The Paul Foot Award is an award given for investigative or campaigning journalism, set up by ''

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'' and ''

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'' in memory of the journalist Paul Foot, who died in 2004. The award, from 2005 to 2014, was for material published in print or online during the previous year. The prize fund totalled £10,000, with £5,000 given to the winner and £1,000 to each of five runners-up. The award was discontinued in 2015, but revived by ''Private Eye'' in 2017.

Winners

2005: John Sweeney of the ''

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'' for his investigation into "Shaken Baby Syndrome" which led to the wrongly imprisoned mothers

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, Angela Cannings and

Donna Anthony Donna Anthony is a British woman from Somerset who was jailed in 1998 after being convicted of the murder of her two babies. She was cleared and freed after having spent more than six years in prison. She was one of several women at the centre of ...

being freed and resulted in the exposure of the prosecution's chief witness, the paediatrician Sir

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. 2006: David Harrison for his three-part investigation into sex trafficking in Eastern Europe published in ''

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'', which was praised by the UN and prompted action by British police and the Home Office. 2007: Shared by Deborah Wain ('' Doncaster Free Press'') for her exposé of corruption in the Doncaster Education City project and by David Leigh and Rob Evans (''

'') for their investigation into bribery in the British arms trade. 2008: The top prize of £3,000 each was awarded to

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of ''

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'' for an investigation into the many injustices which have resulted from the

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and the professional cultures that have grown up around child "protection"; and

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of ''

'' for his investigation into the mismanagement and financial irregularities surrounding the sale of the UK government's international development business, Actis. Four runners-up were each awarded £1,000: :

Andrew Gilligan Andrew Paul Gilligan (born 22 November 1968) is a British policy adviser and former transport adviser to Boris Johnson, the Prime Minister between 2019-22. Until July 2019, he was senior correspondent of ''The Sunday Times'' and had also served ...

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'') on financial irregularities in London City Hall and the London Development Agency. :Warwick Mansell ('' TES'') on the Sats test marking scandal. :

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The Observer ''The Observer'' is a British newspaper published on Sundays. It is a sister paper to ''The Guardian'' and '' The Guardian Weekly'', whose parent company Guardian Media Group Limited acquired it in 1993. First published in 1791, it is the ...

'') on how children made clothes for Esprit, Primark and Gap in India, Pakistan, Nepal and Bangladesh. :Jim Oldfield (Rossington Community Newsletter, South Yorkshire Newspapers) on how landowners and speculators planned to build an eco-town in Rossington against the wishes of residents. 2009: At a presentation ceremony at the Spin Bar in London's Millbank Tower on 2 November 2009, the £5,000 Paul Foot Award for Campaigning Journalism 2009 was awarded to Ian Cobain of ''The Guardian'' for his long-running investigation into Britain’s involvement in the torture of terror suspects detained overseas. Five runners-up received £1,000 each: :Jonathan Calvert and Clare Newell (''

Sunday Times ''The Sunday Times'' is a British newspaper whose circulation makes it the largest in Britain's quality press market category. It was founded in 1821 as ''The New Observer''. It is published by Times Newspapers Ltd, a subsidiary of News UK, w ...

'') on a number of financial and legislative abuses in the Lords which had previously escaped scrutiny. :Ben Leapman (''

Sunday Telegraph ''The Sunday Telegraph'' is a British broadsheet newspaper, founded in February 1961 and published by the Telegraph Media Group, a division of Press Holdings. It is the sister paper of ''The Daily Telegraph ''The Daily Telegraph'', ...

