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David Conn

David Conn  is the Guardian's investigations correspondent. His latest book is The Fall of the House of Fifa. Twitter @david_conn

March 2025

  • A huge number 97 is formed by people holding up coloured cards in the crowd at a match

    Hillsborough disaster: dozens of police misconduct claims upheld, families told

    Complaints upheld against some former South Yorkshire and West Midlands officers but none will face proceedings
  • Illustration of a hand gripping Big Ben and another hand holding banknotes

    Cash before honours: the Tory donors made peers who barely speak in Lords

    Critics say perception that peerages may be a reward for donations harms upper house’s reputation – especially when peers do little to participate
  • Lord Chadlington

    Tory peer introduced PPE firm to government after Cameron text, Covid inquiry hears

    Inquiry looks at contracts worth £50m awarded to company linked to Lord Chadlington after he emailed DHSC adviser

February 2025

  • Mone and Barrowman at the races.

    Covid inquiry to hear evidence about Michelle Mone-linked firm in private

    Chair rules that details about PPE contracts given to company linked to Tory peer will be heard in closed session
  • Illustration showing coins being placed in the House of Lords

    The Lords debate
    Revealed: how members of House of Lords benefit from commercial interests

    Months-long Guardian investigation exposes weaknesses in code of conduct that could trigger calls for greater reform
  • Wes Streeting walks outside Downing Street holding a red folder

    Campaigning to free Lucy Letby is not the right thing to do, says Wes Streeting

    Health secretary says he will believe former nurse’s conviction is fair unless a court decides otherwise

January 2025

  • Lucy Letby custody photo

    Lucy Letby retrial needed after ‘clear miscarriage of justice’, says David Davis

    MP tells parliament he believes justice has not been done after hearing experts’ concerns over former nurse’s murder convictions

December 2024

  • Lucy Letby, Dr Dewi Evans and a court sketch of Letby

    ‘My kind of case’: intense focus falls on Lucy Letby trial expert witness

  • Lucy Letby

    Lucy Letby lawyer seeks fresh appeal over reliability of expert witness

October 2024

  • A composite image of a photograph of Lucy Letby, court artist drawings and a neonatal unit staff rota

    Lucy Letby: police and CPS handling of case raises new concerns about convictions

    Exclusive: Letby’s barrister says application challenging verdicts is being prepared using expert medical evidence

September 2024

  • Lady Justice Thirlwall

    Lucy Letby: doctor criticises judge’s opening remarks at inquiry

    Dr Michael Hall writes to inquiry saying he does not believe nurse received fair trial
  • The memorial at Anfield, home of Liverpool FC, to the 96 victims of the Hillsborough stadium disaster in 1989.

    Review of Hillsborough families’ treatment calls for postmortem processes reform

    Overhaul in communications by authorities recommended after harrowing accounts given by bereaved
  • A composite of Lucy Letby, the Countess of Chester hospital and Lady Justice Thirwall

    A superbug, doctor shortages and a neonatal unit ‘out of its depth’: failures at Lucy Letby hospital revealed

    As the Thirwall hearings approach, the Guardian has discovered concerns were repeatedly raised about alarming shortcomings at Countess of Chester

June 2024

  • Charles Huang on his private plane

    Boss of US firm given £4bn in UK Covid contracts accused of squandering millions on jets and properties

    Exclusive: Rishi Sunak’s team helped fast-track deal with firm founded by Charles Huang, who says contracts generated $2bn profit
  • Miners running from mounted police at Orgreave

    Campaigners rally on Battle of Orgreave anniversary as Labour promises inquiry

    Sheffield demonstration comes 40 years after notorious police action against striking miners
  • The National Crime Agency logo

    Man, 46, arrested in connection with criminal investigation into PPE Medpro

    Suspect understood to have been arrested on suspicion of offences including conspiracy to commit fraud

15 April 2024

  • hillsborough interactive trail pic

    Hillsborough disaster: the 97 people whose lives were cut short

    On the anniversary of the 1989 disaster we remember those who died, through their families’ personal statements about them, as reported by David Conn
  • Liverpool fans hold up signs paying tribute to the 97 victims of the Hillsborough disaster.

    Hillsborough disaster timeline: decades seeking justice and change

    The families of those killed at the 1989 FA Cup semi-final had a long fight for the truth
  • A candlelit vigil outside St George’s Hall in Liverpool, the day after an inquest delivered the verdict of unlawful killing

    Hillsborough, 35 years on: the pain of injustice remains raw as ever

    Despite vindication over police and media lies that followed the disaster, families and survivors lament lack of accountability

March 2024

  • David Meller and Michael Gove

    Michael Gove guilty of standards breach for not registering VIP football tickets

    Watchdog issues ruling after minister failed to register outing with Tory donor who was awarded PPE contracts worth £164m
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