09.10.24
The Enablers
Parties’ growing reliance on private cash has opened up the entire system to foreign influence
02.07.24
Conservatives, SNP, Reform, Lib Dems and Greens took payments from donor not on electoral register
UK Elections
Trans people have become a significant focus of the debate in the lead up to the general election
Trans+ Voices
On Discord, parents discussed destroying their children’s belongings and blocking access to Childline to ‘stop’ them being trans
A Conservative MP enlisted Bayswater Support Group in push back on trans education in schools
01.07.24
Big Tech
Experts say promotion of divisive views combined with anti-Ukraine stance has been a mark of Russian influence operations
28.06.24
Elected members of government and NHS doctors are among those with no say on 4 July
26.06.24
After months of trawling social media and logging spreadsheets, we found a story that shows the alarming proximity of ‘fringe’ views to mainstream politics
Groups boast more than 60,000 members and have been used as a recruiting ground for Reform despite bearing no official links to the party
Family Court Files
Experts say manifestos fail to reflect the profound impact of family courts on victims of domestic abuse
21.06.24
Environment
Campaigners raise the alarm at lack of will among major parties to curb intensive farming
16.06.24
Experts say authority is failing to punish the architects of tax-dodging schemes while aggressively pursuing their clients
14.06.24
New changes led to 14,000 people turned away from polling booths at local elections
06.06.24
TBIJ’s Trans+ Voices project sets out what the vote could mean for policy on healthcare, education and more
05.06.24
With 2bn people heading to the polls this year, regulators must keep pace with new strategies of deception
03.05.24
Local Power
Authority was declared bankrupt after series of ruinous business deals made under previous administration
04.04.24
Bureaucratic barriers and the threat of discrimination or abuse could prevent many from voting in person at the upcoming local elections