Andrew Kersley

Andrew Kersley is a freelance journalist based in London. He specialises in investigations and features on politics, technology, policy and the people who get caught in between

Local councils call bailiffs over debts of just £3

The cost of living crisis has meant record profits for bailiff firms, with bosses taking pay rises up to 367%

By Martin Williams and Andrew Kersley

/ 22 Mar 2024

Local councils call bailiffs over debts of just £3

Revealed: Environment Agency invested £15m in ‘forever chemical’ firms

Taxpayers’ money pumped into companies that produce PFAS, despite health and environmental warnings

By Andrew Kersley

/ 10 Jan 2024

Revealed: Environment Agency invested £15m in ‘forever chemical’ firms

Domestic violence victims being made homeless or forced to live with abusers

In some cases, survivors have been sexually or physically assaulted after councils failed to house them

By Andrew Kersley

/ 12 Sep 2023

Domestic violence victims being made homeless or forced to live with abusers

Boris Johnson’s new Lords appointees have donated £17m to the Tory Party

Johnson put Tory donors in the Lords at twice the rate of any other PM since 2013, openDemocracy analysis shows

By Andrew Kersley

/ 9 Aug 2023

Boris Johnson’s new Lords appointees have donated £17m to the Tory Party

‘It’s killing her’: Council leaves people with mould, mice and broken toilets

A London council has been accused of abandoning vulnerable tenants – including a disabled woman – in unsafe flats

By Andrew Kersley

/ 23 Jun 2023

‘It’s killing her’: Council leaves people with mould, mice and broken toilets

BP and Shell bosses among oil execs given £15m for ‘protecting environment’

Revealed: Major oil companies rewarded bosses for hitting climate targets despite continuing to pump oil and gas

By Andrew Kersley

/ 6 Jun 2023

BP and Shell bosses among oil execs given £15m for ‘protecting environment’

Revealed: Government to legalise ‘hazardous’ accommodation for asylum seekers

Housing and migrants charities blast ‘shameful’ plan to relax licensing rules around HMOs for people fleeing danger

By Andrew Kersley

/ 27 Apr 2023

Revealed: Government to legalise ‘hazardous’ accommodation for asylum seekers

Police have record £12m legal fund for officers accused of crimes

Exclusive: The legal budget for the Police Federation of England and Wales has increased by 25% since 2018

By Andrew Kersley

/ 31 Mar 2023

Police have record £12m legal fund for officers accused of crimes

Revealed: MPs claim £1m on expenses for private spin doctors

PR firms are raking in taxpayer cash, as Westminster regulator admits it doesn’t check if rules are followed

By Martin Williams and Andrew Kersley

/ 26 Feb 2023

Revealed: MPs claim £1m on expenses for private spin doctors

Revealed: MPs’ staff bankrolled by climate sceptics and gambling industry

Exclusive: Campaigner warns of ‘conflict of interest’ over donors who gave £1m to fund MPs’ staff and offices

By Andrew Kersley

/ 23 Jan 2023

Revealed: MPs’ staff bankrolled by climate sceptics and gambling industry

What is Labour for the Long Term, the mysterious group funding Labour MPs?

Wes Streeting is among Labour frontbenchers backed by a new group with links to so-called ‘Effective Altruism’

By Andrew Kersley

/ 22 Dec 2022

What is Labour for the Long Term, the mysterious group funding Labour MPs?