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‘Good Chaps’ Left the Building a While Ago, Britain – It’s Time to Wake Up
Hardeep Matharu argues that Labour MP Dawn Butler’s removal from the House of Commons after calling Boris Johnson a ‘liar’ finally exposed the structural failings at the heart of the British state
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Tens of Thousands of EU Citizens in UK could have Missed Out on Applying for Settled Status, Lords Warn
In a new report, peers also raise concerns about the lack of certificates issued to those who have obtained settled status – raising concerns about how this group can prove that they have a right to be in the country
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‘A Convenient Scapegoat’: Empty Shelves are due to Brexit Not the Pingdemic – Here’s the Evidence
With supply chain problems being blamed on workers self-isolating, Caolan Robertson reports on what business owners, managers and labourers have been telling him across the country about the consequences of Brexit
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The Runaway Train: Whistleblowers Accuse HS2 of ‘Concealing the Truth’ Over Controversial Project’s Costs
Two former senior members of staff claim that they were sacked after they sought to reveal the true property costs of the project
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Priti Patel, Nigel Farage, and the Fake News Around Asylum Claims
The numbers of people seeking asylum and refugee resettlements in the UK don’t match the rhetoric coming from Government or the Right, finds the Byline Times Intelligence team
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‘Met Police Response to its Institutional Corruption is a Form of Institutional Corruption’
The chair of the Daniel Morgan Independent Panel says the Metropolitan Police’s immediate denial of systemic issues of corruption in the force demonstrates the very problem its report into a 34-year-old unsolved murder highlighted
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The Prime Monger: Johnson’s ‘Culture War’ is a Core Part of his Strategic Racism
Martin Shaw explains how Boris Johnson’s racist remarks are far from casual, and that fighting ‘woke’ anti-racism is an essential part of his ethno-nationalist electoral strategy
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The Tory Takeover: More Conservative Insiders Appointed to Key Whitehall Roles
David Hencke and Sam Bright report on the ever-growing number of Conservative-linked figures who are filling senior roles in Government departments and bodies
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The ‘Red Wall’ Myth: How Pollsters Can Make Words Mean Anything
Northern Powerhouse, Freedom Day, Levelling Up – Mic Wright dissects the US import of political buzzphrases to shape rather than sample public opinion
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When Politicians Hide Behind Scientists, Science Becomes Political
Thomas Lewton looks at the debate around the lifting of British Coronavirus restrictions and the media targeting of Independent SAGE
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An Unequal Kingdom: 12 Graphs that Show How We Were Never ‘In This Together’
The Byline Intelligence Team exposes the poverty and inequality that has burgeoned during 11 years of Conservative rule
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The Virus of Entitlement and the Epidemic of Deference
With Dominic Cummings’ latest revelation that Boris Johnson didn’t want a lockdown as the majority of those dying from COVID-19 were over-80s, Otto English explores why the Prime Minister’s toxic brand of upper-class elitism is never called-out or questioned
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Firm Linked to Conservatives will Run New Immigration Detention Centre for Women
Mitie is the largest single provider of immigration detention services, has a Conservative peer on its board, and a history of poor service and provision for vulnerable migrants
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David Cameron in Government Summit with Firm Employing him as a Consultant
The former Prime Minister and one of his clients met with a Business minister days before the Greensill lobbying scandal hit the headlines
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The Character Assassination of Meghan Markle
As the tabloids speculate that a newly-announced autobiography of Prince Harry will really have been written by his wife, Richard Sanders sheds light on a 21st century tale of racism, class and misogyny
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Corporate Greenwashing: An Obstacle on the Road to Net Zero
Thomas Perrett argues that government intervention is required to counteract the problems posed by companies focused on PR rather than reducing CO2 emissions
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A Man’s World: 91% of Top COVID Contract Winners Are Run by Men
The Government’s outsourcing effort reveals a huge diversity imbalance in private sector suppliers, report the Byline Intelligence Team and The Citizens
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Own Goal: Government Faces the Consequences of its Culture War
In this turning point in the ‘war on woke’ may be the seeds of a new revolution, says Jonathan Lis
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School Pupils Face Sanctions for Supporting Palestine
New research uncovers 49 cases where school pupils and staff face detention, suspension and even expulsion after showing solidarity with Palestine during May’s conflict
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Mandatory Vote ID: Government Makes Astonishing Admission 3.5 Million Will Be Disenfranchised
Josiah Mortimer of the Electoral Reform Society reveals the contradictions in the Government’s plan to introduce Voter ID
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No Meetings Held by ‘Powerful’ Committees Set Up to Iron-Out Brexit Problems
One of the bodies – established to deal with post-Brexit chaos in the fishing industry – hasn’t met for three months, Sam Bright reveals
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Raising Racism: Are We Witnessing Progress in How Parliament Discusses Race?
