SubscriptionsCategory: UK Politics
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Influential Figures Dictating Children’s Social Care Policy Via Government ‘Back Door’
Katharine Quarmby investigates how policy decisions around young people’s safeguarding are made – and which ideologies appear to prevail
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The Populist Alliance: How Vote Leave Came to Rule British Politics
Even despite the resignation of Lord David Frost, the hard Brexit project has been enshrined into Britain’s political institutions with far-reaching consequences, says former Labour MP Ian Lucas
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A Dangerous Paradox: Tory MPs and their Media Allies Attack Chris Whitty for Simply Doing his Job
The Chief Medical Officer’s role is to offer his expert opinion on the evolving pandemic – and yet he is under attack for doing just that, says David Oliver
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Private Health Meets Big Data
Sam Bright explores the collaboration between two tech giants, and what this means for the future of healthcare
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Thirty Years On From the End of the Cold War, the UK Must Support Post-Soviet Success
Sir Ciarán Devane, former chief executive officer of the British Council, explains why Britain must not abandon the states that achieved independence from the Soviet bloc
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How The Great Replacement Went Mainstream
The far-right conspiracy theory has jumped off the dark web message boards and into political parties around Europe
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Best of Bylines Network: 17 December 2021
Byline Times provides a guide to the top stories this week on its sister network of regional sites promoting local writers and citizen journalism
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Will the Liberal Democrats Lurch Towards Libertarianism?
The North Shropshire by-election result has ended nearly 200 years of Conservative domination in the once safe Tory seat – but it now raises the question of what the Liberal Democrats stand for, says Gareth Roberts
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The Prime Minister of Mendacious Melodies
The scandal of the Downing Street Christmas parties last year flies in the face of the essence of the Christmas message, says Reverend Joe Haward
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North Shropshire Shows Britain is Turning Against the Conservatives’ Populist Politics
Having portrayed itself as helping voters overthrow a hated established order, Boris Johnson’s Government has now become the epitome of everything those same voters dislike, says Adam Bienkov
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How the Financial Sector Bankrolls Climate Chaos
The UK financial sector remains a significant contributor to the escalation of the climate crisis, reports Thomas Perrett
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PPE Government Panic-Bought During First COVID Wave Set to be Recycled
Evidence, exclusively seen by this newspaper, suggests that officials are trying to find new uses for visors purchased from one firm during the first wave of the pandemic, Sam Bright reveals
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‘An Entirely Hollow Promise’: Home Office Narrows Eligibility Criteria for Vulnerable Afghans
An update to the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy will make it much harder for Afghans who worked with and for the British to seek protection here, say campaigners
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Government’s Refusal to Provide Care to Every Child Looked After by the State Shames Britain
Ministers have failed to see that an absence of care and nurturing lies at the heart of harms to children, says Carolyne Willow
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“Performative Cruelty”: Asylum Accommodation Conditions Exposed in Shocking Report
Vulnerable people are still being kept in cold, cramped, makeshift facilities, Sascha Lavin reports
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The Brexit Slump: UK-EU Trade Continues to Lag As New Regulations Loom
A new House of Lords report exposes the economic aftershocks of Brexit, highlights David Hencke
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Far-Right Echoes in Westminster: How Extremist Pressure on Migration Affects Government Policy
In the first part of an exclusive investigation into the far-right response to the migrants who tragically drowned in the Channel, Paul Mason and Sian Norris look at how political pressure from such activists risks fuelling Government rhetoric and policy
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Army Still Being Deployed to Deliver Fuel – Despite Government’s ‘Precautionary’ Claim
Military personnel are being asked to compensate for persistent HGV driver shortages in the wake of Brexit and the COVID-19 pandemic, Sam Bright reports
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MPs Raise the Alarm Over Johnson’s Draconian Elections Bill
A parliamentary committee has found that the Government’s proposals lack transparency and consultation, and fail to provide evidence as to why the changes are “necessary and proportionate”
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Lost Without Brexit: North Shropshire By-Election Shows ‘Tories Really Don’t Have A Message’
Conservative MPs fear that they will lose the safe seat – with traditional voters struggling to find reasons to stick with the party, reports Adam Bienkov
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Conservative MPs Radicalised by COVID are Coming for Johnson
