Sam Bright

Michael Gove's department is shelling out thousands on opinion polling, yet the results probably don't make for happy reading, reports Sam Bright

New Government figures show the Brexit Party Leader's asylum ‘invasion’ for what it is: a myth

Millions in taxpayer cash has been given to company that doesn't appear to have traded since it was founded in 2016 – a questionable move in a bigger “scandal”, according to one MP

The digital start-up given £3 million to help run Coronavirus communications has hired a member of Tory party royalty as its managing director, Sam Bright reveals

New NHS data reveals a precipitous decline in prompt COVID-19 test results, as questions are raised about the leadership of the newly announced National Institute for Health Protection

Populist Brexiteers are once again engaging in fact-free foreign loathing, reports Sam Bright

The chair of Ofqual didn't follow his own advice on how algorithms can reinforce discrimination because of “biases in underlying datasets”

With disadvantaged students disproportionately affected by the downgrading of ‘A’ Level results, Sam Bright explores the real algorithm which has been sorting pupils on the basis of background all along

The billion-pound security firm took Government Coronavirus relief despite exceeding profit estimates

Amid its attempts to centralise Government data, Michael Gove's department is exposed to cyber security incidents, Sam Bright reports

Treating asylum seekers like foreign invaders isn't about saving money or protecting their wellbeing reports Sam Bright

Faculty AI, an artificial intelligence company employed by Dominic Cummings during the Brexit campaign, is being marketed to foreign countries as an antidote to fake news

Taxpayer cash has been splurged on contracts that haven't delivered, reports Sam Bright

A poor diet of news, like a poor diet of food, puts people at greater risk of suffering from COVID-19, argues Sam Bright