SubscriptionsCategory: UK Politics
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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
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The Conservative Leadership Contest has Exposed the Big Lie About Brexit
Voters were promised better-funded public services and stronger employment rights after Brexit – Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak are now offering us the opposite, reports Adam Bienkov
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Things Can Only Get Worse: The Dangers of a Truss Premiership
With Boris Johnson’s demise, the true believers of the Brexit revolution have sensed their opportunity, writes Jon Bloomfield
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Vulnerable Migrants Cut Out of Cost of Living Support
The ‘no recourse to public funds’ condition means migrant people who are destitute or on very low incomes will not be entitled to Government help
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A Small Step for Women’s Safety in Policing is Not One Giant Leap
Sascha Lavin reflects on the news that the College of Policing will introduce harsher sanctions for police accused of abusing women
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The Shock of the Fatwa – What it was Like Back Then
Anthony Barnett remembers the political and social circumstances around the response to Salman Rushdie’s ‘The Satanic Verses’
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Where is Britain’s Liz Cheney?
Alexandra Hall Hall explores the worrying trajectories of the US Republicans and the UK’s Conservative Party
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Liz Truss’ Claim About Productivity of Workers Outside London is Economically Illiterate
The Conservative frontrunner’s belief that Londoners simply “graft” harder than people outside the capital does not stand up against evidence on regional inequalities, says Sam Bright
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How the Tabloid Press Misleads on Migration
The Byline Intelligence Team take a look at how media reporting on immigration and asylum can spread misinformation about the weaponised issue
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Liz Truss’ ‘Lazy Brits’ Comments Expose her Own ‘Plastic Patriotism’
A leaked recording of the Tory leadership frontrunner deriding UK workers for lacking “graft” gives the game away about her real views of the British people, reports Adam Bienkov
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Energy Giants Pay £172 Million as a Result of Corporate Violations in Last 12 Years
Sam Bright tracks the penalties imposed by regulators on the UK’s dominant energy providers
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The Government’s ‘Jet Zero’ Plan Won’t Reduce Airline Emissions
Thomas Perrett unpicks the proposal to achieve ‘net zero aviation’ by 2050 – and the gap it falls into between rhetoric and reality
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Government Can’t Say How Many ‘Serious Criminals’ Contributing to ‘Alarming Rise’ of Modern Slavery System Abuse
An investigation by the Byline Intelligence Team raises questions about the Home Secretary’s claims that criminals are ‘clogging up’ the system to support victims of modern slavery
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Beware the Charter Cities Conspiracy Theory
Chris Grey explores the various claims around Freeports and Charter Cities – and whether they are an extreme manifestation of a libertarian Brexit
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‘They Can’t Survive Inside Afghanistan’: The Vulnerable People Still Stuck Under Taliban Rule One Year On
15 August marks one year since the Taliban took back control of Afghanistan – but, after 12 months, some of the country’s most vulnerable still cannot apply to come to the UK
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Home Office Spends Just A Thousandth of its Rwanda Scheme Budget Publicising ‘Deterrent’ Abroad
New findings by Byline Times amplify concerns about the controversial policy’s intended effectiveness and its role in the Conservative ‘culture war’
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Why Rwanda’s Refusal to Let Me Report on its Treatment of Refugees Should be a Warning Call to the UK
Twelve refugees were killed by Rwandan police in 2018 and the country is attempting to shield itself from scrutiny – this should concern us all, writes Iain Overton
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Rwandan Government Fails to Give Press Accreditation to Byline Times Journalist to Report on Human Rights Abuses Against Refugees
Iain Overton travelled to Rwanda to investigate the ability of the Rwandan Government to uphold its refugees’ human rights. Why has he been stopped in his tracks?
