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Furlough Fraud Probe Into £4 Billion Paid to Firms with Working Employees
A new report by the National Audit Office reveals that the Government is launching an inquiry and considering ‘naming and shaming’ the employers involved
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Keeping Hope Alive is Vital for Prisoners Facing a ‘Double Lockdown’ During COVID-19
With a brutal report into conditions published by the Chief Inspector of Prisons this week, the CEO of charity Spark Inside – which offers coaching in prisons – considers how Coronavirus restrictions in our jails can be navigated
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The Bigger Big Picture: How Soccer Can Survive the Pandemic
Nathan O’Hagan looks at the impact of COVID-19 restrictions on grassroots football and finds some green shoots of hope
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Business Associate of Government ‘PPE Tsar’ Awarded £300,000 Contract
The man leading the Government’s personal protective equipment (PPE) procurement has seen an internal contract handed to a close business associate
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Government Gives Arms Industry Extra Tens of Millions of Pounds During COVID-19 Pandemic
Joshua Stein reveals how defence contractors are booming while the rest of the British economy suffers from the impact of the Coronavirus crisis
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UK Government Preparing for a Surge in COVID-19 Unemployment
David Hencke reports on official figures which predict unemployment levels tripling by the end of the year
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Corona Kingdom: UK Lockdown Rules as Seen by an Italian
Italian reporter Francesca Borri ventures to the UK and finds a country ravaged by contradictions, conspiracies and confusion
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The Government Tightening Its Belt with the North will Keep Us All in this COVID Chaos
By curtailing the furlough scheme, Rishi Sunak has undermined the trust on which Coronavirus restrictions operate, argues Sam Bright
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COVID-19 and the Second Harrying of The North
Byline Times’ chief medical officer, John Ashton, looks at how the Government has lost popular support for its unequal tier system
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Is the Government in Breach of its Own Anti-Corruption Strategy?
Sam Bright reports on how Boris Johnson’s Government appears to be violating several elements of its own anti-corruption agenda
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‘Sack Serco’: Why Boris Johnson’s Addiction to Outsourcing Must End
The Government’s strategy of shelling out billions on private sector firms is not working, argues Labour MP Rachel Reeves
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£2.3 Billion of PPE Supplied by Company With Just 25 Employees
The company has supplied a fifth of the Government’s PPE stockpile, yet virtually none of the contracts are publicly available, reports Sam Bright
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How the White House’s Herd Immunity Strategy Would Destroy the US Economy
Nafeez Ahmed on a new report which shows the disastrous consequences of Donald Trump’s adoption of the false choices of fringe scientific theory
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Despite its 80-Seat Majority, Boris Johnson’s Government is Rudderless
The Prime Minister has no guiding ethos other than self-aggrandisement, a fact that has plunged the Government and the country into disarray, argues Sam Bright
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Paying for COVID-19: Local Government Braces Itself for Second Wave of Austerity
After years of underfunding, local governments are being tipped over the edge by centralised COVID-19 incompetence, argues former council accountant Gary Gowers
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COVID-19 ‘Rule of Six’ Flouted by Fox Hunts
Claire Hamlett reports on a worrying rise in fox hunts breaking the law as they enjoy being exempt from Coronavirus restrictions
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Government Dodges PPE Procurement Scrutiny
Boris Johnson’s administration is stubbornly refusing to answer questions from MPs about the PPE procurement scandal, reports Sam Bright
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Did the Right Experts Advise Boris Johnson on how to Tackle COVID-19?
