David Hencke
@davidhencke.bsky.social
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.
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.
🔴Boris Johnson’s Radon Gas Filled Prison Deal to Cost Taxpayers £100 Million
The full costs of the botched agreement to lease an unusable prison filled with poisonous gas from the Duchy of Cornwall, revealed for the first time
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The full costs of the botched agreement to lease an unusable prison filled with poisonous gas from the Duchy of Cornwall, revealed for the first time
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Boris Johnson's Radon Gas Filled Prison Deal to Cost Taxpayers £100 Million
The full costs of the botched agreement to lease an unusable prison filled with poisonous gas from the Duchy of Cornwall, revealed for the first time
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January 7, 2026 at 3:34 PM
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...
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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January 5, 2026 at 7:09 PM
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...
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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December 16, 2025 at 1:49 PM
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...
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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December 11, 2025 at 5:10 PM
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...
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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December 11, 2025 at 1:39 PM
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
🔴Grenfell Fire: Up to a Million People Still Living in Tower Blocks With Flammable Cladding Eight Years Later
A damning report by peers blames failings by regulators and the building industry to live up to the promises made to grieving families
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A damning report by peers blames failings by regulators and the building industry to live up to the promises made to grieving families
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Grenfell Fire: Up to a Million People Still Living in Tower Blocks With Flammable Cladding Eight Years Later
A damning report by peers blames failings by regulators and the building industry to live up to the promises made to grieving families
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December 11, 2025 at 11:12 AM
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...
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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December 8, 2025 at 6:17 PM
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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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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December 5, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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,
🔴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
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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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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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December 2, 2025 at 6:33 PM
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...
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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November 28, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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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November 20, 2025 at 9:21 PM
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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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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November 20, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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
🔴The NHS Is Failing to Meet Waiting Times Targets Despite £3 Billion Investment
Wes Streeting’s multi-billion pound reforms are failing to deliver the improvements he promised, a report by MPs has found
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Wes Streeting’s multi-billion pound reforms are failing to deliver the improvements he promised, a report by MPs has found
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The NHS Is Failing to Meet Waiting Times Targets Despite £3 Billion Investment
Wes Streeting's multi-billion pound reforms are failing to deliver the improvements he promised, a report by MPs has found
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November 19, 2025 at 10:09 AM
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...
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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November 15, 2025 at 4:53 PM
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...
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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November 14, 2025 at 7:44 PM
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...
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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November 13, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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
There has been little concrete progress on Government commitments to repair relations with the EU, according to a new parliamentary report
Keir Starmer's Post-Brexit 'Reset' With the EU Has Stalled, Warns Report
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November 12, 2025 at 7:58 PM
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...
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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November 10, 2025 at 12:51 PM
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
🔴The UK Must Urgently Distance Itself From Elon Musk and Space X, Warns Parliamentary Report
The UK’s infrastructure has become far too reliant on the far-right billionaire, who could ‘politicise’ our reliance upon his companies, the report warns
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The UK’s infrastructure has become far too reliant on the far-right billionaire, who could ‘politicise’ our reliance upon his companies, the report warns
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The UK Must Urgently Distance Itself From Elon Musk and Space X, Warns Parliamentary Report
The UK's infrastructure has become far too reliant on the far-right billionaire, who could 'politicise' our reliance upon his companies, the report warns
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November 4, 2025 at 11:38 AM
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...
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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October 31, 2025 at 4:55 PM
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 £4.5 billion to £15.3 billion for taxpayers.
🔴The Sheer Scale of Conservative Mismanagement of the Asylum System Revealed
Billions of pounds were wasted by successive Conservative Home Secretaries on a chaotic and costly system that left vulnerable people at risk, according to a new Parliamentary report
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Billions of pounds were wasted by successive Conservative Home Secretaries on a chaotic and costly system that left vulnerable people at risk, according to a new Parliamentary report
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The Sheer Scale of Conservative Mismanagement of the Asylum System Revealed
Billions of pounds were wasted by successive Conservative Home Secretaries on a chaotic and costly system that left vulnerable people at risk, according to a new Parliamentary report
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October 27, 2025 at 11:32 AM
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.
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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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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October 21, 2025 at 12:23 PM
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...
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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October 16, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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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🔴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
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Hundreds of billions of pounds worth of projects were left for which “successful delivery… appears to be unachievable” reports @davidhencke.bsky.social
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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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September 29, 2025 at 8:28 AM
🔴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
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Hundreds of billions of pounds worth of projects were left for which “successful delivery… appears to be unachievable” reports @davidhencke.bsky.social
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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, reports @davidhencke.bsky.social
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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
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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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October 3, 2025 at 11:38 AM
🔴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
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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
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