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‘An Afterthought’: UK Facing Nurse Recruitment Crisis As Second Wave Looms
The Government needs to act rapidly to fill thousands of nursing vacancies in the NHS, a group of MPs has warned
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Out of Sight, Out of Mind: Prisons a Place of ‘Staggering’ Government Failure
Another damning parliamentary report reveals the extent to which prisons in England and Wales are not delivering for society
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Johnson Appoints Vote Leave Director to Boost Conservatives in Top Whitehall Jobs
The drive is as much aimed at reducing Labour-supporting individuals as trying to remove the “The blob”, reports David Hencke
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Gove in New Cabinet Office Trade Data Grab
David Hencke reports on how the Cabinet Office Minister is continuing with plans for the centralisation of data within his department
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A New Digital ‘Hostile Environment’ – And Cummings’ 10-Year Plan for Another Referendum
David Hencke reports on the Home Office’s plans to change its immigration status system and fresh insights about the ‘Whitehall Revolution’ being masterminded by the Prime Minister’s chief advisor
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Cabinet Office Launches New Contract System for ‘AI’ Procurement – Reducing Public Transparency
David Hencke reports on the extension of a new contract system by Michael Gove’s office which avoids publication of early bids from tech companies
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Protection for UK Victims while in EU to Disappear after Brexit Transition Ends
David Hencke reports on the decision of the Government and EU not to include the current EU Victims Rights Directive as part of the Brexit negotiations
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Gove’s Data Control Coup Emerges from the Shadows
David Hencke explores the implications of one of the most extraordinary Government power grabs he has seen as a political reporter
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Mystery Move Sees Security Vetting Shift from Ministry of Defence to Gove’s Cabinet Office
David Hencke reports on what appears to be another centralising power grab as part of Boris Johnson and Dominic Cummings’ plans to fundamentally change Whitehall
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UK Deal to Share DNA and Fingerprints Evades Parliamentary Scrutiny
David Hencke reports on how the Government has broken David Cameron’s promise to protect British databases by the backdoor route of another obscure legal mechanism
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‘Invasive Power’: Lords Condemn Attempts to Wrest Controls from Scottish Parliament
David Hencke reports on how a dispute over the distribution of payments to farmers is leading to a wider clash between Holyrood and Westminster
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‘A Hard Rain’: Johnson, Gove and Cummings Drive Britain Towards Elective Dictatorship
David Hencke reports on the radical moves to undermine parliamentary democracy by Boris Johnson’s chief advisor and the Cabinet Office Minister
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Another Great British World-Beating Fiasco
David Hencke reports on how much money has been wasted on the Government’s NHSX tracing app, which it has now ditched to follow one being used by other countries for some time
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Ruling by Decree: Boris Johnson and his Henry VIII Powers
David Hencke reports on new analysis from the House of Lords that reveals an extensive power grab by the Prime Minister and his Government
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Whitehall Analytica: Dominic Cummings’ Shake-Up of the British State Gathers Pace
David Hencke reports on how, having survived the scandal of breaking the COVID-19 lockdown, Boris Johnson’s chief advisor is not letting the Coronavirus crisis go to waste
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Dominic Cummings’ Whitehall Revolution is Underway
David Hencke reports on how the scandal-hit No. 10 chief advisor has already begun his long-term promise to use Big Tech models to disrupt the British state.
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Dominic Cummings’ Billion-Dollar Brainchild
David Hencke reveals up to £940 million in funding towards the No. 10 chief advisor’s pet project of a US-style research agency — ARPA.
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£8bn NHS Health Data Plan: Tech Arm Set Up Without Oversight Official Watchdog Reveals
David Hencke reports on revelations from the National Audit Office over massive IT spending and the unaccountable role of NHSX.
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Immunology Pioneer’s Legacy Threatened by Coronavirus Lockdown
While the Jenner Institute is at the centre of the search for a COVID-19 vaccine, David Hencke explains how a museum dedicated to Edward Jenner is threatened because of the lockdown.
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WHITEHALL ANALYTICA: NHSX Contact Tracing App — Management Outsourced to Private Company and to be Accessed Overseas
David Hencke explores COVID-19 contracts worth £8m handed out by the UK Government for its controversial centralisation of personal data.
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Parliament’s Standards Committee Demands Apologies from Two Government Trade Ministers
As one minister resigns, David Hencke reports on a rare dual rebuke to two members of Boris Johnson’s Government.
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UK Imposes Sanctions on Trump
David Hencke reveals that to abide with World Trade Organisation and EU rules, Britain is set to impose retaliatory tariffs on the US.
