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Is a Big Money Coalition Influencing Liz Truss’ Climate Change Policies?
Max Colbert reports on the well-funded, well-connected groups seemingly determined to water-down Britain’s climate commitments
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‘After the War, People are Still Very “Us Versus Them”’
Lindsey Kennedy and Nathan Paul Southern report from Bosnia and Herzegovina on the recent General Election and how the country’s complicated past continues to shape present realities
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Casino Politics: Westminster’s Gambling Addiction
With a number of MPs accepting salaries and gifts from the gambling industry, Rachel Morris explores how those in power have an uncomfortably close relationship with betting
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‘You’re Seeing People Who Wouldn’t have been Struggling Before Who Now Need Help’
Sian Norris returns to the town where her family once lived to learn how the cost of living crisis is impacting the lives of ordinary people and their communities in north Wales
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Billions Paid to Booming Firms by Government During Pandemic
Inadequate record-keeping also risks losing the taxpayer billions more in fraud, reports David Hencke
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The Government is Prolonging the Cost of Living Crisis and the Climate Emergency
The Conservative Party’s decision to ‘cut the green crap’ has had far-reaching consequences, writes Thomas Perrett
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Meloni’s Victory Shows Italian Fascism Never Truly Died
Angelo Boccato speaks to experts about the electoral success of Brothers of Italy
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Who Will Care for the Carers Left Without Government Support?
Politicians should take an approach to health and care that considers the needs of the families of disabled people – but instead seem content to continue the creeping withdrawal of state support from the people who need it most, writes Saba Salman
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‘People Know If they Give Up there Will Be Another Massacre’
More than 150 protestors are estimated to have been killed by state security forces in Iran following the death in morality police custody of 22-year-old Mahsa Ahminiyline. Adrian Goldberg spoke to human rights activist Nasrin Parvaz, who fled to the UK from Iran in 1993, for the Byline Times Podcast
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Liz Truss’ Economic ‘Shock Doctrine’ is Pushing the UK to the Brink
As the Bank of England takes alarming steps to stabilise the economy, the Prime Minister is preparing for a devastating new era of austerity, reports Adam Bienkov
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Care Workers Face Poverty as Vacancies Reach Record Levels
Vacancies in social care have increased by 55,000 in the past year – while poverty wages push people out of the sector, Sian Norris reports
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‘Just Helping a Mate’: Conservative MP Given £25,000 Loan to Cover Housing Costs by Big Brexit Donor
Andrew Bridgen has accepted an interest-free loan to help pay for his constituency home, reveals Sascha Lavin
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BBC Panorama and the Labour Antisemitism Crisis
Richard Sanders, a producer of the Al Jazeera Labour Files, asks why serious allegations by the national public broadcaster about the leader of the opposition were not properly scrutinised
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‘Flashbacks of the First Days Of The Invasion’: 24 Hours Under Renewed Attack In Kyiv
As Russian missiles rain down again on the Ukrainian capital, Chris York finds that Putin’s attempt to intimidate Ukrainians is being met with increasing defiance
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Conservative MP Gets Promotion at Energy Firm He Was Called to Resign From
Mark Pritchard has been handed a new, upgraded title, weeks after he was warned to quit the £46,800-a-year role
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Britannia Unchained Review: Imperial Nostalgia and the Unravelling of Social Progress
Sam Bright unpicks the Truss-Kwarteng manifesto, finding a worrying obsession with Britain’s distant economic past
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‘The Government’s Punishment of the Poor is Only Just Beginning’
Liz Truss’ regime has already picked its losers, says Thomas Perrett
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China: The Dawn of the Authoritarian Century?
