NEW: Andy Burnham has been accused of repeating 'maddening' mistakes after ministers snubbed a proposal to set a mandatory target for the proportion of social rent homes in large developments. @greenparty.org.uk co-deputy @mothinali.bsky.social claimed the govt has 'caved in to the developers'.

🚨Really important excl from @hyphenonline.com's Saman Javed published this morning She fought a nine month transparency battle to reveal fewer than 200 UK mosques were granted govt funding to beef up security in the wake of 2024 riots, w hundreds more in limbo 👇 hyphenonline.com/2026/08/14/p...

Home Office mosque security scheme leaves hundreds in limbo - Hyphen

Exclusive: 510 mosques applied for funding to beef up security between July 2024 and November 2025. Just 199 were granted help in that time

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🚨 Send me tips! I'm an investigative journalist at Hyphen, focusing on issues that matter to British Muslims. What do you think I should be investigating? Is there an injustice you've been trying to get attention for?

🚨Andy Burnham’s government still has no firm date for the rollout of Islamic student finance, leaving learners in limbo as university deadlines loom — despite hopes earlier this year that it would go live in 2027. 👇 hyphenonline.com/2026/08/06/h...

Still no launch date for halal student finance, government admits - Hyphen

A pre-tender notice earlier this year pointed to a 2027 rollout for alternative student finance, but time is running out

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Earlier this year, the DfE was hoping for a 2027 rollout of halal student finance – but with UCAS deadlines looming it is yet to commit to a launch date, meaning the window is closing for yet another cohort of Muslim students. Story by @lucascumiskey.bsky.social: hyphenonline.com/2026/08/06/h...

Still no launch date for halal student finance, government admits - Hyphen

A pre-tender notice earlier this year pointed to a 2027 rollout for alternative student finance, but time is running out

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Alieu Barry, an asylum seeker from Sierra Leone, was stabbed 16 times in Home Office accommodation by a violent housemate. Before the attack, Barry claims he had voiced concerns about the housemate. 🔗Read the exclusive story by @lucascumiskey.bsky.social here: hyphenonline.com/2026/07/21/h...

Scoop: The UK’s sharia-complaint Gatehouse Bank has paused its award-winning property payment account partnership with a fintech firm whose founder reportedly ‘previously sought to set up arms deals’ hyphenonline.com/2026/07/31/g...

Gatehouse pauses Algebra work after 'arms deals' attempt claim - Hyphen

Gatehouse Bank says it has put award-winning partnership on hold, following a media report about Algbra’s founder and chief executive

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Home Office and local council staff sent to inspect privately-run HMOs for asylum seekers and their families have found dozens of hazards so serious that they pose an ‘imminent risk’, Hyphen can reveal. Full story by @lucascumiskey.bsky.social: hyphenonline.com/2026/07/22/h...

Asylum seekers placed in houses that pose ‘imminent safety risk’ - Hyphen

Data from Home Office and local councils reveals dozens of critical hazards in ‘dispersal housing’ that is run by private firms for profit

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🔴 We fought the Home Office for nine months to see the outcome of an internal investigation into the death of Mehrab Omrani, who lay dead in asylum housing for up to four months, still wearing an ankle tag. They initially said we couldn't have it as it contained (among other things) personal data.

An asylum seeker was stabbed 16 times in Home Office accommodation, Hyphen has learned. Alieu Barry’s horrifying ordeal came after alleged warnings to the housing provider Serco about his housemate’s mental state. 📷KC Nwakalor

Talks about the UK government issuing a third round of sovereign sukuk have reached ‘quite an advanced stage’, chief secretary to the treasury Lucy Rigby has revealed. Story by @lucascumiskey.bsky.social. hyphenonline.com/2026/07/02/s...

