29.10.19
Shadow Wars
The air war in Afghanistan is intensifying following the failure of the US-Taliban peace negotiations
25.10.19
We investigated how one London council was using extended powers to threaten entire families with eviction over offences committed by a child
21.10.19
Environment
The Bureau shared data on imports of Brazilian beef across the EU with Die Welt, the German newspaper, who found major household names were buying from meat companies linked to deforestation
The Housing Crisis
The Bureau has investigated loopholes in the Housing (Wales) Act and Homelessness Reduction Act that mean some of the most vulnerable homeless people can be denied help
20.10.19
Domestic Violence
After a Bureau investigation, police forces in England and Wales are facing a super-complaint over their handling of domestic abuse allegations against officers and staff
16.10.19
US military has admitted a strike in October killed a child. To our knowledge, the US has only admitted six civilian deaths so far this year, despite allegations of many more
11.10.19
Local Power
The Treasury has raised the interest rate on funding from the Public Works Loan Board after the Bureau reported that councils were using the money to invest heavily in commercial property
Big Tech
MPs have raised questions over work Boris Johnson's top adviser did for Babylon, shortly before a government minister endorsed the company
05.10.19
Every week 5,500 families approach English councils for help with homelessness, but vulnerable people are being left in limbo
04.10.19
Use our calculator to find out how many properties near you were offered at affordable rates
The Bureau has analysed more than 62,000 rental adverts and found 94% of rented homes are too expensive for families on housing benefit
23.09.19
After revealing that salmonella in British eggs had poisoned 100 people, the Bureau discovered that rules to control the disease had been breached across the sector
20.09.19
The Bureau can exclusively reveal that British eggs have been contaminated with a dangerous strain of salmonella, despite recent government assurances that they are safe
Global Superbugs
For the first time researchers have spoken to unregistered pharmacists selling antibiotics in Cambodia and discovered startling misuse of the drugs
17.09.19
The Bureau and Repórter Brasil have discovered that a major Brazilian meat company bought cows from a ranch that had been fined weeks earlier for breaking environmental protection rules
13.09.19
The Bureau requested details on the number of Scottish police officers who were subject to complaints of domestic abuse and found none had been convicted
11.09.19
The air war in Afghanistan intensified in August. Whether this trend will continue remains to be seen, with Taliban talks collapsing and Trump's national security advisor out.
The Bureau Local sent volunteers and reporters to exercise their right to see local authority accounts, but soon found obstructions and ignorance of the law
09.09.19
Despite the Bureau revealing that Peterborough council had potentially breached guidelines on selling public assets, the government has decided to take no further action
19.08.19
Salesmen from India's largest pharmaceutical companies told our undercover reporter they encouraged unqualified doctors to prescribe antibiotics, contributing to the global superbug crisis