Barrister criticises borders bill saying it will undermine progress against modern slavery
Without a doubt it is going to make things worse, says Caroline Haughey QC.
Social Justice
Results Day: Working-class students still face huge barriers getting to Oxbridge
Meet some of the working-class students fighting for fairness at Britain’s ‘elite’ universities.
The pandemic has caused the inequality gap in London to widen, a new report finds
Covid has not only been a health crisis, but has dramatically affected people’s social, economic and family life, as well as their mental health.
Next stop: equal pay? Retail giant staff secure concession from company
If all eligible staff joined the claim, the potential cost to the retail giant is £100m.
Calls for overhaul of drug laws as England and Wales deaths surge
“These grim drug death statistics are a clear signal that an urgent change of course is needed in UK drug policy.”
Revealed: Disabled women face shocking levels of workplace harassment – TUC
The government’s sexual harassment consultation must introduce a duty on employers to take steps to prevent sexual harassment, Alice Moss writes
DAMNING report from HM Prisons Inspector finds ‘shambolic’ outsourcing failings
Priti Patel’s department didn’t even know the location of all its short-term holding facilities for refugees.
Watchdogs’ report describes “cycle” of increasingly low rape prosecutions
“We need a criminal justice system that understands trauma, puts victims and survivors at its heart and is accountable,” says Rape Crisis England & Wales.
EXCLUSIVE: Fears disabled MPs could be locked out of Parliament, ahead of shut down of virtual proceedings
Allowing vulnerable MPs to participate in debates remotely ‘may be just as necessary in two months time as it was twelve months ago’, LFF is told.
Johnson’s reckless approach will result in yet more suffering and death
Personal responsibility won’t end the crisis. Instead, we need a communal approach and a government that does everything it can to suppress this dangerous virus, writes Roy Wilkes of Zero Covid.