SubscriptionsCategory: UK Politics
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‘Project Fear’ is ‘Project Here’: UK Supply Chains Seize-Up Due to Anti-Immigration Politics
The Chief Executive of Scotland Food & Drink explains how a hard Brexit caused the current crisis, with the lowest stocks in shops and warehouses since records began
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British Military Linked to Hundreds of Civilian Deaths in Afghanistan
Analysis of compensation claims paid by the Ministry of Defence to Afghan families reveals the extent of civilian deaths during 20 years of war
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Conservative ‘Bonfire of Quangos’ Has Failed to Materialise, MPs Warn
The Government is appointing its favourite candidates to powerful external agencies without proper processes or monitoring, David Hencke reports
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Overseas Assistance Austerity: Government’s Drastic Cuts to Foreign Aid, Health, Climate and Gender Equality Revealed
Official new accounts published by the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office have revealed some eye-catching changes to the UK’s spending priorities abroad
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The New Winter of Discontent Will Expose the Corrupting Forces Strangling Our Society
With Brexit, the pandemic, the energy crisis and cuts to benefits all combining to create difficult months ahead, Reverend Joe Haward considers what can be learnt from the true meaning of ‘apocalypse’
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The Final Betrayal of Grenfell Victims Looms
Pulling down the Tower would be yet another act of scorn directed at the local community, says Tom Charles
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87% of Afghan Relocation Applications Rejected by UK
As the Government comes under pressure for abandoning its Afghan allies, Sam Bright reveals the number of people turned down by the UK
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‘They Are Keeping Us Here to be Killed’: The Loyal Afghans Abandoned by Johnson’s Government
Katharine Quarmby lays bare the gap between rhetoric and reality in the Government’s Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme
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‘Police are Institutionally Sexist’: 14 Officers Targeted Vulnerable Women for Sex
Exclusive analysis of freedom of information requests by the Byline Intelligence Team reveals how police officers abuse their power over witnesses and victims to get sex
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Gas Crisis Reveals the Imminent End of Europe’s Fossil Fuel Age
Nafeez Ahmed sees the current energy crisis as a symptom of a deeper malaise – reliance on Russia and fossil fuels – which could lead to spiralling inflation and a perfect global economic storm
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Government Spends £13 Million on COVID-19 Text Messages
New data reveals another source of significant Government spending during the pandemic, reports Sam Bright
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Three-Quarters of Police Officers Guilty of Gross Negligence in Sex Crimes Kept their Jobs
Freedom of information requests analysed by the Byline Intelligence Team reveal that police officers are failing in their duty of care to vulnerable victims and witnesses when investigating claims relating to sexual assault
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The Real Culture Divides Being Masked by the Government’s ‘Culture War’
Nadine Dorries’ appointment as Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Secretary is said to be turbo-charging the culture war – but a new report has found the real issue facing the cultural sector is structural inequality not ‘wokery’
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Anti-Racist Campaign Group Raises Concerns Over Islamophobia and Nadine Dorries
A history of tweets and re-tweets from the new Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sports has prompted questions over how seriously the Conservative Party takes allegations of anti-Muslim discrimination
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Deprived People Twice As Likely to Die During Pandemic As the Rich, New Research Shows
The study delves into the health inequalities that have afflicted Britain during the COVID-19 crisis
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The Brexit Tax: How Boris Johnson Broke his Promise on Energy Prices
In May 2016, the future Prime Minister promised that fuel bills would be slashed after Brexit – Sam Bright explores why the opposite has occurred
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More Than Half of Met Police Officers Found Guilty of Sexual Misconduct Kept their Jobs
A Freedom of Information request analysed by the Byline Intelligence Team reveals the extent to which the capital’s police officers work in a culture of impunity around sexual misconduct
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Metrified – or Petrified? The Return of Imperial Measures is the Ghost of a Dead Cat
Though it stands no chance of return, trading standards officer Pippa Musgrave explains why the nostalgia for imperial measures is a deflection from the problems of Brexit
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The Digital Dogs of War
Iain Overton considers how London’s biggest arms trade fair reveals the true face of modern conflict – and why civilians will bear the brunt of this autonomous, distanced new form of warfare
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‘Everyone Is Forgetting About Us’: New Research Highlights how Government’s Social Care Reforms Sideline those with Learning Disabilities
Saba Salman reports on a forthcoming independent study, part-funded by the Department of Health and Social Care – the findings of which are in stark contrast to messages from Boris Johnson’s administration around adapting to the Coronavirus and reforming adult social care
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Arms Versus Asylum: In the Shadow of a Weapons Bonanza Live the People Fleeing War
The Byline Intelligence Team attended the opening day of London’s controversial Government-backed arms fair to witness the protests and hear the voices of those who have fled the bombs now on sale
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Corporate Takeover: NHS Spending on Private Sector is Up But Positive Patient Outcomes Are Down
In the second part of her investigative series on corporate interests in the NHS, Sian Norris explores how private sector NHS spending has increased – but so have waiting lists, staff vacancies, and patient dissatisfaction
