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David Hencke

@davidhencke.bsky.social
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Freelance investigative lobby journalist writing for Byline Times. Previously a lobby journalist on the Guardian. Follow my blog davidhencke.com covering whistleblowing, pension campaigns, employment tribunals and injustice in the NHS and everywhere else.

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Steve B @stevebasnett.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
5 billion litres. EVERY DAY. I've posted this figure before: based on AI/data centre water demand Baroness Sheehan, Lib Dem chair of the Committee: “If action is not taken now, public water demand could exceed supply by five billion litres every day by 2055." (article by @davidhencke.bsky.social)
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David Hencke @davidhencke.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Revealed: the huge cover up of bad reviews by leading law firms davidhencke.com/2026/05/19/r...
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Revealed: The huge cover up of bad practices by leading law firms
Most people might expect a fake review of a new product, a restuarant or a hotel included among the many posts on company websites.. A forensic investigation by the charity Blind Justice UK of revi…
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David Hencke @davidhencke.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
Pat McFadden's hidden benefit cuts that penalises people taking up apprenticeships davidhencke.com/2026/05/18/p...
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Pat McFadden’s perverse benefit cuts that is undermining the government’s apprenticeship initiative
05/07/2024. London, Pat McFadden, poses for a photograph following his appointment to Cabinet by Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer in 10 Downing Street. Picture by Lauren Hurley / No 10 Downing Stree…
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David Hencke @davidhencke.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Journalist who exposed racism, bullying and misogyny over top judicial appointments faces £14,000 costs for pursuing freedom of information requests davidhencke.com/2026/05/15/j...
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David Hencke @davidhencke.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Date fixed for court hearing into complaint against coroner Mary Hassell davidhencke.com/2026/04/29/d...
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Date fixed for hearing of Lorna McMahon’s complaint against coroner Mary Hassell’s missing text over the death of a TV journalist
MrJustice Chamberlain Mr Justice Chamberlain has fixed October 14 for a one day hearing into complaints raised by Lorna McMahon, the aunt of Granada TV journalist Teresa McMahon, that part of the t…
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David Hencke @davidhencke.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
Top judge intervenes in alleged tampering of a journalist's suicide inquest report by coroner Mary Hassell davidhencke.com/2026/03/22/s...
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Senior judge orders court hearing over missing text in coroner Mary Hassell’s transcript of death of TV journalist
Mr Justice Chamberlain, the head of the Royal Court of Justice’s Administrative Court, has intervened in the case against controversial coroner Mary Hassell by ordering a hearing later this y…
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David Hencke @davidhencke.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
Charity Commission loses permission to bring judicial review against Parliamentary Ombudsman over two harrowing sexual abuse cases davidhencke.com/2026/03/08/c...
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Charity Commission loses permission to take Parliamentary Ombudsman to judicial review over safeguarding cases
Picture generated by AI ChatGPT A judge has blocked the Charity Commission from challenging the powers of the Parliamentary Commissioner through a judicial review.The decision is a victory for Parl…
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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
🔴Andrew Is Entitled to £500,000 Compensation for Losing Royal Lodge, Say Crown Estate The disgraced former Prince is unlikely to receive any payment due to the deterioration of the property, @davidhencke.bsky.social reports bylinetimes.com/2025/12/02/a...
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Andrew Is Entitled to £500,000 Compensation for Losing Royal Lodge, Say Crown Estate
The disgraced former Prince is unlikely to receive any payment due to the deterioration of the property, say officials
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David Hencke @davidhencke.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Latest 50swomen news: Interviews on Salford City Radio and another visit tby CEDAWinLaW to Downing Street
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David Hencke @davidhencke.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
Judge reserves judgement in crucial case that will decide a rare dispute between Parliament and the Charity Commission davidhencke.com/2026/02/26/j...
