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Articles predominantly based on historical research, official reports, court documents and open source intelligence.
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Does Greater South Asian Representation in Government Equate to Improved Equality in Society?
In light of Rishi Sunak’s election as the UK’s first British-Indian Prime Minister, Sian Norris digs into the evidence on outcomes for people from a South Asian background
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Thousands of Children at Risk of Criminal Exploitation as Government Classifies Modern Slavery as an Immigration Issue
New data on children in need reveals the scale of criminal and sexual exploitation of children – so why does the Government see modern slavery as an issue for illegal immigration?
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REVEALED: Rishi Sunak Received £141,000 from Energy Interests this Year
The Conservative Party remains indebted to big money interests in oil, gas and aviation
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REVEALED: The Staggering Rises in Rent Shortfalls Caused by Housing Benefit Cuts
With the cost of living crisis pushing up rents and Local Housing Allowance frozen since 2020, more and more of the poorest private tenants are struggling to make ends meet
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Child Poverty Soared During Austerity Years in New Cabinet’s Constituencies
Past evidence shows the damage that spending cuts can create – even in Conservative strongholds
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All But One of Boris Johnson’s Cabinet Ministers Used Private Email – Why?
Suella Braverman has returned to the Home Office following her resignation last week over her use of private email – but Iain Overton reports how using personal channels is a common occurrence among cabinet ministers
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Cost of Living Crisis Pushing Schools To Brink
Schools are allocating more of their budgets to cover energy costs, with Government support falling short on providing certainty, Sian Norris reports
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Rising Wealth of Schools Attended by Royal Family Raises Questions About their Charitable Status
The school attended by William and Kate’s children has increased its asset wealth by more than £7 million, reports Iain Overton
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‘How Will We Know Putin hasn’t Picked the Most Disruptive Candidate?’
Security experts and democracy campaigners raise fears over wild west Conservative leadership election if it goes to members, reports Josiah Mortimer
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Hundreds of Ukrainian Refugees Left without Welfare Checks
The second part of the Byline Intelligence Team’s exclusive investigation raises serious safeguarding concerns about the Homes for Ukraine scheme. Sascha Lavin and Sian Norris report
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Environment Agency Investigations Fall by 30% Amid Sewage Crisis
Government cuts have hamstrung the regulator at exactly the wrong moment, reports Andrew Kersley
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Government ‘Close to Decriminalising Waste Crime and Fly-Tipping’, say MPs
A Commons report accuses the Government of turning a blind eye to organised crime by failing to punish hundreds of thousands of offences which cost the taxpayer at least £1bn a year
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‘Lack of Evidence’ of Drugs Use in Parliament, Met Concludes
A series of confusing, contradictory statements have been issued about cocaine being found in parliamentary bathrooms
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Government Losing Control Over Public Spending, Report Warns
The method used to track state expenditure is now ‘increasingly unreliable and incomplete’, reports David Hencke
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Home Office Spends £76 Million on Legal Challenges Since Johnson Entered Downing Street
As the Rwanda plan is challenged again in the High Court, Sascha Lavin reveals the vast scale and cost of legal challenges against the department behind the controversial scheme
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Billions Paid to Booming Firms by Government During Pandemic
Inadequate record-keeping also risks losing the taxpayer billions more in fraud, reports David Hencke
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Care Workers Face Poverty as Vacancies Reach Record Levels
Vacancies in social care have increased by 55,000 in the past year – while poverty wages push people out of the sector, Sian Norris reports
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‘Just Helping a Mate’: Conservative MP Given £25,000 Loan to Cover Housing Costs by Big Brexit Donor
Andrew Bridgen has accepted an interest-free loan to help pay for his constituency home, reveals Sascha Lavin
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Conservative MP Gets Promotion at Energy Firm He Was Called to Resign From
Mark Pritchard has been handed a new, upgraded title, weeks after he was warned to quit the £46,800-a-year role
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Government Denies £4 Million Cost of Living Support from Sanctioned Welfare Claimants
Punitive sanctions are compounding the financial problems of some of the most vulnerable people, reports Nic Murray
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Cost of Living Crisis Hits Black and Minority Ethnic People Hardest
New research exposes how black and minority ethnic households are more likely to be in deep poverty and fuel poverty than their white peers, Sian Norris reports
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Can People Afford a Benefits Cut in a Cost of Living Crisis?
