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Starmer’s failing Labour government is under pressure on all fronts. And now it has been revealed that Big Oil are pushing hard to get the North Sea exploited for oil. …
‘Absolutely shocking’: oil lobby has enjoyed weekly meetings with Labour since 2024 Read More
A delegation of US officials is touring European capitals this week to lobby against the EU’s deforestation regulation, in a last-minute push just weeks before Brussels decides whether to further …
US officials tour EU capitals to lobby against deforestation law Read More
Taxpayers paid for a Ministry of Defence official to spend almost a year working for an elite investment bank that’s seeking to increase the role of private finance in military …
Taxpayers paid to send MoD official to work for elite bank Rothschild & Co Read More
The only two individuals who have stood trial for their role in the largest utility corruption scandal in Ohio’s history have asked the U.S. Supreme Court to review their cases …
Ohio utility corruption defendants to SCOTUS: Bribes are free speech Read More
Microsoft and Google say their data centers in Chile would create thousands of jobs. Permit filings show the largest data centers have the potential to create only hundreds of full-time …
Microsoft, Google say their data centers create thousands of jobs. Their permit filings say otherwise Read More
As a former executive at one of the ‘Big Four’ management consultancy firms, Marcus Bokkerink is not an obvious champion for the rights of people over mega corporations intent on …
Inside Labour’s pro-business push to ‘defang’ competitions watchdog Read More
LONDON, Oct 9 (Reuters) – TotalEnergies (TTEF.PA), opens new tab and Siemens (SIEGn.DE), opens new tab have called on European governments to abolish one of the EU’s flagship corporate sustainability laws in order to …
TotalEnergies, Siemens urge EU to abolish climate law, letter shows Read More
Campaigners have called for a legal loophole to be closed which potentially allows foreign donations to flow into UK parties via cryptocurrencies. In a new warning from the non-profit watchdog Spotlight on Corruption, researchers …
Cryptocurrency Loophole Could Allow Foreign Billionaires to Secretly Bankroll UK Political Parties Read More
Hudson Yards West almost feels as if it was designed as a test case for the thesis of Abundance, the recent book by Ezra Klein of the New York Times and …
An Abundance of Billionaires Stalls Hudson Yards West Read More
One of the world’s largest banks threatened to leave the UK if the government increased tax on banks at last year’s autumn budget, openDemocracy can reveal. The head of US …
Banking giant threatened to leave UK over mooted tax increase Read More