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Catch-Up Tutoring Outsourced to Dutch Company, While Funding Promises Fail to Add Up
The Government’s decision to outsource the National Tutoring Programme worth £218 million to a consultancy comes after a stealth cut to school funding worth an estimated £122 million, reports Sian Norris
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Exhaustion Sustains Authoritarianism: Why the Government Will Never Allow a Four-Day Week
Maheen Behrana explains how Britain has longer working hours than any EU country and why the Conservative Party is so rigidly wedded to keeping it that way
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Syria’s Assad Cements Control Amid Continued International Inaction
Jonathan Fenton-Harvey reports on how a sham election with Russian and Iranian support is creating a failed state in Syria
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The House of Blair, Serbia’s Regime and the Mob
John Sweeney reveals how the former Prime Minister is advising a Serbian regime he once bombed and his wife is representing them against the last independent TV channel
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Conservative Pragmatism Knows Islamophobia Helps Win Elections
Amidst new claims that Muslim members of the Conservative Party were deliberately excluded from an inquiry into Islamophobia, Faisal Hanif explores why its findings will make little difference
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60% of Women and Children Accepted as Refugees would be Turned Away Under Government’s New Plan for Immigration
New data shows how the Government’s immigration reforms could lead to fewer women and children escaping war and persecution being welcomed into the UK
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Hancock’s Department Calls in Management Consultants After Cummings Testimony
The Department of Health and Social Care is spending £2.5 million on consultants to improve the way it works, reports Sam Bright
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‘Farms Will Not be Able to Survive This’: Farmers Speak Up About Brexit’s Damaging Impact
As the details of Boris Johnson’s trade deals are unveiled, two farmers spoke to Byline TV about the pessimistic post-Brexit future of their industry
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Why the Conservatives Became the Animal Friendly Party
Dominic Dyer considers why it matters that the Labour party has lost the initiative on wildlife protection and animal welfare
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Data and Deception: The Government’s Grab of GP Records Violates Our Trust
Phil Booth explains why we should be worried about the Government’s attempt to quietly share our GP data
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EU Citizens Caught in Hostile Environment as Settlement Scheme Deadline Looms
The anti-immigration policies and nationalist feeling stirred up by Brexit are threatening people’s wellbeing – as well as the economy and the Union, argues Emma DeSouza
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Nadia Whittome’s Decision to Take Time Off Work for PTSD Welcomed Despite Right-Wing Press Backlash
The UK’s youngest MP has spoken out about her struggles with mental illness – opening up a much-needed discussion on PTSD and its impact, Sophia Alexandra Hall reports
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Working for Serco ‘Test and Trace’: An Insider’s Account
A ‘Blitz spirit’ of paranoia epitomised the work of the outsourcing company, according to an individual who worked for it
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Revealed: Michael Gove and Priti Patel Linked to Israeli Military Charities and Netanyahu Propaganda Video
Nafeez Ahmed on the lobbying connections of the only two ministers to have met in private with the Israeli Prime Minister
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‘Everyone Knows Someone who is Sick or has Died’: On the COVID Frontline with India’s Poorest of the Poor
Former journalist Sean Duggan, who has supported the Calcutta Rescue charity for 30 years and is coordinating its communications during the pandemic, provides an insight into the impact of the Coronavirus on those who were already amongst the most vulnerable
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The Republican Party’s Strings Are Still Being Pulled By Trump
As a commission to investigate the storming of the US Capitol on 6 January is blocked by Republican Senators, CJ Werleman explores the effects of the lasting influence of the controversial former President
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The Anatomy of a PPE Deal Awarded to a Matt Hancock Associate
After Dominic Cummings was pressed on Government procurement, during which the Health and Social Care Secretary attracted scathing criticism, Sam Bright reveals more alleged details about a £14.4 million PPE contract
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Dominic Cummings and the Quandary of Human Motives
The majority of people for the majority of history are a cauldron of contradictions and the Prime Minister’s controversial former chief advisor is no different, says Reverend Joe Haward
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When Will the Government Finally Start Taking Airborne Transmission of COVID-19 Seriously?