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AUKUS Launches Cold War Against China
CJ Werleman reports on the announcement of a new strategic alliance between Australia, the UK and the US which is likely to tackle threats posed by Beijing
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A Digital Danger: Nadine Dorries is the Last Person who Should be in Charge of Data Privacy
The appointment of the Conservative MP as the new Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Secretary has been questioned by those familiar with her track record in the areaala
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Polish Foreign Minister with History of Homophobic Remarks Addresses Polish-British Forum
The Belvedere Forum invited Zbigniew Rau to speak alongside UK politicians, despite him referring to LGBTIQ rights as creating a “civilisation of death”
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The Government Fails to Understand the Complexity at the Heart of Adoption
With the guarantee for care for over-16s due to end, alongside a desire to speed up the adoptive process from policy-makers, adoptive parents and campaigners argue for greater support
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Up to Six Million People: The Unrecorded Fatalities of the ‘War on Terror’
Nafeez Ahmed examines the direct and indirect deaths of the post 9/11 era, as a new kind of state-sanctioned mass violence became globalised and normalised
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Poorly Pooches Abandoned by Brexit
David Hencke reports on the national vets shortage, caused by the UK’s withdrawal from the EU, the Coronavirus crisis and a rise in the number of people buying pets
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Ten Examples of British Military Spending Plagued by Inefficiency and Spiralling Costs
As the giant DSEI arms fair gets underway in east London, Iain Overton catalogues 10 instances demonstrating the problems with Government defence procurement
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‘Ready for a Culture War’: Meet the ‘Common Sense’ Conservative MPs Behind the ‘Anti-Woke’ Manifesto
Otto English investigates the MPs behind the Common Sense Group, modelled on the ERG, which seeks to bring the vitriol of Brexit to the ‘War Against Woke’
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The Cunning Deceit of Press and Politics in ‘the Prime Minister’s Plan’
Mic Wright unpicks the modern shift towards personality politics and the media’s collusion in advancing this increasingly unaccountable mode of government
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Operation Cold Shoulder? The Home Office Outlines Plans for Afghan People Coming to the UK
While positive efforts are made to ensure vulnerable Afghans can be resettled in the UK, the Home Office plans leave barriers in place for family members of British Nationals
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Peter Oborne’s Diary August 2021: Channel 4 Privatisation, the Clermont Set and Craig Murray
Exclusive to print for a month, Peter Oborne shares his observations of the political media class. For the latest diary subscribe to the September Digital Edition
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‘It Felt like a War Zone’: Ten Years On From Dale Farm
Ahead of the 10 year anniversary of its clearance next month, Katharine Quarmby recounts the last days of Dale Farm, the eviction of the largest Traveller site in Europe, and considers its lasting legacy
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Vast Majority of Young Female Offenders are Victims of Sexual and Domestic Abuse
Despite high rates of victimisation of young women offenders, survivors of rape and abuse are criminalised – and this is set to get worse under the new Police, Crime, Courts and Sentencing Bill, campaigners warn
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72% of Voters are Against the Award of Peerages and Honours Following Political Donations, Poll Commissioned by Byline Times Finds
Exclusive polling with independent research company Omnisis reveals that the public are generally disapproving of political donors receiving rewards and access after parting with their cash – with Conservative voters more concerned than Labour
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Political Capture: How Donations Made in the Shadows are Putting Democracy in Danger
An investigation by the Byline Intelligence Team and The Citizens, revealing the profiles of Conservative Party backers in the UK, has exposed how a lack of transparency and the culture of political donations is putting British democracy at risk
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The ‘War on Terror’: Turning a Blind Eye to 20 Years of Brutality
Cloaked under the false dichotomy of the need for a trade-off between security and rights, the post-9/11 years are a shameful track record of cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment which must not be forgotten, says Dr Maria Norris
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Tory Entitlement: Quarter of Top Conservative Donors have Received Honours or Peerages
An investigation into the governing party’s elite donors by the Byline Intelligence Team and The Citizens reveals that the vast majority received their awards in the same time period as they were gifting significant sums of money
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Johnson’s Conservatives are the Party of Wealth Conservation and Emotional Exploitation
Maheen Behrana explores how the rise in National Insurance to fund the broken social care system reveals how little the public understands about taxes – something the governing party is happy to take advantage of
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Age Of Discrimination: Law Change Will Mean Children in Care Expected to Live Independently At Just 16
Children in care over the age of 16 will not be guaranteed care and may be moved into independent or semi-independent housing, reports Sophia Alexandra Hall
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Meet Mr Tory: Average Elite Conservative Donor Giving £500,000 is 65-Year-Old White Man Called Michael
A joint investigation by the Byline Intelligence Team and The Citizens reveals the lack of gender and ethnic diversity of elite Conservative donors – raising questions about how it is now the party of hedge funds and oligarchs rather than business and commerce
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The Great Social Care Gold Rush: How Hedge Funds and Private Investors are Distorting the ‘Market’ of People in Need
Katharine Quarmby and Sian Norris dig into the story behind the funding of the social care system, asking: who will benefit from the extra cash?
