Channel 4 News Election Expenses investigation wins IRE award
- by Guy Basnett
- in Election Expenses Investigations
- posted May 7, 2017
‘Election Expenses Exposed’, an investigation I’ve been working on with the Channel 4 News Investigations Team for the last 18 months, has won an Investigative Reporters and Editors (IRE) award in the Broadcast Large category. The IRE...
Read MoreElection Expenses Investigation: Conservatives appear to have overspent in three key by-elections
- by Guy Basnett
- in Election Expenses Investigations
- posted February 8, 2016
Volkswagen emissions scandal – Five questions for the Department for Transport
- by Guy Basnett
- in Freedom of Information
- posted January 3, 2016
As the Volkswagen emissions scandal continued to billow out across the media, the National Audit Office asked some interesting questions to the Department for Transport. In summary, what did the department know about ‘defeat devices’ in vehicles?...
Read MoreMoD pays compensation for 362 innocent civilians killed by British military in Iraq and Afghanistan
- by Guy Basnett
- in Investigations Public Money
- posted December 1, 2015
Ministry of Defence paid compensation for deaths of at least 362 innocent men, women and children in Iraq and Afghanistan between 2003 and 2015 5 civilian deaths known to be caused by airstrikes in 2009/10, including a...
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FOI – A Practical Guide to the Freedom of Information Act
- by Guy Basnett
- in Freedom of Information
- posted November 22, 2015
Here’s an edited version of a chapter I wrote with Paul McNamara for the book ‘FOI 10 Years On’, edited by Tom Felle and John Mair (Abramis). Our chapter is ‘Uncovering the state’s secrets: how to use...
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Live animal exports – a look at the journey logs
- by Guy Basnett
- in Freedom of Information
- posted October 1, 2015
I’ve been looking into live animal exports for a while. Not many people know that it still goes on, and many people are still campaigning to see it stop for good. After a long time, I’ve managed to get...
Read MoreDavid Cameron’s father died leaving assets offshore in tax haven of Jersey
- by Guy Basnett
- in Investigations
- posted April 30, 2015
Prime Minister David Cameron’s stockbroker father died leaving assets offshore in the tax haven of Jersey, a Channel 4 News investigation can reveal. Ian Cameron’s offshore wealth is revealed in a legal document filed with courts on...
Read MoreMPs expenses: 46 claim for rent or hotels in London despite owning property nearby
- by Guy Basnett
- in Investigations Public Money
- posted March 27, 2015
Forty six MPs have claimed expenses for London rent or hotels despite owning a property in the capital, a Channel 4 News investigation has found. Analysis shows the expenses claims cost the taxpayer more than £1.3m since...
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Slaughter logs – a look at animal welfare breaches
- by Guy Basnett
- in Freedom of Information
- posted March 15, 2015
Slaughter is always a difficult topic, and often the public just don’t want to know how animals killed for meat are treated before death. I started to look at slaughterhouses, and obtained details of breaches of animal welfare rules...
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Incineration of foetal remains in British hospitals – investigation
- by Guy Basnett
- in Investigations NHS
- posted November 22, 2014
Almost exactly a year ago, I started to receive a series of emails confirming that British hospitals were incinerating foetal remains from abortions and miscarriages – sometimes in waste-to-energy power plants. In short, the remains of foetuses...
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