Tuesday, 3 March 2015

The detention crisis - Politics.co.uk

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"It is Theresa May's responsibility to make sure people are treated humanely - she is completely failing to do so"

Detention crisis

Damning parliamentary report threatens to blow doors off detention regime

Trapped: Detainees can be kept in the centres without being informed of how long it will last

Britain's immigrant detention system facing what could be its greatest ever crisis, after a damning report by MPs and peers was released amid a continued scandal over racism and violence at Yarl's Wood

Can you prove you're gay? Last minute legal battle for lesbian fighting deportation to Nigeria

Aderonke Apata: Judicial review case could halt deportation to Nigeria

A lesbian campaigner who was voted one of the most influential LGBT people in the UK is fighting her deportation to Nigeria today, as her case goes to the high court.

Channel 4 report shows true brutality of detention centres

Protests in detention centres have regularly seen riot-police style units sent in to restore order

A culture of secrecy and the example set by ministers have made detention centres hives of brutality, violence and racism

Saving Scottish Labour?

Gordon Brown's North Sea oil promise offers Scottish Labour a flicker of hope

Gordon Brown: Saved the union, now time to save Labour

Gordon Brown's call for a nationalisation of North Sea oil has left the industry cold - but then energy firms aren't the former prime minister's target audience, are they?

Planning for a hung parliament

Letting MPs decide who governs? They're not going to like that

Graham Allen wants MPs to vote on the next government just two days after polling day

This parliament has had 48 months since first gathering in mid-May 2010 to sort out the arrangements for the next coalition. So why is it that the MP tasked with overseeing our constitutional arrangements is now demanding a change of plan?

End of the miners' strike

End of the miners' strike: The day hard men wept

The miners' strike marked a huge moment for Britain

May 1979, the election that brought to power the government that led to the miners' strike, was a vote of huge change. In May 2015, Britain once again has the opportunity to vote. And once again the status quo is breaking apart.

Malawi celebrates actions to protect elephants this World Wildlife Day

Elephant populations in some Malawi parks have halved in a decade. RSPCA and Stop Ivory are partnering with the Malawi government to protect elephants and stop the poaching.

A fowl irony - RSPCA launches report as new survey shows public are unaware of welfare issues facing UK ducks

They may be the nation’s favourite waterfowl yet 93 per cent of respondents were unaware farmed ducks legally do not have to have bathing water that they can get into.

Skills crisis

RAeS Careers & Education Manager Rosalind Azouzi analyses a UK report which forecasts a shortfall between the demand for future engineers and the supply of suitable candidates.

Three men given custodial sentences after pioneering forensic techniques used to catch badger killers

DNA from dead badger found on bloodied clothing belonging to defendant.

NCC holds Westminster briefing

On 24 February 2015 the NCC held a briefing session in Parliament to inform MPs about the work of the trade association.

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