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![Secret Sewers](https://www.source-material.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/R98TYK-2-min.jpg)
9 February 2024
Secret Sewers
Hundreds of unmonitored ‘emergency overflows’ are located in conservation areas and some are used routinely, documents reveal
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![Zahawi played active role in offshore-linked lender](https://www.source-material.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/52197044970_0938728bd4_c-e1674840636574.jpg)
27 January 2023
Zahawi played active role in offshore-linked lender
UK Conservative chairman did not disclose involvement with company led by Matt Hancock’s brother
![UK minister’s tax claims under scrutiny for offshore loan](https://www.source-material.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/2J9KW4C-scaled-e1674139867714.jpg)
19 January 2023
UK minister’s tax claims under scrutiny for offshore loan
Gibraltar lending to party chairman Nadhim Zahawi uncovered by SourceMaterial ‘doesn’t make economic sense’
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![Conservative mega-donor was ‘screen’ for Kremlin oil trades](https://www.source-material.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/iStock-1145230342-1-e1668694922545.jpg)
27 November 2022
Conservative mega-donor was ‘screen’ for Kremlin oil trades
Billionaire’s companies helped Rosneft trade with sanction-hit Venezuela and have continued to handle Russian oil since the outbreak of war in Ukraine
![BP’s latest dirty secret? An oil terminal polluting the Red Sea for decades](https://www.source-material.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/iStock-98467216.jpg)
16 November 2022
BP’s latest dirty secret? An oil terminal polluting the Red Sea for decades
Just across the water from the COP27 summit, a plant recently owned by BP is pumping contaminated water into the ocean—and has been doing so for decades
![Russian football club under US sanctions operates through UK](https://www.source-material.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/csk-moscow.jpg)
3 March 2022
Russian football club under US sanctions operates through UK
An elite Russian football club under US sanctions is partly controlled through a British company
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![MPs’ ‘Fair Fuel’ group run by fuel additive salesman](https://www.source-material.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/fair-fuel.jpg)
2 March 2022
MPs’ ‘Fair Fuel’ group run by fuel additive salesman
A cross-party group of British MPs lobbied for fuel additives as an alternative to the ban on petrol vehicles while failing to disclose it was run by a fuel additive salesman
![BP under pressure over fuel for Russian military](https://www.source-material.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/russian-plane.jpg)
26 February 2022
BP under pressure over fuel for Russian military
BP may be profiting from Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine through its stake in Rosneft, a major fuel supplier to Russia’s military
![Britain’s last coal plant in line for £31m handout](https://www.source-material.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/coal-plant-grid.jpg)
14 February 2022
Britain’s last coal plant in line for £31m handout
The UK government is phasing out coal power from 2024 — but not before it pays millions to keep the last plant open
![London is a battleground for Nigeria’s looted oil millions](https://www.source-material.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/post-featured-1.jpg)
8 February 2022
London is a battleground for Nigeria’s looted oil millions
Fortunes stolen by military dictator Sani Abacha are now being fought over in UK courts
![Kazakh leader’s grandson was mystery client at collapsed ‘golden visa’ firm](https://www.source-material.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/image_2022-10-04_151357819.png)
21 January 2022
Kazakh leader’s grandson was mystery client at collapsed ‘golden visa’ firm
Dolfin Financial went bust after being accused of misleading regulators over its ties with Nurali Aliyev, an oligarch with luxury property in London