The eight candidates who got through to the first round come from across the party, with Rishi Sunak the early favourite UK politics: live updates Conservative divisions were laid bare on Tuesday as a wide-open field of eight MPs made it through to the first round of the fractious contest […]
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The European Commission has long been complacent about its revolving-door problem. It’s time to tackle corporate capture What are the Uber files? A guide to cab-hailing firm’s ruthless expansion tactics The Uber files are extraordinarily revealing about the ride-hailing app’s lobbying operations across Europe. The company’s extensive and ruthless tactics […]
Leak shows firm made effort to court several billionaires and state officials allegedly aligned with Vladimir Putin Uber secretly hired a political operative linked to Russian oligarchs in an attempt to buy influence in the country, despite concerns that paying the lobbyist risked bribes being paid to “grease the skids”. […]
Tech firm wooed owners of publications in Europe and India as it sought favourable treatment from governments, documents show Uber courted leading media barons across Europe and India with the aim of using their clout to secure more favourable treatment from governments, leaked documents reveal. It asked existing media investors […]
Exclusive: Mark MacGann says he has decided to speak out about firm to ‘right some fundamental wrongs’ Mark MacGann, a career lobbyist who led Uber’s efforts to win over governments across Europe, the Middle East and Africa, has come forward to identify himself as the source who leaked more than […]
Chair of 1922 Committee says candidates will now need 20 MP backers to enter, in move to speed up process Britain’s new prime minister will be announced on 5 September, it has been announced, as the starting gun was fired on a Tory leadership race that will see the hopefuls […]
Leak suggests former CEO believed there was an upside to attacks on drivers as firm campaigned for law changes Uber broke laws, duped police and built secret lobbying operation, leak reveals On 26 January 2016, more than 2,100 furious French taxi drivers, backed by colleagues from Belgium, Spain and Italy, […]
More than 124,000 confidential documents leaked to the Guardian Files expose attempts to lobby Joe Biden, Olaf Scholz and George Osborne Emmanuel Macron secretly aided Uber lobbying in France, texts reveal Company used ‘kill switch’ during raids to stop police seeing data Former Uber CEO told executives ‘violence guarantees success’ […]
Sources say 1922 Committee may raise threshold of supporters required to 25 to narrow down crowded field Conservative leadership hopefuls face a bruising week in which they must quickly scramble for supporters in what looks likely to be a dramatically accelerated contest to find Boris Johnson’s successor. After an acrimonious […]
Trove of documents leaked to the Guardian cast light on firm’s operations at height of its global rise Uber broke laws, duped police and secretly lobbied governments, leak reveals The Uber files is a global investigation into a trove of 124,000 confidential documents from the tech company that were leaked […]