Abi Whistance
@abi-whist.bsky.social
Investigative journalist and editor of The Liverpool Post. Paul Foot & BJA shortlist 2025. Got a story? DMs are open ☎️
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Exclusive: How a food bank siphoned £195,000 into private hands
The Post can reveal that the Serious Fraud Office is now investigating Knowsley Foodbank
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After three months of work, today we publish Part 6 of our investigation into Peter Mitchell and Big Help.
We reveal that in two months, £195,000 of Knowsley Foodbank's money was siphoned off into organisations connected to Mitchell.
Horrific stuff.
www.livpost.co.uk/exclusive-ho...
We reveal that in two months, £195,000 of Knowsley Foodbank's money was siphoned off into organisations connected to Mitchell.
Horrific stuff.
www.livpost.co.uk/exclusive-ho...
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How do a bankrupt charity boss and his councillor partner afford a “luxury” flat abroad?
Find out in today’s @liverpoolpost.bsky.social free-to-read investigation 👇
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Find out in today’s @liverpoolpost.bsky.social free-to-read investigation 👇
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December 10, 2025 at 10:42 AM
How do a bankrupt charity boss and his councillor partner afford a “luxury” flat abroad?
Find out in today’s @liverpoolpost.bsky.social free-to-read investigation 👇
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Find out in today’s @liverpoolpost.bsky.social free-to-read investigation 👇
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Our readers phoned in to BBC Merseyside today to ask council leader Liam Robinson whether Colette Goulding will be expelled from Liverpool Labour.
He told listeners that "I can't comment on something that's ongoing. I'm not going to sit there and be judge and jury".
@liverpoolpost.bsky.social
He told listeners that "I can't comment on something that's ongoing. I'm not going to sit there and be judge and jury".
@liverpoolpost.bsky.social
December 10, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Our readers phoned in to BBC Merseyside today to ask council leader Liam Robinson whether Colette Goulding will be expelled from Liverpool Labour.
He told listeners that "I can't comment on something that's ongoing. I'm not going to sit there and be judge and jury".
@liverpoolpost.bsky.social
He told listeners that "I can't comment on something that's ongoing. I'm not going to sit there and be judge and jury".
@liverpoolpost.bsky.social
Our readers phoned in to BBC Merseyside today to ask council leader Liam Robinson whether Colette Goulding will be expelled from Liverpool Labour.
He told listeners that "I can't comment on something that's ongoing. I'm not going to sit there and be judge and jury".
@liverpoolpost.bsky.social
He told listeners that "I can't comment on something that's ongoing. I'm not going to sit there and be judge and jury".
@liverpoolpost.bsky.social
December 10, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Our readers phoned in to BBC Merseyside today to ask council leader Liam Robinson whether Colette Goulding will be expelled from Liverpool Labour.
He told listeners that "I can't comment on something that's ongoing. I'm not going to sit there and be judge and jury".
@liverpoolpost.bsky.social
He told listeners that "I can't comment on something that's ongoing. I'm not going to sit there and be judge and jury".
@liverpoolpost.bsky.social
How do a bankrupt charity boss and his councillor partner afford a “luxury” flat abroad?
Find out in today’s @liverpoolpost.bsky.social free-to-read investigation 👇
livpost.co.uk/a-place-in-the…
Find out in today’s @liverpoolpost.bsky.social free-to-read investigation 👇
livpost.co.uk/a-place-in-the…
December 10, 2025 at 10:42 AM
How do a bankrupt charity boss and his councillor partner afford a “luxury” flat abroad?
Find out in today’s @liverpoolpost.bsky.social free-to-read investigation 👇
livpost.co.uk/a-place-in-the…
Find out in today’s @liverpoolpost.bsky.social free-to-read investigation 👇
livpost.co.uk/a-place-in-the…
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Abi Whistance @abi-whist.bsky.social Liverpool Post @liverpoolpost.bsky.social A place in the sun: How do a bankrupt charity boss and his councillor partner afford a “luxury” flat abroad? www.livpost.co.uk/a-place-in-t...
