Looking forward to the Conservative party questioning these housing transactions ⬇️
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Here’s the This £7.25m Berkshire stately home bought in July 2020 by Zoe Ley.
Ley made £20m brokering a VIP PPE deal alongside former Tory MP Brooks Newmark ➡️ goodlawproject.org/broker-bought-…
Here’s the £1.5m pad brought by Tory donor and former Councillor Steve Dechan.
Dechan brought the mansion following a £200m+ PPE deal secured via the VIP lane. ⬇️
Manchester City held a meeting with Sports Minister Stuart Andrew last May.
The meeting was to discuss the Football Governance White Paper.
I sent in an FOI request for a copy of the minutes - they’ve refused to provide them.
Ministers think it’s not in the public interest
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Ministers claim releasing them would inhibit the “free & frank” exchange of views⏬
“attendees are concerned that their views and opinions raised in meetings will be released, they may be reluctant to contribute to meetings, or may withhold sensitive but important information”
Nov 24, 2023 • 8 tweets • 4 min read
David Cameron appears to be going to considerable lengths to delay/hide his business dealings since leaving office in 2016
Here's what we know/don't know so far:
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1 - He still hasn't published his register of interests. Parliament website states: "Awaiting information"
2 - The Foreign Office (FCDO) has not declared any of his work outside of politic's covering the period from 2016 to 2013.
Instead the FCDO have decided to reference his work at Carlton Communications which was pre 2010.
🔴Worth remembering that @citizenlab@RonDeibert previously reported in April 2022 that both the Prime Minister’s office and the FCDO were suspected of being hacked by Pegasus spyware previously in 2020 and 2021 ⬇️
🔴FOI: Downing street is refusing to confirm if it holds any WhatsApp messages between the PM and Mohammed Bin Salman.
Its also refusing to release any of the messages via FOI.
Add this response to the ever expanding list of concerns regarding the PM's comms.
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🔴Last month following @GoodLawProject legal challenge regarding Minister's persistent use of private comms. It was revealed that none of the Prime Minister’s phone messages prior to April 2021 can be searched
I'm lucky to work for an organisation that values & invests in Investigative journalism. To celebrate here is a small selection of some of the great investigations we've worked on so far...
Here goes...
In April, working with @phill_kemp we revealed the role of a former Tory parliamentary candidate and party donor in a huge £100m government PPE deal - Awarded without any competition.
But the story of Samir Jassal and PDL didn't end there
🚨 🚨Latest data published by Electoral commission on political donations has revealed the Tories received at least £400k from individuals connected to firms who secured £360m+ in Government Covid contracts
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First up, Bloor Holding's owned by John Bloor donated £150,000 to the Tories.
His firm Pickering's Hire was awarded £14.4m deal from the DHSC test and trace programme. (reported by @BylineTimes )
I have now worked at @GoodLawProject for 3 months. It's incredibly rewarding working for an organisation that values and invests in Investigative journalism.
To celebrate here is a small selection of some of the great investigations we've worked on so far.
Here goes..
In April, working with @phill_kemp we revealed The role of a former Tory parliamentary candidate and party donor in a huge £100m government PPE deal - Awarded without any competition.
NEW: @GoodLawProject has uncovered remarkable evidence that Lord Feldman lobbied DHSC on behalf of Bunzl (his lobbying firm's client) whilst at the same time working as an unpaid advisor for Matt Hancock & Lord Bethell within DHSC.