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Inspection of Grenfell Recovery Spending Pledged – But Local Concerns Remain
The council has committed to producing a dedicated financial report for the first time since the disaster, as many survivors and the bereaved say that funds have been squandered
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Joe Biden is Done with the Middle East
CJ Werleman explains why the new US President is pivoting his foreign policy toward the challenge of China
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Cashing Out: New Currency Kings Emerge in the COVID World
Martin Baker explores how the Coronavirus pandemic has hastened the rise and demise of digital and physical currencies
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A Green Brexit? How UK’s Departure from the EU Could Be Good For Tackling Climate Damage
Rupert Read analyses how Brexit could be implemented in an eco-friendly way
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Coronavirus and Cultural Supremacy: Punishing the Cult of Exceptionalism
Adam Hamdy argues that a year of fighting COVID-19 has revealed the lazy, superior assumptions of the West and Britain in particular
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Inside Nigel Farage’s New Money-Spinning Project
Henry Anderson delves into Farage’s financial newsletter, revealing its ties to an EU-based company and fake health news
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QAnon and the Failure of Prophecy
CJ Werleman looks at the ways the conspiracy theory persists despite the facts, and how it is rapidly merging with white evangelical Christian nationalism
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IWD 2021: The Global Anti-Rights Networks Behind Madrid’s Anti-Feminist Rally
A virtual protest organised by Spain’s Women Of The World Platform is part of a global assault on women’s and LGBTIQ rights, reports Sian Norris
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IWD 2021: Internet Now ‘Most Dangerous Place’ to be a Woman Journalist
A new study by Reporters Without Borders exposes the dangers faced by women journalists online and off
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IWD 2021: Corporate Supporters of International Women’s Day Fail to Deliver Equal Pay
Data analysed by Byline Times reveals that firms supporting the International Women’s Day campaign have gender pay gaps of between 10-38%, Sian Norris reports
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IWD 2021: Radical Feminists and Radical Right Form Unlikely Alliance on International Women’s Day
A protest march to Washington D.C. will bring together radical feminists and activists linked to anti-abortion groups in protest of LGBTIQ rights, reports Sian Norris
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Ideology and Psychology: Where Does Extremism Come From?
CJ Werleman reports on a Cambridge University study which could shed new light on why some people support violence in the name of political or religious beliefs
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‘Our Worst Fears Coming True’: Hungary’s Assault on Free Press Continues
The suspension of Klubrádió’s broadcasting license means one fewer independent voice in a media landscape fuelling prejudice and discrimination against marginalised communities, reports Stephen Delahunty
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Jenrick Pours a Billion in Public Money Into Conservative Marginals
The Communities Secretary is once again using the Towns Fund plan to shore up Tory seats – including £50 million to his own constituency, reports David Hencke
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‘It’s Been Happening For Years’: Anti-Traveller Racism Across Britain’s Campsites
Following revelations of a blacklist of Irish Traveller names at holiday camp Pontins, Sian Norris speaks to a member of the Traveller community about an alleged pattern of discrimination
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The People Fighting the UK’s Factory Farm Expansion
Claire Hamlett speaks to the activists taking councils to court over intensive farming
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How the Pandemic Helped Africa’s Longest Dynasty to Tighten its Grip on Power
Natasha Livingstone explains how a combination of state support and repression during the COVID crisis has bolstered Togo’s 54-year dynasty
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Putin’s War: Money, Ideology, Troll Farms and TV Stations
Zarina Zabrisky talks to Russian cyber warfare and security experts Andrei Soldatov and Irina Borogan about the Kremlin’s evolving information warfare
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The Network: The American and Russian Moralists Behind the January Insurrection
Heidi Siegmund Cuda talks to network disinformation specialist Dave Troy about how a trifecta of Conservative, Russian and military psyops tried to overturn global democracy
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Lack of Specialist Services is Failing Children with Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder
As the Government launches a review into the care system, Byline Times reports that children with foetal alcohol spectrum disorder are being failed.