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David Hencke @davidhencke.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
My latest story for @bylinetimes.bsky.social on revelations by MPs of the full cost to taxpayers now of a panic driven decision to lease an unusable prison in Dartmoor by Boris Johnson's government in 2022 without checking the dangers of radon gas.
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David Hencke @davidhencke.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
My blog in 2025; 50swomen, Chinese interest, injustice in the judiciary and NHS davidhencke.com/2026/01/05/m...
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My blog in 2025: 230,000 hits, a Chinese explosion and rated in the top 5 per cent on Linked In
My AI generated picture of Westminster to go with the blog. Hits on my blog reached just over 230,000 last year not including the full number on Facebook and Linked In which takes the reach of the …
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David Hencke @davidhencke.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
Delegation goes to Downing Street to ask Sir Keir Starmer to intervene for #50swomen to get mediation over discrimination and maladministration over delayed state pension inequality davidhencke.com/2025/12/16/b...
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Back at 10 Downing Street: Cedaw in Law present letters to Sir Keir Starmer
Cedar in Law delegation at Number 10 Downing Street. From Left to Right: Sharon Wheeler, Joycelene Scutt, No 10 doorman and David Hencke Cedaw in Law returned to Downing Street yesterday to deliver…
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David Hencke @davidhencke.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
Extraordinary fall out among lawyers who represented Glyndebourne in whistleblowing case davidhencke.com/2025/12/11/g...
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Glyndebourne case: When Courts Don’t Listen: A Struck-Out Claim, A Void Application, and a Law Firm in Freefall
Joe Milner ex Loch Employment Law now Brightstar Law Ltd Three months after this blog first reported (see here) unusual conduct by a leading employment law firm, public records reveal just how far …
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David Hencke @davidhencke.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
UPDATED to include my response to criticism from John Halford, Waspi's lawyer to one point in the article: davidhencke.com/2025/12/05/g...
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Government decision on 50swomen promised by the end of February next year
UPDATE: Following publication of this post one issue has been raised by John Halford, Waspi’s lawyer from Bindman’s. He says it is not true that originally you needed permission for bot…
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David Hencke @davidhencke.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
My latest story for @bylinetimes.bsky.social on a highly critical report from the House of Lords on the lack of progress of the Building Safety Regulator in tackling dangerous cladding post Grenfell
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David Hencke @davidhencke.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
House of Commons Privileges Hearing shows sharp divide between the Charity Commission and Parliamentary Ombudsman over sex abuse complaints davidhencke.com/2025/12/08/p...
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Privileges Committee hears all sides over Charity Commission breaching Parliamentary privilege on Ombudsman’s sex abuse reports
A rare but virtually unreported public hearing by the Privileges Committee on Budget Day revealed a sharp divide between the Parliamentary Ombudsman and the Charity Commission over the role of char…
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David Hencke @davidhencke.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
The legal manouvering behind the Waspi DWP Pension deal and the growing pressure for all 50swomen groups to be consulted davidhencke.com/2025/12/05/g...
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Government decision on 50swomen promised by the end of February next year
A long awaited decision on the six year battle for redress for the 3.6 million remaining 50s women has been promised by the Department for Work and Pensions by the end of February next year –…
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David Hencke @davidhencke.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
My latest story for @bylinetimes.bsky.social on the details released by the Crown Estate of the leases the Royals including the disgraced Andrew pay to live in Windsor Great Park,
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David Hencke @davidhencke.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
Whistleblowing: Hospital doctors main target to be referred to NHS Resolution -over 1000 referred by managers last financial year davidhencke.com/2025/11/28/r...
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Revealed: Hospital doctors are the top target for the NHS Resolution Practitioner Performance Service
NHS Resolution solicitor overlooking hospital doctors under investigation. An AI image illustrating the situation facing hospital doctors in the NHS Following my blog on the secret process using NH…
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David Hencke @davidhencke.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
Just added a link to the full report on whistleblowing. davidhencke.com/2025/11/20/g...
