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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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.
Charity Commission loses permission to bring judicial review against Parliamentary Ombudsman over two harrowing sexual abuse cases davidhencke.com/2026/03/08/c...
๐ดAndrew Is Entitled to ยฃ500,000 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
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Latest 50swomen news: Interviews on Salford City Radio and another visit tby CEDAWinLaW to Downing Street
Judge reserves judgement in crucial case that will decide a rare dispute between Parliament and the Charity Commission davidhencke.com/2026/02/26/j...
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.
My blog in 2025; 50swomen, Chinese interest, injustice in the judiciary and NHS davidhencke.com/2026/01/05/m...
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...
Extraordinary fall out among lawyers who represented Glyndebourne in whistleblowing case davidhencke.com/2025/12/11/g...
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...
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
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...
The legal manouvering behind the Waspi DWP Pension deal and the growing pressure for all 50swomen groups to be consulted
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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,
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...
Just added a link to the full report on whistleblowing.
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Government commissioned research reveals the appalling situation facing whistleblowers in Britain
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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
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...
The justice minister's poor response to the failing county court system davidhencke.com/2025/11/14/j...
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...
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
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...
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
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...
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 ยฃ4.5 billion to ยฃ15.3 billion for taxpayers.
Exclusive: How a NHS whistleblower gynaecologist had his career wrecked by a leading NHS manager aided by advice from NHS Resolution
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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...
๐ดConservative Government Left Behind ยฃ200 Billion of โUnachievableโ Infrastructure Projects
Hundreds of billions of pounds worth of projects were left for which โsuccessful deliveryโฆ appears to be unachievableโ reports @davidhencke.bsky.social
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๐ดFeeling Blue: Lord Glasman on Why He Backs Shabana Mahmood Over Nigel Farage
The โBlue Labourโ founder, credited with pushing the party to the right, singled out Keir Starmerโs โtoughโ new Home Secretary for praise, reports @davidhencke.bsky.social
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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
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