As Labour donations scandal deepens, openDemocracy readers debate an overhaul of political system to ban donations ...

Peer who gave Starmer £20,000 to pay ‘for somewhere for son to study for GCSEs’ could earn £425,000 from offshore firm ...

Rights groups say that, in the name of stopping migration, the EU has chosen to support a system of abuse and exploitation ...

Campaigners fear the bank may resume lending to Uganda if these measures are deemed successful. Last week, 115 rights organisations urged World Bank president Ajay Banga against this – backing an open ...

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A Labour peer embroiled in the party’s ongoing donations row did not declare that he is a director at a company based in a tax haven. An investigation by openDemocracy found that Waheed Alli ...