Despite official denials, evidence has emerged that the Home Office has deliberately waited until UK citizens it plans to deprive of their citizenship have left the country. This requires no judicial approval—and greatly hinders any appeal.
A new Bill removes most grounds of appeal for immigration decisions, excludes undocumented migrants from the rental market, turns landlords into immigration police and extends charges for NHS care. On Monday 10 February Lords debated the proposals.
The reasons why up to 500,000 people in the UK need emergency food aid are inherently gendered. Low pay, the rise in food prices, and punitive welfare reforms work in tandem with regressive Tory gender policies to push women and the poor to the brink.
Metropolitan Police officers assaulted two protesters, then claimed they had been attacked. Video footage exposed their lie. One of the victims, this week awarded a £20,000 settlement, writes about police brutality
The British government insists that the cost of Legal Aid is spiralling out of control. The facts suggest otherwise.
The introduction of the Destitution Domestic Violence concession in 2012 giving some migrant victims access to public funds was widely welcomed. However, while many have long waits for benefits, others still do not have a safety net to escape violence.
MPs and Peers berate Chris Grayling for his government's attack on Legal Aid.
Britain's most influential tabloid newspaper used its front page to defame human rights claimants as "murderers, terrorists and traitors". A forced retraction does not undo the damage.
The recent charge that the Home Office takes steps to ‘fix’ the figures is a shocking one. It shines light on a system dogged by maladministration and misplaced priorities.
The government's immigration Bill is dehumanising, divisive, callous and unwarranted. We all have a duty to oppose it.
'Putting victims first' — that's the government line. The UK's largest civil service union interrogates justice privatisation.
The central tension in the changes to legal aid in Britain is between reducing costs and maintaining quality - the Lord Chancellor appears to have opted for reducing costs, but at what price?
