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Dark money
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The Money Trail: Investigating finance
For the past year, The Ferret has been working on a major project investigating finance called The Money Trail, and
Billionaires, lobbyists and a ‘dark money’ trust’: Who funds Scotland’s parties?
Billionaires, corporate lobbyists, a representative of King Charles, companies and individuals linked to tax havens, estate owners who have broken
The FFS Show episode 11: Vaccine roll-outs and Peter Geoghegan interview
It’s a bittersweet podcast this time. Sweet because we have a great interview with journalist and Ferret co-founder Peter
The influence industry: meet the lobbyists with most access to political power in Scotland
Professional lobbyists, including former politicians, advisors and a former minister have met with Scottish Government representatives on behalf of clients
‘Dark money’ fears raised over anti-SNP Facebook adverts run by Unionists
A UK Government advisor and senior figure at the Adam Smith Institute (ASI) has funded adverts for a campaign group
Tory ‘dark money’ trust fined again by Electoral Commission
A so-called ‘dark money’ trust that gave £416,000 to the Scottish Conservatives has received another fine by the Electoral
£1,800 fine for £2.35m Tory dark money trust damned as ‘derisory’
An £1,800 fine imposed on a Tory dark money trust is “derisory” and “an advert to break the rules”
Tory ‘dark money’ trust fined £1,800 by Electoral Commission
A “dark money” trust that gave £364,000 to the Scottish Conservatives has been fined £1,800 by the UK
Electoral Commission criticised over delayed ‘dark money’ probe
The Electoral Commission has been criticised for taking more than 14 months to investigate a so-called “dark money” trust linked
US Christian right ‘dark money’ backed anti-abortion Glasgow students
A student council at one of Scotland’s leading universities has criticised the intervention of ‘dark money’ from a right
Westminster bill risks ‘flood’ of foreign dark money into politics
A Westminster bill to scrap a time limit on donations to political parties from UK citizens living abroad could unleash
Westminster ordered to name MPs in hard Brexit lobby group
The Information Commissioner has ruled that the UK government must name the MPs that belong to the European Research Group
