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Boris Johnson’s Covid Inquiry Appearance Exposed the Complicity of his Accomplices
The Covid Inquiry has revealed the former PM to be a deeply negligent and dishonest individual. The only question now is how he was allowed to get away with it
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Strikes by Ambulance and Border Force Staff now ‘Effectively Banned’ After Minimum Service Levels Pass By Government Diktat
When workers now vote to strike in key sectors, they could be forced to attend work by order of a ‘work notice’
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‘Populists Learn From Each Other’: Is the World Heading for a Tipping Point in 2024?
The prospect of another Trump presidency in the US, rising authoritarianism and multiple complex conflicts around the world make for a depressing picture
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‘To Conclude Political Parties Do Not Fulfil a Public Function is Fantastical’
Nicholas Reed Langen explores the dismissal in the courts of Tortoise’s claim that political parties are not purely private organisations
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UK’s Next General Election is Wide Open to Foreign Interference, Corruption Watchdog Warns
The Conservatives have made Britain’s elections more exposed to risky foreign donations, according to Spotlight on Corruption
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When Lost Humanity Breaks Down Healthcare
Penny Pepper reflects on the concerning and uplifting behaviours she witnessed during her four-week stay in hospital this summer
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Government Defends Hereditary Peers Even as Aristocrats Evade Vetting and Titles Go Entirely to Men
There are still 91 hereditary peers voting on our laws – and they face even less scrutiny than those appointed for life.
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Pressure for a Windfall Tax on Banks Grows As ‘Big Four’ Net Huge Profits
Four of the biggest banks in the UK amassed £41 billion in pre-tax profits in the first nine months of the year alone.
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Stark Realities: ‘There’s a Big Delivery Challenge that’s Not Addressed by Coming to Dubai and Setting New Targets’
Chris Stark of the Climate Change Committee says the ‘acid test’ of COP28 is how it deals with fossil fuels
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A Message to White Environmentalists: Demanding a Fossil Fuel Phase Out is Not Enough
The poverty blindness of too many climate activists overlooks the huge complexities facing the world’s poorest
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Government has ‘No Vision’ for Preparing UK for Extreme Weather, New Report Finds
The lack of a risk strategy to tackle weather crises means ministers are not properly informed about how to tackle problems, according to the National Audit Office
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‘News Corp Was Out to Get Me’: Chris Huhne Condemns Murdoch Empire after Settlement for Phone-Hacking and Intrusion
The media company has now paid to settle a claim that alleges the involvement in, or at least the knowledge of, illegal activities by senior executives
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‘Emmnon’ Revealed: New Anti-Immigration Pressure Group Emerges at 55 Tufton Street
Max Colbert delves into a new organisation arguing for ‘action on the streets’
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Avoidable Deaths of People with Learning Disabilities: The Statistics that Shame Our Civilised Society
A new report reviewed the deaths of 3,648 people with a learning disability – almost half died an avoidable death
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Outcry as Government Proposes Letting Brits ‘Vouch’ for Overseas Voters’ Identities – While Denying Same Chance for In-Person Voters Who Lack ID
There are fears lax rules could allow unfettered cash to flood in to UK politics from abroad
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‘Nearly All Leading Voices in Learning Disability Advocacy Are White – This Must Change’
When the narrative is dominated by people who look different and don’t share ethnic minority experiences, the system will continue to fail, writes Ramandeep Kaur
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‘The BBC’s Claim About COP28 Secret Oil Deals Is Deeply Flawed’
The job of journalism is not to reinforce a pre-existing bias, writes Nafeez Ahmed
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The British Public Have Made Their Minds Up About Rishi Sunak and it Doesn’t Look Good
A damning new poll finds that three quarters of voters now see the Prime Minister as weak, Adam Bienkov reports
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‘The BBC’s Evisceration of Newsnight is a Craven Admission of Defeat’
Former BBC producer and reporter Patrick Howse explores why the cuts announced to the corporation’s flagship news programme are another damning, but unsurprising, blow to its reputation
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Hallucinating AIs and What The Words Of The Year Lists Reveal About our Modern World
AI is not just disrupting our lives but our very language too, writes Dan Clayton
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‘Red Wall’ Voters No Longer Trust the Conservative Party and are Switching to Labour
Polling of so-called ‘Red Wall’ Constituencies shows those voters that abandoned Labour in 2019 are now returning to the fold
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Half of all Local Authorities in England at Risk of Going Bust Next Year
MPs have warned Michael Gove that large numbers of councils could soon be in severe financial distress
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Government Refuses to Expand List of Accepted Voter IDs Despite Thousands Being Turned Away From Polls
More than 100,000 voters could be turned away at the next General Election according to one forecast
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Revealed: Police Officer Misconduct Hits Record High with Quarter of Offences Being Sexual
There has been a surge in serious offences committed by police officers, reports Andrew Kersley
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Russia is Using Football to Undermine International Sanctions over Ukraine
Despite being banned from international competitions, Russia is using football as a strategic way of building economic and diplomatic ties, writes Mark Temnycky.
