Tag: #FactOfTheMatter

3 December 2021

A number of freedom of information (FOI) requests carried out by The Canary have revealed the number of police forces ...

Owen Paterson, lord Evans, and Boris Johnson

Paterson and Johnson sleaze scandal points to a deeper rot in our democracy

7 November 2021

Owen Paterson has resigned as an MP after embroiling himself in a scandal about ethical standards in parliament. The resignation ...

The truth behind the UK’s refugee ‘resettlement’ plan

8 September 2021

The UK government has plans to allow thousands of refugees from Afghanistan to resettle in the UK following the ...

Ethics watchdog shows it’s not fit-for-purpose against backdrop of cronyism

13 August 2021

Ethical standards - or lack of them - in government have have hit headlines in recent months due to allegations ...

EU governments targeted by scammers promising millions of doses of vaccines

29 June 2021

EU governments and authorities were targeted by criminals looking to cash in on coronavirus (Covid-19) vaccines. Europol has called this ...

Fund The Canary’s Investigations Unit

13 July 2021

As one of the only independent investigations units in the country, we work for you - but we need your ...

Private emails prove VIP lanes for multimillion PPE deals existed. And here they are…

Explosive emails seen by The Canary prove that VIP lanes for PPE contracts existed throughout the coronavirus pandemic in 2020. ...

Undercover Labour rebels are fighting Keir Starmer’s purge in ‘ghost parties’ disguised as book clubs

21 April 2021

The fightback against Keir Starmer’s leadership of the Labour Party has stepped up a gear with the revelation that Labour ...

The government’s propaganda race report cites academics that had nothing to do with it

The government's widely criticised report from the Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities fell into more disrepute today. A number ...

Former UKIP and Tory personnel are trying to abolish the Welsh Assembly

BBC Wales has confirmed that the anti-independence group Abolish The Welsh Assembly (AWA) will speak at the leaders' debate on ...

Let’s be honest about whose free speech Gavin Williamson’s new policy is protecting

Over the last few years debate has raged on social media about 'cancel culture' and no-platforming. Often, these debates have ...

BBC attempts to ‘modernise’ lead to all white news board

As part of our #FactOfTheMatter series, The Canary can show that the BBC has appointed an all-white News Board. Director of ...

The government doesn’t have a clue where its own vaccine data is

As part of our #FactOfTheMatter series, The Canary Investigations team has spoken to three government departments in charge of the ...

Mainstream media says there’s ‘BAME vaccine hesitancy’, but the experts tell a different story

The last few months has seen a narrative from mainstream media outlets about "BAME vaccine hesitancy". However, a new survey ...

Experts begin tests to determine whether the UK will need to be re-vaccinated

As part of our #FactOfTheMatter series, The Canary explores whether emerging mutations of coronavirus (Covid-19) will lead to people in the ...

Capitol Hill and the Houses of Parliament

Assaults on democracy come in many forms – not just storming the Capitol

The storming of the Capitol in the US by a white supremacist mob, egged on by the white supremacist-in-chief Donald ...

A left-wing Jewish group is taking legal action against the Labour Party