The £1.2 billion tunnel is arguably the biggest infrastructure project Khan has approved – but he rarely brings it up
The Foreign Secretary David Lammy is being urged to go much further in response to violence by Israeli settlers
Nafeez Ahmed reveals how the most influential think-tank in Boris Johnson’s Government has ties to an anarchist Nafeez Ahmed reveals how the most influential think-tank in Boris Johnson’s Government has ties to an anarchist movement, through its top ‘extremism’ expert
The French media have boosted the far-right National Rally party. Are the British media doing the same in the UK?
Both the UK economy and the new Labour Government needs an urgent shot in the arm. Could this be the solution?
In 2020, Simon Case was tasked to investigate payments from Dan Wootton and The Sun to the partner of a royal press officer, allegedly for information about Prince Harry and Meghan. He found there was no evidence of wrongdoing. But Byline Times can shed further light
Almost half of voters in the 251 seats lost by the Conservatives in the 2024 General Election believed that the Government should not have abandoned its net zero policy commitments
More than half of the town of Nelson’s population is Muslim – yet a ‘lack of unity and tribal rivalry’ has split the community over who to vote for
While the Reform leader portrays himself as a champion of England’s white working class, his personal actions align far more with the interests of the ultra-wealthy and global elites
The paper which acted ‘grossly irresponsibly’ during Covid is now doing the same thing with the Online Safety Act, argues Julian Petley
While the focus is on UK Government policy to deport migrants to Rwanda, Simon Israel reports on the plight of asylum seeks marooned on the British Indian Overseas Territory of Diego Garcia
The links between an opaque think tank, the Conservative Government and major figures in the Trump campaign can be revealed in this first part of a special Byline Times investigation
Trump’s new threat to Putin doesn’t necessarily mean he’s on Ukraine’s side, argues George Llewelyn
Chris York visits a church community on the Ukrainian homefront which makes especially ‘blessed’ camouflage netting for their ‘boys’ in the trenches
Composer Howard Goodall sets out what performers will need to know in a post-Brexit world and reflects on the sorrow of the Government’s desire to erect barriers, when the job of creatives is to tear them down
The most sinister instances of censorship and repression are happening in America right here, right now
Josiah Mortimer speaks to one of many “failed” applicants still reeling from the latest Levelling Up bidding war.
Peter Jukes and Hardeep Matharu argue that the racist abuse targeted at England’s black players has revealed why the Government’s attacks on ‘wokeism’ will not ultimately win out
The Russian president announced the ceasefire – from 8 to 11 May – without even speaking to Ukraine
The Green Party secured four seats – quadrupling its representation in the Commons – now the real work begins, co-leader Adrian Ramsay says
Ironically, the riots during a leadership election give the party a unique opportunity to turn a page and turn their back on Farage-type populism. The signs are they will not take that opportunity
With Parliament’s Russia Report exposing Putin’s covert operations in the UK, Iggy Ostantin looks at new Kremlin connections to the MI6 money-laundering expert found dead in his Pimlico flat in 2010
‘Without accountability, impunity will prevail, and the cycle of violence will continue’
As the Guardian announces the ‘sale’ of the 233-year-old Observer to Tortoise Media, Carole Cadwalladr takes a closer look at its moneymen
A study shows that gender inequality is worsening financial hardship in deprived regions
A News UK insider described the apparent attempts by the struggling channel to rile up viewers as ‘irresponsible’
The ultimate cost of corruption, incompetence, division and myth is always there, waiting to be brought home – as it has been for too many people in India and around the world during the Coronavirus pandemic, writes Hardeep Matharu
An ‘extraordinary’ new poll reveals some uncomfortable truths about the war in Gaza
The London Borough of Newham has the highest number of households staying in temporary accommodation in the country. For every 1,000 households, 53 are in temporary accommodation. The London average is 17
Chris Sullivan reviews a new film exploring corporate destruction and greed and the tenacity of lawyers and litigants to achieve accountability and justice.
Chris Sullivan celebrates the gritty revisionism of the modern Western, but wonders whether Bad Smells alone are Good Enough
Jan Fuscoe, of the Brick Lane Project, tells the story of Balwinder Singh Rana, an Indian activist who has been fighting racism and structural attempts at division in Britain for decades
From giving birth at a refugee camp as bombs rained down, to the daily struggle of finding food and water; taking refuge in Rafah to paying smugglers to help them escape to Egypt. A harrowing story of survival
The trial and sentencing of the protesters has been described as a “low point in British justice” and an “assault on free speech”
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said the October 7 attack on Israel was the ‘minimum punishment’ it deserved for ‘astonishing crimes’
The Conservative candidate against London Mayor Sadiq Khan joined a series of events with the extreme anti-ULEZ campaigner
Tom Mutch reports from the frontline city of Mykolaiv, which avoided capture by the Russian Army and is now at the centre of a Ukrainian counter-offensive
Protests against a Russian-style law on ‘foreign influence’ have been touted as signs that Georgia is heading for its ‘Maidan’ moment – but experts say the reality is more complex
Novelist and photographer Lola Akinmade Åkerström talks to Sian Norris about the rise of Sweden’s far-right, and the experiences of women of colour in the Nordic country