Labour

Inside the Westminster networking events where lobbyists and politicians mix

No 10 refused to say who attended a Downing Street business reception. So Dark Arts found out

The army of private sector secondees who helped Labour win

Private firms have given Labour £1.8m worth of secondments and pro-bono work since 2022. What do they get in return?

Lovebombed by lobbyists: How Labour became the party of Big Business

An openDemocracy investigation reveals the secretive mass lobbying campaign that shaped Starmer's policies

Revealed: The secretive group taking MPs on propaganda trips to Israel

Source said visit organised by ELNET for Labour staffers had ‘clear agenda’ to shape policies of next government

The lobbyist connecting Labour’s top team with arms firms and energy bosses

While fighting raged in Gaza in October, top Labour figures met with the CEO of a major supplier of arms to Israel

A Labour win won’t stop shadowy right-wing think tanks influencing policy

Revealed: Labour frontbenchers forming close links with think tank behind Sunak’s draconian policing and protest laws

One seat, two candidates accused of buying their chance to become its MP

How a Labour lobbying boss and a Tory nepo-baby ‘paid’ their way onto the ballot in rural Suffolk