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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 Britain’s Immovable Institutions: The Diversity Deficit in the Upper Ranks of the Army
, 21 January 2022
Sascha Lavin reveals new data about the lack of black representation in top army positions, and considers what this shows about modern Britain
EXCLUSIVE Johnson Threatened to Strip Local Funding While Deprivation Surged
, 20 January 2022
The Prime Minister used the vulnerable and the impoverished, already suffering due to the pandemic, as pawns in his self-preservation strategy, notes Sam Bright
‘A Life-Threatening Situation’: How Prison Fails Mothers and Children
, 19 January 2022
Three years after a parliamentary committee recommended the Ministry of Justice records how many mothers are in prison, the National Audit Office criticises lack of progress on supporting female offenders, including lack of data collection on women with dependant children
A Portrait of Broken Britain
, 7 January 2022
Sam Bright explores the social, political and economic crises that have been stoked by successive Conservative administrations
‘A Total Waste of Police Time’: Labour Rows Over Drugs Policy as Cannabis Offences Surge
, 5 January 2022
New data shows a mounting drugs problem in England and Wales, while Labour and the Conservatives remain committed to status quo solutions, reports John Lubbock
EXCLUSIVE Nearly Two-Thirds of Prison Staff Guilty of Sexual Harassment Kept their Jobs
, 23 December 2021
After exposing the number of police officers found guilty of sexual misconduct who kept their jobs, Sascha Lavin investigates sexual harassment in the prison system for the Byline Intelligence Team
On the 12th Day of Christmas My True Love Gave To Me – Just One Turtle Dove and the Loss of Britain’s Bird Life
, 21 December 2021
Britain's birdlife is on the decline – with even seasonal favourites struggling to survive in a world of intense farming and the climate crisis, reports Sian Norris for the Byline Intelligence Team
Private Health Meets Big Data
, 20 December 2021
Sam Bright explores the collaboration between two tech giants, and what this means for the future of healthcare
“Performative Cruelty”: Asylum Accommodation Conditions Exposed in Shocking Report
, 16 December 2021
Vulnerable people are still being kept in cold, cramped, makeshift facilities, Sascha Lavin reports
EXCLUSIVE Institutional Inequality: The Gender Pay Gap in the Highest Ranks of the Civil Service
, 14 December 2021
Sascha Lavin exposes the vast differences in income among the highest-earning public servants
EXCLUSIVE The Christmas Parties: Another Gathering Exposed – and More Unanswered Questions
, 10 December 2021
The Byline Intelligence Team unearths an eighth event hosted at a Government department last Christmas, and reflects on where this leaves the Prime Minister
EXCLUSIVE Conservative Donors Miss Out on £5 Billion PPE Contract
, 10 December 2021
Most of the Conservative-linked suppliers commissioned at the outset of the Coronavirus pandemic are no longer involved in NHS PPE procurement, Sam Bright reports
EXCLUSIVE Meet the Companies for Which Asylum Policy is Big Business
, 9 December 2021
Firms are winning multi-million-pound contracts to run immigration-related services – despite track records of poor provision and health and safety violations
EXCLUSIVE More Than 500 COVID Fines Issued in London During Weeks When Downing Street Partied
, 8 December 2021
Hundreds of people were hit with penalties for breaking the rules set and violated by Downing Street, Sam Bright reports
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
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