Chris Ogden looks at how democracy is retreating in the face of China’s ‘Pax Autocratica’ – capitalism combined with state intervention and one-party rule
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‘The Dark Heart of Trussonomics: The Mainstreaming of Libertarian Theories of Social Darwinism and Apartheid’
The legacy of the Nazi ideology of eugenics – popularised by Charles Murray’s controversial book ‘The Bell Curve’ – goes some way to explaining Trussonomics, writes Nafeez Ahmed
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Government Denies £4 Million Cost of Living Support from Sanctioned Welfare Claimants
Punitive sanctions are compounding the financial problems of some of the most vulnerable people, reports Nic Murray
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Mini-Budget Opacity Resembled ‘Failing State With Barely Functioning Tax System’
The economic turmoil following Kwasi Kwarteng’s statement showed why tax transparency is essential, argue Andrew Baker and Richard Murphy
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Saudi Oil Decision Exposes More Failed British Diplomacy
Saudi Arabia is following the example of Russia by mocking Britain’s permissive, pro-trade policies, say Sam Bright and Sian Norris
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Cost of Living Crisis Hits Black and Minority Ethnic People Hardest
New research exposes how black and minority ethnic households are more likely to be in deep poverty and fuel poverty than their white peers, Sian Norris reports
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‘Moving UK Embassy in Israel would be a British Betrayal’
Former diplomat Alexandra Hall Hall – who headed the Foreign Office’s Middle East Peace Process Section for two years in the late 1990s – assesses reports that the UK’s embassy in Israel could move from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem
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Bogged Down with the Eternal Fight for the Perfect Convenience
Why is it still not widely understood that disabled people have the right to decent toilet facilities just like anyone else? asks Penny Pepper
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The End of the Mail’s Useful Legend? Doreen Lawrence Accuses Newspaper of Spying on Her
The case may shatter the Mail’s claims about its role in achieving justice for Stephen Lawrence, writes Brian Cathcart
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Braverman and the Zombie Policy that Lets Rapists Walk Free
During Conservative Party Conference, Home Secretary Suella Braverman raised the issue of anonymity for rape defendants – a policy that blocks women’s access to justice, Sian Norris reports
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‘The UK Must Help Bosnia Resist Putin’s Pressure’
Following Bosnia’s elections, Labour MP Fleur Anderson discusses the country’s prospects and what Britain can do to help
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Liz Truss is the Real Leader of the ‘Anti-Growth Coalition’
The “enemies of enterprise” over the past decade have actually consisted of a Government presiding over historically low growth and stagnant wages, writes Adam Bienkov
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The Wrong Man for the Job? Concerns Swirl Around New Met Police Commissioner
Sascha Lavin explores whether the new Metropolitan Police Commissioner has what it takes to root out systemic racism, corruption and misogyny in Britain’s biggest force
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‘Growing Nowhere’
Liz Truss’ agenda is meaningless without a wider framework for the non-economic values that will enable Britain to flourish, writes former diplomat Alexandra Hall Hall
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‘Taken Over by Big Fat Cat Sponsors’: Making Friends and Influencing Ministers at Conservative Conference
Sam Bright and Max Colbert explore the ways in which well-connected corporations are given the opportunity to whisper into the ear of power at the Tory Party conference
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What the Home Secretary’s Immigration Plans Will Mean for Vulnerable Migrants and Modern Slavery Victims
Sian Norris considers the implications of Suella Braverman’s potential plans for migrant people crossing the Channel, with insights from experts
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Can People Afford a Benefits Cut in a Cost of Living Crisis?
With studies now suggesting that austerity measures led to 330,000 excess deaths and the ongoing crisis in child poverty rates, Sian Norris reports on concerns over further potential welfare cuts
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Who Voted For This, Liz?
Rupert Read says Liz Truss has no authority to govern based on 80,000 Conservative members and calls for an immediate general election
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‘We Need to Hear This from Labour’: Asylum and Immigration Fall Off Party’s Agenda
As Home Secretary Suella Braverman says her ‘dream’ is to see refugees flown to Rwanda, Lauren Crosby Medlicott looks at Keir Starmer’s alternative
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The Tentacles of Tufton Street: Think Tank Alumni Handed Top Government Roles
Graduates of opaquely-funded libertarian think tanks are now scattered across Whitehall, reveals Sam Bright
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The Men Who Want a ‘Paper Abortion’
Discussions of so-called ‘financial abortions’ – to cut ties with unwanted children – are on the rise in men’s rights circles. But what is this weird trend and what does it tell us about misogyny? Sian Norris reports
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Almost One Million Children Experiencing Poverty in England Denied Free School Meals
As Mayor of London Sadiq Khan demands universal free school meals for primary school children, Natasha Phillips reports on the impact of the cost of living crisis
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The Importance of Learning Lessons from the Pandemic as the Cost of Living Crisis Looms Large
With one Government sitting on its hands and another washing its hands of all responsibility, where does that leave Wales? Leader of Plaid Cymru, Adam Price, writes for the Byline Times
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£203 Million Financial Boost for COVID Contract Winners With Conservative Links
Max Colbert digs into the latest accounts of firms that were awarded hundreds of millions in Government deals
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Exposing the Conservative Hedge Fund Scandal: Better Late than Never – Or Too Little Too Late?
As Kwasi Kwarteng faces questions over his attendance at a cocktail party with financiers, Byline Times’ Editor Hardeep Matharu asks why this newspaper’s warnings from three years ago about the influence of hedge fund donors in politics were ignored
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Individuals on UN Sanctions List Allowed to Trade in UK
Diogo Augusto unpicks the UK’s lax surveillance of company directors