With doctors suspended from Twitter for raising the need for good ventilation systems, and Dominic Cummings telling MPs that the Government failed to properly explain to the public that the Coronavirus is an airborne virus, when will Boris Johnson’s administration face facts? asks Mike Buckley
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Government Resettled Just 353 Refugees Last Year, Prompting Concern from Rights Groups
Refugee rights campaigners have expressed concern that the Government’s New Plan for Immigration lacks clarity on the future of the resettlement scheme, reports Sian Norris
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‘Wolf Warrior’ Diplomacy has Made China the World’s Most Threatening Online Troll
China’s attacks on its critics are the actions of a superpower gone rogue, says CJ Werleman
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Government Faces Both Ways on Conflicts of Interest
New official guidance makes a mockery of the UK’s procurement policies during the Coronavirus pandemic, reports Sam Bright
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Why Johnson’s Meeting with Viktor Orbán Is Provoking Controversy
Hungary’s authoritarian Prime Minister will meet Johnson at Downing Street – but what will the pair find to talk about? Sian Norris sums up the controversies surrounding Viktor Orbán
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A Very British Trump – A Leader Captured by Media
‘Britain Trump’ was how the former US President once described Boris Johnson. Now Dominic Cummings’ testimony has confirmed our worst fears, writes Peter Jukes
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Foreign Aid Cuts Curtail Opportunities for the Disrupted Generation
A scheme sending young volunteers on charity projects abroad is on the brink of disappearing for good, thanks to Government aid cuts, Natasha Livingstone reports
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Report on Workplace Racial Disparity Contradicts Sewell Report and Government Narrative of ‘Agency’
Research by a recruitment consultancy shows that black employees are less likely to get pay rises than their white colleagues – even when they negotiate. Sian Norris reports.
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ERG’s Steve Baker Joins Climate Disinformation Group Warning of ‘Terrible Revolt’ Against Net Zero Manifesto Vow
Conservative MP Steve Baker, known for his hard Brexit campaigning, has joined the controversial climate sceptic group led by former Chancellor Lord Lawson. Ben Gelblum reports.
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A State No Longer Fit For Purpose
Professor Chris Painter argues that the British state, long creaking, has been put under intolerable pressure by Boris Johnson’s Premiership
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Matt Hancock Accused of Repeatedly Lying to Government Colleagues, Confirming Health Worker Concerns
The evidence presented by Dominic Cummings to MPs about Matt Hancock echoes accusations made by frontline health workers, reports Sian Norris
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The Contradictions of Dominic Cummings
The Prime Minister’s former chief aide helped to create the system that he now rightly denounces, says Sam Bright
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Dominic Cummings Incriminates the Government – And Himself – in the Herd Immunity Catastrophe
The former Number 10 advisor’s explosive evidence on the Government response to the pandemic confirms plan mass infection – but he cannot escape blame, argues Nafeez Ahmed
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It’s Time to Talk About Racism in the Anti-Abortion Movement
Women of colour are disproportionately impacted by restrictions to abortion – and those restrictions are fuelled by racist ideology, argues Dr Pragya Agarwal
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The Politics of Torture and the Erosion of Truth
Oleksandra Matviychuk paints a troubling picture of a Russian tactic designed to undermine democratic rule in eastern Ukraine
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GB News Founder Says Platform Could Campaign Against Anti-Brexit MPs, Lords and Officials
The new network looks set for a showdown with Ofcom, reports Sam Bright
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One-Third of Billionaires on the Sunday Times Rich List Have Donated £62 Million to the Conservative Party
Boris Johnson’s party has been harvesting the cash of some of the richest people in the country, report Daisy Bata and Max Colbert
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State Kidnapped Belarusian Dissident Roman Protasevich is the Victim of a New Cold War
Nikola Mikovic reports on how the West’s reaction to a new wave of suppression in Belarus could drive it closer to Putin and the Kremlin
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Report into Conservative Party Finds Majority of Complaints Relate to Anti-Muslim Discrimination
The Singh investigation reveals that comments made by the Prime Minister gave an impression of insensitivity towards the Muslim community, Sian Norris reports
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Saving Lives – Max Mosley: 13 April 1940 – 23 May 2021
Brian Cathcart pays tribute to the Formula One boss who faced up to the sound and fury of Britain’s feral tabloid press
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Government Ignored PPE Warnings in December 2019, Supplier Tells MPs
Officials were warned months in advance about an upcoming shortage of equipment yet failed to act, a major supplier has told a parliamentary committee
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The ‘Oslo Prison’: Why the Peace Process for Israel and Palestine is a Recipe for More Conflict
CJ Werleman says that the so-called ‘cease-fire’ between the Israeli Government and Hamas just returns Palestinians to the status quo. It can’t last.
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Forever Young: Reflections on Bob Dylan at 80
Heidi Siegmund Cuda celebrates the proto-punk’s protest songs as epic short stories painting a history of radical anti-war, anti-establishment America
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Anti-Abortion, Anti-LGBTIQ Organisation Opens First University in Poland
A member of the UK’s House of Lords and a duchess linked to the British Royal Family will attend the launch of Ordo Iuris’ new university later this week
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‘Systemic Racism within a Rigged System’: New Investigation Reveals how Travellers Sites are Routinely Placed in Risky Locations
As misrepresentations of, and discriminatory attitudes towards, Gypsies and Travellers continue to manifest, Katharine Quarmby confirms the structural inequalities levelled against them through extensive new data analysis
