Strikes Bill threatens workers’ protection from unfair dismissal says equalities watchdog
‘The Bill raises several human rights considerations’ – latest damning report of Strikes Bill
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Suella Braverman admits her Immigration Bill may not be legal
The government unveiled its new proposals yesterday
Human Rights Watch says UK risks being listed as a ‘human rights abuser’
HRW have called it the most ‘significant assault on human rights protections in the UK in decades’.
Tory MP Bob Stewart who told human rights activist to go back to Bahrain received £10,000 in hospitality from brutal regime
The MP for Beckenham has also spoken in defence of the regime in Parliament, this despite the fact that according to Human Rights Watch, the Bahraini government has engaged in heavy repression.
Diane Abbott MP: The Public Order Bill has no place in a democratic society
‘This is a government that does not tire of lecturing the rest of the world on democracy and human rights, and yet this is Bill creates two classes of citizens.’
The government’s latest attack on our right to protest freely should concern every single one of us
The bill seeks to criminalise effective means of protest and will further entrench racial inequalities in our criminal justice system
Diane Abbott MP: We must resist the government’s assault on the Human Rights Act
‘When pressed, it is perhaps not surprising that ministers fail to specify any rights or even any specific rulings they find objectionable.’
Iain Duncan Smith makes false claim that successful asylum seekers would return from Rwanda
Another Tory lie…
Rwanda deportation flight cancelled after last minute legal intervention
In an embarrassing upset for Johnson and Patel, the first flight due to leave for Rwanda has been grounded following successful emergency action by the ECHR.
Diane Abbott MP: The Tories are introducing second class citizenship with authoritarian legislation
The government’s own track record and ministers’ recent statements should ring alarm bells for all trades unionists.