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The Byline Intelligence Team is run by award-winning journalist Iain Overton and brings together some of the best young investigative journalists in the country.
We plan to unearth malpractice wherever it exists and deliver hard-hitting investigations that expose corruption, climate change denial, dark money, dodgy data grabs, military secrecy and overreach, and the truth about rampant inequality.
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Arms Versus Asylum: In the Shadow of a Weapons Bonanza Live the People Fleeing War
, 16 September 2021
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
A Digital Danger: Nadine Dorries is the Last Person who Should be in charge of Data Privacy
, 16 September 2021
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
EXCLUSIVE 72% of Voters are Against the Award of Peerages and Honours Following Political Donations, Poll Commissioned by Byline Times Finds
, 10 September 2021
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
Political Capture: How Donations Made in the Shadows are Putting Democracy in Danger
, 10 September 2021
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
EXCLUSIVE Tory Entitlement: Quarter of Top Conservative Donors have Received Honours or Peerages
, 9 September 2021
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
EXCLUSIVE Meet Mr Tory: Average Elite Conservative Donor Giving £500,000 is 65-Year-Old White Man Called Michael
, 8 September 2021
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
EXCLUSIVE Ministry of Mystery: Government Doesn’t Know how Many Civilians it has Killed in Wars Abroad
, 6 September 2021
A Freedom of Information request to the Ministry of Defence has revealed that the Government is failing to record civilian deaths during military operations
Inside the World of Secret Polygamous Marriages
, 3 September 2021
Dating websites offer Muslim men the chance to meet a second wife online – but the practice causes financial stress, trauma and heartbreak for families, the Byline Intelligence Team reports
EXCLUSIVE Out of Sight, Out of Mind: Government Cannot Say if it has Trained Indonesian Police Forces Implicated in Human Rights Abuses
, 1 September 2021
A Freedom of Information request to the Ministry of Defence found that the Government does not hold information about who it trains in Indonesia
The World’s Cheapest Big Mac: What Burgernomics Tells Us About Lebanon’s Economic Crisis
, 31 August 2021
It tastes the same, the packaging's the same – but the differing costs of a McDonalds Big Mac can hold clues to a country's economic health, and in Lebanon, the diagnosis isn't great
EXCLUSIVE Five Conspiracy Theories Infecting Anti-Lockdown Groups
, 27 August 2021
The Byline Intelligence Team and The Citizens reveal how anti-lockdown groups can be easy prey to pseudo-scientific theories about the Coronavirus and the impact of vaccines
EXCLUSIVE UK COVID Testing Dependent on Imports Despite British Companies Being Available To Do the Same Work
, 20 August 2021
An exclusive investigation by The Citizens and the Byline Intelligence Team reveals just how dependent the UK’s testing capability is on foreign imports
EXCLUSIVE Etonocracy: How One Public School Came to Dominate Public Life
, 20 August 2021
The dominance of Eton-educated men in public life is greater than it was a century ago – with Old Etonians running politics, the media, the Church, and the law
EXCLUSIVE The North-South Asylum Divide: Refugees Most Likely to be Housed in the North
, 19 August 2021
A clear regional disparity exists when it comes to housing people seeking asylum, with the majority of families concentrated in deprived regions
EXCLUSIVE UK Universities Received At Least £190 Million from Major Arms Manufacturers in Past Eight Years
, 18 August 2021
A new investigation shows the scale of investment from arms manufacturers in UK universities
EXCLUSIVE Only 13% of Afghan Children Granted Asylum Since 2009 Were Girls
, 17 August 2021
Data analysed by the Byline Intelligence Team reveals that most Afghan people seeking asylum in the UK are young men and boys – as charities call for an asylum system that works for everybody and fears continue about what Taliban rule will mean for women in Afghanistan
EXCLUSIVE ‘An Appropriate Donor’: AI Research at Oxford University Funded by Controversial Firm Linked to Chinese State
, 9 August 2021
A £300,000 artificial intelligence project at the university is sponsored by Tencent – a Chinese company reportedly involved in censorship, surveillance, and Xi Jinping’s propaganda regime
EXCLUSIVE The Brexiters, the Donors and the Peer: At Least Nine COVID Testing Companies have Political Links
, 9 August 2021
Coronavirus testing has become a big business opportunity – but there are concerns about regulation, oversight and complaints
EXCLUSIVE Military Magazines Issued with Ministry of Defence Knowledge Reveal Its Top Secrets
, 6 August 2021
The department has refused to disclose the location of Operation Catallo – while British Army publications have shared details of it
EXCLUSIVE HS2 Ltd Does Not Know How Many Oak Trees it has Destroyed
, 5 August 2021
A freedom of information request has revealed the extent of the damage done to ancient woodland – and failures to count the destruction – caused by the controversial rail project
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