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Trump, Cummings and Cambridge Analytica: The Digital Threat to Democracy
Tom Scott on how new revelations about voter suppression the US raise urgent questions about psychographic targeting of UK voters and plans to strip citizens of data protection rights

Rush to Procure Ventilators Cost Taxpayers £569 Million
Health officials didn't know the total number of ventilators in national circulation at the start of the pandemic, a new report has revealed

War is Boring – But We Need to Scrutinise the Military More than Ever
Iain Overton and Murray Jones explore the repercussions of a lack of rigorous scrutiny of the UK's past military actions and how reverence for soldiers is weaponised as the ultimate political tool

Owner of Andrew Neil’s GB News in Awkward Conflict of Interest
While the new television channel has pitched itself as a rival to the media establishment, one of its co-founders maintains ties to one of Britain’s big broadcasters

‘A Complete Tragedy’: Badger Cull Expansion Threatens Vaccination Efforts
Claire Hamlett speaks to exasperated vaccination volunteers after 64,000 more badgers are threatened with a cull

‘There is No Alternative to Herd Immunity’: How a Dangerous Fallacy Infected the World
Sam Bright reports on the spread of a dangerous concept that has gained a foothold in public health decisions across the globe

‘Cover the Streets of London with Blood’: Did British Intelligence Help Cover Up the Murder of PC Yvonne Fletcher?
Duncan Campbell and Richard Norton-Taylor report on a new legal case which seeks to uncover the truth behind the London Libyan Embassy shooting in 1984

EXCLUSIVE Scamademics? Right-Wing Lobbying Groups Reviving ‘Herd Immunity’ in the UK
Nafeez Ahmed reveals how a high-profile letter to Boris Johnson was based on ‘fringe pseudoscience’ and co-drafted by a Government advisor who downplayed the COVID-19 death toll
EXCLUSIVE ‘Like Fish Markets’: PPE Supplier Lifts the Lid on Government Procurement ‘Scramble’
A business owner asked to provide £22 million of PPE by the Government sheds light on the frantic, high-stakes process
London-Based Russian Businessman Intrigues Investigators
As concerns mount about the influence of Russian Oligarchs, Scott Stedman of Forensic News reveals how millions of dollars from the Russian military ended up being funnelled through London
EXCLUSIVE Government Spending on PPE Deals to Conservative Backers Rises to £364 Million
As the amount of taxpayers’ money the Government has awarded to Conservative donors and politicians in PPE procurement rises, health professionals continue to call for adequate protection as a second Coronavirus wave approaches
Royal Rumble: Is Boris Johnson Risking Another Constitutional Conflict with the Queen?
By threatening to renege on his Brexit Withdrawal Agreement, the Prime Minister is putting the Queen in a difficult position over the Internal Market Bill
EXCLUSIVE Firm Owned By Conservative Donor Nets Additional £81.8 Million Government PPE Deals
The Government has awarded massive COVID-19 contracts to a firm owned by a Conservative backer without competition, reports Sam Bright
The Long Game: Two Year, £800 Million Contract For COVID-19 Home Testing
Sam Bright reports on how the small print of one Government contract reveals the true length of time it expects to be battling COVID-19
Amazon Web Services Wins COVID-19 Contact Tracing Deal Despite Data Sharing Concerns
Questions have been raised about whether Amazon could be required to share UK contact trace data with the US Government, reports Stephen Komarnyckyj