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From Jimmy Lai to Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe: Families of Brits Detained Abroad Demand New Strategy Over ‘Hostage Diplomacy’
Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe’s husband Richard tells Byline Times that the UK’s approach is leaving vulnerable Britons ‘left behind’
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Report Condemns Hundreds of Millions of Unrecovered Covid Sports Loans
MPs point to the ‘direct conflict’ for permanent secretary of department and the huge sums given to professional rugby clubs
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UK Government’s Pro-Airport Expansion ‘Jet Zero’ Strategy Challenged in High Court
Climate groups say ministers are abandoning climate commitments at the behest of the aviation industry
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Blue Labour on MAGA Square: Maurice Glasman’s Journey to Trumpism
Jon Bloomfield and David Edgar look at the nationalist populist drift of Labour’s anti-progressive tendency
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Polluting Water and Fossil Fuel Bosses Are Being Put Under Citizen’s Arrest for Causing a ‘Public Nuisance’
Activists accuse rogue water bosses of “knowingly putting the public at risk”
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Farage Celebrates Securing Clacton ‘Free Port’ Coup as Part of US-UK Trade Deal
True purpose of the Reform Leader’s visits to Washington revealed as Trump-backed plans to transform the Essex coastline into the ’51st State’ are unveiled
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“My Party Today Would Not Create the NHS”: Labour MP Condemns Government Refusal to Look at ‘Who Owns Our Water’
“I’ve got a Government that has a computer for a political brain” says Clive Lewis after fellow Labour MPs line up to reject his Water Bill
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Moscow’s Ties to the Georgian Regime Ran Through Kensington and Chelsea
Leaked documents reveal how UK firm Hunnewell Partners, controlled by alleged enablers of Georgia’s ruling oligarch, facilitated a top Putin crony’s attempts to exploit the collapse of a more than $1.5bn corruption scheme in Uzbekistan
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Just Stop Oil Has Called It Quits, but They Say Their Fight Is Far From Over
The climate movement has announced an end to its direct action campaigns. The group’s spokesperson tells Josiah Mortimer what’s next
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Carmageddon: New Alliance Launched to Tackle ‘SUV Takeover’ in Britain
“They feel safer to drive, but are much less safe for any pedestrians and cyclists they collide with” said Green peer Jenny Jones
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Reform UK Is Being Sued by a Group of More Than 50 Voters for Breaching Their Personal Data
Nigel Farage’s party could be forced to pay damages if found liable by the courts
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The Government’s Housing Bill Branded a ‘Licence To Kill’ Protected Species for Property Developers
Environmental groups and conservationists slam the Government’s Planning and Infrastructure Bill
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Keir Starmer’s Government Has Quietly Beefed Up Its Workers’ Rights Bill to Make It More Pro-Worker
A series of significant changes on workplace rights and the right to strike have been slipped out by ministers
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Reform UK’s Murky Corporate Structure Raises Legal Red Flags, Experts Warn
Nigel Farage’s party is structured around a series of opaque companies, but who is really behind them? Josiah Mortimer investigates
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Deadly Lies: Ukraine on Tenterhooks as Putin and Trump Talk of Truces
In his latest dispatch, Chris York reports on overnight attacks on Kyiv, Trump’s diplomacy and the latest drone and media manoeuvres
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Civil Servants Felt Pressured Into Giving ‘Special Treatment’ to Conservative-Connected COVID PPE Suppliers
Private correspondence reveals officials felt threatened by firms benefiting from “back-scratching” by Conservative ministers
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‘Russia Will Be Hungry for More if Europe Doesn’t Unite to Protect Ukraine’
Defending Ukraine without the US will be complex, costly and politically challenging – but there is simply no alternative, argues Jacob Öberg
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Domestic Abuse Charity Compares Council to ‘Abuse Perpetrator After Funding Slashed With Little Warning’
Charity’s claims come as councils across the UK cut budgets for VAMG services
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Protest Crackdown in Britain Now Amounts to ‘State Repression’ And the Labour Government is Continuing the Trend, Warn Campaigners
Infringements on the right to protest have been ’emboldened’ by successive governments, report argues
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‘Tesla Takedown’ Campaign Spreads as Anti-Musk Activists Target Showrooms Across UK
Campaigners are targeting the stock price of Elon Musk’s electric vehicle maker as the backlash against his support for far right movements grows
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Musk’s DOGE Is Inspired by Pro-Kremlin Monarchists and 1930s Technofascism
Musk’s top DOGE operative is linked to a Russian American network of anti-West pro-Kremlin monarchists inspired by the 1930s counter-democracy “Technocracy” movement, of which Musk’s grandfather was a member
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The ‘Gag Order’: Trump Comes to Bury Free Speech, Not Defend It
The most sinister instances of censorship and repression are happening in America right here, right now
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GB News Accused of Spreading an ‘Antisemitic Conspiracy Theory’ Unchallenged – But Ofcom Says It Can’t Act
Claims that migration organisations are controlled by ‘Zionist-type people’ remain online despite growing complaints
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Media Storm Investigates: Are Universities Protecting Predatory Professors?
