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Sam Bright
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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‘A Blank Cheque Placed in the Hands of Ministers’: Lords Slam Government’s Plan to ‘Sunset’ Thousands of EU Laws
One of the central promises of Brexit is being violated by the Government, a new report has suggested

Hundreds of ‘Toxic’ North Sea Oil Spills Since 2019
Sam Bright reports on the scale of pollution being pumped into the North Sea

EXCLUSIVE Minutes of Boris Johnson Meeting with Cambridge Analytica ‘Would Directly Undermine Trust Between the UK and US’
UK-US relations would be harmed by the details of Johnson’s summit with the now-disgraced data firm, an independent regulator has concluded

EXCLUSIVE Nadhim Zahawi’s Tory Leadership Bid Funded by Offshore-Linked Investor
The then-Chancellor was given more than £60,000 by an individual listed in the Paradise Papers

EXCLUSIVE ‘Our Economic Masters Failed on Their Own Terms’: Health of Deprived Areas Stuck in Previous Decades
The NHS is being burdened by the scale of Britain’s health inequalities, reports Sam Bright

‘Farcical’: Government Slammed for Pledging Millions in ‘Levelling Up’ Funding to Tackle Dover Brexit Queues
Money promised to deprived areas after Brexit is instead being used to deal with the aftershocks of leaving the EU, reports Sam Bright

EXCLUSIVE Special Investigation: The Vested Private Interests Behind Westminster’s Influential Lobbying Groups
Sam Bright investigates a murky aspect of our political system, where landlords fund private rental research and fossil fuel firms donate to environmental groups

EXCLUSIVE Senior Government Figures Meet with Lobbying Group Funded by Private Healthcare while NHS Crisis Continues
Sam Bright reports on the influence held by a parliamentary lobbying group backed by private health interests
The NHS and Brexit: What We Now Know
Sam Bright examines the contribution of Brexit to our current healthcare crisis