SubscriptionsCategory: UK Politics
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The Human Rights Gaps in the Rwanda Scheme Revealed
A four-part investigation by the Byline Intelligence Team exposes the human rights concerns over the Rwanda scheme – including repression of journalists and the killing of a 13th Congolese refugee in 2018
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Lisa Nandy: Conservative ‘Levelling Up’ Promises have been ‘Outright Lie’
Boris Johnson’s flagship regional redistribution project has stalled and Liz Truss is likely to send it into reverse, writes Sam Bright
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Nearly Half of Foster Carers Considering Quitting Due to Cost of Living Crisis, Research Finds
The findings come at a time when the sector has already been struggling to find carers to look after vulnerable children
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‘Modern Slavery Victims have been Pawns in Government’s Anti-Asylum Seeker Campaigns’
Lauren Crosby Medlicott speaks to modern slavery experts to understand the impact of Priti Patel’s Home Office on victims
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‘Truss’ North Sea Drilling Plan Will Need to Prolong Cost of Living Crisis to Buoy Big Oil Profits’
The Government’s own data suggests that Britain’s fossil fuel lobbies want to use the cost of living crisis to keep themselves afloat, writes Nafeez Ahmed
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‘Johnsonism Gone Sour: Liz Truss as Prime Minister Will Drag Us to Disaster’
The UK’s incoming Prime Minister has accepted the worst parts of Boris Johnson’s politics, while abandoning anything that made his agenda palatable, reports Adam Bienkov
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‘The Myth of a Benign Brexit Immigration Policy’
Martin Shaw replies to economist Jonathan Portes’ recent Byline Times article, which argued that the Government’s post-Brexit immigration system is a ‘rare success’
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Liz Truss’ Leaked Acceptance Speech
Otto English has got his hands on Boris Johnson’s successor’s inaugural speech as PM
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The End of Boris Johnson: ‘Legacy – What Legacy?’
As the UK stands on the edge of a cliff, former diplomat Alexandra Hall Hall assesses what the boy who wanted to be ‘world king’ achieved when he fulfilled his relentless ambition
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‘Dysfunction in Poverty, House Insulation and Energy Pricing Existed Long Before Current Crisis’
The acclaimed public health academic spoke to Adrian Goldberg for the Byline Times Podcast
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Coup Leader Attended UK Military Leadership Course Weeks Before Forcefully Seizing Power
Murray Jones reveals how a Guinean colonel was lectured by British military and political personnel prior to launching a coup against the country’s democratically-elected leader
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Crisis and Myth: Why Politicians Must Stop Comparing the UK Economy to ‘Running a Household’
Jack Mosse unpicks the flawed understanding of national debt that has pervaded the Conservative leadership contest and Tory economic policy for a number of years
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UK Paid £300 Million by Saudi Arabia for Use of British Soldiers in Deadly Weapons Training
Labour MP Zarah Sultana called the finding ‘utterly shameful’ and accused the UK Government of ‘complicity’ in the Saudi-led war on Yemen
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Why is Scottish Government Spending £10,000 to ‘Support Dialogue’ Between Abortion Protestors and Patients?
Is mediation really the answer when it comes to groups holding extremist views and women accessing safe, legal healthcare?
