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Published in the minutes following the Chancellor's Spring Statement, the Office for Budget Responsibility's fiscal forecast raises alarm over post-pandemic health pressures

Sascha Lavin reviews the extent to which UK councils have propped up the companies linked to Putin’s war effort

The backlash over the secondary employment of MPs rolls on, as Sam Bright and Sian Norris reveal the lucrative role of one backbench Conservative

Although US forces have killed more civilians in conflicts over the past decade, Russian-led attacks using explosive violence are more lethal per incident to civilians, Sian Norris reports

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

Sunak's spring statement offered tax breaks to motorists – who are more likely to be white and on higher incomes, Sian Norris reports

There is some mystery over the individuals behind the UK’s sole fracking company, as the Government considers a U-turn, reports John Lubbock

Idrees Ahmad shows how the propaganda weapons the Kremlin tried out in Syria are missing their targets in the current war, but urges vigilance to new ones

Sam Bright investigates the concerns of a whistleblower who says that the UK’s flagship vaccines manufacturing hub is shrouded in secrecy

Though absolute poverty has decreased since 2010, relative poverty is rising just as the cost of living crisis starts to bite, reports Sian Norris