George Greenwood
@georgegreenwood.bsky.social
"Ever active" investigations reporter at The Times.
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My musings on transparency are at https://relightmyfoia.blog
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My musings on transparency are at https://relightmyfoia.blog
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The doctors banned from practising abroad cleared to treat in NHS
A Times investigation has found 22 professionals subject to restrictions overseas have no record of any sanctions on their General Medical Council licences
www.thetimes.com
Trusting your doctor is something most of us take for granted.
But a Times investigation has today has sparked a government review after we reveal how doctors accused of sexual misconduct and serious clinical errors abroad have been cleared to treat NHS patients.
www.thetimes.com/uk/healthcar...
But a Times investigation has today has sparked a government review after we reveal how doctors accused of sexual misconduct and serious clinical errors abroad have been cleared to treat NHS patients.
www.thetimes.com/uk/healthcar...
MPs on the Public Accounts Committee will investigate the property agreements between the royal family and the Crown Estate following reports by The Times into “peppercorn rent” deals.
www.thetimes.com/uk/royal-fam...
www.thetimes.com/uk/royal-fam...
MPs to investigate Crown Estate after Andrew lease revelations
Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor’s arrangements at Royal Lodge, which were exposed by The Times, have triggered an inquiry by the public accounts committee
www.thetimes.com
December 2, 2025 at 4:16 PM
MPs on the Public Accounts Committee will investigate the property agreements between the royal family and the Crown Estate following reports by The Times into “peppercorn rent” deals.
www.thetimes.com/uk/royal-fam...
www.thetimes.com/uk/royal-fam...
Reposted by George Greenwood
The EU is not routinely sharing information on suspended doctors with the GMC despite risks to British patients.
Five doctors are now under suspension or have lost their jobs after a Times investigation into doctors who failed to disclose overseas bans.
www.thetimes.com/article/df50...
Five doctors are now under suspension or have lost their jobs after a Times investigation into doctors who failed to disclose overseas bans.
www.thetimes.com/article/df50...
Suspended doctors practise in UK after EU fails to share data
Poor international links between medical regulators are allowing unfit doctors to practise undetected, leading to calls to tighten safeguards
www.thetimes.com
December 1, 2025 at 9:43 AM
The EU is not routinely sharing information on suspended doctors with the GMC despite risks to British patients.
Five doctors are now under suspension or have lost their jobs after a Times investigation into doctors who failed to disclose overseas bans.
www.thetimes.com/article/df50...
Five doctors are now under suspension or have lost their jobs after a Times investigation into doctors who failed to disclose overseas bans.
www.thetimes.com/article/df50...
The EU is not routinely sharing information on suspended doctors with the GMC despite risks to British patients.
Five doctors are now under suspension or have lost their jobs after a Times investigation into doctors who failed to disclose overseas bans.
www.thetimes.com/article/df50...
Five doctors are now under suspension or have lost their jobs after a Times investigation into doctors who failed to disclose overseas bans.
www.thetimes.com/article/df50...
Suspended doctors practise in UK after EU fails to share data
Poor international links between medical regulators are allowing unfit doctors to practise undetected, leading to calls to tighten safeguards
www.thetimes.com
December 1, 2025 at 9:43 AM
The EU is not routinely sharing information on suspended doctors with the GMC despite risks to British patients.
Five doctors are now under suspension or have lost their jobs after a Times investigation into doctors who failed to disclose overseas bans.
www.thetimes.com/article/df50...
Five doctors are now under suspension or have lost their jobs after a Times investigation into doctors who failed to disclose overseas bans.
www.thetimes.com/article/df50...
Reposted by George Greenwood
The King’s brother, Prince Edward, enjoys his Surrey mansion at a peppercorn rent, it can be revealed, after The Times forced the disclosure of documents held by the Crown Estate.
www.thetimes.com/uk/royal-fam...
www.thetimes.com/uk/royal-fam...
Prince Edward pays peppercorn rent for 120-room Surrey mansion
Campaigners have questioned whether the royal family can justify Edward’s occupation of Bagshot Park, which could otherwise be leased for taxpayer benefit
www.thetimes.com
November 28, 2025 at 7:27 PM
The King’s brother, Prince Edward, enjoys his Surrey mansion at a peppercorn rent, it can be revealed, after The Times forced the disclosure of documents held by the Crown Estate.
www.thetimes.com/uk/royal-fam...
www.thetimes.com/uk/royal-fam...