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Costs to Spruce Up Big Ben Spiral by 176% in Four Years
David Hencke on a damning report by the National Audit Office revealing how poor oversight, weak governance and high staff turnover have ramped up costs.
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Palantir Coronavirus Contract Did Not Go to Competitive Tender
David Hencke reveals that the UK Government’s COVID-19 contract with the data surveillance firm owned by Donald Trump-backer Peter Thiel was approved under an obscure statutory instrument.
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The Coronavirus Crisis: Government Not Classing Over-60s as At-Risk as UK Not a ‘Developing Nation’
Why is the UK only defining those over-70 as requiring shielding during the Coronavirus pandemic, in contradiction to guidance from the World Health Organisation?
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Why did Cabinet Office Rush through Procurement of Controversial Electoral Services Company Idox Just Before the General Election?
David Hencke investigates why Boris Johnson’s Government handed out £1.7 million for election management services without a competitive tender.
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Could Labour Lead a Progressive Party Conference to Work Out how to Defeat the Dark Johnson-Farage Double Act?
With the Tories already planning for a general election in five years, David Hencke looks at their vulnerabilities and the prospects of a progressive counter-attack.
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General Election 2019: What to Look Out for on the Night
David Hencke’s guide to the seats to keep an eye on and a few surprises that may be on the way.
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Zombie Neighbourhoods: London’s Disappearing Voters
David Hencke reveals how offshore riches and the explosion of Airbnbs is creating a rise in ghost towers and a falling electorate.
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Johnson Moonlights for £800k, Corbyn Just Does the Job
New analysis shows that, despite his populist announcements, the Prime Minister was the highest earning MP during the last Parliament.
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Labour’s 50s Women Pension Ambush
A last-minute £58bn offer by the Labour Shadow Chancellor to women seeking compensation for lost pensions could be an electoral game-changer.
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Boris Johnson’s Brexit Withdrawal Bill ‘Power Grabs’ Torpedoed by House of Lords Peers
The Lords’ Constitution Committee rushed out a report on the last day of Parliament to provide the only clause-by-clause scrutiny of the Prime Minister’s EU withdrawal legislation.
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Tory ‘Starter Homes’ Manifesto Pledge Never Got Started, Watchdog Finds
The National Audit Office has found that the funding for starter homes for first-time buyers has instead been spent on acquiring and preparing brownfield sites for housing more generally.
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Liz Truss’ Korean Trade Deal Torn Apart for Failures by Lords
A report by peers contests Government claims that separate British deals would be better than those secured with the EU.
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Gove Wasted Hundreds of Millions on Technical Colleges, Watchdog Finds
A new report by the National Audit Office reveals that 17% of the university technology colleges pioneered by Michael Gove as Education Secretary have closed.
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Fracked Off: Official Watchdog Slams Government Fracking Plans
The Conservative administration’s policy to expand hydraulic fracking to 20 sites is in disarray because of a slew of planning objections and worries about decommissioning.
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Brexit Chaos has Already Cost UK Science ‘€0.5 Billion a Year’
The Royal Society has highlighted the toll already taken by Brexit on the science sector as the “brightest and best” minds opt to stay away from Britain.
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Boris Johnson Backtracks over Pledges on Pensions Scandal and Social Care
The Prime Minister’s Queen Speech and recent announcements are a long way away from the commitments he was declaring during his leadership election.
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‘Back to 60’ Pensions Scandal: 1950s Women Launch Crowdfunder to Bring Appeal
A campaign group determined to secure compensation from the Government for 3.8 million women, born in the 1950s, who face a six-year delay in getting their pensions is continuing its fight.
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Will Brexit Lead to Separate Time Zones in Ireland?
A new European Union directive aims to abolish daylight saving time, which could result in a one hour time difference between the north and south of Ireland following the UK’s exit from the EU.
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‘Back to 60’ Pensions Scandal: The Fight Isn’t Over, 1950s Women Vow
The battle for 3.8 million women to be compensated due to a rise in the pension age continues, reports David Hencke, despite yesterday’s High Court ruling dismissing their case.
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Brexit Disaster Capitalism: Government Doffs Tinfoil Hat at Questions over Hedge Funds and Conflicts of Interests
Concerns first raised by Byline Times about the hedge funds and City backers donating to Boris Johnson were discussed in an Urgent Question in Parliament today.
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Cabinet Ethics Probe into Johnson’s Hedge Fund Backers
Byline Times has information that the prime minister’s backing by hedge funds invested in a hard Brexit is coming under scrutiny by the Cabinet Office.
