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Sam Bright is Byline Times’ Investigations Editor and the author of Fortress London: Why We Need to Save the Country From its Capital.
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EXCLUSIVE ‘We Are Trapped Without Justice’: Grenfell Summit Between Government and Bereaved
There are ongoing frustrations about Whitehall’s hands-off approach to the Grenfell recovery process, reports Sam Bright

EXCLUSIVE Home Office Fails to Explain Strange Expenses
£900 at a pub in Oxford; £5,400 in Primark. Sam Bright questioned Priti Patel’s department about some peculiar purchases, but received an unconvincing answer

EXCLUSIVE The ‘Phantom Threat’: University Free Speech Policy Only Based on ‘Small’ Amount of Evidence, Government Admits
Sam Bright unpicks the evidence, relied on by ministers, for their new clampdown on academic institutions

EXCLUSIVE Vaccine Recruits ‘Taken For a Ride and Abandoned’ by NHS Body Speak Out
NHS Professionals has apologised to prospective non-healthcare vaccinators, who undertook hours of training yet haven’t been able to find work

EXCLUSIVE Reform Without Funding?: Renewed Concerns Over Children’s Social Care Review
The Department for Education has made it clear that the head of the review will face funding constraints and operate under the watchful gaze of Government officials, reports Sam Bright

EXCLUSIVE Conservative Donor’s Firm Surpasses £200 Million in COVID-19 Contracts
The company has won two more contracts worth £46.1 million, Sam Bright reports

EXCLUSIVE 26 Met Police Officers and Staff Arrested for Sexual Offences in Recent Years
London’s police force has faced repeated questions about its role in sexual misconduct allegations in recent years, reports Sam Bright

EXCLUSIVE Inspection of Grenfell Recovery Spending Pledged – But Local Concerns Remain
The council has committed to producing a dedicated financial report for the first time since the disaster, as many survivors and the bereaved say that funds have been squandered
Incarcerated by Myths: The Meghan and Harry Affair Has Exposed the Fact-Free Press
The distortion of truth, for political and commercial gain, underpins the British newspaper industry, says Sam Bright
EXCLUSIVE Several Years’ Worth of Expensive PPE Purchased by Government, New Stats Show
Paying inflated rates to companies without competition, Matt Hancock bought a vast excess of equipment, official records reveal
Budget 2021: Rishi Sunak is Bailing Out Himself
The Chancellor is asking the UK to foot the bill for his monumental mistakes, argues Sam Bright
EXCLUSIVE The ‘Grenfell Industry’: Council Accused of Misspending Disaster Recovery Funds
Sam Bright speaks to survivors and the bereaved, who believe that funds allocated to help them following the 2017 Grenfell Tower fire have been squandered by a council they compare to the ‘Mafia’