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OBR Forecast Reveals Pressures on NHS Waiting Lists – and Casts Doubt on Chancellor’s Cash Promises
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

EXCLUSIVE ‘Profiting from Putin’s Russia’: Quarter of Council Pension Funds Invested in Russian Firms
Sascha Lavin reviews the extent to which UK councils have propped up the companies linked to Putin’s war effort

EXCLUSIVE Conservative MP Takes £22,000 Second Job For American Group Linked to Anti-Abortion Campaigns
The backlash over the secondary employment of MPs rolls on, as Sam Bright and Sian Norris reveal the lucrative role of one backbench Conservative

EXCLUSIVE Russian-Led Attacks More Deadly for Civilians
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

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

A Spring Statement for White, Wealthy Drivers
Sunak's spring statement offered tax breaks to motorists – who are more likely to be white and on higher incomes, Sian Norris reports

EXCLUSIVE Who Owns the Fracking Giant Cuadrilla?
There is some mystery over the individuals behind the UK’s sole fracking company, as the Government considers a U-turn, reports John Lubbock

How Russia’s Disinformation Apparatus Ran Aground in Ukraine
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
EXCLUSIVE 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
Sunak Claims Poverty is Down Under the Tories – But Relative Poverty is Up
Though absolute poverty has decreased since 2010, relative poverty is rising just as the cost of living crisis starts to bite, reports Sian Norris