Basit Mahmood
Wes Streeting takes the Tories apart over their lies on cronyism
“Why don’t we talk about Owen Paterson’s lobbying health ministers on behalf of Randox.
Disabled children’s charity hands 43% of grants to rightwing think-tanks
Over the last five years, the Street Foundation is found to have given rightwing pressure groups £749,000 – more than 40% of the money it handed out during this period
GB News paid Nigel Farage £81,607 for just 32 hours of work
That works out to more than £2,500 an hour for Parliament’s highest earning MP.
Government is appointing Covid Corruption Commissioner to go after dodgy contracts awarded by Tories
Anti-corruption group Transparency International has previously revealed that the UK government’s fast-tracking of suppliers recommended by officials and politicians may have led to “systematic and partisan bias” in the awarding of contracts for personal protective equipment (PPE) during the pandemic.
Wife of former Putin Minister gave £70,000 to Priti Patel’s leadership campaign… only to see her knocked out in the first round
Patel’s register of interests shows that Lubov Chernukhin made the donation on the 12th August which was accepted on the 13th August.
Hereditary peers to be kicked out of the House of Lords within months
Labour has also promised to introduce a retirement age of 80 for members of the Lords but that will happen later, after a consultation.