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David Hencke

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David Hencke was the Westminster correspondent of The Guardian from 1986 to 2009. He is an award-winning journalist, and author with Francis Beckett of an unauthorised biography of Tony Blair, ‘The Survivor: Tony Blair in War and Peace’, and of ‘Marching to the Fault Line’, which examined the 1984 miners’ strike in the UK. Contact: news@exaronews.net.

PIECES BY David Hencke

MoD policy on claims of child sex abuse at schools ‘stuns’ MPs | 829 words
Richmond files reveal failure to pursue claim of child sex abuse | 679 words
Met’s paedophile unit starts investigating Catholic Church in UK | 731 words
Japan recreates ‘rough’ UK roads in test track for new cars | 703 words
Police commander overseeing ‘Operation Yewtree’ quits Met | 729 words
Child sex abuse: groups offering support services face closure | 719 words
Ed Lester to depart from Student Loans Company this month | 663 words
Witnesses in ‘Operation Fernbridge’ plead for support service | 710 words
Two who suffered sexual abuse make appeal through Exaro | 697 words
Met paedophile unit prepares to arrest ex-Tory cabinet minister | 642 words
Co-manager of guest house in police probe plans to leave UK | 648 words
Analysis: public should know truth about VIP paedophile ring | 582 words
Councillors give contrasting reasons for Louis Minster’s sacking | 720 words
Exaro’s pictures show first arrest in ‘Operation Fernbridge’ | 614 words
‘Operation Fernbridge’ makes first arrests in paedophile probe | 843 words
Two managers of children’s home named in VIP paedo probe | 717 words
Files reveal who turned Elm Guest House into paedo brothel | 726 words
Richmond council made ‘hush payment’ to victim of sex abuse | 719 words
Tory group recommended guest house in Met’s paedo probe | 725 words
Police investigate Richmond council over ‘VIP paedophile ring’ | 726 words
Found: co-manager of guest house at centre of police probe | 731 words
MPs: ministers’ plans pose threat to auditing of local authorities | 654 words
Met turns Operation Fairbank into full criminal investigation | 762 words
Operation Fairbank carries out raid to seize files naming MPs | 636 words
Detectives who must peer into disturbing case of child abuse | 735 words
Police investigate top Tories over ‘child abuse at guest house’ | 725 words
Police ‘twice failed to probe paedophile ring at guest house’ | 747 words
Leveson slams politicians and Press for ‘too close a relationship’ | 606 words
Leveson ‘alarmed’ by boss of picture agency exposed by Exaro | 617 words
News International ‘lobbied David Cameron over police review’ | 702 words
‘Maddie’ police review ‘was example of political interference’ | 702 words
Theresa May changed her mind about ‘Maddie’ police review | 700 words
NHS Direct prepares to axe 1,200 jobs as it loses helpline bids | 671 words
NHS Direct chief executive’s e-mail to staff on uncertain future | 1892 words
Auditors set to condemn Michael Gove over academies – again | 934 words
Universities consider proposal to float on stock exchange | 683 words
University delays plan to ‘privatise’ services after visa fiasco | 924 words
MPs: scale of ‘off payroll’ tax deals in Whitehall is ‘shocking’ | 883 words
PCC rejects complaint about expose of ‘bribes offer’ to officials | 611 words
MPs decide to keep A4e whistleblowers’ evidence secret | 681 words
Fire chiefs warn ministers: plans for more cuts will cost lives | 726 words
Company’s cash problems raise fears for London’s fire cover | 850 words
Troubled past of private contract for London’s fire engines | 554 words
Civil servants complain about crackdown on ‘off payroll’ work | 695 words
A4e loses bid to win major new contract from Home Office | 598 words
Profit-making company poised to run university in first for UK | 664 words
Tender document details how company will run university | 657 words
Auditors highlight rising concerns over government spending | 701 words
NAO warns government bodies about extra staff payments | 710 words
Academies found with senior staff on ‘off payroll’ contracts | 529 words
Auditors condemn funding body for England’s academies | 666 words
Companies with public contracts face pressure over ‘openness’ | 694 words
Agency boss exposed by Exaro defends activities to Leveson | 985 words
