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EXCLUSIVE Opinion Overkill: Cabinet Office Spends £380,000 on Public Polling in One Month
Michael Gove's department is shelling out thousands on opinion polling, yet the results probably don't make for happy reading, reports Sam Bright

EXCLUSIVE Government Awards £240 Million PPE Deal to Firm Linked to Religious Sect
The biggest recipient of Government PPE spending has been a firm with ties to a fundamentalist religious sect, finds Byline Times

53 Stories about Phone Hacking and Illegal Private Investigators at the Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday
For over three years, Byline Investigates Editor Graham Johnson has been exposing unlawful information gathering in Britain's best selling tabloids. Here's what he's learned so far

Fact-Free Farage: UK Sees Fall in Asylum Applications
New Government figures show the Brexit Party Leader's asylum ‘invasion’ for what it is: a myth

EXCLUSIVE Government Awards £8.4 Million in PPE Procurement Contracts to Dormant Firm
Millions in taxpayer cash has been given to company that doesn't appear to have traded since it was founded in 2016 – a questionable move in a bigger “scandal”, according to one MP

The Conservative-Crosby Insider Running Coronavirus Meme Firm Topham Guerin
The digital start-up given £3 million to help run Coronavirus communications has hired a member of Tory party royalty as its managing director, Sam Bright reveals

Another Pledge Broken: Dido Harding Oversees Dramatic Fall in Quick Coronavirus Test Results
New NHS data reveals a precipitous decline in prompt COVID-19 test results, as questions are raised about the leadership of the newly announced National Institute for Health Protection

EXCLUSIVE Conservatives Slammed for Not Taking Anti-Semitism Investigations Seriously
While the Labour Party are mired in allegations of anti-Semitism, Henry Dyer reports on how Boris Johnson's Conservative Party seems to be faring no better
A New Digital ‘Hostile Environment’ – And Cummings’ 10-Year Plan for Another Referendum
David Hencke reports on the Home Office’s plans to change its immigration status system and fresh insights about the ‘Whitehall Revolution’ being masterminded by the Prime Minister’s chief advisor
EXCLUSIVE Exams Watchdog Boss Flouted Concerns on Algorithm Bias Raised in his Own Report
The chair of Ofqual didn't follow his own advice on how algorithms can reinforce discrimination because of “biases in underlying datasets”
EXCLUSIVE Outsourcing Giant G4S Claims £10 Million Government Coronavirus Support – Despite £187 Million Profit
The billion-pound security firm took Government Coronavirus relief despite exceeding profit estimates
EXCLUSIVE Data Danger: Cabinet Office Admits Holes in its Cyber Security
Amid its attempts to centralise Government data, Michael Gove's department is exposed to cyber security incidents, Sam Bright reports
BREAKING Cabinet Office Launches New Contract System for ‘AI’ Procurement – Reducing Public Transparency
David Hencke reports on the extension of a new contract system by Michael Gove's office which avoids publication of early bids from tech companies
The Human and Economic Cost of the UK's Asylum Animosity
Treating asylum seekers like foreign invaders isn't about saving money or protecting their wellbeing reports Sam Bright
EXCLUSIVE Companies Linked to ‘Exclusive Brethren’ Evangelical Sect Awarded Hundreds of Millions of PPE Government Contracts
Byline Times has discovered a litany of Coronavirus contracts handed to an evangelical movement with supporters in the Conservative Party