The story of Heather Brooke, the journalist who broke the expenses scandal, has been dramatised for a BBC 4 drama, ‘On Expenses’. Watch it on BBC iPlayer.

The Silent State is published in April. Preorder it here.

‘Anyone with a vote worth stealing should read this. You won’t know whether to laugh or rise up and overthrow absolutely everything’ - Charlie Brooker

‘She’s a total ninja’ - Ben Goldacre

‘Heather Brooke puts every other British journalist to shame. She has changed British public culture and earned an essential place in our national history. She is an extraordinary figure who must be celebrated’ - Peter Oborne

‘Secrecy is one of the great British diseases. It’s so secret that we don’t even admit we suffer from it. Heather Brooke is part of the cure - challenging the routine concealment and distortion of important information. There should be more journalists doing the same’ - Nick Davies