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23:07

Mystery at the Heart of £1 Billion UK Legal Offensive...

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2025/07/30

Support our mission to provide fearless stories about and outside the media systemPacked with exclusive investigations, analysis, and features SUBSCRIBE TODAY For decades, London's courthouses have served as cherished hubs for powerful Russian interests seeking to advance their business, shield their assets, silence critics, and shuffle dirty cash around. Drawn by the UK legal system's reputation as a global leader in dispute resolution, coupled with the capital's less illustrious role as

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09:42

Labour MP Speaks Out About Keir Starmer's 'Punishment...

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2025/07/30

Support our mission to provide fearless stories about and outside the media systemPacked with exclusive investigations, analysis, and features SUBSCRIBE TODAY "You have to assume that at some point something's going to be cooked up about you - some sort of smear - or there will be another vote, and then they will suspend you." I'm speaking to a Labour MP who voted against the Government's recent disability benefit cuts and now fears they will be the next victim of what they describe as the

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08:26

'A Government That Crushes Dissent and Eliminates...

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2025/07/30

Support our mission to provide fearless stories about and outside the media system Packed with exclusive investigations, analysis, and features SUBSCRIBE TODAY Apparently if you're awful enough to cut the legs off one side of a spider then it walks round in circles. It's this image that sticks in my mind as a tiny faction of the Labour right looks to sever the link to anything that can discernibly be called left wing in the party. The latest manifestation of this operation to separate

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10:24

Charities Face £3,000 Annual Bill for Driving...

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2025/07/29

Support our mission to provide fearless stories about and outside the media system Packed with exclusive investigations, analysis, and features SUBSCRIBE TODAY Charities who say they have "done the right thing" by investing in electric vehicles will face a new daily charge of £9 to drive a zero-emissions van in central London from December. The charge from Transport for London could add over £3,000 to the annual running costs of each electric van - a major financial hit at a time when they

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11:38

Aerial Terror in Kherson - A City Under Drone Siege

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2025/07/28

Support our mission to provide fearless stories about and outside the media system Packed with exclusive investigations, analysis, and features SUBSCRIBE TODAY A charred car, struck by a Russian FPV drone, caught Ukrainian photojournalist Ivan Antypenko's eye as he drove along the Kherson-Mykolaiv highway. "Bad news," he wrote on social media. Reporting from the south of Ukraine since the start of the Russian full-scale invasion in 2022, Antypenko has documented dozens of drone-struck

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12:23

Trump Made 'Mistake of Historic Proportions' on...

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2025/07/28

Support our mission to provide fearless stories about and outside the media system Packed with exclusive investigations, analysis, and features SUBSCRIBE TODAY American diplomat, Bridget Brink, resigned in April from her position as US Ambassador to Ukraine, after she concluded she could no longer conduct the Trump administration's policy towards that country in good conscience. Since then, she has decided to run for public office, as a Democrat Party candidate for the US House of

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17:08

'Trump's Big Beautiful Bill Act Is a Ticking Time...

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2025/07/28

Support our mission to provide fearless stories about and outside the media systemPacked with exclusive investigations, analysis, and features SUBSCRIBE TODAY The United States is in the throes of an unprecedented homelessness crisis that is about to be made drastically worse by Donald Trump's 'One Big Beautiful Bill Act' (OBBBA) signed into law earlier this month, housing campaigners have warned. Older Americans, including those on low incomes reliant on social safety net programs, are

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08:28

The Parliamentary Funding Loophole Allowing Murdoch...

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2025/07/28

Support our mission to provide fearless stories about and outside the media system Packed with exclusive investigations, analysis, and features SUBSCRIBE TODAY A new tool collating data on the funding of All Party Parliamentary Groups (APPGs) over the last three years highlights transparency loopholes in the rules surrounding their funding. The tool, from the consultancy Cast From Clay, alerted Byline Times to two loopholes in the transparency rules of APPG funding. Companies such as

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06:43

University and College Union Staff Say It Is a 'Toxic...

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2025/07/26

Support our mission to provide fearless stories about and outside the media system Packed with exclusive investigations, analysis, and features SUBSCRIBE TODAY Staff working for the University and Colleges Union say it is a "toxic" workplace where junior staff are subjected to "managerial bullying and intimidation" with workplace racism as its "worst expression". The staff, represented by Unite, are balloting for a third round of strike action over the claims. The Health and Safety

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06:14

'House of the People' Citizens' Assembly Provides...

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2025/07/25

Support our mission to provide fearless stories about and outside the media systemPacked with exclusive investigations, analysis, and features SUBSCRIBE TODAY The first sitting of the House of the People, a citizens' assembly initiative by the group Assemble has recommended a "People's Charter" of citizen-led policy proposals. These include a wealth tax, strengthening anticorruption laws to prohibit lobbying, an immediate arms embargo for all countries acting in violation of international

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14:16

Secret Report Reveals British Army's Culture of...

