A tussle over sporting rights on the tiny Isle of Raasay casts more doubt upon the Scottish National Party government’s commitment to localism.
Serco, the company that inspects Britain’s schools, trains our armed forces, runs our prisons, maintains our nuclear weapons, and is taking over big chunks of our NHS, reported stunning financial results today.
It looks like a public body. It sounds like a public body. But Scotland's Commission on School Reform is the child of a privately-funded right wing think-tank. Why does the BBC play along?
• Children routinely strip-searched in England & Wales child prisons and secure children’s homes despite government pledge to stop• Nearly half were of Black or ethnic minority background, some as young as 12• Serco’s Ashfield child prison, holding 400 boys, stripped 399 boys-a-month
Moody’s has stripped the UK of its AAA credit rating, the first cut since the 1970s. An activist researcher says governments should do more to expose and prosecute misconduct and incompetence by the too-powerful ratings agencies.
A citizen journalist interrogates the privatisation of National Savings & Investments (NS&I), where Atos have taken over the contract and services have, perhaps predictably, contracted.
The national broadcaster fails to inform the public that ‘independent’ research urging more prison privatisation was funded by private prisons contractors.
If Theresa May wins her legal battle to have a Leeds transplant patient deported to Nigeria, Roseline Akhalu dies. If Roseline wins, where is the harm?
The Howard League for Penal Reform launches this year’s John Howard Essay Prize on OurKingdom. DEADLINE EXTENDED TO 15 MARCH
A new report from Prison Reform Trust’s Care not Custody programme offers professionals practical advice on helping vulnerable young people in England and Wales.
Justice minister Chris Grayling today announced his Green Paper, Transforming Youth Custody: Putting Education at the Heart of Detention. He says young offenders should receive better education and training to turn their backs on crime. Welcome words, but does the government have the political wil
A Citizens Advice Bureau adviser describes how recent 'reforms' to legal aid and cuts to services are impacting on the ground. She has a question: At what point did Britain decide that legal rights don’t apply to poor people?
