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out soon EDITION 80 – December 2025
How modern politics became the blame game
THE CAROUSEL OF SCAPEGOATS
JASMIN O’HARA
AMY WALLACE
CAROLINE LUCAS
ANTHONY BARNETT
NIKESH SHUKLA
ADAM BIENKOV
PETER OBORNE
OTTO ENGLISH
News & Investigations
Free online access to the ongoing stories which will shape our print edition
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Caroline Lucas Calls for Landmark UK-Europe Energy and Climate Alliance
A new campaign shows how Britain partnering with Europe on clean energy could cut bills and protect the planet
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EXCLUSIVENathan Gill Sentenced: What He Was Really Doing for the Kremlin
Reform UK’s former leader in Wales was in the centre of Putin’s preparations to attack Ukraine, argues Sergei Cristo
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EXCLUSIVENathan Gill, Voloshyn and the Kremlin’s European Network
The sentencing of Reform UK’s former leader in Wales to ten and a half years in prison should open the door to a broader investigation into the pro-Kremlin network that infiltrated European politics, reports Peter Jukes
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The Government Has Cut Air Pollution Funds to Councils by 99% as Illegal Levels of Pollution Shorten Lives
New data shows just £1.5 million was given to councils in England in the past year to tackle air pollution – down from a high of £225 million in 2021
Labour in Power
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The Government Has Cut Air Pollution Funds to Councils by 99% as Illegal Levels of Pollution Shorten Lives
New data shows just £1.5 million was given to councils in England in the past year to tackle air pollution – down from a high of £225 million in 2021
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Shabana Mahmood’s Asylum Plans Will Put Human Trafficking Victims at Risk, Warn Anti-Slavery Groups
Leading anti-slavery organisations have told Byline Times that the new measures could allow trafficking and forced labour to thrive
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The NHS Is Failing to Meet Waiting Times Targets Despite £3 Billion Investment
Wes Streeting’s multi-billion pound reforms are failing to deliver the improvements he promised, a report by MPs has found
#REFORMuncovered
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EXCLUSIVE
Nathan Gill Sentenced: What He Was Really Doing for the Kremlin
Reform UK’s former leader in Wales was in the centre of Putin’s preparations to attack Ukraine, argues Sergei Cristo
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EXCLUSIVE
Nathan Gill, Voloshyn and the Kremlin’s European Network
The sentencing of Reform UK’s former leader in Wales to ten and a half years in prison should open the door to a broader investigation into the pro-Kremlin network that infiltrated European politics, reports Peter Jukes
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EXCLUSIVE
Drowning in Denial: One in Five Homes in Reform UK Heartlands Could Be Under Water Within 25 Years
As Nigel Farage’s party scraps climate schemes around the country, new data shows flood risk surging across the ten councils it leads
Peace in gaza?
the state of journalism
BIG TECH’S BRITISH TAKEOVER
migrant monstering
Exclusive weekend investigations, more US coverage, more long reads, and weekday forums
- Anna Crowley examines the recent rise in Irish far-right activity and finds that its confused narrative falls apart under scrutiny
- As the Covid Inquiry slams Boris Johnson's Government's ‘too little, too late’ response to Covid, Russell Scott looks at the Conservative peers who are implicated in the UK's disastrous response
- There seems to be no number of losses that Vladimir Putin is not willing to accept to achieve his 'insane dream of Ukraine's complete capitulation' reports Paul Niland, from Kyiv
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