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Legatum
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Revealed: pro-Brexit Tory group working as ‘party within a party’
Documents released following a legal battle reveal the European Research Group’s “highly partial” taxpayer-funded output.
Think tank adviser had unminuted meetings with Brexit policymakers
A former adviser to a controversial think tank called the Legatum Institute held unminuted meetings with senior Brexit policymakers.
Think tank ‘crossed the line’ on Brexit, Charity Commission finds
A controversial think tank called the Legatum Institute has been strongly criticised by charity regulators for failing to maintain "balance and neutrality" on Brexit.
UK minister under fire for failure to declare links to pro-Brexit think tank
The Eurosceptic Conservative MP Steve Baker has been a director and a trustee of the right-wing Cobden Centre since founding it in 2010 but chose not to declare this in the MPs' register of interests.
Legatum under investigation by Charity Commission
Concerns have been raised over the charitable status of a free market think tank that has close links to leading Brexit ministers.
