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
The COVID-19 app has been asked to send an avalanche of self-isolation notifications amid rapidly rising case rates, reports Sam Bright
With the Prime Minister announcing the end of Coronavirus restrictions, and school bubbles and isolation being brought to an end, Kimi Chaddah reports on the reality being faced by worried teachers on the frontline
The company has now been awarded deals worth close to £60 million during the pandemic, reports Sam Bright
Like his predecessors, the departed Health and Social Care Secretary tried to sell the soul of the NHS to the private sector, says Maheen Behrana
One of the companies involved secured a £16 million grant from the Government, reports Sam Bright
The companies involved went on to win £1.14 billion in Government contracts, reports Sam Bright
Despite a dramatic reduction in rail travel due to the pandemic, no review has been conducted into the rationale for the £100 billion project, reports Sam Bright
With a tabloid feeding frenzy over a minister’s alleged affair, Sam Bright, Peter Jukes and Hardeep Matharu explore the wider public issues concealed by personal scandal
Baroness Dido Harding’s testing and contract-tracing operation has increased its reliance on outsourcing – breaking its commitment to MPs, reports Sam Bright
While other countries are focused on the vaccine, Nafeez Ahmed reveals how the UK’s Cabinet Office asked SAGE to model ‘herd immunity’ through a ‘resurgence’ of infection in young people
Sam Bright and Sian Norris explore the growing threat to journalists and press freedom from conspiracy theorists with large online followings
John Lubbock inspects data that has been leaked and accidentally released about the amount the UK actually paid for PPE during the Coronavirus crisis
The Prime Minister previously claimed that ‘all the details are on the record’, reports Sam Bright
A new report on the impact of the Coronavirus and lockdown on working class women shows they had ‘worst of both worlds’, Sian Norris reports
Stephen Colegrave investigates why Medscape indicates the UK has had so many more health worker deaths that elsewhere
Downing Street dodged Parliament and sowed confusion, a new House of Lords review has concluded
The Government’s most senior Health official has contradicted the Prime Minister’s claims, reports Sian Norris
A firm that has been contracted to supply more than £2.3 billion worth of tests to the UK has been accused of several violations in America by the FDA
Ostensibly independent information on COVID-19 is being carefully controlled by the Department of Health and Social Care and Downing Street, internal emails show
We do not require more information from Dominic Cummings to ascertain the truth, argues Sam Bright
The Health and Social Care Secretary has been limiting information distributed to the public and inside Whitehall, an insider alleges
The Government’s £348,200,000 contract with a media planning and buying agency has been criticised by parents’ groups who called the campaign to encourage parents to send their children back to school during the Coronavirus crisis ‘misleading’
Campaigners and NHS staff warn that GPs are contemplating leaving the profession as a result of physical and verbal violence from patients, reports Sian Norris
The Conservative Party’s coffers have been boosted by some of the individuals and firms that have benefitted from public sector deals during the Coronavirus crisis
Concerns about patient and staff wellbeing are being raised by campaigning groups, as GPs struggle to meet rising patient numbers and decreased staffing levels, reports Sian Norris
The Government’s decision to outsource the National Tutoring Programme worth £218 million to a consultancy comes after a stealth cut to school funding worth an estimated £122 million, reports Sian Norris
The Department of Health and Social Care is spending £2.5 million on consultants to improve the way it works, reports Sam Bright
A ‘Blitz spirit’ of paranoia epitomised the work of the outsourcing company, according to an individual who worked for it
Former journalist Sean Duggan, who has supported the Calcutta Rescue charity for 30 years and is coordinating its communications during the pandemic, provides an insight into the impact of the Coronavirus on those who were already amongst the most vulnerable
After Dominic Cummings was pressed on Government procurement, during which the Health and Social Care Secretary attracted scathing criticism, Sam Bright reveals more alleged details about a £14.4 million PPE contract
With doctors suspended from Twitter for raising the need for good ventilation systems, and Dominic Cummings telling MPs that the Government failed to properly explain to the public that the Coronavirus is an airborne virus, when will Boris Johnson’s administration face facts? asks Mike Buckley
New official guidance makes a mockery of the UK’s procurement policies during the Coronavirus pandemic, reports Sam Bright
The evidence presented by Dominic Cummings to MPs about Matt Hancock echoes accusations made by frontline health workers, reports Sian Norris
The Prime Minister’s former chief aide helped to create the system that he now rightly denounces, says Sam Bright
The former Number 10 advisor’s explosive evidence on the Government response to the pandemic confirms plan mass infection – but he cannot escape blame, argues Nafeez Ahmed
Officials were warned months in advance about an upcoming shortage of equipment yet failed to act, a major supplier has told a parliamentary committee
Protestors are facing physical and sexual violence amid police crackdowns of anti-Government dissent, reports Nadja Sieniawski
A firm that won £340 million in PPE deals told the Government that its local agent intended to bribe factory workers
Nabanita Sircar reports on the continued spread of the B.1.617.2 variant in Britain – which has led to a devastating second wave of the Coronavirus in India – and Boris Johnson’s roadmap out of lockdown