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Alone and Ignored: How the Cost of Living Crisis is Impacting Students
Orla McAndrew speaks to students about their fears for the future as the Government once again turns a blind eye to young people
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Can We Trust Truss? All the False Claims During her Campaign to Become Prime Minister
The Conservative leadership frontrunner claims she is “honest” and “straightforward” but has repeatedly misled the public during her bid to succeed Boris Johnson
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How the Human Rights Act Helps Disabled People Live the Lives they Want
Saba Salman reports on concerns that the Government’s new Bill of Rights will leave vulnerable people without the support and opportunities they require to lead fulfilling lives
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‘The Stakes Are High’: Concerns Over UK Nuclear Security Inspections
Use of outdated security documents has escalated concerns about a ‘poor organisational culture’ in the nuclear regulator, reports Wil Crisp
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‘The Chances of Coordinated Industrial Action are Real’
As Liz Truss vows to crackdown further on union action and the cost of living crisis escalates, Josiah Mortimer reports on the prospects of a general strike
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‘Emily Maitlis is Right – the BBC should be Telling the Public the Truth when the Government is Lying’
The Corporation does not know how to respond to the dangerous populism we find ourselves in, writes former BBC journalist Patrick Howse
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‘The Government’s Post-Brexit Immigration Policy is a Rare Success’
Jonathan Portes answers the criticisms of those who claim that what the Brexit campaign was really promising was lower levels of immigration
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‘It’s Only a ‘Mickey Mouse’ Degree When You’re Working Class’
Megan Byrom reflects on the elitism that frames how the political and media class talks about the humanities
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‘Sheer Cloudy Vagueness’: Language as a Tool of Political Coercion
Rachel Morris considers how distortion and evasion are being used in the rhetoric of the Conservative leadership race to deceive the public
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Boris Johnson is Trying to ‘Silence’ Questions About Evgeny Lebedev
A Labour MP says the Prime Minister and his friend tried to stop him from asking questions about lavish parties held at the newspaper proprietor’s Italian villa, reports Adam Bienkov
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The Rich are Getting Richer – and They Spend Their Money on Power
Sascha Lavin examines how, even in this cost of living crisis, the rich keep getting richer – and they use their cash for political leverage
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Government ‘Undermining’ Asylum System by Rapid Removal of Albanian Migrants
A new deal with the Albanian Government will see Albanians crossing the Channel facing ‘fast tracked deportation’ – but campaigners warn this could undermine our asylum system
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On the Frontline of Exposing the Truth About Russia and Brexit
Four years ago, Tom Mutch thought he had the ‘scoop of the century’ blowing open Russia’s involvement in Brexit. Now, after the UK has left the European Union and Putin wages genocidal war in Ukraine, he wonders whether we are any closer to knowing the truth
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Military Spending on Recruitment Adverts Far Outstrips Teaching and Health
A new investigation by the Byline Intelligence Team and The Citizens reveals the ongoing challenge, and expense, of recruiting personnel to the armed forces
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‘Boris Johnson Completely Obliterated the Line Between Journalism and Politics’
Julian Petley explores how the outgoing Prime Minister embodies the triumph of the Conservative political-media nexus
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Starmer’s Labour Must be Radical to Save us from a Thatcher Reboot
The Labour leader needs to convince a weary public that he has the bold ideas to divert the UK from its damaging path under the Conservatives, argues Chris Painter
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Missing in Action: The British Public is Being Asked to Bail Out its Own Government
From climate change to the cost of living, ordinary people are being forced to compensate for an administration in paralysis, says Lisa Young
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‘Global Britain’, and its New Blue Passport, is Falling Behind
In terms of its access to the world, the UK is struggling to keep up with its peers, observes Professor Christopher Phillips
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How the Energy Crisis Became a Crisis of the High Street
While the Conservative leadership election drags on, local newspaper coverage reveals widespread closures of cafes and restaurants, threatening the recovery of the high street, reports Sian Norris
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The Wizard of Oz: How the Crosby Gang Captured Conservative Politics
Max Colbert of The Citizens explores the decades-long influence of the notorious Australian political strategist
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How Can We Guard Against the Climate Crisis When Defence is Our Biggest Carbon Emitter?
Iain Overton examines the Ministry of Defence’s carbon footprint, and asks whether plans to boost military spending are compatible with the Government’s net zero targets
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What a New Polish Textbook Tells Us About Education’s Culture Wars
A bizarre history book is set to be introduced to Poland’s secondary schools – with its reactionary content symbolic of a wider battle for values in global education
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This Septic Isle
Brexit is compounding, not relieving, the UK’s slurry of economic and environmental problems, says Rachel Morris
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Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak Refuse to Correct Boris Johnson’s Lies
The candidates are refusing to correct the record on any of the Prime Minister’s false claims in Parliament, Adam Bienkov reports
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‘Swamping the Land and Ocean’: UK Beach Pollution Recorded by Citizen Audit
Stephen Delahunty has the details of a new report documenting the companies whose products keep washing up on domestic shores
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Boris Johnson’s Malignant Legacy
Paul Connew reflects on the Prime Minister’s long, scandal-ridden rise to the top of British politics
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The New Mass Movement Rallying Against the Failures of Westminster
Taj Ali reports on the ‘Enough is Enough’ campaign, that is attempting to give a voice to those suffering from the worst excesses of the cost of living crisis
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Truss’ Attitude to Workers is a Medieval Mindset With a Modern Day Makeover
AV Deggar argues that the Conservative Party’s beliefs about a work-shy population echo a bygone age
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Resistance Grows to Liz Truss’ Plans to ‘Rob’ Workers of their Rights
If the Conservative leadership frontrunner gets her way and imposes new laws on trade unions it won’t stop wildcat and unofficial strikes, warn union sources
