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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 UK Bought £500 Million of COVID Tests Six Days After US Drugs Agency Warning
A federal agency warned US consumers ‘not to purchase or use’ certain tests by the firm, days before the UK purchased devices worth hundreds of millions, Sam Bright reports
EXCLUSIVE Only Nine Convictions for Facilitators of Small Boat Trafficking in 2021 – Despite Priti Patel’s Rhetoric
New figures contradict the Home Secretary’s promise to clamp down on people smuggling, reports Sam Bright
EXCLUSIVE Minister Asked to Correct ‘Misleading’ Claim About COVID Contracts
A minister has been accused of making statements that are “categorically not true” in an attempt to defend the Government, Sam Bright reports
EXCLUSIVE Government Money Goes to Three Companies Employing Conservative MPs in Second Jobs
That these potential conflicts of interest are not cited by the Government when information about grants, contracts or meetings is publicly released raises concern, reports Sam Bright
EXCLUSIVE Lord Goldsmith’s Government Meeting with Conservative Donor who is an Environmental Investor
The unelected minister’s summit with a Conservative backer is another example of a broken system of ministerial meetings, reports Sam Bright
VIP Lane: Michael Gove Referred Firm Owned by Donor and Close Political Ally
The Cabinet minister’s office played a role in the expedited deals awarded to a financial supporter of Gove and the Conservative Party
EXCLUSIVE Only Nine Applications for UK Fuel Tanker HGV Scheme
A flagship Government scheme to deal with fuel shortages received only a handful of applications, Sam Bright reveals
Where is the Government’s Anti-Corruption ‘Champion’?
Sam Bright explores the role of John Penrose MP, and his unwillingness to call out systemic corruption in the UK
EXCLUSIVE Minister’s Shareholding in Vaccine Firm Revealed
Sam Bright digs into the latest declaration of ministerial interests
How Political Corruption Works in the UK
Sam Bright explores the ways in which party donors and corporate interests are warping British democracy
EXCLUSIVE Majority of Voters Think Johnson’s Government is Corrupt, Poll Finds
Exclusive polling for Byline Times suggests that people are concerned about the corruption of politics by private-sector interests
EXCLUSIVE Conservative MPs Opposing Lobbying Suspension have Second Jobs Worth £1 Million
The MPs publicly supporting Andrea Leadsom’s amendment in the Owen Patterson affair have considerable external interests, Sam Bright reveals
EXCLUSIVE £515 Million-a-Week Hit in UK Exports to Top European Partners
New Government data shows rapidly falling trade with countries on the continent, reveals Sam Bright