Universities have turned the complaints process into a ‘warning not to challenge the behaviour of men and the institutions that protect them’, reports Mathilda Mallinson
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Reality TV Star Accused of Serious Allegations at Crisis-Hit Care Home for Vulnerable Girls
The proceedings can only now be reported in full following a successful Open Justice appeal by Byline Times
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How the Media Distorts the Public Debate on Irregular Migration in the UK
New research shines a light on how a disproportionate focus on ‘small boats’ by the press and politicians shapes how migration is seen by the public
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Guerrilla Ad Campaign Attacks UK Government For Doing Trade Talks with Israel ‘War Criminals’
Anonymous activists plaster adverts on Tube trains showing Foreign Secretary David Lammy with “war criminal” Israeli PM Netanyahu
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Free Speech Union to Work With Elon Musk as X Owner’s Influence in UK Spreads
Toby Young said he hoped it would be the first of ‘many’ legal collaborations between X and his organisation
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Leading Economists Rebut Business Lobby’s Claims Workers’ Rights Bill Will Cause ‘Havoc’
Open letter argues stronger worker protections boost productivity and create economic stability as Labour MPs challenge Reform UK to clarify position on popular legislation
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New ‘Emergency Board’ Puts Pressure on Thames Water and Government Amid Court Chaos
Activists tap into public anger over ‘fundamentally broken’ water industry
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Women Launch Legal Challenge Against Watchdog Over ‘Bullying’ Employment Judge
Ten complainants, including doctors and a nuclear whistleblower, claim judge displayed misogynistic behaviour in employment tribunals – but judicial regulator refuses to investigate
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Republican Activist Wins Police Settlement After Unlawful Arrest for Shouting at King Charles’ Proclamation
Thames Valley Police acknowledges arrest was unlawful but offers no formal apology as campaigner Symon Hill warns of ‘wider struggle’ to protect protest rights
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Cabinet Office Misled the Public Over Michael Gove’s Involvement with VIP Lane’s Biggest Winner
Unispace Global were awarded £679 million in PPE deals from the government after the company’s offer “came through” Cabinet Minister Michael Gove – contradicting the then-Government’s claims of no involvement
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One Hundred Days of Protests: Georgia on the Crossroads between East and West
Zarina Zabrisky explores the cultural and political tensions of a country caught in the crossfire of global conflict
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Warning Over UK ‘Slide Towards Authoritarianism’ After Raft of Just Stop Oil Prison Sentences Are Upheld
The Court of Appeal upheld sentences totalling 35 years for climate activists
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Clouds Darken Over Ukraine: But Is There a Sliver of a Silver Lining?
In his regular dispatch from Kyiv, Chris York explains how US actions feel like a complete betrayal in the interests of Putin
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Needs Musk: Minister Pledges Crackdown on ‘Dark Money’ in British Politics
Keir Starmer’s Government looks set to close loopholes that would allow foreign billionaires like Elon Musk to bankroll UK political parties
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Nigel Farage’s Reform UK is Now Britain’s Biggest Far-Right Threat, Finds Report
The ‘State of Hate’ report comes in the wake of last summer’s racist riots and growing waves of extremist sentiment stirred up by public figures like Elon Musk
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For Ukrainian Survivors of Putin’s War, Donald Trump is Yet Another Threat to Their Lives
“Let the Trumpists come and spend a few days [here] and feel, hear, and see how Putin ‘wants peace’” a mother of a fallen Ukrainian soldier tells Kris Parker
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Caught in the Net: Star Wars Tactics and Geopolitical Struggles in Kherson
An exclusive Byline Times interview with Oleksandr Prokudin, Head of the Kherson Regional Military Administration
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The Loopholes That Allow MPs’ Corrupt Conflicts of Interests to Go Undetected
New research exposes the gaps in parliamentary rules which allow MPs to hide their donations, financial interests and client relationships from voters
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Michael Gove Told Officials to Buy 10,000 Ventilators From Dyson During Pandemic in ‘Affront’ to Procurement Rules
Evidence published by the Covid Inquiry reveals that the Conservative Minister was “insistent that an order” was placed with leading Brexiter Sir James Dyson’s firm
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Holocaust Survivor Summoned for Police Interview Over Gaza Solidarity Protest
Stephen Kapos, 87, is among dozens of activists interviewed or charged by police for their part in the January 18th pro-Palestine protest in London
