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UK Goods Trade Down £44 Billion in Five Years – but Government Still Tries to Sell it as ‘Cause for Celebration and Renewed Pride’
When you exclude precious metals that offer “no real economic benefit to the UK” the figures look much different
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General Election 2024: The Technology you Need To Navigate ‘Dirtiest but Most Sophisticated Campaign yet’
A guide to a host of new tech helping voters make smart decisions and see through misinformation
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The Truth About Immigration That Sunak and Starmer Aren’t Willing to Tell you About
Both party leaders are promising to slash immigration numbers without being honest about the big costs it will inevitably bring to our economy and public services
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Leaders Debate: Rishi Sunak Desperately Tries to Save Failing Campaign With Vote Leave Style Tax Lie
Conservative-supporting newspapers today lead on an already repeatedly-debunked lie about Labour’s tax plans
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Lib Dem Official Used Anonymous X Account to Discredit Rivals in Key Battleground Seat
Our investigation into an X/Twitter account which makes regular attacks on the Conservative and Labour candidates in Wimbledon, suggest it is run by former Lib Dem council candidate and prominent activist
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British Doctor Bombed in Gaza by Israeli Planes Fitted with UK-Made Weaponry Speaks out for First Time
The attack occurred in a building that the Israel Defense Forces knew contained medics so constitutes a violation of International Humanitarian Law. So why are UK officials doing nothing about it?
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Private Investigator Convicted of Milly Dowler Phone Hacking Lodges Appeal Amid Claims he was ‘Scapegoat’
Private eye at heart of phone-hacking scandal claims he was wrongly convicted twice for same crime as he launches “vindicating” book
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The Remarkable Rise of Surinder Arora from Troubled Kid to Billionaire Businessman
When he moved to England age 13 he couldn’t read and left school with few qualifications. But the work ethic he adopted from his mum saw him become a successful businessman
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How Beloved Family-Run Cafe in Hove Became a Target After Israel-Gaza War – but Community Rallied Around It
The Aroma cafe was a place where culture and diversity were celebrated and customers became “family” – that all changed on 7 October 2023
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Another Left-Wing Labour Hopeful ‘Blocked’ as Senior Union Figure Speaks Out his Selections Controversy
Brian McDaid says he was barred from being running for Labour over a 12-year old Facebook post about Israel-Palestine – before he was an active member
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Care Leavers Attending University are Being Made Homeless by Their Local Authorities
Young people leaving care in England are losing their right to local authority housing – because they’re trying to better themselves at university
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Why Deploying Western Special Forces to Ukraine may Help Prevent Global Conflicts
With conflicts simmering across the globe, NATO should help Ukraine more and introduce special operations forces and intelligence assets in preparation for future wars
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Special Investigation: Society’s Reluctance to Acknowledge the Scale of Child Sexual Abuse and a Lack of Political Support for Its Survivors is Keeping the Vulnerable At Risk
Part Four: The far-right is able to present itself as ‘filling the gap’ left by a lack of services with its own range of ‘support’ for survivors
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Special Investigation: ‘Muslim Grooming Gangs’ – An Old Conspiracy Mainstreamed by Today’s Politicians and Press
Part Three: In 2020, a two-year study of crime data and academic research by the Home Office concluded that ‘group-based offenders are most commonly white’
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Special Investigation: The Network of Far-Right Groups Exploiting the Survivors of Child Sexual Exploitation
Part Two: The interconnectedness of far-right groups reflects the extent to which those holding extreme beliefs have used the issue of child sexual exploitation to further their own ends
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Special Investigation: ‘The Far-Right Is Cynically Taking Advantage of Child Sexual Exploitation Survivors’
Andrew Kersley spent five months speaking to survivors of child sexual exploitation and experts on the ‘grooming’ of vulnerable women by far-right groups to understand why it is happening
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‘Donald Trump’s Hush Money Verdicts May Not Hurt his Presidential Run But Will Damage America’s Democracy and Image’
The former US President was convicted of 34 counts of falsifying business records to cover up a hush money payment to adult actress Stormy Daniels
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South Africa 2024 Elections: UK Media ‘Makes No Effort to Understand Why the Country Views the World So Differently From the West’
The latest episode of the hit Media Storm podcast focuses on unpicking the narratives around South Africa’s stance on two of the world’s biggest geopolitical issues
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Fears of Mass Exclusion of Young Voters as Poll Reveals Numbers of 18-24 Year Olds Who Don’t Know About New Photo ID Rules
Young people, those with few qualifications, and voters in Scotland are least aware of new voter ID rules
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Conservative Deputy Chair Jonathan Gullis Took £10,000 From JCB – Then Stayed Silent Over Company’s job Loss Announcement
The MP for Stoke-on-Trent North didn’t comment on potential job cuts at the digger giant but called an “urgent” meeting with the Business Secretary over the closure of Johnson Tiles amid claims his “silence was bought”
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How Nigel Farage, Major Media Outlets and Ofcom ‘Normalised Islamophobia and Then Justified It’
Farage would be cancelled if he said the same things about Jews as he does Muslims – yet he gets endless airtime
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The Big Questions Nigel Farage Should be Asked by the Media
Why is a party with so few elected representatives and even fewer ideas being given such an easy ride?
