Journalist. News and investigations for @Guardian @ObserverUK @BBCRadio4 @TBIJ 📨[email protected]
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I’ve been trawling council payment records to finally lift the lid on England’s growing illegal care market, where companies receive millions to house kids in unregulated facilities. My investigation for @TBIJ & @guardian 1/5 theguardian.com/society/2026…
My long read for @GdnSaturday on the growing grassroots revolt against hyperscale data centres in the UK - here are some of the things I learned 1/4 theguardian.com/technology/2…
I spoke to @DoubleDownNews about my investigation into the unregulated shadow care market, which should not exist.
EXPOSED: British Councils Are Paying PREDATORS to "Care" for Children @_tomwall
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EXPOSED: British Councils Are Paying PREDATORS to "Care" for Children @_tomwall
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"When people talk about the need for Black Excellence I counter with an insistence on Black mediocrity: the right for black people to be as average, flawed, compromised & mistaken as any other group of people. The right, ultimately, to be human." R.I.P. Jason Arday
My latest investigation into the booming shadow care market, where councils send 100s of kids, reveals an absolutely shocking catalogue of potential safeguarding failures in one of the UK's largest illegal operators 1/2 thebureauinvestigates.com/st…
The firm, which is used by at least 7 councils, has built up an empire of illegal care homes across the North West. The homes are managed by an ex-army officer accused of rapes, which he denies 2/2 thebureauinvestigates.com/st…
The firm, which is used by at least 7 councils, has built up an empire of illegal care homes across the North West. The homes are managed by an ex-army officer accused of rapes, which he denies 2/2 thebureauinvestigates.com/st…
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EXCLUSIVE
Nigel Farage failed to declare that a criminal and crypto gambler paid for his staff, security, drivers, social media output in year before election
Reform leader has also received free accommodation in Westminster from George Cottrell as MP
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For the past 9 months, I've been investigating Andrew Tate's empire of sexual exploitation — drawing on thousands of private messages and sealed court files, as well as interviews with the Tates, their associates & more than a dozen alleged victims. Here's what I found: newyorker.com/magazine/2026/…
Important reporting by @NoelTitheradge on the appalling plight of children in illegal homes & the underlying factors driving, what should be seen as a national crisis
I've found Illegal children's homes are now being paid £2m a year by councils
Whistleblowers tell me they've found children barricaded inside bedrooms and sofas propped up by bricks
Here's why they're being used:
bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cwy2…
This must be one of the worst unreported scandals of our times: councils are sending 100s of kids to unregulated care homes where they are being targeted by gangs. My write up of new research 👇 thebureauinvestigates.com/st…
The report published @AngliaRuskin university is available here: aru.ac.uk/news/illegal-child…