Newsletter

Labour, the vampire kangaroo and a very ‘spooky’ dinner engagement

Welcome, dear reader, to the inaugural edition of the new Dark Arts newsletter, in which I will try to keep you up to date with what’s afoot in the murky world of lobbying, influence and money in politics.  And what better time to get started? This general election is

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From America with cash: Right-wing groups want to end abortion in the UK

A right-wing political and media ecosystem pushing a US-style anti-abortion agenda is gaining traction in the UK

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Labour in ‘cash for access’ scandal over meetings with £150k donor

Labour top brass including Keir Starmer gave Bloomberg ‘exclusive’ look at party's financial plan at private meeting

Lobbyists

Inside the network setting the global right-wing agenda

Leaked emails from the Agenda Europe network reveal how its members collaborated daily to roll back abortion and LGBTQ+ rights

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What are donor-advised funds – and what’s the problem with them?

DAFs channel huge amounts of cash to ‘culture war’ groups – anonymously. Why do people get tax breaks for using them?

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Jet-setters, partygoers and double-jobbers: Who’s given what to MPs in 2024

A closer look at the hospitality, gifts and donations received by Labour and Conservatives so far this year

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Where Labour and the Tories got their money from in 2023

Labour’s cash from private donors now dwarfs donations from unions, while the Tories got their biggest bung ever

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Conservative Party took £1.3m from group linked to destruction of Palestinian villages

Amnesty International says Rishi Sunak must review donations from JCB and its directors after our findings

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Labour's lobbying problem

Prospective MPs with lobbying day jobs are introducing their clients to senior Labour figures – and boasting about it