๐ด REVEALED: Train companies paid out nearly ยฃ800m to shareholders last year before telling rail unions that employees must take a real-terms pay cut for them to stay afloat
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- ๐ฃ๏ธ Here's what a Conservative MP had to say about a new bill that could limit the right to protest -- it may surprise you. Read more on the Public Order Bill here ๐ opendemocracy.net/en/public-ordeโฆ
00:00 - Suella Braverman has refused to accept the findings of a report by cross-party MPs that found internal failings rather than a rise in migrants crossing the Channel are to blame for the breakdown of the asylum system. bit.ly/3WbuJLI
- BREAKING: We've just issued a lawsuit against the UK government over its ยฃ23m NHS data deal with Palantir. Here's why ๐
- BREAKING: Leaks show NHS using โknowingly flawedโ tests, missing 25% of positive coronavirus cases โ Hancock under pressure to resign.
- WE WON! ๐ This is a significant legal victory against the UK government. The judgement forces transparency on a secretive unit accused of โblacklistingโ Freedom of Information requests from journalists, campaigners and others. ~thread
- EXCLUSIVE: "Itโs chilling. From the Mail, The Times to the BBC and ITN, everyone is peddling Downing Streetโs lies and smears," says Peter @OborneTweets. "Theyโre turning their readers into dupes."
- We've won our lawsuit over Matt Hancock's ยฃ23m NHS data deal with Palantir
- ๐จ URGENT: We're issuing a legal challenge to halt the government's plans to seize the GP data of everyone in England without proper consent bit.ly/2SV8aiv
- The way the Spanish authorities handle Catalan claims to independence violates Rule of Law in the EU. Open letter. opendemocracy.net/can-europe-makโฆ
- BREAKING: A scientist who advised Boris Johnson against introducing a lockdown last autumn was bankrolled by a billionaire Tory donor, openDemocracy can reveal. PM ruled out lockdown 24 hours after meeting with Sunetra Gupta.
- BREAKING: Downing Street has banned openDemocracy from asking questions at the daily COVID briefings. Why?
- BREAKING: Goveโs Cabinet office is running an โOrwellianโ unit to โblacklistโ journalists & block sensitive FOI requests. What are they hiding? Today @openDemocracy announces a legal bid w/ @LeighDay_Law to challenge govt secrecy. opendemocracy.net/en/dark-money-โฆ
- Last-minute amendment to Public Order Bill would let home secretary slap injunctions on people โlikelyโ to protest bit.ly/3T9eGMx


