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09.11.23

Global Health

Revealed: USAID’s $10bn health project beset by failings and fraud allegations

Agency’s biggest ever project has failing in its aim to building last supply chains to poorer countries

09.11.23

Global Health

‘A disaster waiting to happen’: how USAID’s $10bn health project unravelled

US development agency’s supply chain project has been riddled with failings, inefficiencies, indictments and fraud allegations

Migrant workers weeding a salad field on a farm in Tarleton, Lancashire

06.11.23

Our Impact

New report urges stronger protections for UK’s seasonal workers

House of Lords report cites TBIJ investigation that revealed seasonal workers faced abuse, threats of deportation, wage theft and racism

03.11.23

Local Power

Bankruptcies will cost Thurrock £50m

The figures are a further blow to Thurrock residents, who face years of tax rises and deep cuts to services as town hall bosses seek to balance the books

02.11.23

Environment

Backroom deals, mystery companies and a ‘killer lake’: inside DRC’s gas and oil auction

Minister in the spotlight as lucrative sell-off is plagued with allegations of favouritism

30.10.23

The Enablers

UK introduces first anti-SLAPP law – but critics say it doesn’t go far enough

Judges can throw out claims they deem to be abuses of process but only in cases involving economic crime

A farm worker picks strawberries in a poly tunnel at a UK farm

26.10.23

Trapped in work

Watchdog criticises Home Office for dropping farm worker visa review

The government has confirmed it will not publish a promised review despite calls from non-profits, academics and its own independent inspector

23.10.23

Environment

£4bn in UK public pensions funding North Sea oil giants drilling new wells

Public sector workers in the UK are inadvertently funding companies drilling new oil wells in the North Sea

22.10.23

Trapped in work

‘All that is missing is a whip’: Home Office ignored migrant worker abuses on farms

Inspectors heard hundreds of allegations of threats, wage theft, racism and appalling conditions from seasonal workers at farms across the UK, but nothing was done

21.10.23

Family Court Files

Family Court Files: mother’s ordeal after judge dismisses rape allegation in error

Work by TBIJ allows reporting of a case in which the controversial concept of parental alienation was used to counter domestic abuse allegations

13.10.23

Advice for whistleblowers: how to approach the media

It can be daunting to raise concerns within your organisation – but blowing the whistle in the media can have a hugely positive impact

06.10.23

Global Health

New test in the works to catch defective cancer drugs

Researchers are using TBIJ's findings to create device that will screen for poor-quality medicines that are sold around the world

04.10.23

Big Tech

What is the 15-minute cities conspiracy theory?

False conspiracy theories around 15-minute cities see a secret plot behind the proposals to place draconian restrictions on the movement of citizens

The headquarters of HM Revenue and Customs near the Houses of parliament, left, in the Westminster district of London

30.09.23

The Enablers

Just 11 ‘wealthy’ people prosecuted for tax fraud last year

Critics say the figure suggests HMRC is doing too little to punish rich tax cheats at a time when millions of Britons are struggling to make ends meet

12.09.23

Environment

Nestlé drops supplier linked to Indigenous land invasions

TBIJ revealed last year that beef giant Marfig had sourced cattle from inside Brazil's Menku territory

Kathleen Brown uses a fan in an attempt to cool down

11.09.23

District heating leaves London residents sweltering during heatwave

South Londoners living in stifling conditions due to communal heating systems residents cannot switch off

Alan Sugar clasps his hands

09.09.23

The Enablers

Revealed: Sugar attempted to dodge £186m tax bill

Alan Sugar’s attempt to become a non-resident to avoid taxes due on a massive £390m dividend failed because he is a member of the House of Lords, who are automatically ineligible

08.09.23

Global Superbugs

Government failings allowed deadly diseased chicken to stay on UK shelves

Environment minister decided not to impose restrictions even after salmonella outbreak had been linked to four deaths

Jody Freeman laughs set to a yellow background

04.08.23

Environment

Harvard climate professor steps down from controversial role at oil giant

Jody Freeman had prompted conflict-of-interests row with $350,000-a-year board position at ConocoPhillips

A graphic of high rise buildings with £50 notes

03.08.23

Local Power

‘Where’s the justice?’: local anger at Thurrock's ruinous deals

Residents left to pick up the bill after disastrous investment policy leaves council with £500m black hole

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