Sukuk: talks on third round of Islamic bonds at ‘advanced stage’ - Hyphen

Chief secretary to the treasury Lucy Rigby told an Islamic finance event in parliament that a third round of sukuk is in the works

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💷Scoop: Talks about the UK government issuing a widely demanded third round of halal bonds have reached 'quite an advanced stage', Rachel Reeves’s deputy has said. Full story on @hyphenonline.com 👇 hyphenonline.com/2026/07/02/s...

Sukuk: talks on third round of Islamic bonds at ‘advanced stage’ - Hyphen

Chief secretary to the treasury Lucy Rigby told an Islamic finance event in parliament that a third round of sukuk is in the works

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⚠️ Mosques across the UK have told @hyphenonline.com that they are spending huge chunks of their budgets on security while the government’s £40m annual 'protective security for mosques' scheme fails to meet their needs. Important piece by Saman Javed 👇 hyphenonline.com/2026/06/30/p...

Revealed: mosques forced to spend thousands on security - Hyphen

The £40m Home Office fund for security at mosques has been called ‘not fit for purpose’ with places of worship waiting months without contact

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🚨Home Office funding for security at UK mosques could be devolved to local councils after an intervention from @andyburnham.bsky.social's Greater Manchester Combined Authority Top scoop from @hyphenonline.com's Weronika Strzyżyńska 👇 hyphenonline.com/2026/06/24/g...

Burnham could get mosque security funding devolved - Hyphen

Exclusive: Greater Manchester Combined Authority is in discussions with the Home Office about taking control of the scheme

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NEW: The faith minister has told Hyphen that Britain’s long-awaited Muslim war memorial will honour soldiers whose 'story is woven into the fabric of who we are as a nation'. hyphenonline.com/2026/05/28/m...

Muslim war memorial: faith minister hails bravery of Muslim soldiers - Hyphen

Nesil Caliskan made comments in light of government announcement that it wants long-awaited Muslim war memorial built by 2028

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NEW: The Home Office has warned faith organisations applying for public funding to improve security that their applications could be rejected if they 'undermine the work' of the government or share the wrong posts on social media.

Then foreign secretary David Lammy met with Sir Tony Blair on September 4 to 'discuss the Middle East'. FCDO FOI response: 'For the 4th September 2025, meeting, no briefings were prepared and no minutes were taken, this was a one-on-one meeting between the two participants.'

Police have warned Muslims about ‘dodgy websites’ posing as the official Hajj booking platform amid an apparent surge in the cost of pilgrimage-related fraud. hyphenonline.com/2026/03/16/h...

Nusuk: report fake Hajj booking websites, police urge - Hyphen

2025 saw victims of Hajj fraud report nearly £200,000 in losses — but this is likely to be the tip of the iceberg and fraudsters are adapting

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Avon and Somerset police acknowledged it is “institutionally racist” in 2023. But since then, only 1 of 166 complaints has led to misconduct proceedings. I told @hyphenonline.com I'd take this up directly with the constabulary. We can't tackle racism without action. hyphenonline.com/2026/03/11/p...

Hundreds of racism complaints led to no police officers sacked - Hyphen

The 360 complaints were against Police Scotland and Avon and Somerset Constabulary, both of which had said they were ‘institutionally racist’

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🏠 Buried in housing data published by the government last month is something that should be getting more attention. In the year to March 2025, English councils granted planning permission for just 7,384 social rent homes – 3% of the total 235,000 homes that they greenlit. 🧵

Exclusive: Two police forces said they were institutionally racist — then sacked no officers over 360 race-related complaints in two years, @onlinehyphen can reveal after an eight-month transparency battle. 🧵 @carladenyer.bsky.social @hackneyabbott.bsky.social @runnymedetrust.bsky.social

‘Being unable to speak English becomes not just an inconvenience but a cage.’ Faith minister @miattafahnbulleh.bsky.social on Labour’s new Protecting What Matters plan, including a review of ESOL services. hyphenonline.com/2026/03/09/m...

