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Sunak Claims Poverty is Down Under the Tories – But Relative Poverty is Up
Though absolute poverty has decreased since 2010, relative poverty is rising just as the cost of living crisis starts to bite, reports Sian Norris
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War in Ukraine Highlights the Need for a Radical Welcome for All Refugees
Responses from UK and Polish Governments to Europe’s refugee crisis differ in their impact and yet come from the same old book of divide and conquer say POMOC’s Krzysia Balinska and Grupa Granica’s Monika Matus
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Boris Johnson’s PR Guru Advising Firm Whose Founder Worked with Putin’s Top Energy Crony
A tangled web of influence from Gazprom to the Conservative Party to GB News – at its epicentre is a Tory PR lobbyist who played a key role in Boris Johnson’s leadership campaign
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Flooding the Zone: The Bannon Playbook Governing British Politics
Rachel Morris explores how Boris Johnson got away with the ‘Partygate’ scandal, why his immorality has few consequences
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What the Left Got Wrong on Immigration
A lack of solidarity and understanding towards working class Eastern European migrants hindered the Left from countering anti-immigration narratives, writer Yva Alexandrova tells Sian Norris
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Human Rights Problem Countries Receive Two-Thirds of UK Military Export Licenses Since 2010
Sam Bright digs into the data to reveal the billions of pounds of lethal equipment sold by the UK to questionable regimes
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The Conservative Stable: How Horse Racing and Tory Politics are Interlinked
As the jockeys put on their silks and the horses gallop at Cheltenham, a new report from the Byline Intelligence Team and The Citizens can reveal the numerous links between those in the industry and the Conservative Party
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‘Pink-Eyed Terminators’: Successive Conservative Governments Have Ignored Official Warnings About the Growing Threat of Nuclear War
TJ Coles reviews the ways in which Russian nuclear escalation has been mapped by experts
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Aid Cuts Bite Back: Crisis in Ukraine Risks Fuelling Humanitarian Crises Around the World
Aid organisations are warning that a perfect storm of UK aid cuts, war in Ukraine, rising wheat costs and existing famines risks death and suffering worldwide, as Sian Norris reports
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Amongst the Noblemen: How Russian Money Bought the British Class System
Charlotte Robinson explores the ways in which oligarchs have managed to embed themselves in the aristocracy
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New Stats Show Rich Getting Richer as Cost of Living Crisis Bites for the Rest
New data shows highest paid payrolled employees saw wages soar by just under £3000 a month since 2014, while the poorest got a paltry pay rise of £167, Sian Norris reports
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Conflict and Complicity: 11,000 Civilian Casualties Caused by Saudi Coalition’s Use of Explosive Weapons in Yemen Since 2015
New data shows the extent of the death toll that can be placed at Saudi Arabia’s door, as Boris Johnson seeks closer energy ties with the Gulf state
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Ending the War is More Important Than Removing Putin
The West may have to accept the Russian President crawling back to Moscow with his regime still alive, contends Mike Buckley
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Boris Johnson’s Saudi Arabia Trip Shows He is Trading One Murderous Regime For Another
Liz Truss last week promised to ‘stand up’ to tyrants. This week Boris Johnson took the UK’s begging bowl to Saudi Arabia, writes Adam Bienkov
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Government ‘Inconsistency’ On Free Speech
Ruth Smeeth of Index on Censorship tells Sian Norris her concerns about a raft of contradictory Government policies on freedom of expression, as the Online Safety Bill returns to Parliament
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UK Trade With Human Rights Problem Countries Increased by 36% After Brexit
As Boris Johnson prepares to schmooze Saudi Arabia, Sam Bright reports on the UK’s growing trade relationships with despotic regimes
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The Lone Voices Who Tried to Warn the British Establishment About Russia
A small band of politicians spent the past decade warning about the threat from Putin and Russian oligarchs in the UK but are only now being listened to, reports Adam Bienkov
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Lebedev: The KGB Spy Who Helped Put Putin in the Kremlin
John Sweeney digs deeper into the past of Alexander Lebedev, whose connections to the Russian President and the British Prime Minister are a source of major public concern
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High Levels of Debt in Children’s Social Care Put Vulnerable Kids at Risk
Findings from the Competition and Markets Authority vindicate Byline Times’ investigations into private equity investment in children’s care, Sian Norris reports
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Darkness Falls: Ministers are Making Themselves Unaccountable – Because They Can
The public bodies that are supposed to keep government virtuous have been systematically subverted by crony Conservative appointments, says Brian Cathcart. We must make them independent
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In Sending Weapons to Ukraine, We Must Not Forget the Lessons of History
Iain Overton provides a word of caution as the world exports tonnes of arms to the frontline of Putin’s war
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The Johnson-Lebedev Letters: A Back-Channel to Vladimir Putin?
