The UK's largest traveller community is being forcibly evicted from their homes. Violence has been used to remove them, but is it ethnically motivated? Is Britain really engaging in 'ethnic cleansing'?
The BBC2 documentary series ‘Mixed Britannia’ set out to show how ethnic diversity is central to the UK. Last week's episode took us back to a dark time in British history that demonstrates why immigration policy needs to be constrained by a strong commitment to human rights.
On the anniversary of Mubenga's death in deportation, we call on the UK government to end these needless abuses
A public consultation is underway on the construction of an underground dump for 70 tonnes of nuclear waste in West Cumbria. Has the decision already been taken during cozy chats in private rooms?
Constant fear, routine humiliation, no escape: this isn't prison, but life on incapacity benefit in the United Kingdom. There is another way: one that respects human dignity.
Professor Savage drafted the 'Good Medical Practice' guidelines. Here, she argues that the Coalition's health reforms will prevent doctors in England from fulfilling their duties to their patients.
'David' suffered child abuse, and developed a disorder that led him to kill a man who for him symbolised his abusers. He was labelled DSPD and must prove he is a 'reduced risk' before his release. But how can he, when DSPD is not a medical diagnosis, but a political construct?
Social segregation. Corporate secrecy. Poor teaching and inflated grades. Free schools are intended by the government to "improve education for children in their community" - but many teachers have serious doubts.
Half of the women incarcerated in England and Wales have children. We know the devastating effect on kids with mothers in prison - so what can be done about it?
At the Liberal Democrat conference last week, the party listed their achievements as the junior partner in the Coalition. Ending child detention was on that list. But this is a lie.
Some of the companies moving in on the British public sector are among the most unethical in the country. Of these, those entrusted with the care of asylum seekers rank with the very worst.
Developers are rubbing their hands in glee. Soon, the presumed decision on any planning application in England will be "yes". What does the government have to gain from pushing through these reforms, unpopular with their own voters and the wider public?
