I’ve seen how imbalances in campaign spending can distort democracy. The multi-million-pound gifts to Reform must act as

CPAC UK was set up by a lawyer who worked with sanctioned 'notorious kleptocrat' - and speakers include politicians linked to pro-Kremlin networks and Moscow talking points

The Reform UK leader did not declare benefits including staff, security and housing by crypto-gambler George Cottrell, our investigation reveals

First details of agreement published, heralding end to EU-UK checks on dairy products, eggs, fish and fresh red meat

The Reform UK leader, who is facing a Commons standards probe, said he "cannot be bought by anybody".

Statement follows speculation party would not field candidate in Makerfield or barely fight seat

Police are examining allegations that the Reform UK MP's Conservative leadership campaign was unlawfully funded by a US-based investor who pled guilty to fraud

The deputy leader’s property company paid nothing in corporation tax on multimillion-pound profits for most of 2018-21

Peter Thiel’s controversial data firm – which holds contracts with the UK’s NHS and Ministry of Defence – researched protest prediction for the US Army before agreeing to build ICE’s data platform to ...

YouTube video by Michael Spicer

Former ambassador forwarded memo from special adviser to Gordon Brown to late sex offender in 2009

Giel Malual and John Kuei trekked from Dungeness to John o’Groats to raise funds for new schools in Sudan

Davos is a warning Britain can’t afford to ignore - Starmer must act now

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When an MP decides they want to defect to another party a by-election should be automatically triggered to allow the constituents the opportunity have their democratic right to agree or not with their...

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The recent NBER report suggests the Treasury’s 2016 analysis – slammed by Brexiters as a ‘hoax’– actually understated the impact of Brexit

We are concerned about reported efforts from Russia to influence democracy in the US, UK, Europe and elsewhere. We believe we must establish the depth and breadth of possible Russian influence campaig...

Critics say "Orwell would have enjoyed the irony" of the former Conservative minister's appointment

Brexit has caused almost twice as much damage to the UK economy than estimated by official forecasts, according to new paper from a group of experts including a senior Bank of England economist.

After two years we can finally reveal “backdoor channels where corporate money hijacks our democracy.”