foundation…
Oct 12, 2024
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Exclusive: Tony Blair advising Covid contract ‘overnight billionaire’
Former prime minister is a consultant for Pasaca, whose owner Dr Charles Huang is embroiled in court cases over £4 billion UK government Covid contracts
Oct 8, 2024
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Labour Party accepts £4m donation from firm with huge investments in the fossil fuel industry
Quadrature Capital's shareholdings in fossil fuel companies are valued at over $300m. Quadrature's fund also includes $71m worth of shares in tech firm…
Sep 12, 2024
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Firm owned by Tory Donor Frank Hester lands another £4.4m NHS contract
The Phoenix Partnership have been awarded a new contract with the NHS to provide a "Child Health Information IT System" - Its owner Frank Hester has…
Apr 23, 2024
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Man City, the Sports Minister and the mysterious meeting.
The Department for Culture, Media & Sport's response to my FOI request for meeting details between Sports minister and Man City hits 2.5m views on…
Jan 25, 2024
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David Cameron appears to be going to considerable lengths to delay/hide his business dealings since leaving office in 2016
Here's what we know/don't know so far:
Nov 27, 2023
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