If assisted dying is legalised in England and Wales, then society’s neglect of older people, combined with increased poverty and the lack of home care services could drive up demand. Doctors should speak out.
As G4S is exposed for overcharging on government contracts, we ask - just what is G4S doing in the NHS?
The UK immigration authorities have hounded an ill woman for years. They claim she is a health tourist. Her doctors confirm that she is not. On Thursday Roseline Akhalu yet again faces her accusers in court. Friends, neighbours and actor Colin Firth lend support.
G4S & Serco fraud inquiry: Five things the British public need to know about privatising criminal justice.
Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 The demonisation of the European Court of Human Rights over the long failure to deport Abu Qatada is likely to be intensified by the Court’s ruling against whole life tariffs. Neither case will get the human rights perspective that they deserve
A social scientist unpicks the flawed methodology of Home Office research on migration.
JULY 2013: Crown Prosecution Service reconsiders decision not to prosecute G4S.JULY 2012: Ramsbotham, former chief inspector of prisons, condemns original CPS decision not to prosecute. Peers describe UK Border Agency culture of disbelief, its abuse of torture victims, denial of legal representati
• A British jury finds that Jimmy Mubenga, a father of five being deported from Britain to Angola, was unlawfully killed • Three guards from private security company G4S forcibly restrained him • Ties that go back decades before his birth in Angola link Jimmy Mubenga to the UK
• Inquest jury return unlawful killing verdict • Jimmy Mubenga died after 'restraint' by three G4S guards • G4S executives David Banks and Stephen Small gave flawed evidence to UK parliamentary committee about restraint techniques • Lately Stephen Small dismissed allegations about abuse of asylum
A barrister considers how a slave would have fared under the British government’s proposed legal aid residence test.
• Justice minister making savage cuts lined his pockets from Parliamentary expenses • MPs grill Chris Grayling over plans to destroy Legal Aid • Grayling acknowledges 'ideological' motivation.
A debate the government did not want to happen. House of Commons resists Coalition attack on Legal Aid.
