SubscriptionsMonth: May 2023
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Sadiq Khan’s Pollution Paradox: On the Silvertown Tunnel, and When Rhetoric Doesn’t Match Action
Kids in one of London’s poorest boroughs, Newham, are struggling to breathe. So why is the London Mayor pushing ahead with a new road tunnel that could make the situation even worse?
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Government Preparing to Quietly Amend the Definition of Disruptive Protest in ‘Chilling’ Change
‘Sneaky, cheating bastards’ – Josiah Mortimer reports on a peer leading the charge against the Government’s fresh protest clampdown
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‘Denials Over Scale of Climate Challenge Faced are Military-Grade Greenwash’
A new report reveals that the Ministry of Defence has made no real progress on reducing the carbon footprint of its military bases in the UK
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The Entertainment Industry’s Dark Underbelly: How TV and Film Freelancers Suffer in Silence
Most freelancers do not report abuse within the industry due to a fear of reputational damage, says the national secretary of the broadcasting and entertainment union
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What Rishi Sunak is Trying to Hide with his WhatsApp Cover-Up
The Prime Minister’s real motivation for refusing to comply with the COVID Inquiry is not to protect Boris Johnson – but to protect himself, reports Adam Bienkov
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‘This Country Could Move to Radical Islam Like Iran’
Angelo Calianno spoke to supporters of the Turkish opposition during the two ballots in the closely fought Presidential election against Recep Erdoğan
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‘The Irony of the Hate Crime Funding Application that Includes Engaging with Prevent’
Fizza Qureshi, CEO of the Migrants’ Rights Network, explains why her charity did not want to apply for funding from the Mayor of London to tackle hate crime and extremism
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Ukraine’s Growing Intelligence Apparatus and its Effect on the War
After the surprise cross-border raid against Russia and unexplained drone attacks in Moscow, Julian McBride looks at how Ukraine is turning Putin’s playbook against him
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‘National Conservatism, Economic Reality and Fake Sovereignty’
In today’s interdependent economic world, UK companies are just too small to survive and thrive without cooperation with the EU, writes Jon Bloomfield
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‘Not the Radical Reset Children’s Care Needs’
A new parliamentary reports criticises the Government’s plans for young people’s care – with the Home Secretary announcing that the same strategy will be used to tackle child sexual abuse
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Rishi Sunak’s Favourite Things
As the Prime Minister reveals that his favourite author is Jilly Cooper – he tells Otto English about some of his other favourites in music, food, movies and sport
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Whistleblower Exposes Alleged Systemic Staffing Problems in NHS 111 Hotline
A former 111 clinician speaks out on rising pressures and a staffing crisis at the NHS non-emergency call service. Josiah Mortimer and Max Colbert report
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Why It’s Important Boris Johnson Hands Over WhatsApp Messages to the COVID-19 Inquiry
Lawyer Gareth Roberts explains how theDame Hallet’s inquiry has the full force of the law and is not a constitutional nicety the former Prime Minister can wriggle out of
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Carbon Capture: A Smokescreen for the Fossil Fuel Industry
Britain is ‘strikingly unprepared’ to face the escalating consequences of inadequate action on climate change
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‘It was Like a Prison Cell for Me’: Children in Care, Reunited with Parents in New Initiative, Speak Out
Natasha Phillips reports on the success of the Coventry City reunification pilot featured on Channel 4’s ‘Kids’
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Female Met Police Officer Cleared of Domestic Abuse Allegations After Three-Year Probe Triggered by ‘Controlling’ Senior Police Ex
An extraordinary Met Police disciplinary hearing concludes with a female officer being exonerated from abuse claims from her former partner, a more senior cop himself facing abuse claims
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Dancing Against Destruction in Irpin: One Ukrainian Couple’s Story of Renovation and Renewal
Tom Mutch talks to the owners of a chain of dance studios in Donbas, whose epic journey suggests a brighter future for their war-ravaged homeland
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Agribusiness: An Impediment to Net Zero?
Thomas Perrett explores how factory farming and agribusiness industries have successfully lobbied politicians, advocating against carbon taxes and biodiversity targets
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‘Half Measures Will Not Decolonise International Development’
Genuine anti-racist internationalism calls for much greater radicalism, writes Sunit Bagree
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Thousands in England Denied a Vote as Exclusive Snapshot of Photo ID Rollout Revealed
Over 6,000 voters were turned away and didn’t return across around 50 council areas, Byline Times can reveal.
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‘Suella Braverman’s Survival Shows Sunak’s ‘Core Value’ is Self-Interest’
Given the choice between restoring ‘integrity and accountability’ to Government or protecting his own interests, Sunak has consistently chosen the latter, reports Adam Bienkov
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Wagner Plans to Move Arms to Ukraine through Mali: US Accuses South Africa of Supplying Weapons to Moscow
Africa continues to be caught up in the proxy wars of Europe and the West, reports Brian Latham
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Is the European Court of Human Rights the Next Frontier for Climate Activists?