COVID-19 almost killed Boris Johnson and now it is killing his leadership of the Conservative Party, says Adam Bienkov
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Institutional Inequality: The Gender Pay Gap in the Highest Ranks of the Civil Service
Sascha Lavin exposes the vast differences in income among the highest-earning public servants
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81% of Downing Street Media Meetings Held with Right-Wing Newspapers
Sam Bright reveals more details about the intimate relationship between Boris Johnson’s administration and members of the establishment media
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A Perfect Storm: Operation Booster Hits Already Under-Pressure NHS
Healthcare staff are expressing concerns at being able to offer all adults the Coronavirus booster jab by 2022
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The Party’s Over and the Joke’s On Us: Johnson and the Integrity Deficit
The scandal of the Downing Street Christmas parties has exposed something important about the Prime Minister and his appeal, says Jonathan Lis
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The Nationality and Borders Bill is a Legacy of Empire
We need to start calling British immigration policy and law for what it is: a form of post-colonial, racialised nation-building, says Dr Maria Norris
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Cash-Strapped Councils and a Crisis in Children’s Care
A perfect storm of rising need, austerity and funding cuts has created a crisis in children’s social care, Sian Norris reports
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On Brexit, Boris Johnson is Starting to Face the Consequences of his Actions
At home and abroad, the Vote Leave Government’s honeymoon period is over, reports Mike Buckley
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‘A Populist Demagogue’ – Johnson’s Government ‘Most Extreme I’ve Seen’, says Former Tory Attorney General
Dominic Grieve told Byline TV that the Government’s disregard for the rule of law, its xenophobic rhetoric over migrants and its cronyism show why the Conservative Party’s problems go beyond one leader
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Peter Thiel’s Free Speech for Race Science Crusade at Cambridge University Revealed
In a special investigation, Nafeez Ahmed reveals how Palantir-linked Donald Trump lobbyists are using ‘free speech’ to normalise white nationalism on UK campuses
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Best of Bylines Network: 10 December 2021
Byline Times provides a guide to the top stories this week on its sister network of regional sites promoting local writers and citizen journalism
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The Christmas Parties: Another Gathering Exposed – and More Unanswered Questions
The Byline Intelligence Team unearths an eighth event hosted at a Government department last Christmas, and reflects on where this leaves the Prime Minister
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Periods, Pandemic and PPE: How Even in Healthcare the World is Built for Men
Women make up the majority of the world’s healthcare workers but new research shows how during the pandemic their health was put at risk by PPE designed for men
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Conservative Donors Miss Out on £5 Billion PPE Contract
Most of the Conservative-linked suppliers commissioned at the outset of the Coronavirus pandemic are no longer involved in NHS PPE procurement, Sam Bright reports
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Conservative Voters Say Met Police Should Investigate Downing Street Parties – Poll
A clear majority of voters surveyed also believe that Boris Johnson should resign as Prime Minister, an exclusive Omnisis poll indicates
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Meet the Companies for Which Asylum Policy is Big Business
Firms are winning multi-million-pound contracts to run immigration-related services – despite track records of poor provision and health and safety violations
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The New Strategies of Hindu Supremacists in Britain
Explores how the drive to get ‘Hinduphobia’ recognised as a form of religious persecution has spread from India to the West
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Liars Policing the Truth: How Johnson Has Exploited the System
Ed Brown explains how vague protocols and informal codes of conduct have been ruthlessly manipulated by the Prime Minister
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Boris Johnson Blocks Investigation into His Attendance at Downing Street Lockdown Parties
The Prime Minister’s promised investigation into parties in Downing Street already looks to be a whitewash, reports Adam Bienkov
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Grenfell to Downing Street: The Government’s Impunity and Disdain Has Existed for Years
Adrian Goldberg reports on another half-hearted apology from the Government – this time in relation to the Grenfell fire tragedy
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More Than 500 COVID Fines Issued in London During Weeks When Downing Street Partied
Hundreds of people were hit with penalties for breaking the rules set and violated by Downing Street, Sam Bright reports
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Downing Street Christmas Parties: Journalists, the Public and an Ethical Void
We don’t know yet whether journalists were among last year’s revellers at Number 10, but if they were — they betrayed the public they are supposed to serve, says Brian Cathcart
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Brexit Trade Deals Failing to Deliver a Dividend, Report Says
The reality of ‘Global Britain’ is failing to match the rhetoric, reports David Hencke
