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Byline Intelligence Team
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 Conservative and Vote Leave Links to Remote Learning Firm Set to Become a Government Body
Sascha Lavin investigates the political ties of an online education provider that has won millions in state contracts

EXCLUSIVE Hancock Meeting with Tech Giants That Won £1.3 Billion in COVID Contracts Declared 21 Months Late
Sascha Lavin reports on a very belated update to the Department of Health and Social Care’s record of meetings held during the pandemic

EXCLUSIVE Cost of Living Crisis Driving People to Spurious Theories Spread by Online ‘Help’ Groups
Dimitris Dimitriadis explores the desperate actions taken by some people, in an attempt to alleviate their financial woes

EXCLUSIVE Prescription Spend on Heart Disease Increases by Half a Billion in Four Years
The amount spent on prescriptions for atrial fibrillation conditions has increased by 129.6% since 2016

EXCLUSIVE Prescriptions for Antidepressants Have Increased by 30% Since 2016
While NHS spending on antidepressants increased above inflation over four years, mental health care in England remains in crisis. Sian Norris reports with the Byline Intelligence Team

EXCLUSIVE 25 Afghan Men Claiming Asylum in UK on Sexuality Grounds Refused Since 2017
An investigation by Sian Norris with the Byline Intelligence Team explores the vulnerability of LGBTIQ people looking for a safe home in Britain

EXCLUSIVE Russell Group University Assets Burgeon Under Conservative Rule
As students and lecturers face tougher circumstances, the wealth of their institutions has risen markedly in recent years, reports Sascha Lavin

EXCLUSIVE Government Stalling on Releasing Boris Johnson WhatsApp Messages
Iain Overton reports on attempts by campaigners to force greater transparency from the Government on the Prime Minister’s use of private messaging apps
EXCLUSIVE ‘Racial Profiling’: Black People Disproportionately Targeted by Transport for London Fixed Penalty Notices
As the Prime Minister continues to be investigated for COVID law-breaking, Dimitris Dimitriadis explores the penalties heavily issued to minority ethnic groups
EXCLUSIVE Male, Pale and Colonial: Russell Group Universities Dominated by Named Buildings Reflective of a Bygone Era
Max Colbert investigates the backgrounds of those commemorated on leading university campuses
EXCLUSIVE Tolerating Intolerance: UK Military Failing its LGBTQ Personnel
Murray Jones reports on the Government’s failure to offer information on its acquiescence to the repressive rules of foreign militaries
The ‘Madman Despot’ Theory Only Serves to Embolden Vladimir Putin
Dimitris Dimitriadis and Iain Overton explore how accusations of insanity serve to strengthen the Russian President’s hand in Ukraine
EXCLUSIVE UK Officials Rub Shoulders with Sanctioned Russian Arms Firms at World Defence Show
Experts cast doubt on the logic and morality of the Government’s decision to attend a Saudi arms fair alongside firms held responsible for the devastation in Ukraine
EXCLUSIVE North Loses Out as Government Replaces EU ‘Shared Prosperity Fund’
Sam Bright and Tom Robinson calculate the reductions in UK regional development spending, compared to the equivalent EU scheme
EXCLUSIVE Private Schools Attended by Cabinet Ministers Increase Assets by £300 Million in Six Years
Sam Bright and Sascha Lavin report on the burgeoning wealth of Britain’s elite, fee-paying institutions, and the character of the politicians they have created
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