Bureau Local

These are the projects and stories that have resulted from collaborations with our members

12.03.24

Trapped in work

Why Citizens Advice teamed up with TBIJ to investigate migrant care work

We help people find a way forward and, when we can’t, it’s usually due to a failure of policy. This is one of the most serious failures I’ve seen

05.12.23

‘Stifling, suffocating, unliveable’: Life in an overheating home

How climate change is affecting people in the UK right now

Julia Quecaño Casimiro leans on a tree stump in a wood

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

A composite graphic of Liam Kavanagh with a Rolex, a jet and Thurrock flats

31.07.23

Local Power

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

A rogue businessman appears to have cheated an Essex council and spent the money on a life of luxury

20.03.23

Cost of living crisis

Predatory businesses profit off personal debts

A TBIJ investigation has revealed the individual voluntary arrangement industry to be a wild west rife with misinformation, hidden fees and murky advertising tactics