Last night, 250 Conservative MPs voted to rip up the rules to protect one of their own. This is truly shocking, but it's also not surprising. It might seem Government sleaze is becoming the norm - but we're determined not to let it… THREAD ⬇️ (1/8)
Back in July, we forced Government to admit at least 4 Ministers used private emails for Government business… (2/8)
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glplive.org/89g
… we don’t think shady deals and private messages are good enough - so we’re bringing legal action to hold Government to the standards they should be (3/8)
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glplive.org/k0z
In August, we were given the green light by the Court to proceed in our Bunzl case - another lobbying scandal, this time involving Lord Feldman, the former Conservative Party Chair (and David Cameron’s BFF) (4/8) glplive.org/t19
We’ve uncovered a deal in which key civil servants were misled. This company, after help from Priti Patel and No.10, was paid £50m over the odds, and a politically connected middleman landed millions. (5/8)
glplive.org/9ea
glplive.org/9ea
… and we’ve laid bare the fast track ‘VIP Lanes’ for firms preferred by Ministers to win multi-million pound PPE & Test and Trace contracts (6/8)
glplive.org/ba7
glplive.org/ba7
Just this morning, we revealed a Minister had failed to declare what could be perceived as a potential conflict of interest over Covid contracts (7/8)
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glplive.org/dev
We don’t think sleaze has any place in our democracy.
In fact, it is a threat to it. Which is why, funded by people across the UK, we will keep fighting to expose it.
If you’d like to support our work, you can do so here (8/8)
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In fact, it is a threat to it. Which is why, funded by people across the UK, we will keep fighting to expose it.
If you’d like to support our work, you can do so here (8/8)
glplive.org/SupportGoodLaw…
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