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Public Lens helps people understand public life through official records, evidence and independent explainers. We're building a free resource that makes political decisions, public money and accountability easier to explore.
If you find Public Lens useful, you can help cover the costs of keeping the website running, maintaining our data and making public information accessible to everyone.
What contributions help pay for
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- Checking, correcting and explaining records
- Accessibility and translation of the site
Using the website is free and always will be. Contributions are entirely voluntary and never influence our reporting, data or editorial decisions.
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- How does support work?
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- Is it a one-off or recurring payment?
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- Do I need to support to use the site?
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- Does support affect what you publish?
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- Is this a charity donation?
- Contributions are not charitable donations and cannot be claimed for Gift Aid.