A place in the sun: How do a bankrupt charity boss and his councillor partner afford a “luxury” flat abroad?
Peter Mitchell and Colette Goulding signed a contract for a £2,700 per month apartment in one of Gibraltar’s “finest buildings”
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December 10, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Abi Whistance @abi-whist.bsky.social Liverpool Post @liverpoolpost.bsky.social A place in the sun: How do a bankrupt charity boss and his councillor partner afford a “luxury” flat abroad? www.livpost.co.uk/a-place-in-t...
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📸Photographer Martin Parr has died aged 73. While his vivid images of seasides and crumbling monuments were taken worldwide, it was in New Brighton where he first developed his fascination with the colourful and crude.
Read about his legacy below 👇
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Read about his legacy below 👇
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Gritty, cheeky, sincere: How Martin Parr captured the spirit of Merseyside
The renowned photographer has died aged 73. We look back at his chronicling of the Wirral
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December 8, 2025 at 12:52 PM
📸Photographer Martin Parr has died aged 73. While his vivid images of seasides and crumbling monuments were taken worldwide, it was in New Brighton where he first developed his fascination with the colourful and crude.
Read about his legacy below 👇
www.livpost.co.uk/gritty-cheek...
Read about his legacy below 👇
www.livpost.co.uk/gritty-cheek...
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December 8, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Our campaign ends ON SUNDAY! We’re on 664 new members, on our way to our 1000 target 🎯.
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Thanks to the BBC for now picking up on our reporting about Knowsley Foodbank / Big Help Project 👇
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Labour councillor suspended after foodbank 'fraud' report
Colette Goulding had the whip removed after media reports about Knowsley Foodbank.
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December 6, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Thanks to the BBC for now picking up on our reporting about Knowsley Foodbank / Big Help Project 👇
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@liverpoolpost.bsky.social
Thanks to the BBC for now picking up on our reporting about Knowsley Foodbank / Big Help Project 👇
@liverpoolpost.bsky.social
@liverpoolpost.bsky.social
Labour councillor suspended after foodbank 'fraud' report
Colette Goulding had the whip removed after media reports about Knowsley Foodbank.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 6, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Thanks to the BBC for now picking up on our reporting about Knowsley Foodbank / Big Help Project 👇
@liverpoolpost.bsky.social
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If you value journalism, you have to pay for it. In the past, you would have bought a newspaper or a magazine. In the online world, you need to subscribe or it will eventually disappear under a tide of AI slop and adverts. @manchestermill.bsky.social is one of many local quality sources. Subscribe!
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🔴 BREAKING: Our fake Chinese AI investor bought access to 10+ Labour MPs and minister
Brand new investigation by Democracy for Sale and Led By Donkeys.
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Brand new investigation by Democracy for Sale and Led By Donkeys.
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BREAKING: Our fake Chinese AI investor bought access into heart of Labour government
Ex-Tory MP facilitated meetings with 10+ Labour MPs and met ministers in “cash-for-access operation”
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December 3, 2025 at 9:48 PM
🔴 BREAKING: Our fake Chinese AI investor bought access to 10+ Labour MPs and minister
Brand new investigation by Democracy for Sale and Led By Donkeys.
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If you're waking up to the news that Labour councillor Colette Goulding has been suspended and want to know why - read our investigations🔽
Our first investigation into charity Big Help Project revealed how vulnerable tenants were living in squalor
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Our first investigation into charity Big Help Project revealed how vulnerable tenants were living in squalor
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Special investigation: The collapsing world of Liverpool’s charity kingpin
Former Labour councillor Peter Mitchell runs a charity that claims to bring in £15m a year. But there’s plenty that doesn’t make sense about Big Help Project
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December 3, 2025 at 11:05 AM
If you're waking up to the news that Labour councillor Colette Goulding has been suspended and want to know why - read our investigations🔽
Our first investigation into charity Big Help Project revealed how vulnerable tenants were living in squalor
www.livpost.co.uk/special-inve...
