Freelance lobby journalist, author, broadcaster. Writer for Tribune and @BylineTimes. Former Guardian Westminster Corr Political Journo of Year 2012
Berkhamsted, England
Joined June 2009
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Follow my blog davidhencke.com and byline times for my latest blogs on Westminster, Whitehall, new forensic investigations and the campaign I am running on #50sWomen and their lost pensions
Revealed: The huge bad practice of leading law firms. Hoe they coverup bad reviews davidhencke.com/2026/05/19/r…
Pat McFadden's hidden benefit cuts that penalise people taking up apprenticeships davidhencke.com/2026/05/18/p…
Journalist who exposed racism, misogyny and bullying at the Judicial Appointments Commission faces £14,000 costs for pursuing freedom of information requests davidhencke.com/2026/05/15/j…
Date fixed for court hearing into complaint against coroner Mary Hassell davidhencke.com/2026/04/29/d…
This story continues to run and run lot of interest this year from the IS and Hong Kong.
Revealed: The £271 billion “rape” of the National Insurance Fund that deprived 50s women of their state pension.
(no one's pension state or private is safe with any government)
davidhencke.com/2018/07/19/r… via @davidhencke
Senior judge orders court hearing over missing text in coroner Mary Hassell's transcript of death of TV journalist davidhencke.com/2026/03/22/s…
Charity Commission loses permission to bring a judicial review against Parliamentary Ombudsman in two controversial safeguarding cases davidhencke.com/2026/03/08/c…
Which? are reporting that London,England is about to join San Francisco and LA with new driverless robotaxis this year. We Brits are not being left behind.
Latest #50swomen pension news; Interviews on Salford City Radio and CEDAWinLAW drive home need for mediation at#No10 Downing Street
davidhencke.com/2026/02/27/5…
Judge reserves judgement in dispute between the Parliamentary Ombudsman and the Charity Commission
davidhencke.com/2026/02/26/j…
My latest story for @BylineTimes on MPs revelations of the huge cost to taxpayers today of a panic driven decision by Boris Johnson's government to lease an unusable prison full of radon gas in Dartmoor from the Duchy of Cornwall for a decade
🔴Boris Johnson’s Radon Gas Filled Prison Deal to Cost Taxpayers £100 Million
The full costs of the botched agreement to lease an unusable prison filled with poisonous gas from the Duchy of Cornwall, revealed for the first time
bylinetimes.com/2026/01/07/b…
My blog in 2025: 50swomen, whistleblowing and injustice in the judiciary and NHS davidhencke.com/2026/01/05/m…
Delegation goes to Downing Street to press case for compensation for #50swomen to get mediation over delayed state pensions discrimination and maladministration #CedawinLAW davidhencke.com/2025/12/16/b…
Extraordinary legal fall out from the Glyndebourne case among the law firm representing them davidhencke.com/2025/12/11/g…
UPDATE to include my response to criticism from John Halford, Waspi's lawyer davidhencke.com/2025/12/05/g…
My latest story for @BylineTimes on the failure of the Building Safety Regulator to tackle all the tower blocks with inflammable cladding eight years after the Grenfell fire
🔴Grenfell Fire: Up to a Million People Still Living in Tower Blocks With Flammable Cladding Eight Years Later
A damning report by peers blames failings by regulators and the building industry to live up to the promises made to grieving families
bylinetimes.com/2025/12/11/g…
Commons Privileges Committee shows sharp divide between Charity Commission and Parliamentary Ombudsman over sexual abuse complaints davidhencke.com/2025/12/08/p…
The manouvering around the Waspi DWP February pensions deal and the growing pressure for all 50s womens groups to be consulted davidhencke.com/2025/12/05/g…
Whistleblowing: Hospital doctors main target for NHS Resolution -over 1000 referred by managers last financial year davidhencke.com/2025/11/28/r…
