Campaigns and news
Our campaigns challenge the misrepresentation of evidence in public life and advocate open and honest discussion of research findings. Find out how you can get involved, read our latest news, and check out our upcoming events on this page.
Latest news
The end of the anti-lobbying clause
The government has thrown out the anti-lobbying clause. Today the government published a new set of ...
Transparency of evidence
Transparency of evidence: an assessment of government policy proposals May 2015 to May 2016. Can someone ...
TrialsTracker
Nearly half of trials run by major trial sponsors in the last decade are missing results according to ...
Dear Priscilla and Mark
Dear Priscilla and Mark You are making a wonderful contribution in your pledge of $3 billion to medical ...
A cow jumps off a cliff
Phones connect us to our friends but they also connect us to a world of rumours, myths -- and people ...
Evidence matters
On 1st November we headed to parliament to make the case to parliamentarians, ministers and officials that evidence matters to the public, and that we expect politicians and civil servants to discuss it openly.
Get involvedCampaign news
On 14 September 2016, the UN released a landmark report calling on governments worldwide to pass legislation requiring clinical trials to be registered, and their methods and results to be fully reported. “It is fantastic that the UN has today added its voice to the call for more clinical trial transparency,” said Dr Sile Lane our director of campaigns and policy. “The UN’s report sets out many of the problems that the nearly 700 organizations who are part of the AllTrials campaign are striving to fix, and proposes some real solutions. Anyone who is not already working to overcome these problems should join us now.”
Get involved, visit the ALLTrials website
Ask for Evidence
Ask for Evidence is our public campaign to help people request for themselves the evidence behind news stories, marketing claims and policies.
Curious? Visit the website…The story of AllTrials
The Libel Reform campaign
It all started in 2009 when science writer Simon Singh was sued for libel by the British Chiropractic Association. Within months, more than 20,000 people from the worlds of science, journalism, publishing, comedy, literature and law had signed our call for an urgent review of English libel law
Visit the Libel Reform Campaign websitePublic engagement projects
Our latest public engagement project was working alongside EUROFORGEN researchers to address public confusion in the area of forensic genetics. We helped to create a public guide which shares what DNA analysis can currently do in the criminal justice system, what its limitations are, and what might be possible in the future.
Download Making Sense of Forensic Genetics pdfContact
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