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31.07.23 Local Power

The Sunshine Millionaire: How one man took £130m from British taxpayers

He spent an Essex council’s money on a lifestyle few can dream of – and left the people who live there to pick up the bill

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Health Inequality

A project investigating issues of health inequality at local and international level

Investigation

Domestic Violence

Investigation

UK Elections

Story

06.08.19

Dying 15 years younger: the difference between rich and poor in Oxford

We talked to people from one of the most deprived wards in Oxford, a city with a vast gap in life expectancy between rich and poor

Story

23.10.18

Brexit Impact

Brexit risk: More than a fifth of doctors or nurses at some hospitals are from the EU

Great Ormond Street Hospital, Oxford University Hospitals and the Isle of Wight NHS Trust are among those with the highest proportion of EU frontline staff

Story

25.10.18

Brexit Impact

Brexit risk: More than a quarter of midwives at some London hospitals are EU nationals

Uncertainty over Brexit is exacerbating an existing staffing crisis in midwifery, and hospitals in the capital are particularly vulnerable.

Mark Wright (Apprentice winner) and Lord Sugar

Story

22.06.18

Corporate Watch

Zero wage Britain: the firms that want you to work for free

We found TV Apprentice winner Mark Wright, Harvey Nichols, the UN - and many others - advertising unpaid internships

Story

09.10.17

Scrutinising Government

Thousands of British citizens swept up in immigration spot checks

The Home Office is accused of "racial profiling" by human rights lawyers as MPs call for review

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29.09.22

The People’s Newsroom

The People’s Newsroom is moving to a new home

Reporting on how The People's Newsroom is moving to a new home

21.01.22

Health Inequality

Health inequality – what next?

We now want to take what we’ve learned over the past year and examine wider social inequality, while always keeping in mind the potential health outcomes for those left disadvantaged by systemic injus...

25.11.21

Our Impact

How can journalism be useful? Working with grassroots groups to investigate health exclusion

Our investigation into access to healthcare for undocumented migrants, and its impact, would not have been possible if we hadn't worked with community organisations from the start

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