'' and ''

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'') on MPs' exploitation of parliamentary allowances to subsidise their lifestyles and multiple homes. : Paul Lewis (''

'') on the death of Ian Tomlinson at the 2009 G20 London summit protests. :Rob Waugh (''

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'') on cavalier spending at

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, the takeover of

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, and the mismanagement of Leeds City Credit Union. : Stephen Wright and Richard Pendlebury (''

'') on the lawyer Shahrokh Mireskandari, and his criminal past and the bogus nature of his qualifications and claims of experience. 2010:

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for her investigating, reporting and campaigning against the government policy of locking up asylum-seeking families in conditions known to harm their mental health, and scrutinising the commercial contractors who run the detention centres for profit. A Special Lifetime Campaign Award of £2,000 was also presented to

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for his 40 years of campaigning journalism on behalf of the victims of

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. Each of the runners-up on the shortlist received £1,000. These were, in alphabetical order: :Jonathan Calvert and Clare Newell (''

'') on MPs and peers seeking cash for influence. :David Cohen (''

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'') on the plight of the poor in London, including children's poverty and the continuing existence of paupers' graves in the capital. :

Nick Davies Nicholas Davies (born 28 March 1953) is an award-winning British investigative journalist, writer, and documentary maker. Davies has written extensively as a freelancer, as well as for ''The Guardian'' and ''The Observer'', and been named R ...

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'') on phone-hacking conducted by the ''

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'' when

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, later the government's director of communications, was editor. :Linda Geddes (''

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'') on evidence that DNA tests are not always accurately interpreted. 2011:

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'' and ''guardian. co.uk'') for a series of articles that helped to expose the scale of phone-hacking at the ''News of the World'', beginning in July 2009 with the first report that phone hacking went beyond a single jailed journalist. Two years later, Davies, with colleague Amelia Hill, revealed that the ''

'' had targeted voicemails left for the missing schoolgirl

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, which led to a public backlash against the Sunday tabloid. The award organising committee praised Davies for his "dogged and lonely reporting" the impact of which forced "a humbled

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to close the ''News of the World'' and abandon his planned buyout of the satellite broadcaster,

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, and forced the country's most senior police officer to resign. The judges commented that "This award is recognition of the cheering truth that the best journalism exposed the worst.""Paul Foot Award 2011"
''Private Eye'' issue 1309, 23 February 2015, p6 Runners-up were Jonathan Calvert and Claire Newell for their ''

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'' articles exposing corruption in

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. Also nominated were: :Jon Austin ('' Basildon Echo'') - Dale Farm evictions. :Katherine Quarmby (''The Guardian'', ''

'', ''

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'', ''

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'' magazine and others) - Disability hate crime awareness. :David Rose (Live magazine, ''Mail on Sunday''/Mail Online) - UK aid to India. :Zoe Smeaton ('' Chemist + Druggist'' magazine, UBM Medica) - Government payment errors to community pharmacists. :Jerome Taylor (''The Independent'') - Open justice and the

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. :Mark Townsend (''

'') - Exploitation of women and children trafficked into the UK. 2012: Andrew Norfolk (''The Times'') for "a two-year investigation into the grooming and sexual exploitation of teenage girls". The runner-up was Rob Waugh (''

Yorkshire Post ''The Yorkshire Post'' is a daily broadsheet newspaper, published in Leeds in Yorkshire, England. It primarily covers stories from Yorkshire although its masthead carries the slogan "Yorkshire's National Newspaper". It was previously owned by ...

'') for his exposure of mis-spending by senior officers of

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and abuse of power by

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and CPOSA. A Special Campaign Award was made to Stephen Wright (''

'') for his "tireless reporting over 15 years" on the Stephen Lawrence murder investigation and Justice for Stephen campaign. Also nominated were: :Tom Bergin (

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) - Corporate tax avoidance by

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and

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. :Jonathan Calvert and Heidi Blake (''

'') - Tory treasurer sells access to PM/Retired generals lobby for defence contracts. :Ted Jeory (Blog: trialbyjeory.wordpress.com) - Corruption in the borough of Tower Hamlets. :Alexi Mostrous and Fay Schlesinger (''

'') - Secrets of the tax avoiders. :Claire Newell, Graeme Paton, Holly Watt and Robert Winnet (''

'') - GCSE and A-level examiners advising teachers on how to improve pupils’ results. 2013: David Cohen - (''

'') for his work on gangs, which was part of the ''Standard''’s Frontline London campaign. ''

''’s Snowden team ( James Ball, Julian Borger,

, Nick Hopkins, Paul Johnson and

Alan Rusbridger Alan Charles Rusbridger (born 29 December 1953) is a British journalist, who was formerly editor-in-chief of ''The Guardian'' and then principal of Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford. Rusbridger became editor-in-chief of ''The Guardian'' in 1995, havi ...

