1. Fresh from running her leadership campaign, Fullbrook was reported in the Guardian to 'likely' have lobbied the government on behalf of the Libyan Parliament.
1. Following the last couple of weeks' scandals involving chief of staff Mark Fullbrook, the week began with the announcement that he would no longer be paid a wage via his own lobbying firm...
2) The huge story then mysteriously disappears from The Times and other locations repeating the accusations, as reported in The New European:
1. Monday brought news that vindicated Carole Cadwalladr's public interest defence against multi-millionaire Arron Banks, a huge victory for public interest journalism and against lawfare used to silence journalists:
1. After a spectacular U-turn from the government, with Tory MPs threatening to revolt over an amendment that would block an investigation into his #partygate claims, he will now be probed for misleading parliament by the Commons Privileges Committee
1. Kicking off, at the start of the week Johnson’s government were set to accept a £2,000 pay rise for MPs as the cost of living crisis hits, with millions being pushed to the brink:
1) 15 May, 2020.
1. While world leaders gathered in Glasgow, some of those in attendance highlighted that the G20 is failing poorer countries with limited climate progress:
In our first week, Priti Patel was revealed to have lobbied Michael Gove on behalf of a healthcare firm, Pharmaceuticals Direct Ltd, over a £20 million contract for surgical masks:
1. Further talks over privatising Channel 4 led to increased speculation that the move to pull it out of public ownership amounts to an attack on independent public service broadcasting:
1. On Monday it was revealed that Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick breached government transparency rules by failing to disclose a meeting with the Conservative lobbying forum:
1. The week kicked off with former PM David Cameron once again taking centre stage, after it emerged that he pocketed $10m before finance company Greensill’s collapse, with his spokesperson calling his remuneration a “private matter”
1. Returning to changes to the Official Secrets Act, on Monday further reports covered the potential 14 year sentences for journalists citing “unauthorised disclosures’, with fears of the UK heading towards becoming an ‘authoritarian police state’
1. On Monday Sue Gray, a key witness who played a major role in granting Greensill Capital formal access to Whitehall, was blocked from giving evidence to the PACAC by the Cabinet Office and Michael Gove
1: The Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill was passed with a majority of 100, attacking the freedom to peaceful protest, targeting traveller communities and homeless people, and rejecting statutory minimum sentences for rape.
Following attacks on the freedom to protest, billions in public funds issued to Conservative donors, and numerous breaches of parliamentary norms, @allthecitizens have started #KeepingTheReceipts, cataloguing the attempts to undermine our democracy: