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£1.5 Billion Profits, Hefty Government Contracts and Big Political Donations: The Firm Behind the Free School Meals Scandal
Sian Norris digs deeper into the private companies providing free school meals to the UK’s most vulnerable children
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New £2 Million School Laptop Deal Awarded to Firm That Gave £105,000 to Tory Party
Sam Bright reports on the latest Government contract awarded to a firm that has funded the Conservative Party
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Schools and Parents Struggle to Bridge the ‘Digital Divide’ in New Lockdown
Susan Nathan explores the experiences of parents and teachers struggling to cope with a lack of tech for online learning, with additional reporting by Sian Norris
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‘Message Is Kids’ Only Value Is the Percentage of Public Money that Can Be Turned into Private Profit’
In an exclusive interview with Byline Times, Twitter’s Roadside Mum explains how she was expected to feed her children for 10 days on the meagre free schools meal pack provided by a food service firm
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‘Bumps to Overcome’: UK-EU Exports Fell By £39.8 Billion in Months Before Brexit
Brexit is stoking an international trade crisis while exports are being pummelled by the pandemic, reports Sam Bright
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£100 Million Deals for School Laptops Awarded to Conservative Donor’s Firm
As a shortage of laptops ostracises children from education, Sam Bright reports on new contracts awarded to a company with Tory ties
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Blinding Exceptionalism: The Insidious Attacks on British Democracy Are No Less Dangerous than Trump’s America
Hardeep Matharu explores why the attacks on the rule of law and accountability by Boris Johnson and his Government are not interpreted to be as alarming for the UK as the more overt destruction being waged by Donald Trump in America
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American Werewolf in London: Spurred by Brexit, the Right Fuelled a Petty Dictator
Donald Trump has defiled American democracy for the last four years, and Britain has been part of the mob, says Sam Bright
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New BBC Chairman has Donated Over £400,000 to the Conservative Party
The public service broadcaster’s new figurehead is a prolific Conservative Party donor, reports Sam Bright
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In Its Search for Sovereignty, Britain has Defaulted to a Dangerous Sovereign
Jonathan Lis exposes the con at the heart of the Brexiters’ quest for independence – a quest that will hand more power to elites, not less
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Helluva Year! Boris Johnson’s 2020 Review
The Prime Minister has an ‘Australian Style’ litany of successes to celebrate in his first full year, as told to Otto English
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2020 SPOTLIGHT: The Government’s ‘World-Beating’ COVID-19 Failures and Lies
Stephen Colegrave tracks how Boris Johnson’s administration created the conditions for the worst public health disaster in living memory
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2020 SPOTLIGHT: The Great Procurement Scandal
Sam Bright investigates the trends that underpin the Government’s outpouring of contracts to corporate giants and friends of the regime
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Labour Must Confront the Conservatives’ Immigration Lies Or Continue to Lose
The likes of Boris Johnson, Priti Patel and Nigel Farage will continue to capitalise politically on Labour’s unwillingness to portray immigration as a benefit to Britain, argues Mike Buckley
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The 12 Contracts of Christmas
Byline Times and The Citizens catalogue the 12 most notorious contracts awarded to private sector firms during the Coronavirus pandemic so far
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Emerging From the Christmas Mire
The Government may not seem like it cares much for its people, but the common humanity which has emerged in this challenging year can still be celebrated this Christmas, says Reverend Joe Haward
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Journal of the Plague Year: And What to Expect in 2021
Byline Times’ chief medical officer, Professor John Ashton, looks back on the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic and warns that –without radical change – next year will be even bleaker
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The Government Created the Conditions for the New COVID Strain to Emerge
Epidemiologist Deepti Gurdasani and neuroscientist Hisham Ziauddeen explore how the new variant of the Coronavirus in Britain is likely to have developed and warn that an urgent Zero COVID strategy is the only option to prevent it happening again
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The Sidelining of Parliament During the Twin Crises of COVID and Brexit Could Set A Dangerous Precedent
With a highly virulent new strain of the Coronavirus circulating rapidly and a hard Brexit imminent, why have MPs not been recalled to Parliament in this time of national emergency?
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‘Eat Out to Help Out’ Scheme ‘Epidemiologically Illiterate’ As Sunak Failed to Consult Scientists, New Report Reveals
While the Chancellor avoided consulting experts, other ministers used them as scapegoats – as chaos reigned in Downing Street, a damning new report into the pandemic suggests
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300 Scientists Reveal how Boris Johnson has Locked Britain into a Cycle of Draconian Lockdowns
Nafeez Ahmed reports on a new statement published in the Lancet which explains why the Government’s flawed Coronavirus response is likely to lead to repeated waves of the virus and lockdowns – risking lives and livelihoods
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The Sick Man of Europe Again: The Mutant Etonian Variant of English Exceptionalism
Peter Jukes and Hardeep Matharu argue that the Coronavirus itself is the main beneficiary of Boris Johnson’s neo-imperial policies leading to the inevitable ‘cordon sanitaire’ around Britain even before a hard Brexit
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The Tyranny of the Brexit Minority
Boris Johnson’s ‘no deal’ posturing is a reminder of how Brexit has violated British democracy, argues Sam Bright
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Serco and G4S May Be Excluded from Government Contracts Under New Proposals
Sam Bright digs into the Cabinet Office’s new manifesto to fix the UK’s private sector procurement system
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Hotel Carpeting Company Awarded Contract to Supply COVID-19 Tests
A small carpeting supplier has been contracted again by the Government, having already being awarded deals for personal protective equipment worth £5.3 million
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Britain Faces Disruption at Ports Without Facilities for Enhanced Checks on Goods As Brexit Looms, MPs Warn
Plans to create new inland lorry sites to check goods have not gone beyond the drawing board, a parliamentary committee reports
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Firm with Links to Matt Hancock’s Family Awarded £5.5 Million COVID Testing Deal
The chairman of the healthcare firm is the former business partner of Matt Hancock’s mum and step-father
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Starmer’s Strategic Silence on Brexit Is Not Enough
Mike Buckley argues that the Opposition must be able to provide a frank appraisal of the situation facing Brexit Britain and how the country can progress from its current state of crisis
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‘I Contacted Cabinet Office and Offered to Buy a Machine in China’ says Marine Firm Owner Given £5 Million Contract for Masks
Sam Bright speaks to the owner of a naval design firm about how he acquired a contract to supply face masks – who also appears to reject the consensus of scientists and officials on the Coronavirus pandemic
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George Eustice’s Trumpian Dog-Whistle Will Only Embolden the Far-Right
With the Government minister failing to condemn Millwall football fans’ booing of players taking the knee, Adrian Goldberg argues that this was no isolated incident
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Brexit Will Leave ‘Global Britain’ Internationally Redundant
Now that Brexit Britain is isolated on the international stage, it will be down to America and the European Union to lead the liberal, democratic alliance, says Mike Buckley
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Wealthy London Areas With Low COVID Case Rates Included in Rapid Testing Programme
Westminster and the City of London are among the areas receiving lateral flow tests, despite having relatively low case rates, reports Sam Bright
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Government Orders Local Areas Not to Deploy Negative Brexit Ads
Boris Johnson’s Government isn’t prepared to risk the reputation of Brexit, no matter what the cost, reports Sam Bright
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Chumocracy: Jacob Rees-Mogg’s Business Partner Appointed to Senior Trade Role
The former Conservative Party vice-chair has been given a high-profile Government job, alongside an ex-Conservative MP
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Sunak Schmoozes Rebekah Brooks
The Chancellor held a private meeting with the Murdoch media bigwig, reports Sam Bright
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The Coronavirus Crisis: Boris Johnson’s Excuse for Bad Government
Under the cover of seemingly generous economic policies, the Government has eroded the rights of vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 pandemic, says Sam Bright
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Ben Bradley’s London Lifestyle
The Conservative MP’s taxpayer-funded second property is seemingly rented for twice as much as the average UK wage
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‘Sorry, But We’re Not Sorry’: The Untouchable Johnson Regime
Jonathan Lis argues that the British public would have more respect for the Government if it owned up to its many mistakes – a taking back of control the administration cannot bear
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Conservative Factionalism at War with Economic Reality
James Meadway assesses the political and economic pressures facing Chancellor Rishi Sunak ahead of tomorrow’s Spending Review
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The Wolves of Westminster: Inside the Escalating Conflict Between Local and Central Government
The infiltration of private companies into public sector work has been years in the making, reports former council accountant Gary Gowers
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Boris Johnson Politicised the Ministerial Code in 2019 – Now, Anything Goes
Leighton Andrews explains why the lack of action over the Home Secretary’s bullying was set up in advance through the Government’s ideological fixation on Brexit and assault on the rule of law
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Dominic Cummings’ Role in The Great Procurement Scandal Shows He is Not a Mastermind
Dominic Cummings failed to reform the procurement process, and in doing so exposed his hollow intellectual posturing, argues Sam Bright
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How Brexit and Biden Fuelled Chaos Inside Downing Street
Peter Oborne looks at broader compelling reasons why two top advisors left the Boris Johnson administration