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The ‘Grenfell Industry’: Council Accused of Misspending Disaster Recovery Funds
Sam Bright speaks to survivors and the bereaved, who believe that funds allocated to help them following the 2017 Grenfell Tower fire have been squandered by a council they compare to the ‘Mafia’
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Why the Plight of India’s Farmers Should be a British Cause Too
Minreet Kaur speaks to those living in Britain, with land and families in India, about the impact of the Modi Government’s controversial agricultural reforms on them
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A Year On: The March of Covid Chaos
Liz Gerard looks back to this time last year during which the UK Government laid the foundations for one of the highest rates of Coronavirus deaths in the world
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Who is Free Speech For? Network of Alt-Right Activists Target Anti-Racist Campaigner Over Tweet
As a new free speech digital platform launches today, Sian Norris and Nafeez Ahmed investigate how its editor is part of a network attacking anti-racist activists
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Yemeni Torture Victim Speaks Out Against Iranian Backed Militias
CJ Werleman talks to Samira al-Houry, an activist who was assaulted and raped in a Houthi prison
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Who the Hell are the Disabled?
The impact of COVID-19 has made it starkly clear to those who live disability that it’s the imposed barriers of social organisation that makes them disabled, explains Penny Pepper
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Why Won’t the World Call the Uyghur Persecution Genocide?
The West is reluctant to fully condemn the actions of the Chinese Communist Party because of the sanctions that will be invoked as a retaliatory response from Beijing, says CJ Werleman
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Hancock’s PPE Legacy: ‘Mad Scramble’ Left Supplies Stranded at Ports and Air Sites
Sam Bright and Katie Tarrant unmask the Health and Social Care Secretary’s baseless claims about PPE procurement
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As Schools Get Ready to Return, How Do We Compare to Our European Neighbours?
Mask-wearing and traffic light systems, confusion and failed IT contracts – Sian Norris reports on how England’s school return has much in common with Europe, positive and negative
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‘Health Secretary Lying About Doctors’ Lived Experience is Horrifying’
The Government’s justification for its actions around shortages of personal protective equipment and procurement is a world away from the realities faced by those on the frontline
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‘Benefiting NHS Patients or Big Tech?’: Matt Hancock Faces New Legal Challenge Over NHS Palantir Contract
David Hencke reports on a judicial review of the US tech giant’s controversial deal involving personal medical data
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‘Brazil Will Pay High Price For Its Inequality’, says Bolsonaro’s Former Health Minister
Brazil’s Coronavirus crisis has exposed the weaknesses of a populist authoritarian Government, reports Monica Piccinini
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Government’s Planned Election Spending Limit Hike to Benefit Conservatives
The move, along with other changes such as a constituency boundary review for the 2024 General Election, is set to provide an advantage to the ruling party
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Who Is the Government’s ‘Free Speech in Education’ Strategy Actually For?
The Department for Education’s decision to cite ADF International in a report on the issue raises concerning questions, says Sian Norris
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‘Discarded As Freaks’: LGBTIQ Veterans Dismissed for Sexuality Can Now Reclaim their Medals
Duncan Lustig-Prean helped lift the ban on LGBTIQ people serving in the military – he tells Molly Greeves why he welcomes the move to return the medals of those who were made to leave the Armed Forces
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Could Scottish Independence Now Be Derailed by the Man who Championed the Movement?
James Doleman provides the background to an inquiry into the Scottish Government’s investigation of sexual misconduct allegations against Alex Salmond – and its implications for Nicola Sturgeon
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Brexit has Revived the Power of the Unelected Aristocracy
David Frost’s latest promotion shows how the ‘democratic’ Brexit project has in fact emboldened unaccountable, hereditary power, contends Sam Bright
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Women Journalists Under Attack: A Global Problem and the UK is Not Immune
From the jailing of two women journalists in Belarus to the targeting of local reporters in Britain, women are on the frontline facing threats and repression
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Anti-Abortion Protestors Return to UK Streets for Lent
40 Days For Life will spend Lent protesting at abortion clinics, adding urgency to legal changes to protect women’s reproductive rights, reports Sian Norris
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The Bitcoin Boom Threatening the Financial Mainstream
Martin Baker sets the scene of a cryptocurrency revolution led by the surge in the price of Bitcoin
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Australia’s War on Big Tech is a Fight for Good Journalism
CJ Werleman dissects Facebook’s ban on Australian news content and its implications for democracy
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Cummings’ Claims About Media Spin Contradicted by Official Records
The Prime Minister’s former chief aide has been attempting to defend his role in COVID contracts, yet at least one of his claims doesn’t stand up to scrutiny, reports Sam Bright
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‘Free speech’ Czar Role linked to Toby Young’s Free Speech Union and US Right-Wing Funding Network
Nafeez Ahmed’s investigation reveals that the Government’s new proposal is inspired by attempts to suppress free speech about racism
