Ethan Shone

Reeves' Mansion House speech shows the corporate takeover of Labour is complete

openDemocracy findings on Varun Chandra's activities at Hakluyt prompted official watchdog to launch investigation

What can we learn about the future of consumer rights from the merger between Microsoft and Call of Duty publisher Activision Blizzard?

How Keir Starmer’s government prioritised tech firms and the finance industry over British consumers

The event was a messy, fractious and, at times, tense display of the kind of true democracy missing from UK politics

Star-studded think tank launches, defection rumours and ‘growing pains' – a week inside the ascendant Green Party

Having helped get the party elected, Anacta Strategies now helps its clients get what they want from Starmer's Labour government

Zack Polanski calls for investigation as we find Hakluyt’s business grew by 30% after Starmer hired Varun Chandra

Government failed to declare meeting with top Global Counsel clients, and says no notes were taken at several meetings

The government has no official records of meetings that top civil servants held with senior figures and clients from Peter Mandelson’s lobbying firm last year, including an undeclared meeting with oil giants and private equity firms,