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"Josh Simons, cabinet office minister and chief executive of the pro-Starmer think-tank Labour Together, employed the global advisory and advocacy firm, APCO Worldwide, to attempt to identify how reporters had discovered details about the group's funding. APCO Worldwide confirmed it would "investigate the sourcing, funding and origins of a Sunday Times article about Labour Together as well as future work by two political journalists, in a contract seen by the BBC.""
"The investigative website, Democracy for Sale, was the first publication to report the allegations. The site analysed Labour Together's response to the media outlets covering the fact the think tank did not declare more than 700,000 in donations between 2017 and 2020. In September 2021, Labour Together was fined 14,250 by the Electoral Commission over late reporting of donations."
A government minister employed APCO Worldwide to investigate how journalists discovered details about Labour Together's funding. The minister is identified as Josh Simons, cabinet office minister and chief executive of Labour Together. APCO confirmed a contract to "investigate the sourcing, funding and origins of a Sunday Times article about Labour Together as well as future work by two political journalists." Democracy for Sale first reported the allegations and analysed Labour Together's response to coverage that the think tank failed to declare more than 700,000 in donations between 2017 and 2020. Labour Together was fined 14,250 by the Electoral Commission in September 2021 for late reporting. APCO was reportedly paid at least 30,000 in 2023 to carry out the investigation. The Independent appeals for donations to fund reporting and maintains no paywall to keep journalism accessible.
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