Miatta Fahnbulleh: why we’re reviewing UK’s ESOL services - Hyphen

Fahnbulleh says her own experience shows the value of learning English and warns of migrant women being ‘locked out of society’

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🔴 Now leading @hyphenonline.com: two major British Muslim organisations, including the @mcb.org.uk, have said they cannot endorse the government’s new definition of Islamophobia, published last night following a year-long process. Full story by Saman Javed 👇 hyphenonline.com/2026/03/10/i...

Islamophobia: ‘anti-Muslim hostility’ definition ‘falls short’ - Hyphen

Focus on intent and hostility rather than racism and Islamophobia met with disappointment by faith leaders and academics

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NEW: Faith leaders, charities and academics have criticised the govt’s definition of 'anti-Muslim hostility' as 'falling short' of adequately recognising the spectrum of racism and discrimination affecting Muslims, Saman Javed reports for @hyphenonline.com 👇 hyphenonline.com/2026/03/10/i...

Islamophobia: ‘anti-Muslim hostility’ definition ‘falls short’ - Hyphen

Focus on intent and hostility rather than racism and Islamophobia met with disappointment by faith leaders and academics

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🏥NEW: A father has urged the government to focus urgently on tackling the #NHS treatment backlog — after his two-year-old son waited seven months for surgery. ‘Every day, my son was getting worse and worse,' he said. 'He couldn’t breathe properly.’ hyphenonline.com/2026/02/24/n...

‘He couldn’t breathe’: boy’s ordeal shows NHS waiting lists reality - Hyphen

Families who languished on NHS waiting lists for eye treatment and paediatric care for months urge ministers to move faster to clear backlog

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Tens of thousands of ppl have died after waiting more than the statutory 18 weeks for NHS treatment – often for severely life-limiting conditions like cateracts – since Labour came to power pledging to slash waits. 7,737 had waited more than a year when they died. hyphenonline.com/2026/02/23/n...

NHS waiting list delays see thousands die after waiting too long - Hyphen

Exclusive: Up to 28,908 patients died in 2024/25 after waiting over 18 weeks, while Asian British children are overrepresented on wait lists

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🔴 Exclusive: Tens of thousands of people have died after waiting longer than the recommended 18 weeks for hospital procedures such as hip and knee replacements since Labour came to power pledging to slash waits, data uncovered by @hyphenonline.com suggests. hyphenonline.com/2026/02/23/n...

NHS waiting list delays see thousands die after waiting too long - Hyphen

Exclusive: Up to 28,908 patients died in 2024/25 after waiting over 18 weeks, while Asian British children are overrepresented on wait lists

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Just over half of Home Office immigration staff have completed equalities training, six years after it was recommended for ‘all immigration and policy officials’. Apsana Begum MP: ‘It is clear that the lessons are not being learned fast enough.’ hyphenonline.com/2026/02/19/1...

18,000 Home Office staff still missing Windrush training - Hyphen

The Home Office agreed to give all immigration employees new training after the Windrush scandal. Six years on, thousands haven’t done it

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“I am deeply concerned to hear that PAVA spray has been used against so many children in less than a year since the policy was approved.” - Children's Commissioner for England. https://hyphenonline.com/2026/01/19/pava-pepper-spray-incapacitant-young-offender-institutions-18-1-in-10/

Pepper spray used on 10% of teens at young offender institutions - Hyphen

Figures revealed after high court quashes appeal against rollout of Pava spray in YOIs on basis its use would be ‘extremely rare’

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🔴Excl: Children's Commissioner for England is ‘deeply concerned’ by data revealing 10% of teens at two young offender institutions had a controversial incapacitant spray used on them in 2025. A judge on Monday quashed a challenge against the use of Pava in YOIs. hyphenonline.com/2026/01/19/p...

Pepper spray used on 10% of teens at young offender institutions - Hyphen

Figures revealed after high court quashes appeal against rollout of Pava spray in YOIs on basis its use would be ‘extremely rare’

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