Organisation · GOV.UK transparency returns · Sam Lister (Political Editor, Daily Express), Gary Jones (Editor, Daily Express), Geoff Maynard (Deputy Editor, Daily Express), Daily Express
Sam Lister (Political Editor, Daily Express), Gary Jones (Editor, Daily Express), Geoff Maynard (Deputy Editor, Daily Express), Daily Express
- Identity
organisation:govuk:Sam Lister (Political Editor, Daily Express), Gary Jones (Editor, Daily Express), Geoff Maynard (Deputy Editor, Daily Express), Daily Express— the GOV.UK transparency returns key, used as-is. No identity here is invented.- Graph built
- 5 September 2026
Names in the records
Each spelling a register uses for this entity, and the method that tied it here. A name is never the identity; a similar name is never a match.
| As published | Register | Tied by | Confidence | Rows |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sam Lister (Political Editor, Daily Express), Gary Jones (Editor, Daily Express), Geoff Maynard (Deputy Editor, Daily Express), Daily Express | GOV.UK transparency returns | exact name within one register | 1.0 | 1 |
What the records establish
- Sam Lister (Political Editor, Daily Express), Gary Jones (Editor, Daily Express), Geoff Maynard (Deputy Editor, Daily Express), Daily Express: 1 record of "recorded meeting with a minister" on 1 October 2023.
| Relationship | With | Date | Amount | Detail | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| recorded meeting with a minister | Penny Mordaunt | 1 October 2023 | — | ministerial_meetings |
What this does not establish
The records above establish that Sam Lister (Political Editor, Daily Express), Gary Jones (Editor, Daily Express), Geoff Maynard (Deputy Editor, Daily Express), Daily Express and each entity named appear together in an official register, in the relationship that register records, on the date it records. They do not establish why any donation was made, why any contract was awarded, whether any one record was known to the people behind another, or that any record caused another. No causal inference is made on this page, and nothing here is a finding of any kind against anyone. A reported donation is a lawful, reported transaction; a contract award is a published notice; a seat is a seat.
Derived from: ministerial_meetings. Each row above names the table and key it came from and links the official record where one exists. How the graph is built is described at the evidence graph.