COVID-19 Government Contracts

Government commits to publishing £248m missing COVID contracts after breaching transparency guidelines

— After breaching transparency guidelines, the UK government commits to publishing £248 million worth of missing COVID-19 contracts.

COMMENT

Sunak-linked hedge fund sees pandemic profits soar to £109m

— Has Rishi Sunak benefitted from Government contracts during the pandemic? A hedge fund, where the Prime Minister was a founding partner, has seen its profits more than double in a year.

Investigation

REVEALED: Dominic Raab did use WhatsApp for official business, but Government didn’t retain a copy of his messages

— For 17 months, the FCDO refused to answer our questions regarding Dominic Raab’s WhatsApp use. But, following an intervention from the ICO, they’ve finally come clean.

COMMENT

Oyster farm under threat from sewage dumping

— Water companies dumping sewage poses a serious threat to a 300-year-old oyster family business and to marine life if they are allowed to continue.

COMMENT

Tory donor’s company awarded £4.5 million Government contract to take care of a mountain of unusable PPE waste

— A £4.5 million Government contract has been handed to a company headed up by a major Conservative Party donor to dispose of unused PPE, Good Law Project can reveal.

COMMENT

Generational Gerrymandering? New voter ID requirements will disenfranchise young people

— Attempts to enforce new Voter ID requirements could lead to many thousands of voters being turned away. Here is why it is going to be tough to challenge the Government's ruse to stop young people voting.

COMMENT

Deadline looms for new Environment Secretary to respond to legal challenge against sewage dumping

— Giving the green light to water firms to routinely discharge sewage for decades to come is not only dangerous, but unlawful.

COMMENT

MPs call for investigation into misuse of funds by a 55 Tufton Street charity

— Lawyers have uncovered conduct by a 55 Tufton Street charity which appears to breach charity law. A cross-party group of MPs has written to ask the Charity Commission why it is allowing Tufton Street dark money to pretend to be for the public good – and claim top ups from the public purse.

Children & Social Media

No child should be given access to that type of content

— US multinational tech giant Meta is aware of the harm its content can cause to the most vulnerable of us, yet it is failing to act. The consequences for young people are devastating.

Cost of Living Crisis

What to do if your supplier takes you to court

— What can you do if your supplier wants to apply for a warrant to install a prepayment meter in your home? Here are much-needed information and guidance about cost of living support and consumer rights.

OPINION

The public shouldn’t pay to get the ex-PM off the hook

— It’s not for the taxpayers to pick up the tab for getting the former Prime Minister off the hook. Here’s what Good Law Project are doing about the fact we all have, they think unlawfully, paid for Boris Johnson’s legal advice. And here’s why they think that legal advice is wrong.

UK Politics

Accountability and the prorogation of Parliament

— Evidence presented by Boris Johnson’s Government to the courts for the prorogation of Parliament may not have complied with the duty of candour, and may not have been the truth.

Cost of Living Crisis

Understanding the rules on energy disconnection and prepayment meters

— What are your rights surrounding disconnection and prepayment meters? Here are much-needed information and guidance for consumers to know about the support they may be legally entitled to.

Cost of Living Crisis

Claiming the welfare benefits you are entitled to

— There is a significant issue of welfare benefits going unclaimed in the UK, as people are often unaware of the help they can access. Here are much-needed information and guidance for consumers to know about the support they may be legally entitled to.

Cost of Living Crisis

Understanding your energy bill support and discounts

— Rising energy prices have left many people feeling anxious about how to pay their bills. Here are much-needed information and guidance about cost of living support and consumer rights.

COMMENT

Scotland’s Children’s Commissioner challenges Ofgem to protect children from fuel poverty

— Bruce Adamson, Scotland’s Children and Young People’s Commissioner, has today written to Ofgem challenging its decision to raise the energy price cap and expressing his deep concern about the dire consequences that soaring rates of fuel poverty will have on children.