Ethan Shone is an investigations reporter at openDemocracy. He is particularly interested in dark money, lobbying, and political corruption, often exploring themes related to culture and society, as well as business and economics. Ethan's work has been featured in Yahoo News UK, JPIMedia, AOL UK, and The Business Herald.
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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
By: Ethan Shone
Having helped get the party elected, Anacta Strategies now helps its clients get what they want from Starmer's Labour government
By: Ethan Shone
Zack Polanski calls for investigation as we find Hakluyt’s business grew by 30% after Starmer hired Varun Chandra
By: Ethan Shone
Government failed to declare meeting with top Global Counsel clients, and says no notes were taken at several meetings
By: Ethan Shone
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,
Makerfield result means we will likely have a new PM by September, and Britain will find out what Burnhamism really means
By: Ethan Shone
New PM’s likely chief of staff, James Purnell, runs lobbying firm whose clients include tech giants and water companies
By: Ethan Shone
UK’s weak lobbying laws leave public in the dark about Flint Global’s vast access to government under James Purnell
Can a line-up of familiar faces deliver the change that the UK needs?
