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Human Rights Problem Countries Receive Two-Thirds of UK Military Export Licenses Since 2010
Sam Bright digs into the data to reveal the billions of pounds of lethal equipment sold by the UK to questionable regimes
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UK Trade With Human Rights Problem Countries Increased by 36% After Brexit
As Boris Johnson prepares to schmooze Saudi Arabia, Sam Bright reports on the UK’s growing trade relationships with despotic regimes
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How Levelling Up, Brexit and the Ukraine War are Intertwined
Sam Bright explores how Brexit has exposed Britain to the reverberations of the war in Ukraine
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A Golden Ticket: 2,000 Oligarchs from Countries with Human Rights Concerns ‘Buy’ Permanent Right to Live in UK
Between 2010 and 2020, 65% of the foreign investors granted permanent UK residency were from China and Russia, reports Sam Bright
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Government Didn’t Record Minutes of Meeting Between Lebedev and Johnson
A now-infamous meeting between the Prime Minister and his Russian ally was not recorded by officials, Sam Bright reports
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Wife of Arms Deal Broker Donates £300,000 to Conservatives
The elite Conservative donor has now given more than £1.7 million to the party in recent years, reports Sam Bright
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The Ukraine War Has Exposed the UK’s Russia Delusion
Successive governments have chased Russian roubles while ignoring geopolitical reality, reports Sam Bright
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Stuck in Limbo: UK Asylum and Immigration System in Post-Brexit Turmoil
The UK’s floundering border arrangements offer little solace to desperate Ukrainians fleeing war, reports Sam Bright
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Corruption Fatigue: The Conservative Plan to Quash its Partygate and Russia Scandals
Sam Bright explores the psychological warfare enacted by Boris Johnson and his party to buttress its political position
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Voters Want Conservatives to Ban Russian Donations to the Party – Poll
An exclusive poll by Omnisis for Byline Times reveals the overwhelming public appetite to see Russian donations banned to Boris Johnson’s party
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Red Alert: Several Major Government Departments Vulnerable to Cyber Attack
Sam Bright reveals the security gaps at the heart of the Whitehall machine
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Startling Facts About London: The Oligarch’s Paradise
Sam Bright explores the ways in which London has become a haven for a class of super rich who wish to keep their money and their secrets hidden
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UK Approved Military Exports to Russia Exceed Ukraine by £18 Million Since 2010
The UK gave the green light to more than £50 million of military exports to Russia prior to the annexation of Crimea, reports Sam Bright
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Private Consultancy Set to Receive More ‘Towns Fund’ Spending than Mansfield
Sam Bright explores how private firms are making money from the Government’s ‘levelling up’ agenda
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The Instagram Administration: How the Conservative PR Apparatus Captured the British State
Jacob Rees-Mogg’s new title shows that the Conservative Party is using state institutions as party political weapons, says Sam Bright
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‘Golden’ Visas Issued to Rich Russians Reach Three Year High, Despite Russia Report Warnings
The Government scheme accused of aiding money laundering is still in operation, reports Sam Bright
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Will the Government’s £12 Million Jubilee Book Be Another Exercise in Airbrushing British History?
