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Past articles by Adam:

Illegal Migration Bill: How the government went to war on refugee charities

Fears that backlash will intensify as government presses on with its widely condemned Illegal Migration Bill → Read More

NHS becoming 'cash cow' for consultancy firms as contracts quadruple in value

Exclusive: NHS England allocated £83m for outsourced consultants last year – enough to train more than 1,600 new nurses → Read More

NHS crisis: Five political decisions that drove health service to the brink

NHS wait lists are bursting at the seams. From austerity to privatising social care, this is how we got here → Read More

Climate science denial backers could be given peerages by Boris Johnson

Ex-Global Warming Policy Foundation boss who said UK should ‘move on’ from climate change reportedly on honours list → Read More

Liz Truss may U-turn on conversion therapy ban, hints Iain Duncan Smith

Tory leadership hopeful ‘hates’ the policy she brought forward as equalities minister, suggests Iain Duncan Smith → Read More

Revealed: Energy crisis has made 30 Lords members wealthier

Peers’ shares in big oil soar in value as British households warned that average bills could top £3,850 a year → Read More

Minister met lobbyists ahead of conversion therapy U-turn, documents reveal

Revealed: Groups linked to anti-trans lobbying met Kemi Badenoch after privately urging equalities minister to drop conversion therapy ban → Read More

BAE and KPMG sponsor arms fair where Russia flaunts weapons

British defence minister among guests as sanctioned Russian businesses flog weapons that are being used against Ukraine → Read More

Priti Patel dodges questions over visa firm profiting from refugees

Home secretary had ignored warnings that TLSContact was pressuring visa applicants to pay extra → Read More

UK’s Policing Bill would silence us, says Ukrainian protester

Warning that Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill will criminalise protest: “Just how different from Russia is the UK if it passes this law?” → Read More

Stranded Indian students ‘watched as Ukrainian pets crossed border to safety’

African, Asian and Caribbean people said they had seen refugees being assaulted and others left needing emergency treatment for hypothermia → Read More

PPE from VIP companies three times more likely to be unfit for purpose

Nearly 60% of the PPE procured from firms linked to the UK government was unusable – sparking fresh questions about controversial ‘VIP’ lane → Read More

Boris Johnson defends £275-a-year ‘pay cut’ for nurses

National Insurance hike will make health and social care workers personally fund their own services to the tune of £390m → Read More

UK Big Six energy firms made more than £1bn in profit ahead of price hike

Exclusive: Analysis of most recent accounts shows huge profits as customers face soaring energy bills → Read More

Silence from police over claim No.10 ‘may have perverted course of justice’

Met chief Cressida Dick says only that probe will examine illegal parties, but lawyers say allegation of destroying evidence is more serious → Read More

One rule for them: 18,000 fined for outdoor gatherings but PM dodges punishment

Police in England and Wales disproportionately fined Black and Asian people, but have so far refused to investigate lockdown breaches at Number 10 → Read More

Councils in England and Wales failing to prosecute law-breaking landlords

Exclusive: Half of local authorities have not prosecuted a single landlord in three years, despite a rise in complaints → Read More

UK peers face tighter rules on financial interests, after openDemocracy investigation

Exclusive: Members of the House of Lords will have to provide details of companies they have ‘significant control’ over, following record rule breach → Read More

UK peers face tighter rules on financial interests, after openDemocracy investigation

Exclusive: Members of the House of Lords will have to provide details of companies they have ‘significant control’ over, following record rule breach → Read More

Quarter of MPs calling to replace sleaze watchdog have been punished by it

Labour accused Tories of ‘wallowing in sleaze’ as vote to create new committee to review misconduct rules passes in Parliament → Read More