Tom Wall

Journalist. News and investigations for @Guardian @ObserverUK @BBCRadio4 @TBIJ

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[Tom Wall @_tomwall]

Lobbying by powerful firms should at the very least be out in the open. But I’ve discovered big tech execs have been secretly meeting with a key Number 10 advisor. My exclusive for the Guardian 1/2 https://t.co/cLfIrBbGz1

[Tom Wall @_tomwall]

Important reporting by @NoelTitheradge on the appalling plight of children in illegal homes & the underlying factors driving, what should be seen as a national crisis

[Noel Titheradge @NoelTitheradge]

I've found Illegal children's homes are now being paid £2m a year by councils

Whistleblowers tell me they've found children barricaded inside bedrooms and sofas propped up by bricks

Here's why they're being used:

https://t.co/PksOmUvM9z

[Tom Wall @_tomwall]

The report published @AngliaRuskin university is available here: https://t.co/hBJdqUcLFf

[Tom Wall @_tomwall]

This must be one of the worst unreported scandals of our times: councils are sending 100s of kids to unregulated care homes where they are being targeted by gangs. My write up of new research 👇 https://t.co/x973uuRbC6

[Hannah Summers @hansummers]

Just catching up on this brilliant reporting from @louisetickle who took on the MoD after the government attempted to ban her from reporting that an abusive father was a member of the special forces. https://t.co/YtM6NnbcSv

[Andrew Feinstein @andrewfeinstein]

Starmer adviser held 16 undisclosed meetings with top US tech bosses: Varun Chandra’s talks with Google, Meta, Apple and others raise fears of ‘lobbying behind closed doors’ https://t.co/XZmW3yzU0I

[Tom Wall @_tomwall]

Number 10 told me it's misleading to call the meetings secret, as they're recorded & subject to FOIs. But they are not published publicly. It took 4 FOIs & an internal review over 12 months to get limited info about Varun Chandra's engagements 2/2

[Tom Wall @_tomwall]

Lobbying by powerful firms should at the very least be out in the open. But I’ve discovered big tech execs have been secretly meeting with a key Number 10 advisor. My exclusive for the Guardian 1/2 https://t.co/cLfIrBbGz1

[Hannah Summers @hansummers]

I interviewed a remarkable young woman, Florence*, for @TBIJ who spoke to me about her experience of the family courts and her efforts to bring her own legal challenge after being removed from her mother's care at the age of 10. https://t.co/A4NGnUgQqy (1/9)

[Tom Wall @_tomwall]

A vulnerable 15-year-old girl was placed in an illegal children's home where she was abused by two ex-soldiers in the worst safeguarding failure uncovered so far in Britain's growing shadow care system. My investigation for @TBIJ 👇 https://t.co/DePlQ7pN1l

[Hannah Summers @hansummers]

Child focused courts (previously called the pathfinder courts) will be expanded nationally in "game changer" for family justice. A successful pilot of the new 'problem solving' model has been credited with reducing delays and better safeguarding children. https://t.co/TltMG6VMKM

[Tom Wall @_tomwall]

Ministers have promised to make work pay - but I've discovered hundreds of workers are being denied employment rights on government contracts from the NHS to the courts. More tonight on File on 4 at 8pm & BBC Sounds now 👇
https://t.co/hiIgke0vzG

[Hannah Summers @hansummers]

Have we seen the last of unregulated psychologists in the family courts? My report on McFarlane's landmark judgment, Re Y. He says his ruling is not just about one person (Melanie Gill) but a whole system that failed to protect the children in this case.
https://t.co/FoB8H0bSVR

[Hannah Summers @hansummers]

For the second time in six months the high court has dismissed the evidence of unregulated psychologist Melanie Gill after her advice led to the removal of children from their mothers. My report in @guardian on this significant ruling. https://t.co/v9p5Z2NtzG

[Ethan Shone @EJShone93]

The timeline of Labour's relationship with Palantir in government is fascinating...

Palantir is a client of Mandelson's lobbying firm Global Counsel

After entering government in July, not a single Labour minister met with Palantir in any capacity UNTIL 28 February 2025, with Starmer's first US visit, weeks after Mandelson took up US ambo role

Since then, Palantir has met with eight cabinet ministers and significantly increased its government contracts

[Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla]

NEW: Our investigation for @thenerve_news reveals not only that Peter Thiel’s Palantir is completely enmeshed in our critical national infrastructure.

It’s also the ‘cloud support’ for our nuclear weapons system
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[Hannah Summers @hansummers]

The family court will not carry out a wholesale review of cases involving the unregulated psychologist, Melanie Gill, @TBIJ can reveal. Meanwhile mothers who had their children taken away after Gill gave evidence in their cases demand a public apology. https://t.co/TFea5uCBYB

[Joseph Attard @josephattard02]

Massive crowds came out for anti-ICE general strike in Minnesota, braving temperatures of -23C.

A city with a history of class struggle.

This is just a taste of the power Trump is provoking. More of this needed nationwide.

[Tom Wall @_tomwall]

A firm suspended by Ofsted for care failings has been paid millions to run illegal children's homes. My latest with Gareth Davies for the @TBIJ 👇 https://t.co/RLaz7g8U2R

[Ben Bloch @realBenBloch]

🚨 BREAKING: Sir Keir Starmer does not condemn the US strikes on Venezuela "at this stage", saying the facts need to be established. He has not yet spoken to Donald Trump.

The UK prime minister told broadcasters: "I want to establish the facts first. I want to speak to President Trump, I want to speak to allies.

"As I say, I can be absolutely clear that we were not involved in that. And as you know, I always say and believe we should all uphold international law.

"But I think at this stage, fast-moving situation. Let's establish the facts, and take it from there."

He added: "And so I will want to talk to the president, I will want to talk to allies. But at the moment, I think we need to establish the facts.

"I think President Trump is doing a press conference later, so hopefully more information will come out then."

Starmer said the UK was "not involved in any way", and they are working to safeguard the roughly 500 British nationals currently in Venezuela.

[The BMA @TheBMA]

We wrote to @DavidLammy and @WesStreeting on Tuesday to express concern over access to healthcare for prisoners on hunger strike.

After reports of delayed admission to hospital for a prisoner, we remain concerned for the welfare of the remaining hunger strikers.

It is crucial that prisoners get prompt access to healthcare and management adequately train and recruit prison officers, who look out for the health and safety of all prisoners, regardless of their reason for being in prison.