David Conn
Correspondent at The Guardian
Investigations correspondent for the Guardian. Author: The Fall of the House of Fifa https://t.co/XqtqVaT3c1 .
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4 weeks ago |
theguardian.com | David Conn |Esther Opoku-Gyeni |Nicola Alexandrou |Nicole Jackson
We are raiding the Guardian long read archives to bring you some classic pieces from years past, with new introductions from the authors. This week, from 2021: After 32 years of establishment lies, media smears, inquests, trials and retrials, the families of the Hillsborough dead have yet to see anyone held accountable
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1 month ago |
theguardian.com | David Conn
A Conservative peer who introduced a company he was involved in to the government to supply PPE is under investigation for the third time for potential breaches of the rules governing members’ conduct in the House of Lords. The new investigation follows the publication by the Covid-19 public inquiry of text messages and emails sent by Peter Gummer, whose peerage title is Lord Chadlington, introducing the company, SG Recruitment.
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1 month ago |
theguardian.com | David Conn
The independent peer Lord Darzi, a senior adviser to the government on the NHS, failed to officially declare shareholdings in healthcare companies worth hundreds of thousands of pounds. Ara Darzi is an eminent surgeon and professor at Imperial College London whose report on the NHS for the government in September informed the decision announced last week by the health secretary, Wes Streeting, to abolish NHS England.
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2 months ago |
theguardian.com | David Conn
The only solid measure that Keir Starmer’s government has introduced to change the House of Lords is on its way to becoming law, but not without last-ditch resistance. Labour’s manifesto promise to remove members of the House of Lords who vote in parliament’s second chamber by birthright was the most straightforward change.
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2 months ago |
theguardian.com | David Conn
Multiple allegations of misconduct against police officers relating to the 1989 Hillsborough disaster have been upheld by the police standards watchdog, bereaved families have been told. However, none will face disciplinary proceedings because they have all left the police service.
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Phil Hammond, extraordinary fighter for truth and justice after the Hillsborough disaster, has died. Phil and his wife Hilda’s son Philip, 14, was one of the 97 people unlawfully killed. Phil chaired the Hillsborough Family Support Group for many years. A wonderful man, RIP.
@HillsboroughSu1 All at LFC are deeply saddened to hear of the passing of Phil Hammond. He lost his 14-year-old son Philip at Hillsborough, went on to become Chair of the Hillsborough Family Support Group and helped lead the fight for justice for the 97. RIP Phil. YNWA ❤️
RT @LFC: @HillsboroughSu1 All at LFC are deeply saddened to hear of the passing of Phil Hammond. He lost his 14-year-old son Philip at Hill…
RT @HillsboroughSu1: We are saddened to hear of the passing of Phil Hammond, who was once the Chairman of the Hillsborough Family Support G…