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David Hencke @davidhencke.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
Government commissioned research reveals the appalling situation facing whistleblowers in Britain davidhencke.com/2025/11/20/g...
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Government commissioned research reveals whistleblowers have no faith in the system to protect them
Glum whistleblower at an Employment tribunal. Picture created through AI A research report published this July by the new Labour government has painted a devastating picture of the failure of the c…
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David Hencke @davidhencke.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
My latest story for @bylinetimes.bsky.social reveals despite spending billions the NHS is still not meeting waiting time targets and proposed NHS reform has not been properly thought out or costed facing a possible repeat of the HS2 financial calamity for government
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David Hencke @davidhencke.bsky.social · 15/11/2025
UPDATED: Lady Dorit Young and an ex coroner hold a second vigil at the Royal College of Radiologists conference over the sad death of her only daughter Gaia which may have been contributed by the wrong reading of a radiology scan davidhencke.com/2025/11/03/m...
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Mother and former coroner hold Harley Street protest over radiologist’s mistake that may have contributed to the death of Gaia Young
ex coroner and mother at a vigil in Harley Street Posted on October 31, 2025 by davidhenckeLast year I reported on the tragic death of talented 25 year old Gaia Young 17 hours after …
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David Hencke @davidhencke.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
The justice minister's poor response to the failing county court system davidhencke.com/2025/11/14/j...
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Justice minister Sarah Sackman KC: Apologist for a failing county court system
Sarah Sackman KC:Justice minister At the end of July I published a scathing report from the House of Commons Justice Committee on the appalling state of the dysfunctional county court system. MPs w…
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David Hencke @davidhencke.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
Exclusive: t Revealed the damning report that derailed Pat McFadden to review whether he should compensate the 3.6 million 50swomen who had to wait six years before they got their pensions davidhencke.com/2025/11/13/e...
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Exclusive: 50s women: Details revealed of the damning buried DWP report that derailed Pat McFadden
Pat McFadden, poses for a photograph following his appointment to Cabinet by Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer in 10 Downing Street. Picture by Lauren Hurley / No 10 Downing Street The 18 year old re…
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David Hencke @davidhencke.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
My latest story for @bylinetimes.bsky.social on a House of Lords report revealing that Keir Starmer's big reset with the EU has yielded few benefits for the UK
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David Hencke @davidhencke.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
Bradford town hall whistleblower denied justice after Leeds Employment Tribunal corrupted a recording of her court hearing so she can't use it in a defence appeal davidhencke.com/2025/11/10/w...
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Whistleblower claimant denied justice after employment tribunal transcript recording was so corrupted it was unreadable
A stormy tribunal case around Bradford City Hall. An AI generated image. The Employment Tribunal system is being dragged kicking and screaming into the 21st century yet still fails to deliver on op…
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David Hencke @davidhencke.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
My latest report for @bylinetimes.bsky.social is on a new report from the House of Lords on Britain's space industry. It warns the UK is too dependent on Elon Musk's Space -X company to launch our satellites and should diversify launch sites abroad and build new ones in the UK
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David Hencke @davidhencke.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
Mother and ex coroner hold Harley Street vigil over radiologist's mistake that contributed to the death of her only daughter Gaia at University College London Hospital davidhencke.com/2025/10/31/m...
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Mother and former coroner hold Harley Street protest over radiologist’s mistake that has contributed to the death of Gaia Young
Dorit Young and an ex coroner on a vigil in Harley Street. Last year I reported on the tragic death of talented 25 year old Gaia Young 17 hours after she was admitted to University College Hospital…
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David Hencke @davidhencke.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
My latest story for @bylinetimes.bsky.social on the billions mispent on asylum accommodation by the last Tory government using flawed contracts which saw the cost soar from £4.5 billion to £15.3 billion for taxpayers.
