News / UK’s website for Ukrainian refugees is not available in Ukrainian Exclusive: Home Office call centre staff said they have been deluged with applicants reporting technical issues By Adam Bychawski / 24 Mar 2022
News / MPs claim that requirement to oppose racism would be ‘Orwellian’ Tory MP Desmond Swayne objected to ‘anti-racism’ commitment in case it silenced far-right politicians – even though he finds them ‘abhorrent’ By Adam Bychawski / 22 Mar 2022
News / MP bizarrely claims ‘second jobs’ ban would stop them seeing their kids Several MPs objected to plans to cap their outside earnings, with one suggesting it would make HGV driver shortages worse By Adam Bychawski / 18 Mar 2022
News / MPs raked in £500,000 while government flip-flopped over second jobs Revealed: Theresa May and Geoffrey Cox were among MPs who made more than £80,000 in just four months By Adam Bychawski / 17 Mar 2022
News / Revealed: Ukraine war makes Lords members richer through arms investments Tory peers are among five House of Lords members with investments of at least £50,000 in BAE Systems By Adam Bychawski / 17 Mar 2022
News / Exclusive: UK firms bankroll arms fair where Russia shows off weapons British defence minister among guests as sanctioned Russian businesses flog weapons that are being used against Ukraine By Adam Bychawski and Scott Mason / 15 Mar 2022
News / Priti Patel dodges questions over visa firm profiting from refugees Home secretary had ignored warnings that TLSContact was pressuring visa applicants to pay extra By Adam Bychawski / 10 Mar 2022
News / Exclusive: UK ignored warnings over contractor behind Ukraine visa ‘chaos’ TLSContact had ‘sole focus’ of making money while ‘human aspect’ was ‘not at all valued’, Home Office watchdog was told last year By Adam Bychawski / 9 Mar 2022
News / UK’s Policing Bill would silence us, says Ukrainian protester Warning that Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill will criminalise protest: “Just how different from Russia is the UK if it passes this law?” By Adam Bychawski / 3 Mar 2022
News / Stranded Indian students ‘watched as Ukrainian pets crossed border to safety’ African, Asian and Caribbean people said they had seen refugees being assaulted and others left needing emergency treatment for hypothermia By Adam Bychawski / 2 Mar 2022
News / UK is ‘top destination’ for Russians looking to hide dirty money in property Former deputy prime minister sanctioned by EU among those who own multi-million-pound London properties By Adam Bychawski / 25 Feb 2022
Explainer / Eight stories crucial to understanding the war in Ukraine From life in Russian-controlled regions to the viewpoint in Russia, these pieces from the openDemocracy archive shed light on an eight-year war By Adam Bychawski and Anita Mureithi / 25 Feb 2022
