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Libel claims filed by Kazakhstan charity against UK and US Journalists

Several media outlets are facing an attack after making allegations between the fund of a former president of Kazakhstan and its asset, a UK company.

The National (Scotland)

Four media outlets facing libel claims over Nursultan Nazarbayev reports

Complaints filed by charity named after ex-president reopen the debate over legal action against public interest journalism

The Guardian - UK

Outrage as NHS cancer appointments cancelled for Queen’s funeral

‘This is an obscenity, in the name of the monarchy,’ one Twitter user wrote

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Selling up and raising rents: how landlords are cashing in and exacerbating the cost of living crisis

Young people and those from poorer backgrounds are now losing at least 30% of their monthly income to rent, says Ruby Lott-Lavigna of openDemocracy

The Guardian - UK

‘Orwellian’ government unit accused of blocking FoI requests to be replaced

Clearing house had been criticised for its lack of transparency and its powers to control information

The Guardian - UK

Liz Truss 'hates idea of banning LGBT conversion therapy', key ally claims

LIZ Truss “hates” her own policy promising a ban on LGBT conversion therapy, a key ally has suggested.

The National (Scotland)

SNP politician in list of MPs who took interns from anti-abortion group

AN anti-abortion group has placed more than a dozen interns in MP offices across the UK since 2010, including one SNP member, according to…

The National (Scotland)

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Tens of thousands face ‘devastation’ if government fails to tackle rogue housing providers, charity warns

Ministers urged to act to stop ‘eye-watering’ sums of public money going to unscrupulous providers

The Independent UK

Thinktank that briefed against XR given $30k by ExxonMobil in 2017

Report shows Policy Exchange, which called for criminalisation of climate group, previously received money from oil firm

The Guardian - UK

Lords whinge about wine and salmon quality in taxpayer-subsidised Westminster restaurants

COMPLAINTS about the quality of sandwiches and wine subsidised by the taxpayer in exclusive cafeterias and bars for members of the House of Lords…

The National (Scotland)

MPs and wealthy landowners among beneficiaries of green subsidy

Renewable heating incentive was set up to help business, public sector and non-profit organisations

The Guardian - UK

BBC 'repeatedly failed' to declare guest's right-wing affiliations, ruling finds

THE BBC “fell below standards” by repeatedly failing to identify a right-wing commentator as having political bias, a ruling has found.

The National (Scotland)

Nearly half of adult social care users in Liverpool can't pay

"Use of debt recovery agencies and court proceedings would be an absolute last resort"

Liverpool Echo

Tory-linked group that campaigns against net zero climate action ‘funded by US oil interests’

Tory MP Steve Baker is a trustee of the Global Warming Policy Foundation

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The Guardian - UK

Climate sceptic thinktank received funding from fossil fuel interests

Exclusive: Global Warming Policy Foundation has led the backlash against UK government’s net zero policy

The Guardian - UK

UK’s freedom of information laws are being undermined, warn journalists

Letter signed by several MPs urges better enforcement of transparency law, as government accused of obstructing requests

The Guardian - UK

From climate to health: the private firms helping to run MPs’ interest groups

Exclusive: Guardian and openDemocracy analysis reveals full reach of lobbyists acting as APPG secretariats

Daily Mirror

Senior Tory boasted about lobbying government for 'our good friends' in Azerbaijan

The website openDemocracy today revealed that in the last 18 months, he Mr Blackman tabled four pro-regime motions in the house, and written to two foreign secretaries, urging them to strengthen ties with Azerbaijan and condemn its opponent Armenia.

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