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David Davis said there wouldn't be a single downside to Brexit. Yorkshire Bylines recorded >2,000 of them from 2021-2024.

Yorkshire Bylines | Powerful Citizen Journalism

The Davis Downside Dossier

David Davis famously said there would be no downsides to Brexit only considerable upsides - so we started recording them.

“A petition demanding a full inquiry into Russian influence in UK politics has surged past 100,000 signatures after being shared at remarkable speed across social media.”

East Anglia Bylines | Powerful Citizen Journalism

Russian influence petition surges past 100,000 signatures

A petition demanding a full inquiry into Russian influence in UK politics has passed 100,000 signatures

David Davis said there wouldn't be a single downside to Brexit. Yorkshire Bylines recorded >2,000 of them from 2021-4.

Yorkshire Bylines | Powerful Citizen Journalism

The Davis Downside Dossier

David Davis famously said there would be no downsides to Brexit only considerable upsides - so we started recording them.

🔥 The mood in Brexit-world is changing...

Around 26,000 of the neediest people in County Durham will have to start paying council tax next year as the county council scraps 100% rebates for people of working age. About 2,400 others who already pay some council tax will lose part of their rebate.

North East Bylines | Powerful Citizen Journalism

Council tax shock for thousands of Durham’s poorest – thanks to Reform UK

Durham will scrap full council-tax rebates, forcing 26,000 low-income working-age residents to start paying for the first time

Rachel Reeves was frustrated that a Sussex development was delayed by “… some snails … a protected species or something” The snail in question is one of Britain’s rarest and most endangered freshwater species, the lesser whirlpool ramshorn.

East Anglia Bylines | Powerful Citizen Journalism

Living alongside nature: humans must get better at it

The first of two articles inspired by COP30 explores some problems and the need to seek inclusive and nature-aligned solutions.

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Petitions - UK Government and Parliament

Petition: Call a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy

We are concerned about reported efforts from Russia to influence democracy in the US, UK, Europe and elsewhere. We believe we must establish the de...

Rachel Reeves says there’s a “hole” in the public finances. A new decade-long Brexit study explains it: a 6–8% hit to GDP – that's £180bn-£240bn a year – means less tax, less investment and less money for everything else. Brexit made Britain poorer. Much poorer.

East Anglia Bylines | Powerful Citizen Journalism

New: Boris Johnson’s ‘Brexit Titanic success’ was half right

Nearly ten years on, the first full assessment of Brexit confirms what millions warned: Britain made itself poorer

Drowning in denial: one in five homes in Reform UK heartlands faces flooding in 25 years. Even as the party rolls back climate action, Reform-controlled councils sit on some of England’s worst rising flood risks.

Yorkshire Bylines | Powerful Citizen Journalism

Drowning in denial: one in five homes in Reform UK heartlands faces flooding in 25 years

Even as the party rolls back climate action, Reform-controlled councils sit on some of England’s worst rising flood risks