From taxpayers allegedly footing Johnson's legal bills, to the cost of living crisis - here’s what we’ve been working on this week 👀
Remember when Jacob Rees-Mogg went to visit the Queen to prorogue Parliament?
We've written to the PM's lawyers because it appears that the evidence Number 10 gave to the Court in the prorogation case is not true. glplive.org/accountability…
This week we also launched a new campaign to turn the tide on the damage social media algorithms have on young people.
Yesterday, we shared our pre-action letter to the Cabinet Office over legal advice we think the public shouldn’t have paid for, for ex-PM Boris Johnson… glplive.org/k6d
Today we’ve been reacting to the #MiniBudget - which we think will have disastrous consequences. We continue to explore with lawyers how the law can help in the cost of living crisis.
⚠️Instagram’s algorithms cause serious harm to young people’s mental health. Meta know this - but they aren’t taking action. So we are.
Like many of you, we’re watching Molly Russell’s inquest with shock. Young people like her deserve better from our society. bbc.co.uk/news/uk-629588…
💪That’s why we’re building a new campaign against Meta - to hold them to account, and force them to change. We’re talking to leading lawyers about how best to do this.
His premiership may be drawing to a close, but it’s not just @borisjohnson - all members of his Cabinet are responsible for the mistakes that have been made.
A (non-exhaustive) list of times they’ve broken the law ⬇️🧵
🏛️Proroguing Parliament - back in September 2019, the Supreme Court ruled the decision to shut down Parliament for five weeks was unlawful bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politi…
📝…and in 2021, Ministers were found to have acted unlawfully again, by not publishing the details of contracts handed out during the pandemic within 30 days bbc.co.uk/news/uk-561254…
THREAD: Ex-minister Liam Fox gets donation from Covid test firm he recommended 👀🧵 (1/12)
💸Today, we can reveal that SureScreen Diagnostics Ltd was awarded a £503 million deal to provide lateral flow antigen tests after heavy prompting from Dr Liam Fox. 💸 (2/12)
✉️The North Somerset MP sent an email to then-Health Secretary Matt Hancock on 22 June 2020, in which he pushed for Public Health England (PHE) to get in contact with SureScreen. (3/12)
On Tuesday we shared the first of a series on your legal rights in the cost of living crisis, sharing what support is available ⏬ (2/9) glplive.org/empowered-bill…
Sign up to receive the rest of the series, including on welfare benefits, disconnection and prepayment meters, and non-payment of bills, here🙌(3/9) glplive.org/mab
The Government want to silence its critics, but we won't be bullied -🧵
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Over the weekend, Rishi Sunak launched an attack on us and our founder, @JolyonMaugham. Sunak wants to stop people like us from holding Government to account via the Courts ⚖️
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🔍Our litigation is uncovering billions of your money wasted by this Government’s cronyism and sleaze. We think it should obey the same rules as everyone else.