Feature / How the government went to war on refugee charities Fears that backlash will intensify as government presses on with its widely condemned Illegal Migration Bill By Adam Bychawski / 14 Mar 2023
News / UK’s migrant ban will trigger ‘race to the bottom’ on human rights, MEPs warn Exclusive: Populists seeking to undermine Refugee Convention may be emboldened by UK plans, say EU politicians By Adam Bychawski / 10 Mar 2023
Explainer / The anti-abortion lobby group that launched Kate Forbes’s political career Explainer: The evangelical group supporting an SNP candidate that wants to replicate US anti-abortion movement in UK By Adam Bychawski / 3 Mar 2023
News / Government is ‘monitoring’ human rights lawyers, minister admits Home Office minister Robert Jenrick accused human rights lawyers of ‘abusing’ law and suggested they were being spied on By Adam Bychawski / 21 Feb 2023
News / Prisoners still being locked up for 23 hours a day despite record self-harm Prisoners are spending long hours in overcrowded cells without any rehabilitation activities, damning new reports warn By Adam Bychawski / 20 Feb 2023
News / Ofgem ignored 700,000 debt complaints before British Gas scandal Exclusive: Energy regulator did nothing about mountain of complaints until British Gas prepayment scandal was revealed By Adam Bychawski / 16 Feb 2023
Explainer / What you need to know about voter ID Charities say the government has ignored warnings that already marginalised voters could be disenfranchised by changes By Adam Bychawski / 14 Feb 2023
News / Anti-strike bill akin to modern slavery, legal experts tell MPs Only Hungary – condemned for violations of democracy – has put the same restrictions on workers, lawyers say By Adam Bychawski / 10 Feb 2023
News / NHS becoming ‘cash cow’ for consultancy firms as contracts quadruple in value Exclusive: NHS England allocated £83m for outsourced consultants last year – enough to train more than 1,600 new nurses By Adam Bychawski / 10 Feb 2023
News / openDemocracy’s corruption revelations see UK plunge in global ranking Government rule breaches are to blame for UK’s corruption nadir, says Transparency International By Adam Bychawski / 31 Jan 2023
News / Tech meltdown caused by UK heatwave cost London hospital £1.4m Staff tried to hose down overheating air con but were unable to find a tap, review into critical incident reveals By Adam Bychawski / 27 Jan 2023
News / Home Office ignored charity’s offers to house asylum-seeking children Exclusive: Government claim that care system is too full for migrant kids is ‘completely untrue’, says foster charity By Adam Bychawski / 26 Jan 2023