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Byline Times exposes the Government’s dangerous ‘herd immunity’ approach towards the Coronavirus pandemic, as well as how incompetence and conspiracies contributed to the UK’s shocking death toll
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‘VIP’ Firms Referred by Tory MPs and Peers for PPE Deals See Profits Soar
Hundreds of millions of pounds have been earned by companies channelled through the expedited procurement route by Conservative politicians, Sam Bright reports
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Anatomy of the PPE Procurement Scandal
Sam Bright dissects the multi-billion-pound affair that saw lucrative public contracts awarded to Conservative donors
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What Rishi Sunak Got Wrong in the Pandemic
Much has been made of Rishi Sunak’s record as Chancellor during the global healthcare emergency but, as Sian Norris reports, he didn’t get all the big calls right
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Are We Paying for the Government’s COVID Waste?
UK healthcare spending has burgeoned by £50 billion since the pandemic, the same figure as the Government’s mysterious fiscal ‘black hole’, reports Sam Bright
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Randox Lawyers’ Attempts to Stall Parliamentary Report on Covid Testing Contracts
MPs have made public the correspondence between Schillings and the Public Accounts Committee over the publication of their report on the £600 million in Covid contracts
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Billions Paid to Booming Firms by Government During Pandemic
Inadequate record-keeping also risks losing the taxpayer billions more in fraud, reports David Hencke
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MPs Condemn Government’s ‘Rushed’ Awarding of Contracts to Randox
The Public Accounts Committee claims it is ‘impossible to have confidence’ that contracts awarded to the testing provider during the pandemic were ‘awarded properly’, reports David Hencke
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Autocracy, Brexit, COVID: What the Tory Candidates Aren’t Talking About
From cleaning up Londongrad to the economic fallout of Brexit, the Conservative Party is in a state of intentional denial, says Sam Bright
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Are We Giving the Wrong Advice to People with Long COVID?
Sasha Baker explores the problems with the health system’s exercised-centred response to Long COVID
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The Big Thing Wrong: How Brexit Undermined the UK’s COVID Vaccine Rollout
James Grace addresses Boris Johnson’s falsehoods about the impact of the EU on the speed of our jabs
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Will the Government Ever Face Accountability for its COVID Crimes?
Rachel Morris inspects the legal basis for the prosecution of the Government’s fatal failures during the pandemic
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Boris Johnson’s Telegraph Meetings Leave No Paper Trail
No notes were recorded at two meetings between the Prime Minister and his ‘real boss’ at the outset of the pandemic, reports Sascha Lavin
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Government Refusing to Declare Boris Johnson’s Meetings at Height of First COVID Wave
The Cabinet Office is withholding information about the Prime Minister’s meetings over a crucial 43-day period, Sascha Lavin reports
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‘Perhaps the Most Shameful Episode of the Pandemic’: £4 Billion of PPE to Go Up in Smoke
David Hencke has the details of a new parliamentary report showing how masses of equipment bought by the Government is set for the incinerator
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Legal Threats to Byline Times’ Reporting of the PPE Procurement Scandal
The Byline Intelligence Team reports on the legal threats from PPE Medpro, a firm awarded £200 million in Government PPE deals
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Constant COVID Presence in Cabinet Office During Party Periods
Sam Bright and Sascha Lavin reveal data showing the extent of COVID absences during Downing Street’s lockdown-breaking gatherings
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The Ignored Long COVID Crisis
The Bank of England has warned of COVID-related labour shortages in Britain, but why aren’t we taking its long-term effects more seriously? Sasha Baker investigates
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Cummings Exposes More Details of Boris Johnson’s Pact With Right-Wing Press Proprietors
As the Prime Minister’s former chief aide reveals the direct line between Johnson and billionaire media moguls, Sam Bright explores how they may have shaped Government COVID policies
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Global Banks Privately Prepare for ‘Dangerous Levels’ of Imminent Civil Unrest in Western Homelands
Nafeez Ahmed reports on contingency planners for financial institutions who believe a combination of energy and food shocks will cause major social disruption
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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
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Crime and Coronavirus: PPE Fraud Now Subject of Investigation
The Byline Times team reports on the ever-mounting investigations into the Government’s actions during the pandemic
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‘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
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Drop in Life Expectancy Due to Poor Pandemic Management ‘Chilling’, Says Sir Michael Marmot