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Government Challenged Over Massive Hike to Election Spending Limit Which is Set to Benefit Conservatives
The change means parties will now be allowed to spend over £30m in order to win a General Election
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WATCH: Nigel Farage Used ‘Homophobic Racial Slur’ in Personal Message Video
As ITV pays £1.5 million to platform the politician on ‘I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here!’, a Byline Times investigation reveals how he charged £75 to use what appears to be a serious racial slur in a personalised video message
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New Charity Launched to Tackle Abuse by the Press as Government Starts to Repeal Leveson Inquiry Law
Campaigners say press standards have barely improved with newspapers still allowed to mark their own homework
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‘Why We Must Stand Up Against Those Fanning the Flames of Hate’
Labour MP Naz Shah received a wave of hatred and abuse after resigning as one of Keir Starmer’s Shadow Ministers over the issue of a ceasefire in Palestine
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A Crime to Promote Ideas that Offend Conservative Ministers? The Government’s Changing Definition of Extremism
The proposed change to the definition of extremism risks tipping society into a dystopian political space, argues Adeeb Ayton
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It’s Hard to See How ‘Prison Works’
Overcrowding, rising prison deaths, financial cutbacks, and no deliverable plan – the prison system in England and Wales is close to chaos
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Virgin Atlantic’s ‘100% Sustainable’ Flight is just a Greenwashing Gimmick say Experts
Experts question just how ‘sustainable’ burning cooking oil rather than kerosene really is
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Revealed: Almost Half of Maternity Wards Offering Substandard Care
Mothers and babies are being put at risk due to severe staff shortages, the official watchdog found
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‘The Lack of Transparency about COVID Science Will have Cost Lives During the Pandemic’
The public – and scientists – were not able to scrutinise the Government’s interpretation of the scientific evidence with which it was being supplied, argues Independent SAGE member Kit Yates
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Jeremy Hunt Used Autumn Statement to ‘Channel Funds to Marginal Conservative Seats’ Analysis Suggests
EXCLUSIVE: The Chancellor is lavishing cash at areas under significant threat from Labour
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‘I’m A Non-Entity Get Me Out Of Here’
Otto English has been watching Nigel Farage in the jungle so you don’t have to.
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Could Isaac Levido Return the Conservatives to Power Again Against All the Odds?
With the Conservatives’ general election strategy in the hands of the ‘Wizard of Oz’, it’s likely to be one of the most vicious campaigns the UK has ever seen. Tom Scott reports
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Extinction Rebellion-linked Group’s Legal Battle Against Telegraph Over Climate Crisis ‘Denial’
EXCLUSIVE: A climate group is planning legal action against the under-sale Telegraph Media Group over the outlet’s climate coverage.
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Revealed: The British Army is Training Soldiers From Countries that have had Recent Coups
Dr Iain Overton, executive director of charity Action on Armed Violence, reveals new evidence of British-trained cadets from countries that have had military coups or have poor human rights records
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Government Faces Court Action Over Arms Sales to Israel Amid Claims of Gaza “Genocide”
‘There should be no doubt that [UK-made] weapons are at acute risk of being used to commit further criminal acts and, possibly genocide’
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MPs Slam Parliament’s Slow Rebuilding Programme Progress – As Executives Receive Hundreds of Thousands in Bonuses
The Public Accounts Committee delivers a stinging rebuke to the Delivery Authority, tasked with the rebuilding scheme
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Eat Out to Help The Virus: How Rishi Sunak Avoided the Science on Covid
New revelations suggest the Prime Minister had a reckless disregard for the science of protecting the public during a global pandemic
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Ukraine Advances in the South: Russia Unleashes Aerial Guided Bombs
Faced with the risk of losing occupied territories in Ukraine, Russia has dramatically escalated aerial bomb attacks in Kherson
