Lord Ken of Cricklewood? Say it ain’t so
Ken for a peerage and/or shadow cabinet role? He’s not always been the best judge of public mood.
Social Justice
Justice Committee calls for criminal court charge to be scrapped
Committee said the charge was ‘grossly disproportionate’ to the means of many offenders
Comment: It’s time for rent regulation to address our housing crisis
We don’t have to choose between tenants’ security and housing sector growth
How corruption is pushing up house prices in London
They may not realise it, but criminal laundering is costing ordinary Londoners dearly
Tory MP continues to defend welfare reforms…as he opens a new foodbank
Trussell Trust says benefit delays and changes are driving the need for new food banks
Vulnerable women shouldn’t have to get arrested to get support
Two in five women sent to prison in a single year will be unconvicted
Boris Johnson must take drastic action to tackle London’s systemic poverty
The social safety net has failed when parents are unable to feed their children
Most Svetlana Lokhovas cannot afford the help they need to seek justice
Gender discrimination is alive and well in the workplace – but the Tories have made sure many women can’t afford to challenge it
Access to justice should be an election issue for Labour
Because of coalition cuts, over a third of domestic violence victims are unable to get a lawyer to represent them
‘Failing Grayling’ could cost the Tories hundreds of thousands of votes
Politicians and legal workers lay into the Justice secretary as a poll finds that he is turning traditional voters off the Tories