) received a Special Investigation Award for its investigation into the extent of mass surveillance undertaken by

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- The Snowden Files: How GCHQ watches your every move. Also nominated were: :Tom Bergin (

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) - Corporate tax practices. :Jonathan Calvert and Heidi Blake (''

'') - Westminster for Sale. :Aasma Day ('' Lancashire Evening Post'') - Life on the margins of society:

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Twilight Investigation. :James Dean (''

'') - Fakes, fraud and forgery in Lloyds selling scandal. 2014 (joint winners): Jonathan Calvert and Heidi Blake (''

'') for "The Fifa Files" in which they reported on a campaign waged by Mohammed Bin Hammam, Qatar’s top football official, and how he exploited his position to help secure the votes Qatar needed to win the bid to host the 2022 World Cup;

and Andrew Bousfield (''

'') for "Shady Arabia and the Desert Fix", a long-running investigation into corruption on a contract between the governments of the UK and Saudi Arabia. Also nominated were: :Richard Pendlebury (''

'') - Migrant Lives :Claire Newall, Holly Watt, Claire Duffin and Ben Bryant (''

'') - Qatar 2022 World Cup Bid :

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'') - How farmers caused the floods :Mark Townsend (''

'') - Sexual abuse of women at Yarl's Wood :Dominic Ponsford and William Turvill (''

Press Gazette ''Press Gazette'', formerly known as ''UK Press Gazette'' (UKPG), is a British media trade magazine dedicated to journalism and the press. First published in 1965, it had a circulation of about 2,500, before becoming online-only in 2013. Publis ...

'') - Save Our Sources 2017: Emma Youle (''

Hackney Gazette Archant Limited is a newspaper and magazine publishing company headquartered in Norwich, England. The group publishes four daily newspapers, around 50 weekly newspapers, and 80 consumer and contract magazines. Archant employs around 1,250 empl ...

'') for her investigation, "The Hidden Homeless: £35m to keep the homeless homeless", which revealed Hackney's enormous, but hidden, homeless problem—highlighting the plight of the thousands who live in temporary accommodation. Also nominated were: :Daniel Balint-Kurti & Leigh Baldwin (''

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'') - The Deceivers :Katherine Faulkner (''

'') - How Royal Mail helps conmen defraud the elderly :Will Hurst ('' The Architects' Journal'') - The Garden Bridge investigation :Billy Kenber (''

'') - Drug company profiteering :Maeve McClenaghan & Crina Boros (''Energydesk'') - Big fish barons squeeze out small-scale fishermen :Daniel Taylor (''

'') - Football's sexual abuse scandal 2018:

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'') for her investigation, "Long-term UK residents classed as illegal immigrants", which centred on tightened immigration regulations and the catastrophic consequences for a group of elderly Commonwealth-born citizens who were told they were illegal immigrants, despite having lived in the UK for around 50 years but with no formal paperwork to prove it. Also nominated were: :Gordon Blackstock (''

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'') - Hundreds of orphans buried in mass grave :

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(''

'') - The Cambridge Analytica files :Madison Marriage (''

Financial Times The ''Financial Times'' (''FT'') is a British daily newspaper printed in broadsheet and published digitally that focuses on business and economic current affairs. Based in London, England, the paper is owned by a Japanese holding company, Nik ...

