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EXCLUSIVE Revealed: The Involvement of Palantir and Faculty in the UK Public Sector
Peter Thiel's Palantir and an AI-company linked to Dominic Cummings combined have won public sector contracts worth over £100 million – including contracts connected to NHS data. Max Colbert reports with The Citizens

Australia’s COVID Calamity and the Shock Jocks Feeding It
The toxic influence of right-wing radio has played a role in the country’s changing fortunes when it comes to the Coronavirus pandemic, says CJ Werleman

EXCLUSIVE ‘World Health Organisation Doomed the World by Concealing Evidence of Airborne COVID Transmission’
A former senior advisor to the SARS Commission believes there should be an investigation into how responses to the Coronavirus pandemic were based on an outmoded theory, leading to the deaths of healthcare workers

EXCLUSIVE ‘A Convenient Scapegoat’: Empty Shelves are due to Brexit Not the Pingdemic – Here’s the Evidence
With supply chain problems being blamed on workers self-isolating, Caolan Robertson reports on what business owners, managers and labourers have been telling him across the country about the consequences of Brexit

The Pandemic Middle Class: The Unequal Impact of Test and Trace
As people turn off the ‘Test and Trace’ app to avoid being told to self-isolate, Sophia Alexandra Hall investigates the class implications of the ‘pingdemic’

EXCLUSIVE Conservative Links to 30% of Top 20 COVID Contract Firms
The Byline Intelligence Team and The Citizens report on yet more conflict of interest questions surrounding the Government’s procurement during the pandemic

New Health Bill Paving the Way for Greater Private Involvement in NHS, Campaigners Warn
The Health and Social Care Bill was pitched as a response to the Coronavirus pandemic – but there are concerns that it will lead to more ministerial interference and increased privatisation, reports Sian Norris

EXCLUSIVE UK’s Outsourcing of COVID Response Has Cost More Than the GDP of 140 Countries
The Byline Intelligence Team puts the Government’s vast private sector procurement effort into context
Boris Johnson Cooks Up Another Recipe for COVID Disaster
Mike Buckley unpicks the Prime Minister’s mass infection plan and its likely impact on public health, existing structural inequalities, and the economy
EXCLUSIVE Government’s Mass Infection Plan pushed by Great Barrington Declaration Lobbying Effort to End COVID Protections
Nafeez Ahmed reports on an open letter published in April, which was coordinated by a Government advisor and signed by those behind the controversial ‘herd immunity’ declaration
EXCLUSIVE Red List Quarantine System Flaws and Costs Revealed as Legal Challenge Forces U-Turn
A few thousand families have been forced to pay more than £20 million in mandatory self-isolation costs, Sam Bright reports
EXCLUSIVE 20% of Total UK Contact-Tracing Alerts Occurred in 21 Days in June
The COVID-19 app has been asked to send an avalanche of self-isolation notifications amid rapidly rising case rates, reports Sam Bright
‘We’re in One Minute, Out the Next’: The COVID Crisis Worsening in England’s Schools
With the Prime Minister announcing the end of Coronavirus restrictions, and school bubbles and isolation being brought to an end, Kimi Chaddah reports on the reality being faced by worried teachers on the frontline
The Revolving Door Created by the Conservative Party Has a Long History
The same, well-connected insiders are allowed to sit at the side of power, especially in the field of education policy, reports Karam Bales