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A Bridge to Nowhere: Thatcherism Trumps Levelling Up
Despite the warm words of Truss and Sunak, Boris Johnson’s flagship policy is set for the scrapheap, contends Sam Bright
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Cruel Britannia and the ‘Global Britain’ Fallacy
The rhetoric and the reality of post-Brexit Britain are more distant than ever, notes Rachel Morris
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MPs Condemn Government’s ‘Rushed’ Awarding of Contracts to Randox
The Public Accounts Committee claims it is ‘impossible to have confidence’ that contracts awarded to the testing provider during the pandemic were ‘awarded properly’, reports David Hencke
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Ready For Rishi: Sunak’s Appeal to Conservative Party Voters
Ahead of ballots going out in the Tory leadership race, Otto English has been leaked a draft of Rishi Sunak’s pitch to Conservative members Dear Fellow Normal Conservative Human Beings! Or as I like to put it “Hi Guys!” Wow. Well, here I am – just an average, ordinary billionaire standing before you, asking you…
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High Water Mark? 2012 Was No Utopian Wonderland
10 years after the London 2012 Olympics Opening Ceremony, Sian Norris reflects on its position in our cultural imagination
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GP: ‘I was Grateful to Care for People in the Pandemic. Now Visa Delays Mean I Can’t Work at All’
As a new Parliamentary report slams Government inaction on NHS staff shortages, Sian Norris meets a trained doctor who has been waiting six months on the Home Office Tier 2 Visa Scheme
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Conservatives Posture About Foreign Enemies While Ignoring Own Membership Rules
Sam Bright digs further into the party’s permissive approach to foreign members, as the Conservatives stonewall questions about the risk of political interference
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Boris Johnson’s Golden Goodbyes
Byline Times and The Citizens explore the Conservative Party’s accelerated attempts to exploit the House of Lords
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How Should We Respond to the Conservative Party’s Authoritarian Turn?
David Lowther speaks to experts in national identity and authoritarianism, to shed light on how progressive forces should react to the debasement of democracy under this Government
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Cruise Ships and Rwanda Red Meat: the Conservative Leadership Contest
Brad Blitz laments the ‘migrant-bashing’ slogans of contenders Truss and Sunak which do nothing to address the increasing numbers of refugees seeking asylum in the UK
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Flagship Nationality and Borders Act Criticised by US State Department
The US State Department recommends that the UK Government does more to ensure trafficking victims are not criminalised – but experts warn that would require significant reform to brand new legislation. Sian Norris reports
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Concern Over Foreign Interference and Conservative Membership Rules
It appears as though there is very little preventing malign foreign actors from swaying Tory leadership contests, reports Sam Bright
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The Conservative Party’s Climate Climbdown
Sascha Lavin explores why the Tory leadership contenders are moving away from the green consensus
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Why the Conservative Leadership Crisis has been a Boon for Russian Propagandists
Chris York reports from Ukraine on the impact of Boris Johnson’s resignation on the Kremlin’s information wars, and their plans for his successor
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Climate and Corruption Concerns over ‘Rushed’ UK-India Trade Deal
Peers have expressed alarm about the Government’s approach to one of its flagship post-Brexit trade deals, reports David Hencke
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The ‘Far-Righting’ of the Conservative Party
Martin Shaw considers how the Conservatives have incorporated radical right-wing politics since the onset of the great Brexit debate
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From Stagflation to Stagffluence: the Hollowing Out of the Rentier Economy
As the cost of living crisis mounts, Rowland Atkinson and Andrew Baker look at the stagnation of wages and the rising polarisation between renters and owners of assets
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The Diversity Mirage and the Next Prime Minister
To truly achieve the political representation of disadvantaged and overlooked groups, a more nuanced and inclusive debate is needed, says Shafi Musaddique
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Flagship Levelling Up Project Won’t Materialise for Decades, Report Warns
Overcrowded, unreliable services look set to plague the north for some time to come, writes David Hencke
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Vote Leave’s Immigration Hypocrisy
TJ Coles unpicks how Brexiters have approached immigration in office, after using it as a scare campaign for so many years
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Britain For Sale: Who is Profiting From Our Nation’s Infrastructure?
