Lucas Amin - openDemocracy (Page 3)

Revealed: How Tory minister aided Saudi takeover of Newcastle United

Gerry Grimstone vowed to take Premier League plan to top of Saudi government, documents seen by openDemocracy show

By David Conn and Lucas Amin

/ 26 Sep 2022

Revealed: How Tory minister aided Saudi takeover of Newcastle United

Truss and Sunak’s teams had worst transparency records in Whitehall

Revealed: Tory leadership hopefuls both led teams with an 'awful' record for Freedom of Information

By Lucas Amin and Martin Williams

/ 17 Aug 2022

Truss and Sunak’s teams had worst transparency records in Whitehall

Sunak’s ‘levelling up’ bank loans £550m to firms with tax haven links

Exclusive: UKIB was meant to help tackle equality but has pledged nearly all its cash to firms with offshore owners

By Lucas Amin

/ 29 Jul 2022

Sunak’s ‘levelling up’ bank loans £550m to firms with tax haven links

Revealed: 75 senior London councillors have financial ties to property developers

Scores of lobbyists for the building sector also hold senior roles in local government, openDemocracy has found

By Jenna Corderoy, Lucas Amin and Martin Williams

/ 5 May 2022

Revealed: 75 senior London councillors have financial ties to property developers

2020 was worst year on record for UK government secrecy

Exclusive: Landmark openDemocracy report exposes depth of the government’s attack on the Freedom of Information Act

By Jenna Corderoy and Lucas Amin

/ 25 Oct 2021

2020 was worst year on record for UK government secrecy

BP paid ex-MI6 spy firm to snoop on green campaigners

Exclusive: Oil giant also shared intelligence on environmentalists with British Museum and Warwick University in ‘shocking’ web of surveillance

By Lucas Amin, Martin Williams and Gabriel Pogrund

/ 23 Oct 2021

BP paid ex-MI6 spy firm to snoop on green campaigners

How the UK government is undermining the Freedom of Information Act

From delaying tactics and stonewalling to schoolboy errors, the government is making its disdain for transparency laws clear.

By Jenna Corderoy and Lucas Amin

/ 27 Nov 2020

How the UK government is undermining the Freedom of Information Act

UK government running ‘Orwellian’ unit to block release of ‘sensitive’ information

Exclusive: Secretive Cabinet Office 'Clearing House' for Freedom of Information requests also accused of “blacklisting” journalists; openDemocracy launching a legal bid for transparency

By Peter Geoghegan, Jenna Corderoy and Lucas Amin

/ 23 Nov 2020

UK government running ‘Orwellian’ unit to block release of ‘sensitive’ information

Vast sums spent, no one knows why: COVID reveals why UK transparency law must change

British governments love to outsource. But Freedom of Information doesn’t apply to private companies, so the rest of us have no idea what is happening in the COVID contract bonanza.

By Lucas Amin

/ 13 Jul 2020

Vast sums spent, no one knows why: COVID reveals why UK transparency law must change