With studies now suggesting that austerity measures led to 330,000 excess deaths and the ongoing crisis in child poverty rates, Sian Norris reports on concerns over further potential welfare cuts
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The Tentacles of Tufton Street: Think Tank Alumni Handed Top Government Roles
Graduates of opaquely-funded libertarian think tanks are now scattered across Whitehall, reveals Sam Bright
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£203 Million Financial Boost for COVID Contract Winners With Conservative Links
Max Colbert digs into the latest accounts of firms that were awarded hundreds of millions in Government deals
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Individuals on UN Sanctions List Allowed to Trade in UK
Diogo Augusto unpicks the UK’s lax surveillance of company directors
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The ‘Syndemic’ of Poverty and Mental Health in Young People
A higher number of poorer children are being referred for mental health support in England, compared to young people who live in the richest areas, new analysis shows
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‘Lies and Deceit’: Top Russian Oligarch Indicted for US Criminal Sanctions Violations had Role in Russia Interference Report
The indictment of Oleg Deripaska is the latest in a string of judicial decisions which lead back to Putin’s interference in US elections, reports Heidi Siegmund-Cuda
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Tax Cuts For The Rich, Benefit Cuts For The Poor?
Following news that benefits may rise with earnings, not inflation, Sian Norris and the Byline Intelligence Team asks: who will be hardest hit? And is this an inequality economy?
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More than Half of Incels Support Paedophilia, Finds New Report
Research by the Centre for Countering Digital Hate has found widespread acceptance of sexual violence against children in ‘incel’ communities
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Contract-Winning Firm Owned by Tory Donor Sees Major Financial Boost
Max Colbert reports on the millions gained by one of the Government’s PPE suppliers
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Met Officer Guilty of Sharing ‘Grossly Offensive’ Misogynistic and Racist Messages Still Receiving Full Salary
PC Jonathon Cobban is still on the Metropolitan Police’s payroll, reveals Sascha Lavin
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Government Refuses to Release Correspondence Sent to The Times Over Axed Carrie Johnson Story
Under pressure from Downing Street, the newspaper withdrew a story about Carrie Johnson being offered a lucrative role by her future husband when he was Foreign Secretary
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Do Tax Cuts for the Rich Boost Growth? This New Study Says Not
Liz Truss’ proposal to end the cap on bankers’ bonuses is unlikely to spur economic growth, reports Sam Bright
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The Chris Kaba Shooting and the Shocking Reality of Armed Policing in Modern Britain
Iain Overton reports on the statistics that reveal the police’s institutional racial bias
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American Dark Money, the Mercers and the Conservative Party: A Network of Influence
A special investigation by Nafeez Ahmed exposes the transatlantic connections between an extremist US pro-Trump lobby and organisations influencing Liz Truss’ Conservative Cabinet
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Household Debt, Problem Debt, and a Cost of Living Crisis
Sian Norris and the Byline Intelligence Team look at rates of debt and problem debt in the UK, as families turn to loans to make ends meet
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The Truss Network: Who are the New Prime Minister’s Donors and Advisors?
The Byline Intelligence Team maps the network of billionaires, property developers and die-hard libertarians surrounding the new Prime Minister
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The Food Crisis is Only Just Beginning
Patrick Galey takes a deep dive into why the global food crisis prompted by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is a sign of things to come
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Coup Leader Attended UK Military Leadership Course Weeks Before Forcefully Seizing Power
Murray Jones reveals how a Guinean colonel was lectured by British military and political personnel prior to launching a coup against the country’s democratically-elected leader
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UK Paid £300 Million by Saudi Arabia for Use of British Soldiers in Deadly Weapons Training
Labour MP Zarah Sultana called the finding ‘utterly shameful’ and accused the UK Government of ‘complicity’ in the Saudi-led war on Yemen
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Can We Trust Truss? All the False Claims During her Campaign to Become Prime Minister
The Conservative leadership frontrunner claims she is “honest” and “straightforward” but has repeatedly misled the public during her bid to succeed Boris Johnson
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‘The Stakes Are High’: Concerns Over UK Nuclear Security Inspections
Use of outdated security documents has escalated concerns about a ‘poor organisational culture’ in the nuclear regulator, reports Wil Crisp
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Military Spending on Recruitment Adverts Far Outstrips Teaching and Health
A new investigation by the Byline Intelligence Team and The Citizens reveals the ongoing challenge, and expense, of recruiting personnel to the armed forces
