“The days of unregulated psychologists advising family judges are over,” TBIJ's family courts reporter Hannah Summers writes, “but this is a scandal far bigger than one woman”
Read the latest from Hannah on what a landmark ruling on unregulated experts means for family courts 👇
Our laws favour the people suing. And they are so complex that generalist lawyers – let alone ordinary people – can barely follow them
But yesterday, a landmark court judgment offered a rare moment of hope for anyone who cares about freedom of speech
It’s not just music that ‘Danny’ shares
His videos, which target immigrants and Muslims, have been viewed millions of times on social media
Advance UK posted this video about English nationhood, pledging to confront “mass immigration” and crediting both Danny Bones and The Node Project on X
Experts say this is the first time a UK political party publicly use an AI-generated influencer to amplify its messaging
This is Danny Bones
At first he seems like a working-class British rapper on the rise
‘Danny’ sings about a broken Britain and immigrants
His voice sounds human enough – but he is not real
He is an AI-generated nationalist whose creators were paid by the far-right party, Advance UK
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We've been exposing the councils placing children in illegal homes and the eyewatering sums of money private companies are making from them
Join us to hear from our Bureau Local editor Gareth Davies and reporter Tom Wall on what we've uncovered 👇
An increasing number of vulnerable young people across the country are being placed in illegal children’s homes
In 2024 alone, nearly 800 children were placed in illegal accommodation, where they stayed for an average of six months each
Journalism doesn’t happen in a vacuum, it’s part of an ecosystem. And it’s important to get our reporting into the right hands after we hit publish 👇
Our investigation actually shows how *difficult* it is to make paid edits on Wikipedia, even when PR firms try. As we wrote in the piece: “To put it simply: it is hard to publish misinformation on Wikipedia.”
The truth matters. (2/2)
www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2026...
This week, Elon Musk re-posted on X about an investigation we published into “wikilaundering” — paid-for editing on Wikipedia.
The post claimed our reporting found that Wikipedia was “corrupt to its core.”
That’s not what we reported... (1/2)
The value of fines handed out by the UK’s financial regulator has plummeted to “pitiful” levels, undermining the country's fight against economic crime, according to data we obtained from public releases and freedom of information requests
It also sets the stage for other families in similar circumstances to have their rulings re-examined – potentially via a new and more affordable route
🚨 A top judge has issued new guidance that unregulated psychologists should not give evidence in family court 🚨
The seismic ruling makes it next to impossible for courts to justify using unregulated experts whose assessments have resulted in mothers losing access to their children
NEW: Independent police corruption investigations plummet by 70% in five years
Campaigners slam ‘broken’ complaints system as corruption probes by the watchdog hit alarming lows
With Reform leading the polls and more local elections to come this year, what we’ve seen so far could be the tip of the iceberg ...
Since gaining control of 10 councils last May, Reform UK has scrapped vital environmental goals and its councillors have hijacked public debates with outright climate denial
So, a quarter of a century on, have the lessons really been learned? Or is another outbreak a ticking time bomb?
New traceability rules followed — but Andrew's recent investigation shows they were breached thousands of times in the past decade
Our reporter Andrew Wasley, who has covered farming for more than 20 years, says the virus spread so fast in part because there was no effective system to track livestock movements
This week, 25 years ago, foot-and-mouth disease brought the UK to its knees
More than six million animals were slaughtered, rural Britain was locked down, the 2001 general election was postponed – and the crisis ultimately cost the economy more than £8bn
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What does this all mean? Low-paid gig workers from countries that have faced attacks from US forces were in some cases unwittingly working on projects for its defence agencies
Story by @niamhmcintyre.bsky.social
Gig-work giant Appen recruits people from around the world, telling them little about the purpose of their work
It has also held numerous US military contracts, including one mentioning a high-tech spy plane
NEW INVESTIGATION: Low-paid gig workers in Africa have been helping the US military – but they had no idea
Story in partnership with @restofworld.org & @crikey.com.au
Triumph for transparency as court reporter wins battle for private documents
www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2026...
"Bad apples, black sheep, lone crooks – the old excuses no longer hold water. And politicians will have to act accordingly"
The Bureau's CEO @wildfranz.bsky.social has penned a piece on what he believes could be a watershed moment in the fight against corruption
Link in the replies 👇