Natasha Livingstone looks at the data around the use of the term in Parliament and explores its importance
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From Turning Point to Tufton Street: International Aid Cuts and Radical Right Influence
As MPs voted to cut international aid, Sian Norris examines the Conservative Party donors and right-wing think-tanks who have long had foreign aid spending in their sights
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Brideshead Britain: Boris Johnson’s Entourage of ‘Careless People’
With the Government showing itself out of touch over anti-racism and football, Mic Wright looks at the gilded age Oxford culture around the current incumbent at Number 10
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Conservative Links to 30% of Top 20 COVID Contract Firms
The Byline Intelligence Team and The Citizens report on yet more conflict of interest questions surrounding the Government’s procurement during the pandemic
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New Health Bill Paving the Way for Greater Private Involvement in NHS, Campaigners Warn
The Health and Social Care Bill was pitched as a response to the Coronavirus pandemic – but there are concerns that it will lead to more ministerial interference and increased privatisation, reports Sian Norris
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Government Delays Responding to Proposals for Stillbirths to be Independently Investigated
Campaigners are calling for a more rigorous system for investigating baby deaths, but departments are yet to take action, reports Katie Tarrant
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Englishness Evolves
Otto English charts the different strands of English identity over the years and how a dark turn may now be giving way to something altogether more inclusive, decent and inspiring
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How Johnson Decries Racism Against Footballers While Implementing Legislation That Fuels a Racist Culture War
Ben Geblum analyses how recent legislation from the Higher Education Bill to the New Plan for Immigration undermines the Government’s recent anti-racist statements
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Government Accused of Being in Breach of UN Human Rights Obligations on Race
A new report undermines the Government’s claims that systemic racism is not an issue in the UK and that accusations of white privilege is undermining white boys’ educational attainment
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Vote Leave’s Tearing Up of the Rules Comes Back to Bite its Leaders
The ‘culture war’ waged by Boris Johnson and Priti Patel relies on fear and silence – which is why Tyrone Mings’ intervention has been so powerful and unprecedented, says Sam Bright
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Boris Johnson Halts Update to Government Conduct ‘Bible’
The Cabinet Manual is 10 years out of date, yet the Prime Minister has shelved plans to refresh it, reports David Hencke
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A Pitched Battle: Johnson and Patel’s Culture War Flaw Finally Exposed
Peter Jukes and Hardeep Matharu argue that the racist abuse targeted at England’s black players has revealed why the Government’s attacks on ‘wokeism’ will not ultimately win out
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England? Which England? Who Won? Who Lost?
Journalist and sports commentator Philippe Auclair looks at the social significance of the Euro 2020 final, and compares it to the famous World Cup Victory of France in 1998
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The UK is Now Governed by an Actively Anti-Democratic Party
Kyle Taylor and Nico Docherty of Fair Vote UK evaluate the new reforms to democracy set to be introduced by Boris Johnson’s Government
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Health Department Extends Conservative Donor’s Government Role
An individual who has donated more than £630,000 to the Conservatives in recent years has seen his role in Government extended for another year, reports Sam Bright
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UK’s Outsourcing of COVID Response Has Cost More Than the GDP of 140 Countries
The Byline Intelligence Team puts the Government’s vast private sector procurement effort into context
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Boris Johnson’s COVID Free Market Will be Suffered by the Poor and Marginalised
‘Freedom day’ is simply the Prime Minister pulling up the drawbridge on his own people, contends John Ashton
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Burying Bad News: Workplace Deaths Increased by 25% Last Year and That Doesn’t Include COVID-19
In a good day to bury bad news, the Health and Safety Executive announced a concerning rise in workplace deaths, while most of our attention was glued to England’s Euros match. Sian Norris reports
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Boris Johnson’s Idea of Freedom is a Form of Oppression
Just as the Government hails ‘freedom day’ it also restricts the right to protest and denies freedom of movement. Sian Norris asks if this is just freedom for markets and money rather than people
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Baby Bust: What’s Behind Britain’s Sudden Fall in Fertility?
Jonathan Portes looks at the causes and consequences of the record low total fertility rate in the UK
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‘I’d Become a Criminal for Living a Nomadic Way of Life’: Gypsy, Roma and Traveller Communities Protest Against New Policing Bill
The Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill creates a new offence of residing or intending to reside on land with a vehicle
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The Trolley Strikes Again: How Boris Johnson is Pushing Britain to the Brink
In ordinary times, the Prime Minister’s lack of focus and consistency would be dysfunctional. In a pandemic, it is lethal, says Jonathan Lis