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2025/07/25

Support our mission to provide fearless stories about and outside the media system Packed with exclusive investigations, analysis, and features SUBSCRIBE TODAY In a virtual corner of Whitehall, buried within the Ministry of Defence's digital filing system, a cultural audit of the British Army sat, unread by the public. Written in 2022, by Professor Anthony King, then Chair of War Studies at the University of Warwick, the report, 'To Fight and Win', would have stayed in the shadows, until it

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10:07

'Keir Starmer's Government is Sleepwalking Britain...

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2025/07/25

Support our mission to provide fearless stories about and outside the media system Packed with exclusive investigations, analysis, and features SUBSCRIBE TODAY Compare the UK Government's recent announcements on AI with the US tech industry's press releases and it can often be hard to tell the difference. This week the Technology Secretary announced a new 'partnership' with OpenAI - a multi-billion dollar tech giant that has aligned itself closely with US President Donald Trump. "This

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14:38

'How the Green Party Should Respond to Jeremy Corbyn...

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2025/07/25

Support our mission to provide fearless stories about and outside the media systemPacked with exclusive investigations, analysis, and features SUBSCRIBE TODAY Ten years ago, whilst Labour was undergoing a leadership contest following Ed Miliband's tenure, I wrote an article for the New Statesman asking what would be left for the Green Party if Jeremy Corbyn were to win party leadership. Of course, he did and looking back at my article now, it does seem rather prophetic. The Green Party

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10:14

Labour MP Accuses Environment Secretary of Misleading...

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2025/07/24

Support our mission to provide fearless stories about and outside the media systemPacked with exclusive investigations, analysis, and features SUBSCRIBE TODAY A Labour MP has accused the Environment Secretary of misleading Parliament for claiming that nationalising the water sector in England would cost £100 billion for the Treasury. The figure amounts to roughly the annual spend of the Department for Education, though nationalisation would be a one-off move. On Monday in the House of

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16:53

Zelensky Struggles to Stem Backlash After Joining Bid...

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2025/07/24

Support our mission to provide fearless stories about and outside the media system Packed with exclusive investigations, analysis, and features SUBSCRIBE TODAY On Tuesday night, in the largest public demonstration since Russia's full-scale invasion began, thousands of Ukrainians took to the streets of the capital to protest against a controversial new law that threatens to dismantle the country's hard-won anti-corruption infrastructure. Earlier in the day Ukraine's Parliament voted 263 to

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11:26

Caroline Lucas and Campaigners Consider Appeal on...

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2025/07/24

Support our mission to provide fearless stories about and outside the media system Packed with exclusive investigations, analysis, and features SUBSCRIBE TODAY Former MPs including Caroline Lucas are considering whether to appeal a landmark ruling from the European Court of Human Rights that (ECHR) which found the Government had not failed to investigate Russian interference in British politics. Ex-MPs Ben Bradshaw (Labour), Caroline Lucas (Green Party) and Alyn Smith (SNP) brought a case

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08:30

UK Charity Sanctioned Over 'Distressing' Fundraising...

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2025/07/23

Support our mission to provide fearless stories about and outside the media systemPacked with exclusive investigations, analysis, and features SUBSCRIBE TODAY The Charity Commission has issued an Official Warning to a British charity that raises funds for Israeli soldiers, citing serious governance failings after a fundraising video was found to contain distressing imagery - footage first exposed in a Byline Times investigation. The regulator said the trustees of the UK Friends of the

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11:57

Reform Council Bans All Mentions of Climate Change...

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2025/07/23

Support our mission to provide fearless stories about and outside the media system Packed with exclusive investigations, analysis, and features SUBSCRIBE TODAY The Reform UK-run council in West Northamptonshire is systematically removing all references to climate change and net zero from its strategies, website and documents, Byline Times can reveal - while simultaneously continuing to take Government cash for green projects. The move follows the council scrapping its net zero targets, in a

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13:23

'Britain Has Abandoned Its Soft Power for the Demands...

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2025/07/23

Support our mission to provide fearless stories about and outside the media system Packed with exclusive investigations, analysis, and features SUBSCRIBE TODAY The UK Government has now confirmed what many suspected: Britain's global priorities are shifting. A new Foreign Office report reveals that foreign aid spending will be slashed by 40%. The cuts will hit hardest in Africa, with children's education, women's health and access to clean water all facing steep reductions. Funding for the

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07:10

'Why We Need a Coordinated Media Revolution'

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2025/07/22

Support our mission to provide fearless stories about and outside the media systemPacked with exclusive investigations, analysis, and features SUBSCRIBE TODAY At the epicentre of today's most urgent global crises - climate breakdown, rising inequality, war, and social division - stands a captured media. Driven by political and industrial interests, and propelled by algorithmic manipulation, it amplifies deceitful narratives that serve the interests of its owners and sponsors. Despite UN

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