Christopher Harborne is the largest single shareholder in QinetiQ, which announced a lucrative government deal this week

Exclusive: The force said coming clean on its failure to investigate ‘cash for peerages’ scandal could cause it ‘operational harm’

Brexit-backer Arron Banks repeatedly denied that Leave.EU appealed to National Front supporters - in a bid to get the BBC to drop an investigation

The donations include £50,000 from Lubov Chernukhin, who is married to Vladimir Putin’s former deputy finance minister

'Dark money' think tank complained after openDemocracy journalist’s LBC interview with James O’Brien

The levelling up secretary attacked our ‘Clearing House’ reporting. Today, he is the one who looks ‘ridiculous’

Brexit showed that a few ruthless, well-connected people with big money behind them can change history. Now they’re at it again, and the stakes are even higher

After Sinn Féin’s unexpected success commentators rushed in with half-baked conclusions, says Peter Geoghegan of openDemocracyUK

Long-running openDemocracy investigation sees ruling that the public has a right to see research produced by the pro-Brexit European Research Group.

Laurence Robertson was late declaring lavish hospitality from gambling lobbyists at controversial Cheltenham event. Transparency campaigners call for action.

A parliamentary committee will investigate the Cabinet Office after openDemocracy won transparency court case over ‘Clearing House’ unit

State capture happens when narrow interest groups take control of public policy, buying influence to rewrite the rules. There are signs it’s happening in Britain

Exclusive: Tory MP Marcus Fysh ‘wrong’ not to mention interest in insurance firm when proposing insurance-friendly amendment to care levy, says ex-standards committee chair

TLSContact had ‘sole focus’ of making money while ‘human aspect’ was ‘not at all valued’, Home Office watchdog was told last year

Labour accused Tories of ‘wallowing in sleaze’ as vote to create new committee to review misconduct rules passes in Parliament

As Johnson accused of ‘cover-up’ over Kremlin interference, major new Russian donations to Conservatives revealed – despite previous Tory pledge to distance themselves from Russian money.

The medical and scientific experts had been summoned the previous day and warned to keep their Sunday evening rendezvous with the prime minister a secret. When

After Sinn Féin’s unexpected success commentators rushed in with half-baked conclusions, says Peter Geoghegan of openDemocracyUK

Electoral Commission chair told ministers their plans are not ‘workable’ or ‘secure’. But the government ignored him

Exclusive: Senior Tory accuses Boris Johnson of overseeing ‘scandal in plain sight’ as it’s revealed party treasurers who donate £3m are almost always offered peerages

Exclusive: Non-executive directors like Gina Coladangelo are meant to ‘challenge’ ministers like Matt Hancock, but new investigations finds many have Conservative ties

Our investigation reveals secretive funding sources for think tanks that boast of influencing the government

Prime minister met Evgeny Lebedev’s company days after telling the British public to avoid ‘non-essential contact’. Johnson later nominated Lebedev for the House of Lords