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.
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"
bylinetimes.com
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
bylinetimes.com
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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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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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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October 7, 2025 at 9:47 AM
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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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
🔴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...
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...
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
bylinetimes.com
October 3, 2025 at 2:13 PM
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
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
🔴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...
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...
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"
bylinetimes.com
September 29, 2025 at 8:38 AM
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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How judges can withhold court records when challenged in misconduct claims davidhencke.com/2025/09/15/t...
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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September 15, 2025 at 5:46 PM
How judges can withhold court records when challenged in misconduct claims davidhencke.com/2025/09/15/t...
How judges can withhold court records when challenged in misconduct claims davidhencke.com/2025/09/15/t...
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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September 15, 2025 at 5:46 PM
How judges can withhold court records when challenged in misconduct claims davidhencke.com/2025/09/15/t...
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
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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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September 10, 2025 at 1:57 PM
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
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Parliamentary Ombudsman publishes damaging reports on Charity Commission's failures over sexual abuse
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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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September 9, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Parliamentary Ombudsman publishes damaging reports on Charity Commission's failures over sexual abuse
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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…
davidhencke.com
September 9, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Parliamentary Ombudsman publishes damaging reports on Charity Commission's failures over sexual abuse
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Whistleblower Dr Chris Day writes to top employment appeal tribunal judge saying the way his lost case was handled amounted to " institutional corruption"
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September 4, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Whistleblower Dr Chris Day writes to top employment appeal tribunal judge saying the way his lost case was handled amounted to " institutional corruption"
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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...
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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September 5, 2025 at 5:32 PM
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...
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...
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…
davidhencke.com
September 5, 2025 at 5:32 PM
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...
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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September 4, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Whistleblower Dr Chris Day writes to top employment appeal tribunal judge saying the way his lost case was handled amounted to " institutional corruption"
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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
The breach, under the last Conservative Government, put the lives of thousands of Afghans at risk, while costing taxpayers hundreds of millions of pounds
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
bylinetimes.com
September 2, 2025 at 11:00 PM
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
The breach, under the last Conservative Government, put the lives of thousands of Afghans at risk, while costing taxpayers hundreds of millions of pounds
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
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
The breach, under the last Conservative Government, put the lives of thousands of Afghans at risk, while costing taxpayers hundreds of millions of pounds
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
bylinetimes.com
September 3, 2025 at 1:45 PM
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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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...
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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August 22, 2025 at 4:36 PM
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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Reforms and new guidance from the General Medical Council may not be enough to protect patients
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Are there flaws in the new guidance for General Medical Council investigations?
Dr Andrew Hoyle Reforms without addressing core issues may lead to persistence of key flaws or omissions in any future changes with risks to patients Last month I wrote about the government propos…
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August 13, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Reforms and new guidance from the General Medical Council may not be enough to protect patients
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Dr Chris Day loses his whistleblowing appeal in a " theatre of the absurd " tribunal ruling davidhencke.com/2025/08/20/t...
Tribunal of the Absurd Part Two: Dr Chris Day loses his whistleblowing appeal
Dr Chris Day For those with long memories some 32 months ago I wrote a disparaging blog about justice in employment tribunals after sitting through yet another hearing involving Dr Chris Day’…
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August 20, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Dr Chris Day loses his whistleblowing appeal in a " theatre of the absurd " tribunal ruling davidhencke.com/2025/08/20/t...