Our first investigation into charity Big Help Project revealed how vulnerable tenants were living in squalor
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Vincent Chan abused multiple children in the North London nursery where he worked. It’s one of the most harrowing child abuse cases in recent history.
The billion-dollar chain that ran his nursery has a history of major safeguarding failures, including not doing background checks.
Read my exposé:
The billion-dollar chain that ran his nursery has a history of major safeguarding failures, including not doing background checks.
Read my exposé:
Abuse at a north London nursery: The disturbing, perplexing case of Vincent Chan
There are questions for the police and one of London’s biggest nursery chains after today’s shocking news
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December 3, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Vincent Chan abused multiple children in the North London nursery where he worked. It’s one of the most harrowing child abuse cases in recent history.
The billion-dollar chain that ran his nursery has a history of major safeguarding failures, including not doing background checks.
Read my exposé:
The billion-dollar chain that ran his nursery has a history of major safeguarding failures, including not doing background checks.
Read my exposé:
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Catch up on our investigations that led to Labour councillor Colette Goulding's suspension below 👇
Today’s @liverpoolpost.bsky.social investigation reveals how over £195,000 of Knowsley Foodbank's money was siphoned off into organisations connected to ex-Labour councillor Peter Mitchell and his disgraced charitable enterprise, Big Help.
I explain the story so far👇
I explain the story so far👇
December 3, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Catch up on our investigations that led to Labour councillor Colette Goulding's suspension below 👇
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This is what real journalism looks like. More of this, please.
🚨EXCLUSIVE: we reveal that Knowsley Foodbank siphoned over £195,000 into companies linked to disgraced Big Help CEO, Peter Mitchell.
We can also reveal that the Serious Fraud Office is now investigating Knowsley Foodbank
www.livpost.co.uk/exclusive-ho...
We can also reveal that the Serious Fraud Office is now investigating Knowsley Foodbank
www.livpost.co.uk/exclusive-ho...
November 29, 2025 at 9:17 AM
This is what real journalism looks like. More of this, please.
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This is superb local journalism and absolutely enraging
December 2, 2025 at 8:21 PM
This is superb local journalism and absolutely enraging
Big news dropped into my inbox last night.
Liverpool councillor Colette Goulding has been suspended from the Labour Party following @liverpoolpost.bsky.social investigations into Big Help Project and Knowsley Foodbank 👇👇👇
www.livpost.co.uk/breaking-cou...
Liverpool councillor Colette Goulding has been suspended from the Labour Party following @liverpoolpost.bsky.social investigations into Big Help Project and Knowsley Foodbank 👇👇👇
www.livpost.co.uk/breaking-cou...
Breaking: Councillor Colette Goulding has been suspended
The West Derby Muirhead councillor is heavily implicated in the Big Help scandal
www.livpost.co.uk
December 3, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Big news dropped into my inbox last night.
Liverpool councillor Colette Goulding has been suspended from the Labour Party following @liverpoolpost.bsky.social investigations into Big Help Project and Knowsley Foodbank 👇👇👇
www.livpost.co.uk/breaking-cou...
Liverpool councillor Colette Goulding has been suspended from the Labour Party following @liverpoolpost.bsky.social investigations into Big Help Project and Knowsley Foodbank 👇👇👇
www.livpost.co.uk/breaking-cou...
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Labour suspends Colette Goulding, a councillor heavily implicated in the Big Help scandal. @abi-whist.bsky.social has been reporting on this story for two years now for @liverpoolpost.bsky.social
www.livpost.co.uk/breaking-cou...
www.livpost.co.uk/breaking-cou...
Breaking: Councillor Colette Goulding has been suspended
The West Derby Muirhead councillor is heavily implicated in the Big Help scandal
www.livpost.co.uk
December 3, 2025 at 6:52 AM
Labour suspends Colette Goulding, a councillor heavily implicated in the Big Help scandal. @abi-whist.bsky.social has been reporting on this story for two years now for @liverpoolpost.bsky.social
www.livpost.co.uk/breaking-cou...
www.livpost.co.uk/breaking-cou...
