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I'm delighted my debut book, The Secret State, is coming out on May 20th
The Secret State will expose the shocking playbook used by the UK government to keep crucial information hidden
It is being published by @iconbooks and you can pre-order it here 👇
amazon.co.uk/Secret-State-B…
The Secret State will expose the shocking playbook used by the UK government to keep crucial information hidden
It is being published by @iconbooks and you can pre-order it here 👇
amazon.co.uk/Secret-State-B…
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I'm delighted to see the Posh George investigation @Gabriel_Pogrund @venetiamenzies @ManuMidolo and I worked on this year is up for politics journalism and investigation of the year at the BJAs!
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The government has been accused of failing to enforce curbs on Russian oil as a sanctioned diesel tanker travels off the coast of Shetland towards the Atlantic coast of the US.
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thetimes.com/uk/politics/ar…
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George Greenwood retweeted
A gambling company closely linked to Nigel Farage’s right-hand "Posh George" Cottrell got its licence using a document which appears to have been faked.
With @PeterKGeoghegan @Coramazov
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With @PeterKGeoghegan @Coramazov
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A gambling company closely linked to Nigel Farage’s right-hand "Posh George" Cottrell got its licence using a document which appears to have been faked.
With @PeterKGeoghegan @Coramazov
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With @PeterKGeoghegan @Coramazov
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George Greenwood retweeted
A second Labour MP has been suspended from the party over concerns he tried to wind up his company without repaying a taxpayer-funded loan.
Perran Moon is the third MP to be suspended over questions about their use of pandemic bounce back loans.
thetimes.com/uk/politics/ar…
Perran Moon is the third MP to be suspended over questions about their use of pandemic bounce back loans.
thetimes.com/uk/politics/ar…
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A second Labour MP has been suspended from the party over concerns he tried to wind up his company without repaying a taxpayer-funded loan.
Perran Moon is the third MP to be suspended over questions about their use of pandemic bounce back loans.
thetimes.com/uk/politics/ar…
Perran Moon is the third MP to be suspended over questions about their use of pandemic bounce back loans.
thetimes.com/uk/politics/ar…
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This follows the suspension of another Labour MP, Bayo Alaba, over similar concerns.
The Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade are so far blocking the disclosure of information about his case under FOI citing "health and safety".
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The Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade are so far blocking the disclosure of information about his case under FOI citing "health and safety".
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A more positive decision on enshrining the role of the press in the courts
I could have punched the air when I read this decision by the European Court of Human Rights. Anyone who has covered court as a journalist will know exactly what I mean.
Every journalist with even a modest level of experience covering courts will have experienced the...
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George Greenwood retweeted
Whoever did the redactions — in the Ofcom report on the UAE-backed bid to buy the Telegraph — has a sense of humour
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George Greenwood retweeted
I'm delighted my debut book, The Secret State, is coming out on May 20th
The Secret State will expose the shocking playbook used by the UK government to keep crucial information hidden
It is being published by @iconbooks and you can pre-order it here 👇
amazon.co.uk/Secret-State-B…
The Secret State will expose the shocking playbook used by the UK government to keep crucial information hidden
It is being published by @iconbooks and you can pre-order it here 👇
amazon.co.uk/Secret-State-B…
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There is no statutory basis for these reviews, merely reflecting control freakery in departments at the expense of requestors.
The ICO must be more aggressive at putting departments who flout the rules by completing needless additional screening of requests in special measures.
The ICO must be more aggressive at putting departments who flout the rules by completing needless additional screening of requests in special measures.
This parliamentary answer yesterday from the Home Office shows how referring FOI responses for review by special advisers and/or the comms directorate is linked to exorbitant delays in processing them
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George Greenwood retweeted
BREAKING: Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor has surrendered the keys to Royal Lodge, paying a total of £1.8million bill to his former landlords, the Crown Estate, to cover dilapidations on the property.
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Some excellent reporting from @thetimes here.
In today's story, we reveal a Sheffield professor was among the 100+ academics who collaborated on work funded by a front for Chinese intelligence sheffieldtribune.co.uk/sheffield-prof…
In today's story, we reveal a Sheffield professor was among the 100+ academics who collaborated on work funded by a front for Chinese intelligence sheffieldtribune.co.uk/sheffield-prof…
British academics are taking funding from China’s elite spy agency for research that poses a major new threat to national security, according to MI5.
thetimes.com/uk/defence/art…
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The government is now trying to clamp down on the number of parliamentary questions MPs can make, marking yet another attack on the right to know.
Such questions are a key tool to expose government failure, and to prevent the waste of taxpayer money.
Such questions are a key tool to expose government failure, and to prevent the waste of taxpayer money.
EXC: Clampdown on written Parliamentary answers could harm transparency, we reveal
Watch: (from 15:30). Features @BenObeseJecty
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George Greenwood retweeted
Watching the watchers: How the police are tracking who is asking them for information.
Police forces are referring requests made about MPs and royals to a special screening unit at the NPCC, sharing who is making the request.
relightmyfoia.blog/2026/10/05/wat…
Police forces are referring requests made about MPs and royals to a special screening unit at the NPCC, sharing who is making the request.
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Watching the watchers: How the police are tracking who is asking them for information.
Police forces are referring requests made about MPs and royals to a special screening unit at the NPCC, sharing who is making the request.
relightmyfoia.blog/2026/10/05/wat…
Police forces are referring requests made about MPs and royals to a special screening unit at the NPCC, sharing who is making the request.
relightmyfoia.blog/2026/10/05/wat…
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George Greenwood retweeted
Labour has been accused of making a “catastrophic” error in sparing universities from disclosing their Chinese funding to the academic regulator on cost grounds, after MI5 warned about China’s security service exploiting research collaborations.
thetimes.com/uk/education/a…
thetimes.com/uk/education/a…
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Labour has been accused of making a “catastrophic” error in sparing universities from disclosing their Chinese funding to the academic regulator on cost grounds, after MI5 warned about China’s security service exploiting research collaborations.
thetimes.com/uk/education/a…
thetimes.com/uk/education/a…
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