MATT KENNARD
Matt Kennard was formerly Head of Investigations at Declassified UK. He was a fellow and then director at the Centre for Investigative Journalism in London.
“Nothing to hide here”: Inside the world’s largest arms fair in the heart of London
Britain supported Pakistan as it helped the Taliban kill UK troops
Revealed: UK military unit in Colombia ‘assisted’ police force that killed 63 protesters
Government approves ex-minister for oil company role after he lobbied two prime ministers for its CEO
Sir Alan Duncan, an oil salesman turned British foreign minister, has been approved by the UK government to take up a role at Vitol, the world’s largest petroleum trader. Declassified reveals the potential conflict of interests at the heart of the appointment.
Revealed: Secretive British anti-crime agency spent millions training Colombia’s repressive police
As protests in Colombia are met with deadly violence, Declassified reveals the UK’s National Crime Agency trained the Colombian police in a multimillion-pound five-year programme that is shrouded in secrecy.
Former British minister: ‘The Israelis think they control the Foreign Office. And they do!’
The recently published diaries of former foreign minister Sir Alan Duncan provide an unprecedented window into the influence the Israeli government and affiliated pro-Israel lobby groups have over the UK Foreign Office.
Revealed: MI5 and MI6 are flouting environmental legislation
The new head of MI6 says his agency will monitor other countries’ climate commitments, but the UK’s intelligence agencies are refusing to provide any information on their own environmental footprint.
Revealed: Third of cabinet, including Boris Johnson, has been funded by Israel or pro-Israel lobby groups
While the UK government has been backing Israel’s intense bombing campaign in Gaza, Declassified can reveal that a third of cabinet ministers and the foreign minister responsible for the Middle East, have been courted by the Israeli government or pro-Israel lobby groups.
UK spends millions training security forces to control Palestinians in West Bank and Lebanon
British aid projects supporting Palestinian security forces appear to be as much about helping to stop threats to Israel, the occupying power, as they are about enhancing Palestinian state-building.