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Catch the latest Financial News EventsPolitical donations are poison to our democracy – but there’s an easy antidote to that | George Monbiot
As revelations about Reform UK’s donors emerge, it’s clear that increasingly complex forms of patronage can’t be regulated effectively. We need a clean sweepHow do we know whether political funding is corrupt? Mostly, we don’t. A plutocrat delivers a sack of cash to a...
It’s amazing how much damage Kemi can do to herself in five minutes on local radio | John Crace
Echoes of Liz Truss as Badenoch blusters and blunders through series of short interviews, saving the worst for almost lastIt was the sort of day that every politician dreads. One where you can’t not say and do something. The pressure to come up with the right words....
‘I did receive bottles on stage. There might have been urine’: Melanie C on Spice Girls mania, impostor syndrome and her date with a Chili Pepper
As she releases a clubby new album, Sweat, the former Sporty Spice answers your questions on her raver days, scouse cuisine and Sex Pistols coversYour acid remix of Jessie Ware’s Free Yourself was a bit unexpected, I admit. Were you a hardcore raver back in the early...
Bring on the bank holiday! 36 tips, treats and buys for the long weekend
Peonies, padel rackets and a genuinely good low-alcohol wine … whatever your plans this bank holiday, we’ve rounded up our top spring essentials so you can make the most of it• Don’t get the Filter delivered to your inbox? Sign up hereThe weather may or may not play...