Tory MP Earns £1,000 An Hour Helping Oligarchs To Buy London Homes
Sir Tony Baldry has taken a job with Werner Capital, who advise wealthy foreigners on how to invest in the London property market. Dominic Lipinski-WPA Pool / Getty Images A senior Conservative MP is...
View ArticleMinister Received Grand Prix Tickets Worth £2,000 After F1 Push
Maria Miller, the former culture secretary, received a free trip to the British Grand Prix after pushing through proposal for a London Formula 1 race. Britain's Minister for Culture, Media and Sport...
View ArticleNHS Contract Awarded To Private Firm Despite Rival Bid Being "£7 Million...
Private company Alliance Medical beat an NHS bid to win a contract to provide cancer scan services across the North West of England. Conservative MP Malcolm Rifkind sits on the board of the private...
View ArticlePrivate Health Firm Hired Two Senior NHS Staff Before Winning A £350 Million...
Concerns have also been raised that the scanning services contract gives Alliance Medical too much control of the market. Oli Scarff / Getty Images In December, the NHS gave the firm a 10-year...
View ArticleLouise Mensch Gave The Tories £2,000 To Fight UKIP Two Months After Saying...
So everything’s forgiven then! Louise Mensch has just given £2,000 to help the Conservative MP Jackie Doyle-Price fight off the UKIP threat in Thurrock. Mensch, the former MP for Corby, resigned her...
View ArticleA Major UKIP Donor Is Also Bankrolling Michael Gove's Re-Election Campaign
Robin Birley has just given £25,000 to UKIP but is also helping to pay for Michael Gove’s re-election campaign, BuzzFeed News has learned. A major UKIP donor is funding both Michael Gove's re-election...
View ArticleMeet The Most Powerful Court You've Never Heard Of
The London Court of International Arbitration is a private enterprise with increasing influence over the public sector. BuzzFeed News explains how a new transatlantic trade treaty, TTIP, could give...
View Article"Disrepair" And "Overpowering Smell Of Urine" At Care Home Owned By...
Care inspectors have found two care homes run by the family firm of Lord Popat were “unsafe”. youtube.com This year inspectors exposed unsafe and poor treatment of residents at two of the four care...
View ArticleLiz Kendall's Labour Campaign Is Being Funded By Blairite Corporate Lobbyists
The party leadership contender is being funded by the head of Portland Communications, among others. Liz Kendall Justin Tallis / Getty Images The latest Parliamentary Register shows that Liz Kendall's...
View ArticleFormer Tory Donor Gave Yvette Cooper £75,000 Donation
Businessman Peter Hearn has handed over £75,000 to support Cooper’s bid for the leadership. Dan Kitwood / Getty Images The largest single donation to Yvette Cooper's Labour leadership campaign comes...
View ArticleAndrew Lansley Takes Job With Firm That Promotes NHS Privatisation
The former health secretary has been cleared to advise Bain & Company, shortly after being appointed to the House of Lords. Dan Kitwood / PA Archive/Press Association Images Andrew Lansley, the...
View ArticleMajor Tory Donor's Oil Company Linked To Syria Bribery Allegations
“The prime minister must be able show that these donations are beyond reproach,” Labour told BuzzFeed News. Anthony Harvey / Getty Images Labour has called on the Conservatives to consider returning...
View ArticleA Think Tank Is Charging Thousands To Organise “Behind Closed Doors” Meetings...
Justice minister Sam Gyimah is taking part in an invitation-only event organised by Reform and sponsored by US justice company MTC. Richard Gardner / Getty A free market think tank is organising...
View ArticleA Chain Of Private Psychiatric Hospitals Has Been Accused Of Failing...
One of the UK’s biggest chains of private psychiatric hospitals has been accused of failing to properly care for vulnerable young patients by their families. These complaints follow a series of...
View ArticleToby Young Has Lost Another Job In Education
Dominic Lipinsky / PA Wire Toby Young has lost one of the academic appointments that he used to justify his short-lived place on the Office for Students board, BuzzFeed News has learned.When...
View ArticleSports Direct Agency Transline Hit With £370,000 Bill Over Tax Avoidance Scheme
HM Revenue and Customs claimed "investments in film partnerships" were actually a tax avoidance scheme, BuzzFeed News can reveal. View Entire Post ›
View ArticleIt Appears That Chuka Umunna Is Being Funded By One Of The Tories' Biggest...
Exc: BuzzFeed News understands that Umunna is being funded by Jeremy Isaacs, a City banker who has given over £500,000 to the Tories since 2006. View Entire Post ›
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