Boris Johnson and Donald Trump Privately Discussed Privatising the NHS according to a new biography of the former Prime Minister.

A look at what's really happening behind the big stories this week

BBC Chairman Richard Sharp's help in arranging a loan for Boris Johnson shows how cronyism corrupts public life in the UK.

A Labour MP says the Prime Minister and his friend tried to stop him from asking questions about lavish parties held at the newspaper proprietor's Italian villa, reports Adam Bienkov

Jacob Rees-Mogg says voter ID plan was an attempt to rig elections for Conservative Party under Boris Johnson

Up to two million people could be denied a vote unless they apply for ID – and even those with ID could be turned away by polling staff, reports Josiah Mortimer

Max Colbert digs into the latest accounts of firms that were awarded hundreds of millions in Government deals

Boris Johnson's phone and WhatsApps still not handed to the Covid Inquiry ten days after High Court deadline

Sam Bright examines the contribution of Brexit to our current healthcare crisis

Rishi Sunak's support for the Home Secretary Suella Braverman shows a continuation of the breach of trust by Liz Truss and Boris Johnson

Suella Braverman grooming gangs comments, child sexual abuse, and the race-based approach to evidence making.

Anthony Barnett details what he has learnt from the work of journalists such as Carole Cadwalladr and Byline Times' co-founder and executive editor Peter Jukes about the threat to British democracy...

Patrick Howse reveals how a false BBC News alert that 100 Conservative MPs were backing Boris Johnson's new leadership bid spread quickly around the world

The finding raises questions about the UK's commitment to achieving net zero – with one MP telling Byline Times 'it’s akin to asking arsonists to legislate on robust fire safety legislation'

A special investigation by Nafeez Ahmed exposes the transatlantic connections between an extremist US pro-Trump lobby and organisations influencing Liz Truss' Conservative Cabinet

The UK's political system currently resembles an unelected autocracy rather than a truly representative democracy, writes former diplomat Alexandra Hall Hall

The number one priority of the frontrunner to succeed Boris Johnson, is to protect the bottom lines of energy bosses pushing millions into poverty, reports Adam Bienkov

The Conservative chair of Parliament's Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee has said questions must be asked as to 'what the festival was for and whether it was worth it'

The links between Brazil's far-right leaders and the US Stop The Steal activists suggest a globally-connected movement determined to attack democracy, reports Sian Norris

Rees-Mogg's appointment as Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Secretary suggests the Government is not committed to its own net zero aims, reports Nafeez Ahmed

Kent County Councils road boss said he fears the post-Brexit biometric checks will cause 14 hour delays on Kent's motorways and wreak havoc on people's daily lives

Six in 10 voters believe the Prime Minister's false claim that the Government is capping total household energy bills at £2,500 a year, reports Adam Bienkov

Party warns that new checks on animal and plant products risk delays to imports and increases in inflation

The Conservative Party remains indebted to big money interests in oil, gas and aviation

Industry groups say lack of clarity leaves businesses unsure how to manage new rules due to start on April 30

As more and more ministers are handed top jobs for their loyalty rather than their competence, former diplomat Alexandra Hall Hall considers what we can do about this democratic deficit

Sam Bright dissects the multi-billion-pound affair that saw lucrative public contracts awarded to Conservative donors

After years of appeasing its enemies, former BBC journalist and producer Patrick Howse believes the BBC's destruction from within has been spectacularly exposed

Jeremy Hunt's Autumn Statement buried bad news on spending cuts and taxes for millions.

Companies don’t want to list in Britain any more. It’s obvious why

Not accepting or being able to discuss the damage caused by Britain's exit from the EU leaves the country in a unsustainable position, writes Chris Grey

The former deputy prime minister has urged the pro-European movement in the UK to show “vision”

Canadian officials deny any talks are ongoing to avert the hit to carmakers.

UK-US relations would be harmed by the details of Johnson’s summit with the now-disgraced data firm, an independent regulator has concluded

Steve Barclay, the environment secretary, says shoppers are being ‘duped’ as he plans the biggest reform to support for farmers since Brexit

A free trade deal between New Zealand and the European Union that puts the UK's FTA "to shame" is set to come into force from May.

Brexit supporters thought that the EU was obsessed with this country, part of our sense of exceptionalism. Not so, as Kate Moore discovers.

London’s Labour mayor to call for debate on the case for rejoining the customs union and single market

An exclusive poll for Byline Times finds only a minority of voters would choose to remain in the UK if given the option to emigrate to another country

With the Government facing a massive shortfall in its finances, MPs report on how billions were lost by the Treasury during the time the current Prime Minister was Chancellor

Businesses that make sporting goods, children’s toys, jewellery and medical goods have struggled the most with the border costs imposed by the UK’s decision to leave the EU

The Labour shadow foreign minister has written a thoughtful piece in Foreign Affairs – but when it comes to the EU, he’s wrong

The former Commons leader said it was a deliberate attempt to ‘gerrymander’ elections in the Conservatives’ favour. Josiah Mortimer reports

David Hencke reports on the Commons Committee which proposes wholesale reform of the 'toothless' regulators supposed to safeguard propriety in public office

Concerns on both sides of Channel over whether processes for animal and plant imports will be too onerous or not ready

An exclusive poll by Omnisis for Byline Times reveals the overwhelming public appetite to see Russian donations banned to Boris Johnson’s party

High costs for global talent will prevent Britain enjoying full benefits of programme, research commissioner to say

Chris York explains how the NAFO phenomenon is just one example of the decentralised ingenuity of Ukraine's civil society against the centralised troll farms and bots of the Kremlin's hybrid warfare

Scratch the surface of just about any public service failure of recent years and outsourcing features as a key cause, writes Chris Grey

EXCLUSIVE: Seven-in-ten voters say Brexit has hurt the economy and made living costs higher, with even Leave voters saying Britain is now worse off

Rishi Sunak's many undeclared personal and family financial interests raise questions about his commitments to accountability and integrity.

Exclusive poll finds a surge in voters saying the BBC has a pro-Government bias

We didn’t know the facts about the EU before voting to leave. We need to learn before considering to re-join

EXCLUSIVE: Majority of voters say the Conservative-led Government has made their lives worse in the last 13 years, reports Adam Bienkov

Rishi Sunak's register of ministerial interests excludes details of wife's finances and shares in childcare company helped by the government.

Higher prices and empty shelves are on the way

Funding of £3m for checks at the Port of Dover has been withdrawn, says Dover District Council.

Councils could have to choose between hiring extra staff to implement the change or informing voters that their vote is at risk, Byline Times has learned

Liz Truss claims she is "honest" and "straightforward" but has repeatedly misled the public during her bid to succeed Boris Johnson, reports Adam Bienkov

'Nothing less than the future of democracy is at stake' says Caroline Lucas as a cross-party coalition and The Citizens win an unprecedented hearing over electoral safety and national security

Former London mayor makes pledge to caller on LBC radio phone-in but says Britain has nothing to fear from leaving EU

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Calls to leave the ECHR should be met with the fiercest resistance: this government cannot be trusted with safeguarding human rights

Liz Truss budget plans risk causing a major economic crisis and Conservative MPs fear there is little they can do to stop her.

A prominent Brexiteer has admitted the UK should have stayed in the EU single market after Brexit.