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Anti-Racism Group Reveals MPs It’s Seeking to Boot Out – Including Lee Anderson and George Galloway
MPs who stoke “culture wars” face on-the-ground campaigns and targeted ads from Hope Not Hate
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UK Government Accused of Allowing Georgia’s ‘Pro-Russian’ Drift After Foreign Influence Law Passed
The Conservatives said they had no idea a UK-backed Georgian communications unit was using trolls to attack opponents and spread anti-Western disinformation. A source claims the former Foreign Secretary was informed last March
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Rwanda: Home Office Slammed for Having ‘No Credible Plan and Making Unacceptable and Avoidable Mistakes’
The Government has spent £310 million on the Rwanda scheme – and Prime Minister Rishi Sunak says there will be no flights before polling day – meaning they may never happen
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Tory Deputy Chairman Jonathan Gullis Accused of ‘Lying’ Over Party’s Association With Convicted Drug Boss
Labour said Byline Times’ findings suggested claims Hussain was not linked to the Tory Party were a “lie”
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Policing of Pro-Palestine Protests is ‘Racist and Islamophobic’ and Driven By Media and Government Pressure, Report Warns
Policing was driven by politicians and media furore, with pressure on police to ‘do more’ resulting in confused and inconsistent decision-making, Netpol argues
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How Climate Change Went From a Hot Political Issue to a Tool to ‘Divide and Polarise’ the Public in Just Five Years
Climate leadership is not the vote loser its opponents like to portray it as – but the danger for the climate movement is assuming public support will endure forever, argues Russell Warfield
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‘Only a Bold Vision from Labour Will Restore Any Faith in Our Broken Politics’
Jennifer Nadel, co-founder of Compassion in Politics, argues that Westminster’s dysfunctional system under a potential Labour government could leave the door open to far-right politics in the years ahead
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Rwanda Bill ‘Breached Government’s Own Rules on Publishing Evidence’, Report Finds
A transparency review by Sense about Science has found that three out of six policy measures failed to meet the test of whether a motivated citizen can see what evidence the Government has used or assessed in its decision-making
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Liz Truss Claims Labour Party is ‘In Hock’ to Terrorists in Conspiracy Laden Rant on Fringe Right-Wing Talk Show
As Rishi Sunak faces calls to strip her of the whip, Liz Truss claims without evidence that ceasefire protests are funded by authoritarian states, amid a litany of strange proposals
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‘Diane Abbott’s Treatment Raises Big Concerns About Racism and Factionalism in the Labour Party’
Labour figures from across Keir Starmer’s party are furious about her treatment by the leadership
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‘This General Election Will be the Dirtiest But Most Sophisticated Campaign So Far – Don’t be Fooled’
The Conservative “machine” will target voters with messages that speak to them, which appear to come from sources they trust. Here’s what to watch out for
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Conservative Tunbridge Wells Hopeful Iain Dale Said He ‘Never Liked the Place’ and ‘Would Happily Live Somewhere Else’
The LBC presenter has announced he is quitting the station in a bid to stand for the Conservative party in the general election
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‘BBC Hopes to Remind Viewers of its Tradition of Authoritative Journalism By Having Clive Myrie Join Laura Kuenssberg for its Election Night Coverage’
Having a figure such as Kuenssberg in such a prominent position during the upheavals of the past 14 years helped the BBC appease its implacable Conservative enemies, writes former BBC producer and journalist Patrick Howse
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MP Demands Liz Truss is Barred as Conservative Candidate as Former PM Appears on Far-Right Podcast
Labour MP writes to PM Sunak over Liz Truss appearing on Lotus Eaters, a show founded by Carl Benjamin, who stated he “wouldn’t even rape” her
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Rich Claim Most Rishi Sunak Heat Pump Subsidies in ‘Concerning’ Trend as Government Delays Home Decarbonisation
Over 7000 people applied for the upgraded £7500 grant to scrap their gas boiler and replace it with a heat pump in the South East compared to just over 1,000 in the North East
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Nine ‘Dismal’ Government Failings on the Environment Exposed by Green Group
This General Election will be “pivotal for people and the planet” as ‘MP Watch’ election campaign targeting climate action ‘delayers’ launched
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IDF Lies About ‘Independent’ Army Investigator Ties to AI-Targeted Killing Technology in Rafah and Gaza
The head of Israel’s probe into the Rafah bombing helped create the cutting-edge drone technology disproportionately killing civilians across Gaza – and the IDF is lying about it
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Georgian Dream Pass ‘Foreign Influence’ law ‘Completing its Seizure of Power’ After Weeks of Violent Protests
For several weeks, Tbilisi has been rocked by violent crackdowns on protesters opposed to a Kremlin-style bill targeting journalists and civil society. Today it passed into law
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Government Accused of Investing in Hydrogen Infrastructure That ‘Doesn’t Work, Makes no Sense and Isn’t a Green Solution’
The people and companies behind the controversial hydrogen lobby winning tens of millions in funding – including one key player also making huge donations to Conservatives
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Suella Braverman Joins Steve Bannon as Headline Speaker at US National Conservatism Conference
This will be the MP’s third appearance at the conference and comes after Liz Truss was heavily criticised for her interview with Bannon
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Adam Crozier: Post Office Boss at Time of Scandal ‘Falsified Sales Returns’ in Previous Job
Adam Crozier came close to losing his job at The Telegraph in 1987 after changing advertising records to “enhance” his reputation
