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Articles predominantly based on historical research, official reports, court documents and open source intelligence.
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A Pig’s Ear? Brexit Christmas Chaos and a Confused Immigration Policy
Pork butchers were already welcome to the UK on the Government’s new Skilled Workers Route, as it launches a short-term scheme for butchers on seasonal workers visas
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Government Awards £12.4 Million Funding to Firm Owned by Tory Donor to Develop Flying Taxis
Significant amounts of public money have been invested in the company, yet the Government hasn’t declared any conflicts of interest, reveals Sam Bright
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Taking Jobs or Creating Jobs? The Impact of Brexit on Wages
Jonathan Portes analyses Boris Johnson’s claim that curbing immigration should lead to a “high productivity, high wage” economy
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Human Rights Hypocrisy: Government Approves Sniper Licenses to Countries on its Own List of Concern
New data reveals how sniper licences have been awarded to Bahrain, Bangladesh and other regimes listed on the Foreign Office’s ‘human rights priority countries’ list
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Healthy Life Expectancy has Fallen in 80% of ‘Red Wall’ Areas Since Conservatives Took Power
The health outcomes of the north and Midlands have been levelled down since the Conservatives took office, reports Sam Bright
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Genomic Marketing of COVID Testing Company Without People’s Affirmative Consent
Privacy International has warned of a potentially ‘serious breach’ of privacy regulations by a firm that has been awarded £169.4 million in Government contracts
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Diversity in Reverse: No ‘Levelling Up’ Evident in Public Appointments, Report Finds
In their representation of women and ethnic minority people, government bodies are moving in the wrong direction, reports David Hencke
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Confirmed: Herd Immunity was ‘Inevitable Outcome’ of Government’s Coronavirus Approach
Byline Times warned the public about ‘herd immunity’ from the beginning of the Coronavirus crisis – now two influential House of Commons committees have concluded that it was the result of Boris Johnson’s handling of the pandemic in its early stages
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£121.7 Million Increase in Profits for COVID Contract Winners With Conservative Links
Twelve COVID-contract winning firms with ties to the Conservative Party have increased their profits by 57.1%, Byline Times and The Citizens reveal
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Brexit is to Blame for Lorry Driver Shortages, Voters Say
In an exclusive poll commissioned by Byline Times, voters revealed their views about the current HGV crisis, Brexit, the Government’s flagship ‘levelling up’ policy, Boris Johnson, and tax rises
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Raab Praises the ‘Second Chance Society’ While Ignoring Government Cuts to Youth Services
The Justice Secretary used his Conservative Party Conference speech to praise youth services giving troubled young people a second chance, while a decade of austerity left those same young people with few places to turn
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Windfall: Queen Will Be One of the Biggest Beneficiaries of UK’s Green Agenda
John Lubbock investigates how the Royal Family may end up earning millions of pounds from the UK’s offshore wind farms
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Inside the Radicalised Anti-Vaxxer Network ‘Influencing’ Government Vaccine Advisory Panel
As Covid lobbying groups combine to oppose child vaccination, Nafeez Ahmed and Karam Bales investigate how conspiracy theories and pseudoscience disfigure public debate
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Assaults on British Transport Police More Than Doubled Per Passenger Last Year
Attacks on transport staff have increased markedly during the pandemic, relative to passenger numbers, reports Sascha Lavin
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Labour Should be Talking More About the Problems Caused by Brexit, Voters Say
Byline Times exclusively polled voters about the Labour conference, Brexit, the fuel crisis, and the ongoing ‘Corbyn versus Blair’ debate
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Reports of Police Domestic Abuse Increase by 49% During Pandemic
Data from a Freedom of Information request shows that incidents of domestic abuse where a police officer was the alleged perpetrator dramatically increased between April 2020 and March 2021
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Home Office Admits it has ‘Limited’ Evidence its Immigration Crackdown Will Deter People Attempting Risky Journeys into UK
An Equality Impact Assessment into the New Plan for Immigration reveals that the Government’s ‘deterrent’ approach may lead to people taking greater risks to come to Britain
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114 Women Died in the Past Decade in Domestic-Related Incidents Following Previous Contact with Police
Data from the Independent Office of Police Conduct raises questions about the safeguarding of women known to be experiencing violence by partners
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Racism, Sexism and School Exclusions
A new report into school exclusions of black and ethnic minority girls exposes again how the Government is wrong to deny systemic racism in the UK
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Life Values: How the British Military Calculated the Cost of an Afghan Life
The Ministry of Defence paid out more compensation for property damage in northern Europe than for the death of an Afghan child, reports Murray Jones
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British Military Linked to Hundreds of Civilian Deaths in Afghanistan
Analysis of compensation claims paid by the Ministry of Defence to Afghan families reveals the extent of civilian deaths during 20 years of war
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Conservative ‘Bonfire of Quangos’ Has Failed to Materialise, MPs Warn
The Government is appointing its favourite candidates to powerful external agencies without proper processes or monitoring, David Hencke reports