One in three BBC presenters works through service companies | 717 words
Treasury admits ‘catalogue of errors’ over Ed Lester’s deal | 556 words
Leveson inquiry summons agency boss exposed by Exaro | 623 words
MPs summon BBC and council chiefs over ‘off payroll’ deals | 778 words
Public officials still offered thousands of pounds for scoops | 659 words
Agency boss denies paying any bribes for information | 654 words
Background: police arrest 39 so far in ‘bribery’ probe | 549 words
NHS Direct loses bids to run new ‘111’ helpline contracts | 692 words
Ed Lester to resign as head of Student Loans Company | 569 words
Auditors questioned wide array of A4e work placements | 789 words
Fraud claims plague troubled A4e in police probe | 645 words
Revealed: Exaro publishes A4e internal audit report in full | 180 words
Leaked audit report exposes ‘potential fraud’ at A4e | 725 words
A4e sent unemployed job-seeker to work in lap-dance club | 618 words
Civil servant was paid ‘off payroll’ for more than 10 years | 699 words
Found: 2,000 civil servants working ‘off payroll’ | 826 words
Danny Alexander’s letter to George Osborne | 85 words
Home Office lines up A4e for major new contract | 781 words
Whitehall review of civil servants’ contracts delayed | 563 words
MP challenges ministers over Whitehall tax row | 711 words
BBC pays 3,000 people via personal companies | 703 words
Lester to close personal company following tax row | 482 words
Hodge: Whitehall is trying to dismantle watchdog | 756 words
Letters detailing ‘Whitehall war with MPs’ revealed | 395 words
Revealed: Whitehall declares war on Parliament | 831 words
E-mails add to pressure over Whitehall tax deals | 694 words
SLC e-mail asked: is risk worth running on Lester deal? | 695 words
Lester deal agreed despite being SLC accounting officer | 458 words
KPMG initially told SLC: deduct tax from Lester’s pay | 592 words
Top nuclear regulator fired for being paid ‘off payroll’ | 909 words
Whitehall widens inquiry into civil servants’ contracts | 747 words
Former cabinet secretary: ‘content’ with SLC tax deal | 492 words
Revealed: why O’Donnell approved tax arrangements | 706 words
MPs challenge ministers over top official’s tax deal | 502 words
Revealed: special tax deal approved for senior official | 742 words
Alexander and Willetts ‘agreed contract for SLC chief’ | 701 words
‘Tax efficient’ arrangements for loans boss uncovered | 714 words
How ‘consultant’ civil servants can reduce tax burden | 841 words
SLC agreed payment route after hasty appointment | 696 words
‘Tax deal is personal,’ but Alexander orders inquiry | 674 words
Hunt plans to replace PCC with new Press regulator | 698 words
Online publications face regulation under Hunt proposals | 461 words
Hunt talks to Exaro about his vision for ‘new PCC’ | 800 words
New MPs ‘might regret’ not going to seminars on code | 564 words
Auditors force Treasury to re-think debt assessment | 828 words
Audit Commission auditors help bids for contracts | 724 words
Agency names approved bidders for auditing work | 429 words
Auditors attack Osborne’s new UK debt assessment | 722 words
Lawson condemns markets for being ‘superficial’ | 566 words
Europe ‘must dismantle euro in orderly way,’ says Lawson | 595 words
Named: the public bodies set to escape audit | 554 words
Public bodies with £1m-plus budgets to be spared audit | 553 words
BBC wins battle to block ‘unfettered access’ for auditors | 722 words
Dear minister: how Hunt helped BBC neuter auditors | 881 words
Auditors question £13bn of government spending | 412 words
Auditors cast doubt on MoD equipment worth £5.3bn | 432 words
Defra audit reveals £175m ‘fines’ to EU over subsidies | 532 words
Auditors qualify DWP accounts for 23rd time over errors | 431 words
Tax credits of up to £2.7bn ‘paid wrongly’ by HMRC | 416 words
BBC delays auditors’ examination of ‘efficiency drive’ | 864 words
Pickles plans no audit for £2bn of public spending | 480 words
Nearly 10,000 public bodies set to escape audit | 400 words
Councils to be asked to adopt business-style audit | 756 words
Audit reforms threaten higher costs to councils | 345 words
Public set to lose right to call for spending investigation | 339 words
Auditing shake-up ‘set to cost £120m,’ say MPs | 448 words

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