Byline Times’ chief medical officer John Ashton looks at how England has been on the back foot in fighting the COVID-19 pandemic since the first cases were recorded at the end of January
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Koch-Funded PR Agency Aided Great Barrington Declaration Sponsor
The company Emergent Order has provided extensive multimedia public relations support services to a network of climate science deniers bankrolled by the Charles Koch Foundation, Nafeez Ahmed reports
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The North Will Soon Be Calling Last Orders on Boris Johnson
The Government’s contempt for the North has been exposed, and we won’t forget in a hurry, writes Jane Thomas
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Cutting the Fringe: The Media is Chasing Clicks Rather Than Reflecting Science
Amplified by the media, fringe scientists are allowed to present simplistic yet dangerously shareable solutions to complex problems, reports Zack King from Independent SAGE
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Government Targeted by Fraudsters and Counterfeiters During First COVID-19 Wave, Insider Claims
HMRC is investigating cases of fraud by health equipment importers, a procurement insider suggests
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Climate Science Denial Network Behind Great Barrington Declaration
The ‘think-tank’ behind the Great Barrington Declaration is part-funded by right-wing American billionaire Charles Koch
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Government Cultural Recovery Spend Leaves North Out in Cold
The Government’s new bid to save cultural institutions is heavily concentrated in the South of England, reports Sam Bright
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COVID-19 and the End of Economic Fatalism
In the global response to the Coronavirus pandemic, Anthony Barnett sees an epoch-defining moment as governments are forced to put people’s health and wellbeing before market fundamentalism
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£70 Million Government PPE Contract for Small ‘Luxury Packaging’ Firm
The Government awarded the deal to a firm with just £46,000 in the bank, reports Sam Bright
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QAnon and Coronavirus Conspiracists are in Denial about what ‘Freedom’ Really Is
Joe Haward explores the modern conflation of ‘freedom’ with ‘choice’ and the concept’s historic definition of human flourishing through caring for the whole community
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How Can Power Be Snatched Back from this Vote Leave Government?
Mike Buckley argues that only Conservative MPs worried by the Boris Johnson administration can now save the country from further wrack and ruin through its handling of Brexit and the Coronavirus
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Fraudsters Could Have Claimed ‘Billions’ From Sunak Loan Scheme
A new report has crystallised concerns that Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s Coronavirus loan scheme left the taxpayer exposed to fraud
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‘A Single Source of Truth’: More Government Outsourcing Projects to Controversial Tech Firms Revealed
A new report lays bare details of the Government’s Coronavirus work conducted by Dominic Cummings’ favourite tech companies
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Rape and Caste Supremacism in India
CJ Werleman argues that the rape and murder of a Dalit woman in Hathras is another alarm bell indicating the extent of the human rights crisis in India
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The Government has Abandoned the Disabled People Hit Hardest by the Coronavirus
Almost two-thirds of all people who have died from COVID-19 are disabled. Where is the support for some of the most vulnerable in our society?
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Costs Rise on Parliament’s £4 Billion Revamp
Delayed decisions are adding millions of pounds every week to the cost of refurbishing Parliament, reports David Hencke
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Myths and Misinformation Undermine the NHS
NHS consultant David Oliver punctures the dangerous fallacies surrounding the Coronavirus pandemic
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£135 Million Government Contract For Offshore Linked Firm
Byline Times reveals how an organisation that supplied 2,700 ventilators to the Government is owned by a firm on the Isle of Man
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Rush to Procure Ventilators Cost Taxpayers £569 Million
Health officials didn’t know the total number of ventilators in national circulation at the start of the pandemic, a new report has revealed
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The Paradox of Brexit and COVID-19: Closer to Europe
Jonathan Portes argues that the Government’s EU negotiations and Coronavirus measures are actually drawing the UK deeper into the European mainstream
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‘There is No Alternative to Herd Immunity’: How a Dangerous Fallacy Infected the World
Sam Bright reports on the spread of a dangerous concept that has gained a foothold in public health decisions across the globe
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Mainstreaming Fringe Science on COVID-19 Puts Lives At Risk
Epidemiologist Deepti Gurdasani and neuroscientist Hisham Ziauddeen warn against the false narrative of the ‘two views’ on how to tackle a second Coronavirus wave, which undermines the almost unanimous consensus that does exist on the most serious pandemic in living memory
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‘Perversion of Justice’: The Abandoned NHS Whistleblower
Stephen Colegrave looks into the case of NHS whistleblower Paul, who was let down by his hospital trust and worse still by the NHS regulators there to protect the public
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Government Snubs Extension of Free School Meals
As Coronavirus lockdown restrictions are reintroduced, the Government has revealed it will not provide school holiday assistance for children on free school meals
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Scamademics? Right-Wing Lobbying Groups Reviving ‘Herd Immunity’ in the UK
Nafeez Ahmed reveals how a high-profile letter to Boris Johnson was based on ‘fringe pseudoscience’ and co-drafted by a Government advisor who downplayed the COVID-19 death toll
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‘Like Fish Markets’: PPE Supplier Lifts the Lid on Government Procurement ‘Scramble’
A business owner asked to provide £22 million of PPE by the Government sheds light on the frantic, high-stakes process
