Without public consultation, the boundaries of freeports have been expanded to cover much of the country. What does this mean?
Category: corporate power
Judgement Call
Bereavement is bad enough, without a predatory phone company refusing to cancel a dead person’s account.
My Demands of Vodafone
The steps the company should take to change the way it closes accounts.
The Saboteurs
If the UK government had set out to undermine and degrade our country, it couldn’t have done a better job.
Freedom’s Prison
It’s not us the government intends to liberate. It’s the asset strippers, money launderers, property developers and oligarchs on whose behalf it operates.
For Your Eyes Only
The opaque and secretive networks on which Boris Johnson builds his power.
Contract Killers
Coronavirus deals worth billions of pounds have been awarded by the government to “unusual” companies, without advertising or competition.
Road to Perdition
How did wildlife groups start collaborating in the destruction of nature?
Sold Out
The government intends to use a US trade deal to bypass democracy, override Parliament and rip down our public protections.
Culpable Negligence
The disastrous collapse of the UK’s pandemic response has been caused by the deliberate evisceration of our health services. Worse is coming.
A Slow-Burning Scandal
The government refuses to act on toxic flame retardants in our bedding and furnishings.
Killer Clowns
Why are so many nations now led by extravagant buffoons? Because the nature of capitalism has changed.
The Mask of Anarchy
Why disaster capitalists are praying for a no deal Brexit.
You Want It Darker?
The remarkable story of how the hard-right Koch brothers funded a Trotskyite splinter group.
Invisible Hands
Dark money is undermining our democracies, and it’s never darker than when channelled through lobby groups masquerading as think tanks
Other People’s Money
Make bosses pay for the disasters they cause
Missing Link
How a secretive network built around a Nobel prizewinner set out to curtail our freedoms
Lighten the Darkness
How dark money is subverting democracy in the UK.
The Problem With Freedom
Freedom is used as the excuse for ripping down public protections on behalf of the very rich.
Dark Arts
How a dark money network is taking power on both sides of the Atlantic.