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David Hencke @davidhencke.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
Exclusive: How a NHS whistleblower gynaecologist had his career wrecked by a leading NHS manager aided by advice from NHS Resolution davidhencke.com/2025/10/21/r...
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Revealed: How a whistleblower doctor’s career was wrecked by a NHS trust manager aided by NHS Resolution
Two weeks ago I published a critical examination of how NHS Resolution’s Practitioner Performance Advice service contributed to the demise of whistleblower doctors revealing patient safety is…
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David Hencke @davidhencke.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
Fresh appeal for the ten brave women who are bringing a court case to stop employment judges bullying them and want to force the Judicial Conduct Investigations Office to investigate them davidhencke.com/2025/10/16/t...
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Ten brave women still need your help to bring a ground breaking court case that could change employment tribunals forever
Stormy scene around tilted scales of justice as judges avoid complaints Remember the ten brave women I wrote about who are challenging the bullying behaviour of Employment Judge Philip Lancaster? S…
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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
🔴Conservative Government Left Behind £200 Billion of ‘Unachievable’ Infrastructure Projects Hundreds of billions of pounds worth of projects were left for which “successful delivery… appears to be unachievable” reports @davidhencke.bsky.social bylinetimes.com/2025/09/29/g...
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Conservative Government Left Behind £200 Billion of 'Unachievable' Infrastructure Projects
Hundreds of billions of pounds worth of projects were left for which "successful delivery... appears to be unachievable"
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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
🔴Feeling Blue: Lord Glasman on Why He Backs Shabana Mahmood Over Nigel Farage The ‘Blue Labour’ founder, credited with pushing the party to the right, singled out Keir Starmer’s “tough” new Home Secretary for praise, reports @davidhencke.bsky.social bylinetimes.com/2025/10/03/f...
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Feeling Blue: Lord Glasman on Why He Backs Shabana Mahmood Over Nigel Farage
The 'Blue Labour' founder, credited with pushing the party to the right, singled out Keir Starmer's "tough" new Home Secretary for praise
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David Hencke @davidhencke.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
My latest blog explores a little known public service provided by the quango NHS Resolution which helps NHS trusts sack whistleblower doctors who raise embarrassing patient safety issues. Another hidden scandal in the NHS. #Wesstreeting davidhencke.com/2025/10/07/t...
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The secret influence of NHS Resolution that ensures so many doctor whistleblowers don’t get their jobs back
logo for NHS Resolution Why do 97 per cent of whistleblowers fail to win their cases in employment tribunals? Why are they sacked – not for their disclosures of patient safety which is illega…
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David Hencke @davidhencke.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
My latest post for @bylinetimes.bsky.social on Blue Labour founder, Lord Glasman's interview at the Labour Party fringe on his support for the new Muslim home secretary, Shaban Mahmood
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David Hencke @davidhencke.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
My latest story for @bylinetimes.bsky.social Tories leave record number - £200 billion - of unachievable infrastructure projects including Northern Powerhouse and rump of HS2 Whitehall report reveals
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David Hencke @davidhencke.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
How judges can withhold court records when challenged in misconduct claims davidhencke.com/2025/09/15/t...
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The Black Hole of Accountability: Employment Judges Block Evidence in Their Own Misconduct Cases
Judge Barry Clarke who is president of employment tribunals in England and Wales The English and Welsh Employment Tribunal system is operating under an extraordinary contradiction that strikes at t…
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David Hencke @davidhencke.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
How judges can withhold court records when challenged in misconduct claims davidhencke.com/2025/09/15/t...
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The Black Hole of Accountability: Employment Judges Block Evidence in Their Own Misconduct Cases
Judge Barry Clarke who is president of employment tribunals in England and Wales The English and Welsh Employment Tribunal system is operating under an extraordinary contradiction that strikes at t…
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David Hencke @davidhencke.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
Complainant waives anonymity to reveal the child sexual abuse scandal at a now closed Maris Fathers college in Blackburn now in centre of a dispute between the Charity Commission and the Parliamentary Ombudsman davidhencke.com/2025/09/10/e...