A commemorative children’s book marking the Queen’s platinum jubilee year is likely to be an exercise in selective remembering, says Sam Bright
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Hollow Monuments: The Reality of Boris Johnson’s Levelling Up Plan
The Prime Minister’s plan for regional rebalancing shows that he is more interested in building his personal legacy than improving lives, says Sam Bright
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Fact-Checking the Government’s ‘Benefits of Brexit’ Report
Sam Bright unravels nine key claims made in the 100-page paper
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Boris Johnson’s Co-Dependent Relationship with Right-Wing Press Further Exposed
Official records confirm that the Prime Minister is happy to spend time schmoozing sympathetic media outlets, reports Sam Bright
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News In Brief: Undisclosed Insights from the Corridors of Power – Randox and Turing
Sam Bright pens his most interesting findings after delving into a range of recent written parliamentary questions
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Voters Say Johnson Should Resign Before Conclusion of Police Investigation – Poll
ngulfed in the scandal of the Downing Street parties, the Prime Minister is living on borrowed time, exclusive polling by Omnisis commissioned by this newspaper suggests
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Rishi Sunak: The Polished Populist
Sam Bright inspects the policy record of the man tipped to take over from Boris Johnson
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Downing Street Didn’t Record Work Meeting With Lulu Lytle on Boris Johnson’s Birthday
A key defence of the Prime Minister’s birthday party is undermined by official documents, reports Sam Bright Downing Street and the Cabinet Office didn’t record a work meeting with the interior designer Lulu Lytle on Boris Johnson’s birthday, official logs show. Another Downing Street lockdown scandal has emerged over the last day, after ITV reported…
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The Conservatives have Failed on Apprenticeships
Sam Bright inspects the gap between rhetoric and reality in relation to one of the Conservative Party’s key policy planks
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New Poll Shows Scale of Conservative Party’s Electoral Problem Under Boris Johnson
Exclusive polling by Omnisis for Byline Times illuminates the scale of public distrust in the Prime Minister and his party
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Johnson Threatened to Strip Local Funding While Deprivation Surged
The Prime Minister used the vulnerable and the impoverished, already suffering due to the pandemic, as pawns in his self-preservation strategy, notes Sam Bright
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A Broken Pact: The Red Wall Revolt Represents the Toppling of Boris Johnson’s Messiah Myth
The Prime Minister has broken the moral code on which he was elected by those who took a chance on his leadership, says Sam Bright
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A Guide to the Radicalisation of the Conservative Party
Sam Bright digs into the recent history of Boris Johnson’s party, to explain why its centre of gravity has shifted markedly to the right
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Liz Truss: The Tufton Street Candidate
Sam Bright unravels the ties between Conservative leadership hopeful Liz Truss and Westminster’s network of opaque libertarian think tanks
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Law Firm Raises Concerns Over Head of Downing Street Parties Inquiry
Questions are being raised about the past record of Sue Gray, reports Sam Bright
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5,664 People Died From COVID While Downing Street Held Parties
Thousands of people lost their lives on the days that Government ministers, advisors and officials flouted lockdown rules, Sam Bright reports
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Covering Their Tracks: The Flaws in the Downing Street Parties Inquiry
Sam Bright considers the potential conclusions of Sue Gray’s investigation into the Number 10 lockdown breaches
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The Growing Regional Wealth Gap and Why it Matters
Sam Bright evaluates new data showing a growing divide between richer and poorer parts of the country
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A Portrait of Broken Britain
Sam Bright explores the social, political and economic crises that have been stoked by successive Conservative administrations
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Conservative Succession: The Failures of Liz Truss
Sam Bright examines the record of the Foreign Secretary, as she eyes-up Boris Johnson’s throne
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Politics For All and the Changing Face of News Media
Sam Bright investigates the suspension of the controversial Twitter account and speaks to insiders about the evolution of the platform. With additional reporting by Katherine Denkinson
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Private Health Meets Big Data
Sam Bright explores the collaboration between two tech giants, and what this means for the future of healthcare
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PPE Government Panic-Bought During First COVID Wave Set to be Recycled
Evidence, exclusively seen by this newspaper, suggests that officials are trying to find new uses for visors purchased from one firm during the first wave of the pandemic, Sam Bright reveals
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Army Still Being Deployed to Deliver Fuel – Despite Government’s ‘Precautionary’ Claim
Military personnel are being asked to compensate for persistent HGV driver shortages in the wake of Brexit and the COVID-19 pandemic, Sam Bright reports
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81% of Downing Street Media Meetings Held with Right-Wing Newspapers
Sam Bright reveals more details about the intimate relationship between Boris Johnson’s administration and members of the establishment media
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Conservative Donors Miss Out on £5 Billion PPE Contract
Most of the Conservative-linked suppliers commissioned at the outset of the Coronavirus pandemic are no longer involved in NHS PPE procurement, Sam Bright reports
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Conservative Voters Say Met Police Should Investigate Downing Street Parties – Poll
A clear majority of voters surveyed also believe that Boris Johnson should resign as Prime Minister, an exclusive Omnisis poll indicates
