scrutiny

With ministers set to get more powers after Brexit, there is an even greater role for participation and transparency, say campaigners.

Environmental lawyers are taking the European Investment Bank to court for refusing to apply environmental scrutiny to its funding decisions.

Prevent has been widely criticised for fostering discrimination against people of Muslim faith or background, and chilling legitimate expression.

A new report calculates that the total cost of running Parliament in2017, scrutinising the whole of central and local government, was £551 million, the equivalent of a medium-sized government department.