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Overseas Assistance Austerity: Government’s Drastic Cuts to Foreign Aid, Health, Climate and Gender Equality Revealed
Official new accounts published by the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office have revealed some eye-catching changes to the UK’s spending priorities abroad
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87% of Afghan Relocation Applications Rejected by UK
As the Government comes under pressure for abandoning its Afghan allies, Sam Bright reveals the number of people turned down by the UK
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‘Police are Institutionally Sexist’: 14 Officers Targeted Vulnerable Women for Sex
Exclusive analysis of freedom of information requests by the Byline Intelligence Team reveals how police officers abuse their power over witnesses and victims to get sex
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Gas Crisis Reveals the Imminent End of Europe’s Fossil Fuel Age
Nafeez Ahmed sees the current energy crisis as a symptom of a deeper malaise – reliance on Russia and fossil fuels – which could lead to spiralling inflation and a perfect global economic storm
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Government Spends £13 Million on COVID-19 Text Messages
New data reveals another source of significant Government spending during the pandemic, reports Sam Bright
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Three-Quarters of Police Officers Guilty of Gross Negligence in Sex Crimes Kept their Jobs
Freedom of information requests analysed by the Byline Intelligence Team reveal that police officers are failing in their duty of care to vulnerable victims and witnesses when investigating claims relating to sexual assault
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Anti-Racist Campaign Group Raises Concerns Over Islamophobia and Nadine Dorries
A history of tweets and re-tweets from the new Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sports has prompted questions over how seriously the Conservative Party takes allegations of anti-Muslim discrimination
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Deprived People Twice As Likely to Die During Pandemic As the Rich, New Research Shows
The study delves into the health inequalities that have afflicted Britain during the COVID-19 crisis
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The Brexit Tax: How Boris Johnson Broke his Promise on Energy Prices
In May 2016, the future Prime Minister promised that fuel bills would be slashed after Brexit – Sam Bright explores why the opposite has occurred
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Food or Fuel? The Human Cost of the Energy Crisis
Rising gas prices have prompted panic about Brexit, bail-outs and bills – but for poor families and the NHS, this crisis could not come at a worse moment
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More Than Half of Met Police Officers Found Guilty of Sexual Misconduct Kept their Jobs
A Freedom of Information request analysed by the Byline Intelligence Team reveals the extent to which the capital’s police officers work in a culture of impunity around sexual misconduct
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Corporate Takeover: NHS Spending on Private Sector is Up But Positive Patient Outcomes Are Down
In the second part of her investigative series on corporate interests in the NHS, Sian Norris explores how private sector NHS spending has increased – but so have waiting lists, staff vacancies, and patient dissatisfaction
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Polish Foreign Minister with History of Homophobic Remarks Addresses Polish-British Forum
The Belvedere Forum invited Zbigniew Rau to speak alongside UK politicians, despite him referring to LGBTIQ rights as creating a “civilisation of death”
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Up to Six Million People: The Unrecorded Fatalities of the ‘War on Terror’
Nafeez Ahmed examines the direct and indirect deaths of the post 9/11 era, as a new kind of state-sanctioned mass violence became globalised and normalised
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Poorly Pooches Abandoned by Brexit
David Hencke reports on the national vets shortage, caused by the UK’s withdrawal from the EU, the Coronavirus crisis and a rise in the number of people buying pets
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Operation Cold Shoulder? The Home Office Outlines Plans for Afghan People Coming to the UK
While positive efforts are made to ensure vulnerable Afghans can be resettled in the UK, the Home Office plans leave barriers in place for family members of British Nationals
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Vast Majority of Young Female Offenders are Victims of Sexual and Domestic Abuse
Despite high rates of victimisation of young women offenders, survivors of rape and abuse are criminalised – and this is set to get worse under the new Police, Crime, Courts and Sentencing Bill, campaigners warn
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Tory Entitlement: Quarter of Top Conservative Donors have Received Honours or Peerages
An investigation into the governing party’s elite donors by the Byline Intelligence Team and The Citizens reveals that the vast majority received their awards in the same time period as they were gifting significant sums of money
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Meet Mr Tory: Average Elite Conservative Donor Giving £500,000 is 65-Year-Old White Man Called Michael
A joint investigation by the Byline Intelligence Team and The Citizens reveals the lack of gender and ethnic diversity of elite Conservative donors – raising questions about how it is now the party of hedge funds and oligarchs rather than business and commerce
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Retired, Rich and Renting Out — Property Landlords Escape Tax Rises to Fund Social Care
The Government’s plan to raise taxes to pay for social care excludes income earned from renting, meaning wealthy landlords are protected from the increase
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Ministry of Mystery: Government Doesn’t Know how Many Civilians it has Killed in Wars Abroad
A Freedom of Information request to the Ministry of Defence has revealed that the Government is failing to record civilian deaths during military operations