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Exclusive: Complainant” Mr U ” waives anonymity to reveal the child sex abuse cover up behind the Charity Commission and Parliamentary Ombudsman dispute
Kevin O’Neill Marist college principal and paedophile Pic credit: Lancashire Evening Telegraph Damian Murray tells Westminster Confidential about his long battle with the Roman Catholic chari…
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David Hencke @davidhencke.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
Parliamentary Ombudsman publishes damaging reports on Charity Commission's failures over sexual abuse davidhencke.com/2025/09/09/t...
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Two damning reports from Parliamentary Ombudsman says Charity Commission failed complainants about sexual abuse
The Parliamentary Ombudsman’s Office today published two reports into the Charity Commission’s handling of separate sexual abuse cases following Parliament’s rare privilege decisi…
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David Hencke @davidhencke.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
Parliamentary Ombudsman publishes damaging reports on Charity Commission's failures over sexual abuse davidhencke.com/2025/09/09/t...
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Two damning reports from Parliamentary Ombudsman says Charity Commission failed complainants about sexual abuse
The Parliamentary Ombudsman’s Office today published two reports into the Charity Commission’s handling of separate sexual abuse cases following Parliament’s rare privilege decisi…
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David Hencke @davidhencke.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
Whistleblower Dr Chris Day writes to top employment appeal tribunal judge saying the way his lost case was handled amounted to " institutional corruption" davidhencke.com/2025/09/04/i...
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David Hencke @davidhencke.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
Charity Commission reported to the Privileges Committee in extraordinary dispute between Parliament and the Commission over two investigations into sexual abuse from the Parliamentary Ombudsman davidhencke.com/2025/09/05/c...
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Charity Commission reported to Privileges Committee by MPs after it tries to stop a critical report by Parliamentary Ombudsman
Simon Hoare MP, Tory chair of the Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee Exclusive: Report will reveal huge dispute over two reports into complaints of sexual abuse by charities…
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David Hencke @davidhencke.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
Charity Commission reported to the Privileges Committee in extraordinary dispute between Parliament and the Commission over two investigations into sexual abuse from the Parliamentary Ombudsman davidhencke.com/2025/09/05/c...
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Charity Commission reported to Privileges Committee by MPs after it tries to stop a critical report by Parliamentary Ombudsman
Simon Hoare MP, Tory chair of the Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee Exclusive: Report will reveal huge dispute over two reports into complaints of sexual abuse by charities…
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David Hencke @davidhencke.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
Whistleblower Dr Chris Day writes to top employment appeal tribunal judge saying the way his lost case was handled amounted to " institutional corruption" davidhencke.com/2025/09/04/i...
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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
The Full Cost of the Ministry of Defence Afghan Data Leak Will Be Much Higher Than the Government Claimed The breach, under the last Conservative Government, put the lives of thousands of Afghans at risk, while costing taxpayers hundreds of millions of pounds
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The Full Cost of the Ministry of Defence Afghan Data Leak Will Be Much Higher Than the Government Claimed
The breach, under the last Conservative Government, put the lives of thousands of Afghans at risk, while costing taxpayers hundreds of millions of pounds
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David Hencke @davidhencke.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
My latest story for @bylinetimes.bsky.social - cost of bringing 7355 Afghans and their families to the UK because of a Ministry of Defence data leak will be more than government claims say the National Audit Office
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David Hencke @davidhencke.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
Glyndebourne's hidden story of a two year battle with a sacked whistleblower that is about to come to a head davidhencke.com/2025/08/22/h...
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High Drama at Glyndebourne: An extraordinary tale of a sacking, a broken settlement and strange behaviour in the courts
Edward Romain While opera lovers have been enjoying in blissful sunshine a season of high operatic drama in the prestigious grounds of Glyndebourne in the Sussex countryside, another very different…
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