Was Partygate to blame for the scale of the Government’s Police Bill defeat in the Lords?
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Social Justice
Race inequality: Black children twice as likely to grow up in poverty as white children
As the cost-of-living crisis deepens with millions at risk of being plunged into fuel poverty, research shows a stark racial divide between children growing up in poverty.
Priti Patel’s plans to x-ray asylum seekers slammed as unethical
The home secretary’s proposed method to verify the age of asylum seekers is blasted as ‘flawed, dangerous and unethical’
UK is ‘losing its moral authority’: Calls ramped up for government to reopen safe routes for refugees
One of the most harrowing images of 2021 has to be that of a damaged inflatable dinghy that had been carrying refugees, washed up on a beach near Wimereux, France. The incident sparked a wave of dissent about the government’s tough immigration policies.
Jon Trickett: It’s time to waive the patents on vaccines
‘If we do not act now, then we will have turned our backs on the poorest people on Earth and the whole world will suffer the consequences.’
Food banks have become the norm. But poverty should never be normal.
The UK government should take responsibility for addressing the raging income inequalities and the broken benefits system which have pushed so many into poverty.
France cancels migrant crisis meeting with Priti Patel after ‘unacceptable’ Johnson letter
The humiliating disinvitation of Britain’s presence at such an important inter-ministerial meeting draws even greater reproach of the UK’s tough immigration approach.
‘An avoidable tragedy’: UK’s tough immigration approach rebuked as 31 migrants drown crossing Channel
“The government has repeatedly prioritised, cruel, unworkable and dangerous border measures like pushbacks in the Channel, which will only lead to more deaths,” says Minnie Rahman of JCWI.
Government’s tougher immigration and asylum policy in the spotlight as number of migrants crossing Channel hits new daily high
As activists took to the streets of Glasgow demanding justice for migrants, a record number of people crossed the English Channel by boat.
Charities warn more needs to be done to end families being trapped in temporary accommodation in Scotland
The Scottish National Party has come under fire over its handling of homeless families.