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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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EXCLUSIVE Liz Truss and Two Other Ministers Flew to Climate Summit
, 2 December 2021
Following the lead of Boris Johnson, several ministers opted for planes over the planet, reveals Sascha Lavin
The Empathy Deficit: How the Government Has Marginalised and Demonised Asylum Seekers
, 2 December 2021
Sam Bright and Sascha Lavin consider how successive administrations have tried to stop the nation from seeing asylum seekers as humans
EXCLUSIVE Overdraught: Lack of Action on Social Homes Fuelling Cost of Living and Climate Crises
, 1 December 2021
New data shows that thousands of social homes don’t meet the Government’s energy targets, reveals Sascha Lavin
Jobs for the Boys: Women MPs Earn Less Than Half as Male Colleagues from Second Jobs
, 26 November 2021
Analysis from the Byline Intelligence Team reveals a large gender pay gap when it comes to secondary incomes in Parliament
EXCLUSIVE Elite Private Schools Increase Assets by More than Half a Billion Pounds in Six Years
, 25 November 2021
These ‘charitable’ institutions in receipt of substantial tax breaks have seen their wealth burgeon in recent years, reveal Sascha Lavin and Iain Overton
EXCLUSIVE £100 Million Profit Boost for Firms Given Government Contracts Through ‘VIP’ Lane
, 24 November 2021
Companies that were channelled through the Government’s controversial high-priority PPE procurement process have seen their earnings significantly increase
EXCLUSIVE The Non-Disclosure Agreements Hiding University Partnerships with State-Backed Chinese Tech Firms
, 23 November 2021
Max Colbert explores how UK universities are bound to secrecy over their links to controversial Chinese companies
EXCLUSIVE Authoritarian Influence? 75% of Russell Group Universities Hold Agreements with State-Linked Chinese Tech Firms
, 18 November 2021
Are partnerships between the UK’s leading higher education institutions and Chinese companies suggestive of a new intellectual 'Belt and Road' strategy from Beijing? Max Colbert and The Citizens report
EXCLUSIVE 20% Increase in Child Poverty in Constituencies Represented by MPs Who Have Earned £6 Million
, 17 November 2021
Sam Bright and Sascha Lavin reveal the rising levels of deprivation seen in the areas represented by the highest-earning MPs
EXCLUSIVE UK Weapons Go Missing in Afghanistan
, 15 November 2021
The Government can’t account for thousands of assault weapons, and two military helicopters, that it previously exported to the country, Sascha Lavin reports
EXCLUSIVE The Conservative Party’s Private Healthcare Patrons
, 12 November 2021
Sam Bright and Sian Norris explore the financial ties between Conservative MPs and private health companies
‘Not Remotely a Corrupt Country’: 11 Shocking Sleaze Statistics That Prove Boris Johnson Wrong
, 11 November 2021
Sascha Lavin catalogues the corruption stories that have plagued the Government since Boris Johnson became Prime Minister
EXCLUSIVE One-Fifth of Elite Conservative Donors Run Firms Penalised for Corporate Infringements
, 4 November 2021
38 top donors to the governing party have held directorships in companies cumulatively fined nearly half a billion pounds since 2010, the Byline Intelligence Team and The Citizens reveal
EXCLUSIVE Hot Air: Government Staff Took Flights Equivalent to 66 Trips to the Moon In Just One Year
, 4 November 2021
Exclusive data gathered by the Byline Intelligence Team raises more questions about the Government’s commitment to the green agenda
EXCLUSIVE How the Red Wall Has Been Levelled Down Since 2010
, 27 October 2021
From child poverty to social care, some of the most disadvantaged areas of the country have faced a decade of decline at the hands of successive Conservative governments, report Sam Bright and Sascha Lavin
EXCLUSIVE ‘A Haven For Dirty Money’: Nearly Half of All Corporate Violations in the Past Decade Committed by Financial Sector
, 26 October 2021
New data analysed by the Byline Intelligence Team shows the extent of fines handed out to the the largest banks – despite financial services contributing less than 7% to the UK economy
EXCLUSIVE Water Companies have Paid Nearly Half a Billion in Fines for a Decade of Violations
, 26 October 2021
As the Government faces criticism for its Environment Bill, new data reveals the extent of fines paid by the UK's water companies
EXCLUSIVE Military Matters: 91% of Veterans from the Main Political Parties are Conservatives
, 22 October 2021
Disparity in political allegiance among veteran MPs, revealed by the Byline Intelligence Team, raises questions of military representation in British political life
EXCLUSIVE Human Rights Hypocrisy: Government Approves Sniper Licenses to Countries on its Own List of Concern
, 15 October 2021
New data reveals how sniper licences have been awarded to Bahrain, Bangladesh and other regimes listed on the Foreign Office’s ‘human rights priority countries’ list
EXCLUSIVE Healthy Life Expectancy has Fallen in 80% of ‘Red Wall’ Areas Since Conservatives Took Power
, 15 October 2021
The health outcomes of the north and Midlands have been levelled down since the Conservatives took office, reports Sam Bright
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