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NHS in Crisis as Almost Half of Maternity Wards Are Offering Substandard Care
Mothers and babies are being put at risk due to severe staff shortages, the official watchdog found
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Revealed: Police Regulator Investigating Fewer Than 1% of All Complaints
Shockingly few complaints are being properly investigated by either police forces or the independent regulator
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RSA Found to have Wrongly Fired Staffer for Union Organising
The RSA said it disagreed with the decision and criticised the IWGB trade union for pursuing the case against it
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What Lies Behind the Shocking Rise of Serious Injuries in Social and Health Care
Andrew Kersley examines why new figures obtained by Byline Times show there has been a surge of injuries inside care settings
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Serious Injuries in Social and Health Care Surge as Figures Reveal Tens of Thousands Harmed
Records obtained by Byline Times show large numbers of residents being injured by staff inside care
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Meet the Man Making £26m a Year from the UK’s Dysfunctional Asylum System
Clearsprings received the most complaints of any company providing asylum seeker accommodation. It is privately owned by a Conservative Party Donor
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Revealed: Police Forces Subject to Record Misconduct Complaints Amid Officer Abuse Scandals
The time taken by investigators to look into serious allegations against police officers has tripled in recent years, Andrew Kersley reveals
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Most Asylum Seeker Accommodation ‘Horrendous and Often Dangerous’ as Government Plans to Legalise Hazardous Housing
Suella Braverman plans to end inspection of this lucrative market as complaints mount about conditions
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Mother Fears her Child Becoming the ‘Next Awaab Ishak’ as Damp and Mouldy Home is Left Untreated
Grace Oppong told Byline Times that her daughter has been repeatedly hospitalised due to mould and damp
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Conservative Chaos Hands Ministers More than £1 Million in Severance Payments
The unprecedented churn in senior government positions means some ministers have been given pay-outs worth more than seven times what they received as their salary
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How Cultural Workers are Striking Back Against Poverty Pay
A new wave of unionisation in the cultural sector is pushing back against a decade of austerity in the sector
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Gambling Firms Hit With Huge Increase in Fines as Industry Splashes out on MPs
Gambling companies received 31,500% more in fines than in the same period a decade ago, Byline Times’ analysis reveals
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Blood, Faeces, Rubbish, Mice: The Student Accommodation Crisis Laid Bare
Student housing has never been known for its quality but, in recent years, the system has been pushed to breaking point
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With their Bosses Earning Twice that of Other Charities, Have Housing Associations ‘Lost their Social Purpose?’
The UK’s 13 biggest housing associations paid their executives over £22m with bosses earning almost double the average for the UK’s biggest charities
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The Missing Million-Pound Donor Lords
Byline Times analyses the attendance rate of 12 Peers who have donated more than £1 million to the party that appointed them
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Rewarding Failure: How Ineffective Private Outsourcing Firms Become the Default Managers of Public Services in the Long-Term
As Byline Times reveals that around half of the Government’s biggest outsourcing partners are failing to hit minimum targets, experts warn that attempts at reform are not enough
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Rewarding Failure: ‘Startling’ Number of Government Outsourcing Firms Not Hitting Minimum Targets
Despite problems in meeting key performance indicators, these companies seem to be managing a significant and growing share of public services
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Social Housing Providers’ Billions in Surpluses as Record Number of Tenants Report Poor Conditions
The G15 housing associations have been the subject of constant scandals in the past two years over the poor quality of their homes
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Revealed: The Epidemic ‘Killing’ a Growing Number of Firefighters
The Government has yet to take any action to address evidence that firefighters are more likely to die of cancer than the general population, Andrew Kersley reports
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REVEALED: Nearly Half of Police Misconduct Trials Related to Extreme Misogyny, Sex Offences and Domestic Violence by Police Officers
The Metropolitan Police – which has already been found to be institutionally corrupt, racist, misogynist and homophobic – was responsible for the highest number of recent misconduct trials
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Protesting for Homeless Help from the Council: The ‘Crisis’ in Local Housing Services
Andrew Kersley speaks to a man awaiting the bailiffs as campaigners warn that cuts to housing services are leaving vulnerable people desperately unsupported
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The Second-Jobbing MPs Earning Millions Outside Parliament
A Byline Times investigation reveals 20 MPs working the equivalent of at least one day a week on second jobs
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No Cost of Living Crisis for High-Earning MPs Claiming a Quarter of a Million Pounds to Heat Second Homes
After the criticism of MPs for second jobs, Andrew Kersley reports on the expenses they claim for second homes
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REVEALED: MPs Working Second Jobs in Property Industry ‘Clear Conflict of Interest’
Rishi Sunak ‘needs to deal with the issue of moonlighting MPs once and for all’ the Labour Party told Byline Times
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Scandal of the Moonlighting MPs: Conservatives Take Jobs Worth £700,000 Working for Party Donors
The Labour Party told Byline Times there is ‘no reason why a serving constituency MP needs to make thousands and thousands of pounds as a consultant or by lobbying on behalf of businesses’
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Just 28% of Police Forces Good at ‘Investigating Crime’, Government Data Says
The overwhelming majority of police forces have seen a deterioration in recent years, reveals Andrew Kersley
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Environment Agency Investigations Fall by 30% Amid Sewage Crisis
Government cuts have hamstrung the regulator at exactly the wrong moment, reports Andrew Kersley
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Polluters Left to Mark their Own Homework Due to Environment Agency Cuts, Warns Whistleblower
Andrew Kersley speaks to an insider about how austerity is damaging the regulator, as it battles against unprecedented sewage dumps
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Firms Employing MPs Won £1.1 Billion in Contracts During Pandemic
Andrew Kersley tracks the public sector deals awarded to companies that have MPs on their payroll
