Here’s why immigration detention is pointless – as well as cruel
The Government is detaining more migrants each year but deporting proportionally fewer, wasting money in the process and causing unnecessary harm to thousands of people.
Charlotte England
These groups will be hit hardest by changes to Universal Credit
Yet again, changes to the benefit system will be disproportionately detrimental to women and people from ethnic minority groups.
It’s official: Free schools have failed to deliver
Academies – one of the coalition’s flagship policies in 2010 – have not lived up to any of Michael Gove’s big promises, a new report has found.
We shouldn’t praise the Tories for resettling 8,000 Syrian refugees
Not only is this far too few, it is also a distraction from the numerous other ways in which the Government is letting refugees down.
The Greens are right to call for consent lessons for MPs
Many in Westminster don’t understand the power dynamics at play between male MPs, senior political party figures and other staff like assistants and researchers.
Votes at 16: ‘Either way, we win’, say campaigners
A bill being heard in the House of Commons tomorrow could be the first step in allowing 1.5 million teens to vote.
London LGBT venue wins unprecedented victory against property developers
More than half of London’s LGBTQ+ spaces have closed since 2006, but a version of the Joiners Arms will now stay open for 25 years.
LBC ‘suggests being a Labour Party member is as important as eating’, in absurd attempt to stitch up MP
Radio station accused of ‘surpassing gotcha journalism’ and relying on ‘false equivalency’, with suggestion that charging prospective party members a premium rate to join Labour is the same as forcing destitute benefits claimants to call 55p a minute line for food money.
Poor children missing out on chance to develop life skills, report finds
Participation in after school activities like volunteering and debating is falling, especially among children from disadvantaged backgrounds.
Parents and teachers call for school census boycott amid deportation fears
The Department for Education has been sharing details of school children’s nationality and place of birth with the Home Office.