New research shows that England and Wales saw the biggest reduction in life expectancy after the US between 2019-21, while the life expectancy of the poorest continues to drop
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High CO2 Levels and Poor Ventilation Raise Concerns for Children’s Health and COVID Risk
In Scotland, parents and politicians alike are calling for air filters to improve school ventilation – as classrooms show higher than recommended levels of CO2, Sian Norris reports
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Fraud, Abuse, Waste, Chaos: Official Report Slams Management of UK Borders during Pandemic
David Hencke reports on a damning National Audit Office analysis of the multiple failures of Boris Johnson’s Global Travel Taskforce
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‘Another Shocking Example of Waste’: UK Spends At Least £23.4 Million to Dispose of Unused PPE
The Government has spent billions on PPE from the private sector, and is now spending tens of millions recycling the equipment it doesn’t need, Sam Bright and John Lubbock report
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Probe of ‘Criminal’ Health Worker Deaths from Airborne COVID Transmission Blocked by Government
Nafeez Ahmed reveals how the UK has been failing to fully protect frontline staff from the pandemic, and is now trying to deny its culpability
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Our Future is Being Gambled On by a Government in Blissful Ignorance
‘A’ level students Thomas Heath and Tom Marshall expose the Department for Education’s data-free approach to the impact of COVID-19 on learning
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Very Inefficient Process: Watchdog Exposes Government’s PPE Failures
The National Audit Office has produced more shocking statistics on the £13 billion of contracts awarded to personal protective equipment suppliers, reports Sam Bright
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NHS Staff Face £50 a Month COVID Tests Simply to go to Work
The end of free lateral flow tests will cost NHS staff extra cash each month – while councils warn that they need more funding to manage COVID-19 outbreaks and the poorest risk not being able to test at all
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‘Completely Inhumane’: Government’s Relaxed Approach to COVID Represents a Regression for Disabled People’s Rights
By asking people with learning disabilities and their families to live in a ‘constant state of lockdown with no support’, the Government is following an approach to the vulnerable that should be consigned to the past, says Saba Salman
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Government Only Took Minutes in Two Out of Eight Randox Meetings, New Watchdog Report Reveals
The National Audit Office points out significant transparency holes in the Government’s approach to the healthcare giant Randox, that won COVID contracts worth hundreds of millions
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Roof Collapsed in Vaccines Manufacturing Centre
Sam Bright investigates the concerns of a whistleblower who says that the UK’s flagship vaccines manufacturing hub is shrouded in secrecy
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The Conservative Stable: How Horse Racing and Tory Politics are Interlinked
As the jockeys put on their silks and the horses gallop at Cheltenham, a new report from the Byline Intelligence Team and The Citizens can reveal the numerous links between those in the industry and the Conservative Party
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The End of Free COVID Testing Will Create a Two-Tier System of Pandemic Healthcare
Sam Bright and Sian Norris inspect how deprived communities will be saddled by the Government’s new testing policies
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It’s Never Just About Cake and Parties – It’s a Playbook For Apathy
As ‘partygate’ rolls on, AV Deggar explores how the scandal has been framed to exhaust the electorate
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Damning Report Suggests Government is Soft on COVID Fraud
A committee of MPs has found that HMRC is failing to deal with an ‘avalanche’ of fraud by businesses during the pandemic, reports David Hencke
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Advisor to Government Agency Demands Police Investigation into ‘Criminal’ Healthcare Worker COVID Deaths
A formal complaint accuses the British Government of facilitating ‘the largest single health and safety disaster to befall the United Kingdom workforce since the introduction of asbestos products’
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MPs Raise Concerns as Government’s Reliance on Controversial Foreign COVID Testing Firm Continues
John Lubbock investigates why domestic lateral flow test manufacturers are still being left out in the cold by the Government
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Government Releases Private Messages Between Owen Paterson and Matt Hancock Over Randox Contracts
The Government has released a series of explosive documents revealing more details about the COVID-19 contracts awarded to Randox
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Rishi Sunak’s ‘Help for Energy Firms’ Show Who He’d Serve as Prime Minister
The Chancellor is refusing to raise taxes on companies making billions for their shareholders from rising energy prices, reports Adam Bienkov
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COVID Hindsight and the Lockdown Parties
Sascha Lavin considers the Downing Street parties in context – without the reassurance of the COVID vaccine programme
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Firms Employing MPs Won £1.1 Billion in Contracts During Pandemic
Andrew Kersley tracks the public sector deals awarded to companies that have MPs on their payroll
