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Home Office Admits it has ‘Limited’ Evidence its Immigration Crackdown Will Deter People Attempting Risky Journeys into UK
An Equality Impact Assessment into the New Plan for Immigration reveals that the Government’s ‘deterrent’ approach may lead to people taking greater risks to come to Britain
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The Poverty Trap: How Boris Johnson’s Winter of Discontent Will Make Us All Poorer
Britain is facing another era of austerity and economic illiteracy, says Maheen Behrana
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Risk of Price Hikes Will Continue Without EU-UK Energy Deal, Expert Warns
Sam Bright speaks to a former EU energy chief about the problems posed by Brexit
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114 Women Died in the Past Decade in Domestic-Related Incidents Following Previous Contact with Police
Data from the Independent Office of Police Conduct raises questions about the safeguarding of women known to be experiencing violence by partners
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After Trump, is Cooperation Blossoming in the Middle East?
Jonathan Fenton-Harvey explores how the power balance in the region has shifted following last year’s US Presidential Election
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The Rejection of Disabled Creativity – Enough Is Enough
Penny Pepper explores the failure of the diversity and inclusion trope for disabled people with a variety of stories to tell
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Racism, Sexism and School Exclusions
A new report into school exclusions of black and ethnic minority girls exposes again how the Government is wrong to deny systemic racism in the UK
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Can Women Be Safe in Britain when the Police Fail to Hold their Own to Account?
It’s been a bad week for violence against women, with a young woman killed on London’s streets and an exclusive report of how police found guilty of sexual misconduct keep their jobs – even when that job exposes them to victims of sexual violence
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Life Values: How the British Military Calculated the Cost of an Afghan Life
The Ministry of Defence paid out more compensation for property damage in northern Europe than for the death of an Afghan child, reports Murray Jones
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The IPSO Jewish Chronicle Car Crash Just Gets Worse
The sham ‘regulator’ operated by the corporate press has blundered into one of its worst crises, says Brian Cathcart
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‘Project Fear’ is ‘Project Here’: UK Supply Chains Seize-Up Due to Anti-Immigration Politics
The Chief Executive of Scotland Food & Drink explains how a hard Brexit caused the current crisis, with the lowest stocks in shops and warehouses since records began
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British Military Linked to Hundreds of Civilian Deaths in Afghanistan
Analysis of compensation claims paid by the Ministry of Defence to Afghan families reveals the extent of civilian deaths during 20 years of war
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Conservative ‘Bonfire of Quangos’ Has Failed to Materialise, MPs Warn
The Government is appointing its favourite candidates to powerful external agencies without proper processes or monitoring, David Hencke reports
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From Spiritual Pilgrimages to Conspiracy: How a former dragon on ‘Dragon’s Den’ Embodies the Crossover of Wellness and Anti-Vaxx
The Citizens explore the overlap between the mind, body and spirit community and those pushing anti-vaxx, far-right conspiracy
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Overseas Assistance Austerity: Government’s Drastic Cuts to Foreign Aid, Health, Climate and Gender Equality Revealed
Official new accounts published by the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office have revealed some eye-catching changes to the UK’s spending priorities abroad
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The New Winter of Discontent Will Expose the Corrupting Forces Strangling Our Society
With Brexit, the pandemic, the energy crisis and cuts to benefits all combining to create difficult months ahead, Reverend Joe Haward considers what can be learnt from the true meaning of ‘apocalypse’
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Saving Afghan Women
CJ Werleman detects a selective emphasis on women’s rights from Western liberals which echoes the Islamophobia of the ‘War on Terror’
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The Final Betrayal of Grenfell Victims Looms
Pulling down the Tower would be yet another act of scorn directed at the local community, says Tom Charles
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87% of Afghan Relocation Applications Rejected by UK
As the Government comes under pressure for abandoning its Afghan allies, Sam Bright reveals the number of people turned down by the UK
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‘They Are Keeping Us Here to be Killed’: The Loyal Afghans Abandoned by Johnson’s Government
Katharine Quarmby lays bare the gap between rhetoric and reality in the Government’s Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme
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Can Biden Face Down the Agribusiness Industry which Drives Climate Change?