Kate Bermingham reports on how the law is being used to make up for climate change failure, as three major cases head towards the ECHR
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Fighting for Disability Rights Amid Russian War
Anna Romandash meets a disabled activist who has led the way in supporting Ukraine’s disabled population during Russia’s horrific invasion of the country
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Harry and the Press: Read All About It?
A prince of the realm taking on Britain’s biggest newspapers is surely newsworthy? Not if you’re a reader of one of these titles, writes Liz Gerard
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‘I Was Cancelled by Sunak’s Government For Criticising Them on Twitter’
Renowned weapons expert Dan Kaszeta reveals how he fell victim to a Soviet-style blacklist after UK officials discovered he had criticised Government policy on Twitter
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‘Isn’t Journalism about Finding New Stories?’: The Climate News the Media Ignores
Rachel Donald talks to scientists and activists who are turning to protest because of the gate-keepers in the media who refuse to cover their research
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No Parliamentary Investigation Into Jacob Rees-Mogg’s Comments that Conservatives Introduced Voter ID to ‘Gerrymander’ Elections
The Parliamentary Standards Commissioner, Electoral Commission and Cabinet Office will not be looking into remarks by a former member of the Government that introduced the controversial policy
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The Profitable Nexus: How Ex-British Military Leaders Find Lucrative Roles in Business and Defence
Concerns swirl in Whitehall around retired senior British officers looking to advise foreign governments – conflicts of interest persist even if there is no wrongdoing, writes Iain Overton
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‘From Uganda to Rwanda: The British Political Class’ Ever-Present Hostility to ‘Aliens’’
Jon Bloomfield examines the similarities between the 1905 Aliens Bill and the current Illegal Migration Bill and inflammatory rhetoric around refugees
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‘Breaking the Fourth Wall: The Absurdity of the Modern News Interview’
Now, more than ever, we need people willing to verbally tear down the set and bring reality into the play of broadcasting, writes Reverend Joe Haward
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Revealed: The Epidemic ‘Killing’ a Growing Number of Firefighters
The Government has yet to take any action to address evidence that firefighters are more likely to die of cancer than the general population, Andrew Kersley reports
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‘Britain’s Global Military Engagements: At What Cost?’
As the Prime Minister declares dedication to safeguarding peace and security in the Indo-Pacific region, Iain Overton asks: what is the price of Britain’s global projection of power?
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Charity Staff on the Breadline: Non-Profit Employees Facing Real Terms Pay Cuts
Analysis for Byline Times reveals charity sector employees are themselves being pushed into poverty pay, Nic Murray reports. But staff are fighting back
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Sea Change: The Deteriorating State of the Mediterranean
Simon Speakman Cordall talks to the fishermen of Tunisia about the impact on their livelihoods as the Mediterranean becomes the most polluted sea in the world
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Gambling White Paper: a Feeble Response to a Social Scourge
Robin Burgess, the first CEO of the Responsibility in Gambling Trust, argues that both Labour and Conservative parties have focused on a few damaged ‘addicts’ and not the wider structural harm
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An End to Cruel No Fault Evictions?
As legislation is introduced to end Section 21 evictions, Lauren Crosby Medlicott talks to tenants who live in constant fear of homelessness Back in 2019, the government promised to ban Section 21 no-fault evictions, a move that would guarantee a landlord would no longer be able to evict a tenant from their tenancy without a…
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‘It’s Not the Economy, Stupid. It’s the Press’
The right-wing papers have trashed the country and they mean to go on doing so whoever wins the next election. We must stop them, writes Brian Cathcart
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Terror in the Great Lakes: Braverman Sending UK Refugees into Further Conflict
Virungas National Park, DRC. Photo: Henry Wismayer/Alamy
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Met Police Accused of Twisting the Truth Over Coronation Arrests – As Labour Refuses to Back Bid to Repeal Controversial Protest Law
Commons session turns to farce as Conservative Deputy Chair suggests all protestors should just stand for election instead, Josiah Mortimer reports
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‘The ‘Crimea Dilemma’? There is No Dilemma’
Many appear to believe it would be reasonable to offer the peninsula as some sort of final settlement of the war in Ukraine to Russia – why? asks Paul Niland
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Life Afloat: Meet the People Living Off-Grid as the Cost of Living Soars
Charlie Duffield speaks to citizens exploring alternative ways of living as the linked crises of housing and the economy become a way of life
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East African Oil Pipeline ‘Doing Little, If Anything, to Change People’s Material Conditions’
There are concerns that the project will tie Uganda, Tanzania and East African countries to fossil fuels at the expense of a robust, diverse and lasting green economies