The King’s brother, Prince Edward, enjoys his Surrey mansion at a peppercorn rent, it can be revealed, after The Times forced the disclosure of documents held by the Crown Estate.
www.thetimes.com/uk/royal-fam...
www.thetimes.com/uk/royal-fam...
Prince Edward pays peppercorn rent for 120-room Surrey mansion
Campaigners have questioned whether the royal family can justify Edward’s occupation of Bagshot Park, which could otherwise be leased for taxpayer benefit
www.thetimes.com
November 28, 2025 at 7:27 PM
The King’s brother, Prince Edward, enjoys his Surrey mansion at a peppercorn rent, it can be revealed, after The Times forced the disclosure of documents held by the Crown Estate.
www.thetimes.com/uk/royal-fam...
www.thetimes.com/uk/royal-fam...
I've written today's Thunderer on the government's refusal to declare if any ministers have convictions.
If politicians wish to decide how the public’s taxes are spent and make policy that can upend lives, they must expect to be open about past conduct.
www.thetimes.com/comment/colu...
If politicians wish to decide how the public’s taxes are spent and make policy that can upend lives, they must expect to be open about past conduct.
www.thetimes.com/comment/colu...
Public ought to know of ministers’ criminal records
Any minister who bemoans such transparency might wish to reflect on the records of recent governments of all colours
www.thetimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:51 AM
I've written today's Thunderer on the government's refusal to declare if any ministers have convictions.
If politicians wish to decide how the public’s taxes are spent and make policy that can upend lives, they must expect to be open about past conduct.
www.thetimes.com/comment/colu...
If politicians wish to decide how the public’s taxes are spent and make policy that can upend lives, they must expect to be open about past conduct.
www.thetimes.com/comment/colu...
The public has no right to know if any of the ministers who day to day make the decisions that have huge impacts on their lives have criminal records, the information watchdog has ruled.
We will be appealing...
www.thetimes.com/uk/crime/art...
We will be appealing...
www.thetimes.com/uk/crime/art...
Ministers’ criminal records can stay secret, rules watchdog
The Information Commissioner’s Office concluded that disclosing how many of those in office had declared prior convictions could breach their privacy
www.thetimes.com
November 24, 2025 at 9:07 AM
The public has no right to know if any of the ministers who day to day make the decisions that have huge impacts on their lives have criminal records, the information watchdog has ruled.
We will be appealing...
www.thetimes.com/uk/crime/art...
We will be appealing...
www.thetimes.com/uk/crime/art...
Reposted by George Greenwood
I don’t know what level of South London “a fried chicken shop flying the LTTE flag” is but it’s bloody high.
November 22, 2025 at 8:13 PM
I don’t know what level of South London “a fried chicken shop flying the LTTE flag” is but it’s bloody high.
Reposted by George Greenwood
Former MPs working for lobbying firms have utilised their continued access to parliament on hundreds of occasions, with campaigners claiming there is a “high risk” it has been misused by some.
www.thetimes.com/article/5d22...
www.thetimes.com/article/5d22...
Ex-MPs working for lobbyists use privileged access to parliament
A number of former politicians who are now paid to help influence policymakers have visited the parliamentary estate, but deny doing so for lobbying
www.thetimes.com
November 16, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Former MPs working for lobbying firms have utilised their continued access to parliament on hundreds of occasions, with campaigners claiming there is a “high risk” it has been misused by some.
www.thetimes.com/article/5d22...
www.thetimes.com/article/5d22...
Former MPs working for lobbying firms have utilised their continued access to parliament on hundreds of occasions, with campaigners claiming there is a “high risk” it has been misused by some.
www.thetimes.com/article/5d22...
www.thetimes.com/article/5d22...