'') - Men only: inside the charity fundraiser where hostesses were put on show :Sean O'Neill (''

'') - Oxfam sex scandal cover-up :''

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'' News Investigations team (Heidi Blake, Tom Warren, Richard Holmes, Jason Leopold, Jane Bradley, Alex Campbell) - From Russia with blood In addition, the Young Journalist Award was given to Ben Van Der Merwe and Emma Yeomans ('' London Student'') for their investigation, "Toby Young and UCL's secret eugenics conference", about secretive annual conferences at UCL that covered genetic difference and intelligence, which was jointly published in

. 2019: Emily Dugan ( ''Buzzfeed'') for the Access To Justice campaign, reporting the human cost of the degradation of England’s justice and legal aid system. Also nominated were: :Ian Birrell '' (Mail on Sunday'') - Autistic youngsters locked up :

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'') - Conservative Party Treasurer :Phil Coleman (''Carlisle News and Star'') - Fake Shrink :Tom Kelly (''

'') - Fleeced by fake taxmen :Claire Newell and Team (''

'') - MeToo Businessman Scandal 2020: Alexandra Heal ('' Bureau of Investigative Journalism''/various outlets) for the Nowhere to Turn series, reporting on how police forces handle domestic abuse complaints against their own officers. Also nominated were: :Kit Chellel, Joe Light and Ruth Olurounbi (''

Bloomberg Businessweek ''Bloomberg Businessweek'', previously known as ''BusinessWeek'', is an American weekly business magazine published fifty times a year. Since 2009, the magazine is owned by New York City-based Bloomberg L.P. The magazine debuted in New York City ...

'') - Is one of the world’s biggest lawsuits built on a sham? :

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('' Yellow Advertiser'') - Investigation into paedophile police informant :Tom Warren and Katie JM Baker (''

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'') - WWF's secret war :Nadine White and Emma Youle (''

HuffPost UK ''HuffPost'' (formerly ''The Huffington Post'' until 2017 and sometimes abbreviated ''HuffPo'') is an American progressive news website, with localized and international editions. The site offers news, satire, blogs, and original content, and ...

'') - SPAC Nation investigation :Frances Ryan (''

''/''

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'') - Britain’s disability scandal 2021: Robert Smith and team (''

'') for "The Unravelling of

Lex Greensill Alexander David "Lex" Greensill (born 29 December 1976) is an Australian businessman best known for being the founder of Greensill Capital, a company focused on supply chain finance and derivative financial products that on 8 March 2021 filed for ...

", reporting on the Greensill scandal. :''Highly Commended'': Jack Shenker ('' Tortoise Media'') - Death at the Ministry :Matthew Weaver, Pippa Crerar & Jeremy Armstrong (''

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'') -

Dominic Cummings Dominic Mckenzie Cummings (born 25 November 1971) is a British political strategist who served as Chief Adviser to British Prime Minister Boris Johnson from 24 July 2019 until Cummings resigned on 13 November 2020. From 2007 to 2014, he was a ...

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:Guardian Investigations Team, with lead reporters Felicity Lawrence and

David Conn David Conn is a sports journalist who writes for '' The Guardian''. He attended Bury Grammar School before studying English Literature & Politics at the University of York. He has written four books. Three of them, ''The Football Business: F ...

(''The Guardian'') - Covid and the Conservative chumocracy :Harriet Clugston and team (

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) - Modern slavery in the UK :Peter Geoghegan, Jenna Corderoy & Lucas Amin (

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) - How the UK government is undermining FoI :Jonathan Calvert &

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'') - Failures of State: Britain's coronavirus scandal 2022: Hannah Al-Othman and David Collins (''

'') for "The Murder of Agnes Wanjiru". Shortlist: :Samantha Asumadu (''

'') — "Prisoners may have been refused parole due to fake crimes on file" : Susie Boniface (''

'') — "Look Me in the Eye," campaign for recognition for the survivors of Britain’s nuclear testing programme : Solomon Hughes (''

'') — "Pay Slippery – Tax fraud on government Covid test sites" :

Gabriel Pogrund Gabriel Pogrund is a journalist who is currently Whitehall editor at ''The Sunday Times''. He graduated with a BA in Geography from University College London in 2016. He won 2017 Young Journalist of the Year at the British Press Awards and in 201 ...

(''The Sunday Times'') — "Royal access", how

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' household promised honours and access in exchange for charity donations :Eleanor Rose, Jessica Purkiss, Mirren Gidda, Aaron Walawalkar (''Liberty Investigates'') and Mark Townsend (''

'') — "Despair and death in Britain’s asylum system"

Winners

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See also