Pete Syme investigates the countries and companies that have taken a slice of our national assets
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‘We Have Lost Hope in Life’: Hiding From The Taliban
Nine months after first reporting her story, Sian Norris speaks to an Afghan women’s rights activist in hiding and still hoping to flee to the UK
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Why Haven’t the Tory Leadership Candidates Been Held to Account Over Islamophobia?
Basit Mahmood calls out the active suppression of the Conservative Islamophobia scandal
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Rishi Sunak’s Family Profiting from Ties to Oil Giant Shell
Nafeez Ahmed reveals how every one of the four hopefuls battling to replace Boris Johnson as Conservative leader is tied to fossil fuels and climate science denial
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Boris Johnson is Leaving Downing Street and Bringing All of Us Down with Him
The Prime Minister’s disgraceful long exit from Government is damaging both his own party and the country, reports Adam Bienkov
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Conservative Anti-Strike Laws Condemned by Lords
Senior peers have slammed the Government’s attempts to sabotage strike action, reports David Hencke
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Spending on Early Years Support Halved Under Successive Conservative Led Governments
New research published by a coalition of children’s charities reveals the impact of austerity measures on looked-after children, reports Sian Norris
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Why Dirty Dossiers Matter
The fact that Conservative leadership candidates are gathering and sharing dirt on each other has serious implications for national security and democracy, say Sam Bright, Sian Norris and Iain Overton
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Tory MP Takes £46,000 a-Year Second Job With Energy Company
Amid a cost of living and climate crisis, one Conservative MP has accepted a £2,600 a-day role at an American energy firm, reveals Sam Bright
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Conservative Cost of Living Inertia
The absence of credible solutions to the economic crisis is one of the most galling features of the Tory leadership contest, says James Meadway
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Cold-Related Deaths Decline as Heat Waves Become More Deadly
As the UK braces for record temperatures, data on extreme-heat related mortality offers a stark warning, reports Sian Norris
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Penny Mordaunt is the Heir to Boris Johnson’s Lies
One of the leading candidates to become Prime Minister is refusing to withdraw a series of false claims she has made during the contest, reports Adam Bienkov
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Dorries’ Dinner with Lord Evgeny Lebedev
The Culture Secretary enjoyed the hospitality of the British-Russian newspaper proprietor weeks before Putin’s invasion of Ukraine
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How the Hostile Environment is Harming Public Health
In the wake of Byline Times’ exclusive investigation into charging migrant women for abortion, Sian Norris analyses the impact migration policy has on healthcare
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The Perils of a Renewed Age of Austerity
Sascha Lavin explores why tax-cuts promised by the Conservative leadership hopefuls are even more dangerous after 12 years of austerity
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Boris Johnson’s Most Lasting Brexit Legacy may well be the Break-Up of the UK
Boris Johnson has done more for the independence movement in Scotland and the possibility of reunification for Ireland than either the SNP or Sinn Féin managed in a generation, says Jonathan Lis
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Feminist Bodies or Feminist Minds in the Conservative Leadership Contest
Sian Norris asks whether the symbolic representation of a female-dominated leadership race will translate to substantive representation of women’s concerns
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A Graceless Fall: The Dangers That Remain in the Twilight of Johnson’s Reign
Chaotic, self-centred and unpredictable, Boris Johnson is still a constitutional conundrum, says Rachel Morris
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The Hardline Forces Shaping the Conservative Leadership Contest
Sam Bright and Max Colbert explore the individuals and organisations that are propelling the Conservative Party’s lurch to the right
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Migrant Women Charged £29,000 for Abortion Services Since 2017
In an exclusive investigation, Sian Norris reports how migrant women subject to NHS charges have had to pay to access abortion, while other family planning services are free
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The Battle to be New Prime Minister Will be Fought and Won Online
Ian Lucas explains how the Conservative Party leadership contenders will use the online space to drum up support – with a warning for the safety of our democracy
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The Tory Leadership Election Epitomises the British Class Divide
The race to be Prime Minister has been laced with social snobbery and active hostility toward the poor, says Taj Ali
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Home Office Rwanda Plan Accused of Being ‘Fundamentally Flawed’
New research exposes the incoherence of declaring Rwanda a safe third country of asylum, Sian Norris reports