Letters exclusively obtained by Byline Times, between Boris Johnson and Evgeny Lebedev, shed new light on how the son of a Russian oligarch and former KGB officer built such a close relationship with Britain’s Prime Minister
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I Spent Years Imploring the Conservatives to Investigate Russian Interference. They Didn’t Listen
As a Labour MP investigating disinformation, Ian Lucas saw first-hand the Government’s attempts to duck the question of Russia
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Failings in Key Army Contract Hits UK’s Ability to Fight a Modern War
David Hencke reports on a major impasse in the delivery of new armoured vehicles to the British Army
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London’s Financial Giants Have Made Billions from Russia’s State-Linked Companies
TJ Coles explores the tangled web that exists between British and Russian money
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UK’s Record on Refugees Exposes the Lie of ‘World-Beating’ Claims
While Prime Minister Boris Johnson was correct that UK has resettled more refugees than the rest of Europe, when it comes to asylum claims the stats and politics tell another story
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How Levelling Up, Brexit and the Ukraine War are Intertwined
Sam Bright explores how Brexit has exposed Britain to the reverberations of the war in Ukraine
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Would Keir Starmer Treat Ukrainian Refugees Any Better than Boris Johnson?
Labour is critical of the Government’s treatment of Ukrainian refugees – but is reluctant to take a straightforwardly more liberal approach, reports Adam Bienkov
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Medicalisation and Hidden Agendas: The Down Syndrome Bill Faces Multiple Criticisms
The Private Members Bill promises to ensure the specific needs of people with Down syndrome are considered – but parents, campaigners and people with learning disabilities are sceptical about what the law will achieve and the motives behind it
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The Absent Lords: 13% of Peers Rarely or Never Attend
As scrutiny mounts over the appointment of Lord Lebedev, John Lubbock investigates how many peers share his reticence towards democratic participation
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A Golden Ticket: 2,000 Oligarchs from Countries with Human Rights Concerns ‘Buy’ Permanent Right to Live in UK
Between 2010 and 2020, 65% of the foreign investors granted permanent UK residency were from China and Russia, reports Sam Bright
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Putin’s Plot Against ‘Great’ Britain – And How He Got Away With It
Peter Jukes tracks Vladimir Putin’s long war against the West and the allies he has found in the pro-Brexit establishment in the plot to derail Britain
2016 EU Referendum, 2020 US Presidential Election, Boris Johnson, Brexit, Conservative Party, Democracy, Donald Trump, Europe, Foreign Affairs, Interference, Collusion and Alternative War, Leave.EU, Nigel Farage, Russia, The European Union, UK Politics, Ukraine, US Politics, Vladimir Putin, Vote Leave, War and Conflict
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Government Refuses to Reveal Taxpayer Cost of Secret COVID Subsidy for Its Wealthy Press Friends
Just how much cash have ministers given Murdoch, the Mail and Co to help them through the pandemic? Brian Cathcart investigates
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UK Politics Stands at a Crossroads – Which Path Will the Conservatives Choose?
Robert Saunders assesses whether war in Ukraine will result in British governance rolling-back its recent destructive tendencies – or whether it will further retreat into them
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IWD: Thousands of NHS Staff Harassed by Patients
Exclusive data collated by the Byline Intelligence Team shows that NHS staff are routinely sexually harassed by patients – with reports of inappropriate touching, assault and indecent exposure
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IWD: Victims of Sexual Exploitation Referred to Immigration Enforcement
This International Women’s Day, the Byline Intelligence Team reveal the number of women and girls victimised by sexual exploitation being reported to the Home Office, instead of for help
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Government Didn’t Record Minutes of Meeting Between Lebedev and Johnson
A now-infamous meeting between the Prime Minister and his Russian ally was not recorded by officials, Sam Bright reports
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Conservative Net Zero Scrutiny Group MP Retweets Fake News Publisher of Holocaust Denial
Steve Baker repeatedly retweeted the creator of a far-right Canadian website, reports Nafeez Ahmed
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Boris Johnson has Left an ‘Oligarch Loophole’ in the Economic Crime Bill
The Government’s ‘crackdown’ on money-laundering by Russian oligarchs has a large loophole which will allow some oligarchs to be exempted, reports Adam Bienkov
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Open Arms to Russian Wealth, Cold Shoulder to Asylum Seekers
Migration statistics show that 347 Russian citizens have been granted asylum since 2008 – compared to nearly 2,600 ‘golden visas’ for Russian millionaires in same period
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Brexit was a Victory for British Putinism – Why were those who Got It Right Vilified?
Anthony Barnett details what he has learnt from the work of journalists such as Carole Cadwalladr and Byline Times’ co-founder and executive editor Peter Jukes about the threat to British democracy hiding in plain sight
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The Putin Doctrine: Trump Military Study Explains Why Putin May Escalate Nuclear Threats
A US Army study commissioned by Trump’s Secretary of the Army warned that a Russian ‘information blitzkrieg’ which began in 2014 could go nuclear if Putin believed he was losing a conventional war
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Defence Secretary Received Funding for Private Party from Law Firm Lobbying for Putin’s Sanctioned Banks
Along with three other Conservative MPs, Ben Wallace accepted a £10,000 donation from legal giant Squire Patton Boggs, which lobbied on behalf of Gazprombank and others
