COMMENT
— Ministers pledge action on sewage pollution after public pressure, but critics call plans vague and inadequate. Activists demand urgent, meaningful steps to hold water companies accountable and protect clean water access.
Good Law Project
Good Law Project is a not-for-profit campaign organisation that uses the law to protect the interests of the public.
COMMENT
— Keir Starmer pledged integrity before his election, yet his government supports secrecy over Rishi Sunak’s investments. A tribunal outcome could reshape transparency on ministers’ financial interests, challenging promises of honesty and public trust.
NHS
— Wes Streeting is planning to put our intimate health data on central care records. It’s time for him to address the elephant in the room.
COMMENT
— Since taking office, Keir Starmer has begun to deliver on some of his promises. But he has also made some bad choices. Good Law Project are here to hold the government to account.
OPINION
— Fourteen years of Tory rule have caused incalculable harm. This morning we can breathe a sigh of relief. But Labour won’t be able to fix all the problems. We’ve been thinking hard about our work under a new government.
Environment
— The Government has announced a consultation on expanding its plan to reduce sewage dumping in coastal and estuarine waters, in response to a legal challenge supported by Good Law Project and other environmental groups.
Pollution
— Good Law Project are supporting three legal challenges to protect our coastline and rivers from pollution.
Good Law Project
— The Cabinet Office have finally published the remaining COVID Ventilator Challenge contracts – and the waste is shocking.
Environment
— The High Court has ordered Ministers to update their plan and demonstrate how policies will achieve Net Zero climate targets by March 2023. Despite this, the Government is only “considering the next steps”.
Environment
— Many of our vital environmental laws and protections are being put at risk by the long and dark shadow of Brexit. It beggars belief that this comes at a time when the Government should be urgently strengthening and expediting our response to the ongoing climate emergency.
COVID-19 Government Contracts
— After breaching transparency guidelines, the UK government commits to publishing £248 million worth of missing COVID-19 contracts.
COMMENT
— Has Rishi Sunak benefitted from Government contracts during the pandemic? A hedge fund, where the Prime Minister was a founding partner, has seen its profits more than double in a year.
Investigation
— For 17 months, the FCDO refused to answer our questions regarding Dominic Raab’s WhatsApp use. But, following an intervention from the ICO, they’ve finally come clean.
COMMENT
— Introductions from just six Conservative Party politicians led to ‘VIPs’ being awarded contracts worth an eye-watering £5 billion.
COMMENT
— Water companies dumping sewage poses a serious threat to a 300-year-old oyster family business and to marine life if they are allowed to continue.
COMMENT
— A £4.5 million Government contract has been handed to a company headed up by a major Conservative Party donor to dispose of unused PPE, Good Law Project can reveal.