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Government’s Prevent Strategy Oversight Committee has Never Met Since Conservatives Won 2019 General Election
A Freedom of Information request by Civil Service World has raised questions about the flagship counter-terrorism scheme
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Liz Truss: A Prime Minister for the Super-Rich
The number one priority of the frontrunner to succeed Boris Johnson, is to protect the bottom lines of energy bosses pushing millions into poverty, reports Adam Bienkov
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‘The Grooming Agenda’: Social Media Companies Accused of Amplifying LGBTIQ Hate
Facebook and Twitter are both failing to deal with hateful allegations that the LGBTIQ community is grooming children, as the far and mainstream right join forces
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Braverman Campaign Received £10,000 from Ex-Chair of ‘UK’s Principal Climate Science Denial Campaign Group’
It has been widely speculated that the former leadership candidate will be awarded a prominent Cabinet role, if Liz Truss becomes Prime Minister
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Trussonomics Will Worsen Inflation and Cost of Living Inequalities, Say Top Economists
Sascha Lavin picks the brains of leading thinkers on the economic plans of the Conservative leadership frontrunner
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Pluralism versus Populism – The Battle Rages On
In his editorial from the August 2022 print edition of Byline Times, Peter Jukes explores the big new political battle shaping the world
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The Identity Trap: Race, Representation and the Rise of Conservative Diversity
Rishi Sunak is in the running to be Britain’s first prime minister of colour – but the debate around whether this will be a good thing for ethnic minorities has laid bare conflicting ideas about the ‘individual’ and the ‘collective’, writes Hardeep Matharu
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How a Cost of Living Crisis Fuels a Healthcare Crisis
Mental and physical health are all at risk when energy costs go up again, reports Sian Norris
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In the Hands of Sunak and Truss, Freeports are a Threat to Democracy
Richard Murphy argues that freeports may benefit businesses through reduced taxes and regulation, but not employees or the economy of the local area
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The ‘Culture War’ Continues to Radicalise on Both Sides of the Atlantic
Sam Bright and Sian Norris track the evolution of pro-Trump, pro-Brexit ideologies in the UK and US
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Why Wages Should Keep up with Inflation: The Economic Case for Getting a Pay Rise
Economics professors Muhammad Ali Nasir and David Spencer explain why wage hikes do not herald economic disaster
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Bendy Bananas and the Myth of Draconian EU Laws
James Grace explores the number and nature of EU rules on the UK statute book
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Debunking Asylum Disinformation: The Mail on Sunday and Albanian Migrants
The Byline Intelligence Team dig behind the shocking stats to find the truth about who is crossing the Channel and why. Sascha Lavin and Sian Norris report
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Lack of Due Process in Government Hires
An investigation by the Byline Intelligence Team raises questions about how civil servants are being recruited to Government roles
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How Big Profits are Made in Children’s Social Care
A new investigation by Sam Baker looks at concerns of a ‘dysfunctional’ sector where big firms dominate the response to a growing social crisis
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Transparency Request Suggests Chris Pincher Not Vetted by Government Ethics Team
A freedom of information request submitted by the Byline Intelligence Team suggests that the Cabinet Office unit did not scrutinise the former deputy chief whip’s appointment, contrary to previous reports
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Turning the Chapter on the Johnson Years: My Wish List for our Next Prime Minister
Former diplomat Alexandra Hall Hall explores how the UK could start rebuilding public trust in its institutions and our democracy following a turbulent few years
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Truss and Sunak’s Hard-Right Economic Plans Will Only Deepen Cost of Living Crisis
With the UK heading for recession, the two remaining candidates to become Britain’s next Prime Minister are committed to the same failed economic theories that created the current crisis, writes Thomas Perrett
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The Rise of Children with Eating Disorders
More and more children are being hospitalised with eating disorders – but where is the investment and funding to ensure they get the support they need?
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Rishi Sunak, Infosys and a Legacy of Financial Issues
As the Conservative leadership election rolls on, concerns persist about the origins of the Sunak family fortune, reports Manasa Narayanan for the Byline Intelligence Team
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People Crossing Channel from Countries With High Rates of Explosive Violence
New analysis shows how, for the majority of people crossing the Channel into the UK, home has become a place of bombs and shells
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What Ukrainians Think About Jeremy Corbyn’s Ukraine Interview
Chris York reports on the reaction of Ukrainians after the former Labour Leader said the West supplying weapons to the country will ‘prolong and exaggerate’ Vladimir Putin’s unprovoked war
