Last month, a number of slave migrant workers were discovered in the cellar of a Moscow store. It was, alas, just one example of a much a wider practice exploiting vulnerable groups across the country. In a special oDRussia investigation, Grigory Tumanov reports on the worrying prevalence of moder
The Koestler Trust’s 50th annual exhibition in London of art by prisoners, immigration detainees and secure mental patients closes this weekend. What will Free have shown us? And what’s ahead for its prize-winners? Review
The UK Border Agency’s messy attempt to resolve thousands of outstanding asylum claims has led to yet another day of terrible headlines. But ministers know how to stop this happening again, if they would just have the courage.
The vote against women bishops raises many questions, including whether Church of England bishops should continue to sit in the House of Lords.
One of the first women to be ordained as a priest in the Church of England bitterly regrets the General Synod’s vote against women bishops.
Leading politicians and health professionals meet in London tomorrow to discuss the future of child health in the UK. Ahead of the Westminster Health Forum seminar — ‘Improving children’s and young people’s health: towards a health outcomes strategy and meeting public health challenges’ — OurKingd
When hostile reviews are orchestrated.
The NHS saved her life. The UK Border Agency plans to send her to her death. Public support ahead of 21 November appeal hearing may be Roseline Akhalu’s last hope.
Ahead of Police & Crime Commissioner elections in the UK, a negligence verdict in Oregon intensifies pressure to keep tainted contractor KBR out of UK policing.
A doctor urges fellow child health practitioners to speak up for the benefits of social protection policy, and to measure, evaluate and bear witness to the impact of NHS 'reform' on child health.
The big news story is that G4S, the shambolic security company that botched the London Olympics, has today lost a major prison contract (HMP Wolds, in Lincolnshire), and failed to win any new ones. A hard blow for G4S and its shareholders. The bigger issue is that the UK government continues to pr
The UK government has created a new profit source for security giant G4S and its partners: managing housing for asylum seekers. John Grayson reports on a reckless experiment whose result is human misery.