Unless the US President’s ‘Green New Deal’ deals with the stranglehold that big business has on food production, his climate emission targets aren’t going to be met
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‘Police are Institutionally Sexist’: 14 Officers Targeted Vulnerable Women for Sex
Exclusive analysis of freedom of information requests by the Byline Intelligence Team reveals how police officers abuse their power over witnesses and victims to get sex
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Gas Crisis Reveals the Imminent End of Europe’s Fossil Fuel Age
Nafeez Ahmed sees the current energy crisis as a symptom of a deeper malaise – reliance on Russia and fossil fuels – which could lead to spiralling inflation and a perfect global economic storm
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Government Spends £13 Million on COVID-19 Text Messages
New data reveals another source of significant Government spending during the pandemic, reports Sam Bright
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Three-Quarters of Police Officers Guilty of Gross Negligence in Sex Crimes Kept their Jobs
Freedom of information requests analysed by the Byline Intelligence Team reveal that police officers are failing in their duty of care to vulnerable victims and witnesses when investigating claims relating to sexual assault
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The Real Culture Divides Being Masked by the Government’s ‘Culture War’
Nadine Dorries’ appointment as Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Secretary is said to be turbo-charging the culture war – but a new report has found the real issue facing the cultural sector is structural inequality not ‘wokery’
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What a Blaze in Milan Can Tell us about the Grenfell Fire
When combustible cladding caught fire on a tower block in Milan in August none of the residents was killed – in stark contrast to the Grenfell tragedy. But just as in Grenfell, the survivors of the fire have questions and feel abandoned residents were killed – in stark contrast to the Grenfell tragedy. But just…
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Anti-Racist Campaign Group Raises Concerns Over Islamophobia and Nadine Dorries
A history of tweets and re-tweets from the new Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sports has prompted questions over how seriously the Conservative Party takes allegations of anti-Muslim discrimination
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Deprived People Twice As Likely to Die During Pandemic As the Rich, New Research Shows
The study delves into the health inequalities that have afflicted Britain during the COVID-19 crisis
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The Brexit Tax: How Boris Johnson Broke his Promise on Energy Prices
In May 2016, the future Prime Minister promised that fuel bills would be slashed after Brexit – Sam Bright explores why the opposite has occurred
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Food or Fuel? The Human Cost of the Energy Crisis
Rising gas prices have prompted panic about Brexit, bail-outs and bills – but for poor families and the NHS, this crisis could not come at a worse moment
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More Than Half of Met Police Officers Found Guilty of Sexual Misconduct Kept their Jobs
A Freedom of Information request analysed by the Byline Intelligence Team reveals the extent to which the capital’s police officers work in a culture of impunity around sexual misconduct
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Metrified – or Petrified? The Return of Imperial Measures is the Ghost of a Dead Cat
Though it stands no chance of return, trading standards officer Pippa Musgrave explains why the nostalgia for imperial measures is a deflection from the problems of Brexit
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The Digital Dogs of War
Iain Overton considers how London’s biggest arms trade fair reveals the true face of modern conflict – and why civilians will bear the brunt of this autonomous, distanced new form of warfare
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The Sound of Silence: My Joey Doesn’t Need to Speak to be Heard
Stephen Unwin explores non-verbalism and how societal debates around disability are still too binary
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‘Everyone Is Forgetting About Us’: New Research Highlights how Government’s Social Care Reforms Sideline those with Learning Disabilities
Saba Salman reports on a forthcoming independent study, part-funded by the Department of Health and Social Care – the findings of which are in stark contrast to messages from Boris Johnson’s administration around adapting to the Coronavirus and reforming adult social care
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Murdoch and Morgan: The Reunion From Hell
Mic Wright unpicks the announcement of a new right-wing, Rupert Murdoch television station in the UK – and how it may have spotted a gap in the market following events at a certain beleaguered anti-woke news channel
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Arms Versus Asylum: In the Shadow of a Weapons Bonanza Live the People Fleeing War
The Byline Intelligence Team attended the opening day of London’s controversial Government-backed arms fair to witness the protests and hear the voices of those who have fled the bombs now on sale
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Corporate Takeover: NHS Spending on Private Sector is Up But Positive Patient Outcomes Are Down
In the second part of her investigative series on corporate interests in the NHS, Sian Norris explores how private sector NHS spending has increased – but so have waiting lists, staff vacancies, and patient dissatisfaction
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AUKUS Launches Cold War Against China
CJ Werleman reports on the announcement of a new strategic alliance between Australia, the UK and the US which is likely to tackle threats posed by Beijing
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A Digital Danger: Nadine Dorries is the Last Person who Should be in Charge of Data Privacy
The appointment of the Conservative MP as the new Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Secretary has been questioned by those familiar with her track record in the areaala
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Polish Foreign Minister with History of Homophobic Remarks Addresses Polish-British Forum
The Belvedere Forum invited Zbigniew Rau to speak alongside UK politicians, despite him referring to LGBTIQ rights as creating a “civilisation of death”
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The Government Fails to Understand the Complexity at the Heart of Adoption
With the guarantee for care for over-16s due to end, alongside a desire to speed up the adoptive process from policy-makers, adoptive parents and campaigners argue for greater support
