Stories

29.01.20

Decision Machines

UK minister consulted Chinese AI company amid outcry over Uighur camps

Graham Stuart MP held the meeting with SenseTime in June 2019 despite reports that the company’s products had been used in Xinjiang province

24.01.20

The Housing Crisis

Locked Out: Why the housing benefit rise won't make much difference

The government says the increase in line with inflation will give claimants an extra £10 a month, but a Bureau analysis suggests this will only make a handful more homes affordable

15.01.20

The Housing Crisis

Islington to drop NowMedical over homelessness assessment fears

The local authority has decided to take medical assessments for housing assistance in-house, after the Bureau raised concerns over the company's practices

20.12.19

Binary options boss exposed by Bureau jailed for 22 years

Lee Elbaz ordered to pay back $28 million. She was first exposed by the Bureau with the help of a whistleblower in 2016

18.12.19

The Housing Crisis

How a doctor who has never seen you can say you're fit enough to sleep on the streets

Over 100 councils have paid a private company, NowMedical, to assess vulnerable people applying for help with homelessness

10.12.19

Food and Farming

World Bank urged to divest from Brazilian beef

A UN special rapporteur and his predecessor in post have called on the Bank's investment arm to ensure it only contributes to climate-friendly businesses

10.12.19

Food and Farming

Record number of fires rage around Amazon farms that supply the world's biggest butchers

MEPs have called for a rethink of the Mercosur trade deal after the Bureau's revelations about burning in the Amazon around Brazilian abattoirs. The fires are often linked to cattle ranching in the re...

28.11.19

Release The Report

Russia report could have been published within an hour

MPs and civil servants were prepared to rush publication of the Intelligence and Security Committee report into Russian influence to ensure it was public before the general election

27.11.19

Release The Report

Bureau unable to advance legal challenge for Russia report

The Bureau is disappointed to announce that it is unable to bring a judicial review to secure the release of the parliamentary report into Russian interference in the UK

23.11.19

Smoke Screen

Loophole lets Juul advertise to children at the cinema

A screening of a 15-rated film included adverts for Juul, an e-cigarette that can only be sold to adults but is popular with teenagers in the US

23.11.19

Smoke Screen

Vaping giant Juul pushes for more addictive e‑cigarettes

Juul has built a network of lobbyists and PR firms as it campaigns for strict laws on nicotine products and advertisements to be relaxed

21.11.19

Smoke Screen

Juul spreads over the world as home market collapses in scandal

Despite ongoing legal cases and investigations in the US, the vaping business is attempting to expand and is lobbying foreign governments to relax rules around nicotine products

16.11.19

Release The Report

UK inaction emboldened Russia, ISC witnesses tell Bureau

Multiple witnesses to the Intelligence and Security Committee have discussed their evidence with the Bureau, raising fears about Russian interference in UK politics

14.11.19

Decision Machines

Transparency concerns over secret government data projects

The Information Commissioner's Office has chosen to support the development of several controversial big data projects without public consultation

14.11.19

Decision Machines

Prisoner risk algorithm could program in racism

The Bureau has discovered there are grave concerns about new tool developed by the Ministry of Justice to determine how prisoners are assigned to different types of prison

13.11.19

Release The Report

Russian interference threatens elections across the world — including ours

The spectre of electoral interference from Russia has hung over elections and referendums from France to Ukraine, and from the USA to the UK

13.11.19

Release The Report

The Bureau mounts legal challenge for release of Russian interference report

The Bureau has instructed its lawyers to write to the prime minister requesting the report and, if necessary, challenge any refusal with an application for judicial review