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Tom Brake
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Tory funders own more than £50m of Scottish property in secretive tax havens
Major financial backers of the Conservative Party own more than £50m of Scottish property through secretive companies registered in tax havens.
Revealed: One in six lobby meetings at Holyrood published late
Corporations, businesses and charities lobbying MSPs and ministers to influence Scottish laws reported thousands of meetings later than the statutory deadline.
Private health firms charging Scots hundreds for GP appointments
Private health firms have financial links to politicians, been accused of mistreating staff and patients, and are charging up to £250 for GP appointments.
Lobbyist volunteered to help anti-SNP campaign in Scottish election
A senior lobbyist with an international consulting company volunteered to help a Facebook group running anti-SNP adverts during the Scottish election. campaign.
‘Dark money’ fears raised over anti-SNP Facebook adverts run by Unionists
A UK Government advisor, a former Brexit Party MEP and an Express journalist linked to social media anti-SNP 'dark money campaigns.'
Westminster ordered to name MPs in hard Brexit lobby group
The Information Commissioner has ruled that the UK government must name the MPs that belong to the European Research Group, which favours a hard Brexit and is led by Jacob-Rees Mogg MP.
UK trained war crimes investigations unit led by the ‘Butcher’
A freedom of information request has revealed the Ministry of Defence delivered training sessions to Saudi Arabia’s Joint Incident Assessment Team (JIAT).
