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Published in: Home: InvestigationUK river ‘dying’ after farmers lobbied government to water down protections
Exclusive: National Farmers’ Union boasted about months of lobbying to weaken enforcement of environmental regulation
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Published in: 50.50: OpinionFar-right donors like being anonymous. We need to expose them
If we want the chance to hold anti-rights supporters accountable we need to keep exposing their methods
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Published in: Home: NewsResults of pandemic planning exercises kept secret from local councils
Local government chief says sharing results of national exercises would have ‘changed what we were doing’ during Covid
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Published in: Home: NewsNo one told me about pandemic risks, says former NI deputy Michelle O’Neill
Former health minister was ‘unaware’ of high influenza risk to Northern Ireland – or of departmental risk register
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Published in: Home: NewsThousands of couples face ‘humiliating’ Home Office sham marriage checks
The government is also facing legal action over its automated system that decides which couples are investigated
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Published in: Freedom of Information: NewsCabinet Office excludes journalists from its Freedom of Information group
Experts condemn ‘missed opportunity’ after government fails to invite them to new group reviewing FOI
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Published in: 50.50: InvestigationRevealed: Major US banks are funding anti-LGBTIQ groups
Goldman Sachs and Bank of America foundations gave over $600,000 to ultraconservative groups
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Published in: Home: NewsRevealed: University blocked questions over royal archive controversy
Press officers were told to “ignore” enquiries about the Mountbatten diaries, saying: “Let the answerphone get it”
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Published in: Home: OpinionWhy exposing MPs’ financial secrets could land you in prison
Journalists face extraordinary legal risks to investigate shareholdings in Britain’s biggest companies
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Published in: Home: NewsNorthern Ireland: Health sector known to be at risk of failure since 2018
A 2018 document reveals concerns were raised that ‘underfunded’ public health sector would collapse in an emergency
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Published in: oDR: Opinion‘Journalist’s assault in Chechnya follows revenge campaign against my family’
Chechen activist speaks to openDemocracy after his mother was imprisoned and the reporter covering her case attacked
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Published in: Home: OpinionCorbynism isn’t gone – there’s still hope it could shape the UK’s future
Could Corbyn’s reception at events like Bradford Literature Festival say anything about the future of British politics?
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Published in: Home: NewsBank of England bosses accept pay rise, despite telling others not to
Exclusive: Bankers have pocketed a wage rise while telling ordinary Brits to “accept” being poorer
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Published in: oDR: AnalysisUkraine is piling on the pressure ahead of a pivotal NATO summit
The NATO summit in Vilnius promises major decisions on Ukraine’s future. But will Zelenskyi get what he wants?
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Published in: Home: NewsBrexit prep forced Northern Ireland to ‘cannibalise’ departments before Covid
The UK’s only nation to border the EU was left to prepare for Brexit with no ministers, says Denis McMahon
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Published in: Home: NewsHome Office would send just three staff to ‘monitor’ rights of 25,000 in Rwanda
Exclusive: The department currently has only one person in Rwanda, despite stressing ‘monitoring obligations’ in court
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Published in: Home: NewsBereaved families’ relief as High Court rules against government
The Cabinet Office has lost its judicial review of the inquiry’s decision to force disclosure of unredacted messages
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Published in: Home: NewsKey Northern Ireland emergency documents years out of date before pandemic
Lack of ministers hampered Covid response, says Denis McMahon, and crucial policies barely mentioned risk of pandemic
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Published in: Home: NewsOutsourcing public services could breach government's own data privacy laws
Exclusive: A new report on public sector digitisation has raised concerns over outsourcing and transparency
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Published in: Home: NewsMinister ‘gave Parliament false answer’ about landowner lobbying
Exclusive: Richard Benyon claimed he had not engaged with landowner groups over public rights of way – but he had