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After three months of work, today we publish Part 6 of our investigation into Peter Mitchell and Big Help.
We reveal that in two months, £195,000 of Knowsley Foodbank's money was siphoned off into organisations connected to Mitchell.
Horrific stuff.
www.livpost.co.uk/exclusive-ho...
We reveal that in two months, £195,000 of Knowsley Foodbank's money was siphoned off into organisations connected to Mitchell.
Horrific stuff.
www.livpost.co.uk/exclusive-ho...
Exclusive: How a food bank siphoned £195,000 into private hands
The Post can reveal that the Serious Fraud Office is now investigating Knowsley Foodbank
www.livpost.co.uk
November 29, 2025 at 8:51 AM
After three months of work, today we publish Part 6 of our investigation into Peter Mitchell and Big Help.
We reveal that in two months, £195,000 of Knowsley Foodbank's money was siphoned off into organisations connected to Mitchell.
Horrific stuff.
www.livpost.co.uk/exclusive-ho...
We reveal that in two months, £195,000 of Knowsley Foodbank's money was siphoned off into organisations connected to Mitchell.
Horrific stuff.
www.livpost.co.uk/exclusive-ho...
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Today's edition has landed in your inboxes 📥
Featuring:
🔎The fallout of @abi-whist.bsky.social's shocking Knowsley Foodbank investigation
🗞️Our big story: Liverpool's Your Party conference
🎄The first poem in our Christmas poetry series
And much, much more!
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Featuring:
🔎The fallout of @abi-whist.bsky.social's shocking Knowsley Foodbank investigation
🗞️Our big story: Liverpool's Your Party conference
🎄The first poem in our Christmas poetry series
And much, much more!
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Chaos at the conference
We unpick Liverpool’s Your Party conference. Plus: the fallout from our Knowsley Foodbank investigation
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December 1, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Today's edition has landed in your inboxes 📥
Featuring:
🔎The fallout of @abi-whist.bsky.social's shocking Knowsley Foodbank investigation
🗞️Our big story: Liverpool's Your Party conference
🎄The first poem in our Christmas poetry series
And much, much more!
www.livpost.co.uk/chaos-at-the...
Featuring:
🔎The fallout of @abi-whist.bsky.social's shocking Knowsley Foodbank investigation
🗞️Our big story: Liverpool's Your Party conference
🎄The first poem in our Christmas poetry series
And much, much more!
www.livpost.co.uk/chaos-at-the...
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Find out how a foodbank siphoned off £195,000 into the hands of ex-Liverpool councillor Peter Mitchell and his associates👇
www.livpost.co.uk/exclusive-ho...
www.livpost.co.uk/exclusive-ho...
Today’s @liverpoolpost.bsky.social investigation reveals how over £195,000 of Knowsley Foodbank's money was siphoned off into organisations connected to ex-Labour councillor Peter Mitchell and his disgraced charitable enterprise, Big Help.
I explain the story so far👇
I explain the story so far👇
November 29, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Find out how a foodbank siphoned off £195,000 into the hands of ex-Liverpool councillor Peter Mitchell and his associates👇
www.livpost.co.uk/exclusive-ho...
www.livpost.co.uk/exclusive-ho...
Catch up on our explosive investigation into Knowsley Foodbank below 👇
Find out how a foodbank siphoned off £195,000 into the hands of ex-Liverpool councillor Peter Mitchell and his associates👇
www.livpost.co.uk/exclusive-ho...
www.livpost.co.uk/exclusive-ho...
Today’s @liverpoolpost.bsky.social investigation reveals how over £195,000 of Knowsley Foodbank's money was siphoned off into organisations connected to ex-Labour councillor Peter Mitchell and his disgraced charitable enterprise, Big Help.
I explain the story so far👇
I explain the story so far👇
November 30, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Catch up on our explosive investigation into Knowsley Foodbank below 👇