Ex-MPs working for lobbyists use privileged access to parliament
A number of former politicians who are now paid to help influence policymakers have visited the parliamentary estate, but deny doing so for lobbying
www.thetimes.com
November 16, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Former MPs working for lobbying firms have utilised their continued access to parliament on hundreds of occasions, with campaigners claiming there is a “high risk” it has been misused by some.
www.thetimes.com/article/5d22...
www.thetimes.com/article/5d22...
A photograph of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor with his arm around a 17-year-old Virginia Giuffre was real, according to newly released emails sent by Jeffrey Epstein.
www.thetimes.com/us/american-...
www.thetimes.com/us/american-...
Epstein email claims Andrew photo with Virginia Giuffre is real
Released files appear to show Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor telling Jeffrey Epstein he ‘can’t take any more of this’ as the scandal began to engulf the royal family
www.thetimes.com
November 13, 2025 at 11:06 AM
A photograph of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor with his arm around a 17-year-old Virginia Giuffre was real, according to newly released emails sent by Jeffrey Epstein.
www.thetimes.com/us/american-...
www.thetimes.com/us/american-...
Reposted by George Greenwood
What if your doctor had been banned abroad for harming patients — and no one checked?
Hear how OCCRP’s cross-border investigative journalists uncovered the story behind Bad Practice.
Become an OCCRP member to watch the full briefing: occrp.org/donate
Hear how OCCRP’s cross-border investigative journalists uncovered the story behind Bad Practice.
Become an OCCRP member to watch the full briefing: occrp.org/donate
November 12, 2025 at 2:58 PM
What if your doctor had been banned abroad for harming patients — and no one checked?
Hear how OCCRP’s cross-border investigative journalists uncovered the story behind Bad Practice.
Become an OCCRP member to watch the full briefing: occrp.org/donate
Hear how OCCRP’s cross-border investigative journalists uncovered the story behind Bad Practice.
Become an OCCRP member to watch the full briefing: occrp.org/donate
The commercial arm of Andrew Mountbatten Windsor’s entrepreneurs scheme has withdrawn almost all its remaining funds as the former prince prepares to relocate to Sandringham, The Times can reveal.
www.thetimes.com/uk/royal-fam...
www.thetimes.com/uk/royal-fam...
Andrew’s Pitch@Palace scheme withdraws most of its cash
The former prince’s business venture is in the ‘process of being wound up’, according to its latest accounts
www.thetimes.com
November 6, 2025 at 2:52 PM
The commercial arm of Andrew Mountbatten Windsor’s entrepreneurs scheme has withdrawn almost all its remaining funds as the former prince prepares to relocate to Sandringham, The Times can reveal.
www.thetimes.com/uk/royal-fam...
www.thetimes.com/uk/royal-fam...
Reposted by George Greenwood
Britain’s security service MI5 and foreign intelligence service MI6 are “failing to keep pace” with threats to national security and not cooperating properly, redacted parts of a damning internal Home Office report warn.
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
MI5 and MI6 fail to co-operate, redacted Home Office report found
An inquiry that prompted Shabana Mahmood to say department is ‘not fit for purpose’ also warned GCHQ and security services were failing to keep pace with threats
www.thetimes.com
October 26, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Britain’s security service MI5 and foreign intelligence service MI6 are “failing to keep pace” with threats to national security and not cooperating properly, redacted parts of a damning internal Home Office report warn.
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
Britain’s security service MI5 and foreign intelligence service MI6 are “failing to keep pace” with threats to national security and not cooperating properly, redacted parts of a damning internal Home Office report warn.
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
MI5 and MI6 fail to co-operate, redacted Home Office report found
An inquiry that prompted Shabana Mahmood to say department is ‘not fit for purpose’ also warned GCHQ and security services were failing to keep pace with threats
www.thetimes.com
October 26, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Britain’s security service MI5 and foreign intelligence service MI6 are “failing to keep pace” with threats to national security and not cooperating properly, redacted parts of a damning internal Home Office report warn.
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
I spoke with Roya Nikkhah and @kayaburgess.bsky.social
about the week that rocked the royal family, as The Times exposed how Prince Andrew had been living rent free at Royal Lodge for two decades.
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/a...
about the week that rocked the royal family, as The Times exposed how Prince Andrew had been living rent free at Royal Lodge for two decades.
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/a...
