Katherine Rushton

Deputy Investigations Editor

Katherine Rushton is part of the award-winning Telegraph Investigations team along with Claire Newell, Sophie Barnes and Janet Eastham. The team has published a series of groundbreaking exclusives that have held the powerful to account. From Covid scandals, #MeToo and corruption in sport, the team has uncovered evidence that has led to criminal and parliamentary inquiries.

Funeral firm at centre of bodies investigation has £62,000 debts

Legacy Independent Funeral Directors may also face demand to repay £20,000 in government Covid handouts

Investigations team 14 Mar 2024, 7:27pm

Labour Together failed to declare £700k in donations amid anti-Semitism fears

Morgan McSweeney did not reveal source of funds over concerns about the safety of a Jewish donor

Investigations team 28 Feb 2024, 10:04pm
Family of film make-up artist call for inquest after treatment by physician associate

Christopher Tucker, who made prosthetics for The Elephant Man, died from sepsis caused by a bladder infection

Investigations team 24 Feb 2024, 6:56pm
Physician associates ‘illegally’ prescribe opiates to hospital patients

Revelation fuels fears that workers with limited medical training could be handed responsibilities that place patients in danger

Investigations team 22 Feb 2024, 6:42pm

Investigations team

Matt Hancock feared Covid vaccine warning systems were ‘shonky’

Investigations team 9 Nov 2023, 7:45pm
‘Every day is hard’: The families battling for AstraZeneca vaccine compensation

Robert Mendick 9 Nov 2023, 5:11pm
Vaccine compensation scheme must be reformed, former ministers urge

Investigations team 9 Nov 2023, 5:11pm
The Lockdown Files podcast: Follow the Telegraph's Investigations team as they search for the full picture behind the messages

Investigations team 9 Nov 2023, 1:03pm
Oxford AstraZeneca Covid jab was ‘defective’, claims landmark legal case

Robert Mendick 8 Nov 2023, 5:59pm
Government shared Covid monitoring of social media with US State Department

Investigations team 27 Oct 2023, 12:01am
Dr Susan Gilby: ‘Another clinically qualified killer like Lucy Letby is inevitable’

Investigations team 11 Sep 2023, 9:16pm
Disinformation unit ‘a stain on democracy’ that must be axed, say MPs

Investigations team 11 Sep 2023, 9:00pm
Mother discovers photo of Lucy Letby with her baby – who died shortly afterwards

Investigations team 1 Sep 2023, 8:14pm
Secretive Covid disinformation unit worked with security services

Investigations team 1 Sep 2023, 6:00pm
Letby hospital chairman said ‘final measure’ of its delivery is ‘financial performance’

Investigations team 26 Aug 2023, 9:02pm
‘Lucy Letby could have killed our babies’

Investigations team 25 Aug 2023, 9:00pm
NHS boss who raised concerns over Lucy Letby sues for constructive dismissal

Investigations team 24 Aug 2023, 8:24pm
Medical director at Letby hospital says doctors should have pushed harder to raise concerns

Investigations team 23 Aug 2023, 9:35pm
Lucy Letby’s former nursing boss referred to regulator

Investigations team 22 Aug 2023, 10:26pm
Lucy Letby hospital director was ‘reported to General Medical Council, but case was closed’

Investigations team 22 Aug 2023, 9:19pm