October 25, 2025 at 5:58 PM
I spoke with Roya Nikkhah and @kayaburgess.bsky.social
about the week that rocked the royal family, as The Times exposed how Prince Andrew had been living rent free at Royal Lodge for two decades.
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/a...
about the week that rocked the royal family, as The Times exposed how Prince Andrew had been living rent free at Royal Lodge for two decades.
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/a...
Reposted by George Greenwood
Prince Andrew’s Royal Lodge lease was redacted to conceal peppercorn rent, The Times can reveal.
www.thetimes.com/article/de5f...
www.thetimes.com/article/de5f...
Prince Andrew’s Royal Lodge lease redacted to conceal peppercorn rent
The decision not to disclose ground rent left the public ‘in the dark’ over his lack of financial contribution
www.thetimes.com
October 23, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Prince Andrew’s Royal Lodge lease was redacted to conceal peppercorn rent, The Times can reveal.
www.thetimes.com/article/de5f...
www.thetimes.com/article/de5f...
Prince Andrew’s Royal Lodge lease was redacted to conceal peppercorn rent, The Times can reveal.
www.thetimes.com/article/de5f...
www.thetimes.com/article/de5f...
Prince Andrew’s Royal Lodge lease redacted to conceal peppercorn rent
The decision not to disclose ground rent left the public ‘in the dark’ over his lack of financial contribution
www.thetimes.com
October 23, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Prince Andrew’s Royal Lodge lease was redacted to conceal peppercorn rent, The Times can reveal.
www.thetimes.com/article/de5f...
www.thetimes.com/article/de5f...
Reposted by George Greenwood
Shabana Mahmood has admitted the Home Office is “not yet fit for purpose” after a secret report found it was dysfunctional, detached from reality and beset by a “culture of defeatism” on immigration.
The department spent two years blocking my FOI.
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
The department spent two years blocking my FOI.
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
Home Office ‘set up to fail’, says Shabana Mahmood after secret report
A ‘damning’ internal review has exposed a culture of defeatism, poor management and operational failures as the home secretary promises an overhaul
www.thetimes.com
October 22, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Shabana Mahmood has admitted the Home Office is “not yet fit for purpose” after a secret report found it was dysfunctional, detached from reality and beset by a “culture of defeatism” on immigration.
The department spent two years blocking my FOI.
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
The department spent two years blocking my FOI.
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
Shabana Mahmood has admitted the Home Office is “not yet fit for purpose” after a secret report found it was dysfunctional, detached from reality and beset by a “culture of defeatism” on immigration.
The department spent two years blocking my FOI.
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
The department spent two years blocking my FOI.
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
Home Office ‘set up to fail’, says Shabana Mahmood after secret report
A ‘damning’ internal review has exposed a culture of defeatism, poor management and operational failures as the home secretary promises an overhaul
www.thetimes.com
October 22, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Shabana Mahmood has admitted the Home Office is “not yet fit for purpose” after a secret report found it was dysfunctional, detached from reality and beset by a “culture of defeatism” on immigration.
The department spent two years blocking my FOI.
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
The department spent two years blocking my FOI.
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
Reposted by George Greenwood
How Prince Andrew has lived rent-free for 35 years: documents obtained by The Times suggest he paid no rent on Sunninghill Park, his official residence until 2004, when he moved to Royal Lodge.
www.thetimes.com/uk/royal-fam...
With @manumidolo.bsky.social
@tomwitherow.bsky.social
www.thetimes.com/uk/royal-fam...
With @manumidolo.bsky.social
@tomwitherow.bsky.social
How Prince Andrew has lived rent-free for 35 years
Documents obtained by The Times suggest he paid no rent on Sunninghill Park, his official residence until 2004, when he moved to Royal Lodge
www.thetimes.com
October 21, 2025 at 9:37 PM
How Prince Andrew has lived rent-free for 35 years: documents obtained by The Times suggest he paid no rent on Sunninghill Park, his official residence until 2004, when he moved to Royal Lodge.
www.thetimes.com/uk/royal-fam...
With @manumidolo.bsky.social
@tomwitherow.bsky.social
www.thetimes.com/uk/royal-fam...
With @manumidolo.bsky.social
@tomwitherow.bsky.social