A challenge to the government's plans to commercialise blood donation in the UK
The UK's immigration courts have been criticised for unfairness and lack of due process for years. Today, a report is published containing observations from trained members of the public who attended immigration bail hearings in 2010. Nearly half found the court proceedings to be irregular.
The announcement that children's charity Barnardo’s will work with the Coalition in the proposed replacement for Yarl’s Wood Immigration Removal Centre throws into stark relief the dilemma facing children's advocates in the UK. Should they be accomplices to contentious policy, or stand back and ma
The Youth Hostel Association was founded to help all, especially young people of limited means, to enjoy the countryside. Now the YHA is planning to sell off eight hostels, to be returned into the hands of the financially privileged.
Esme Madill, a consultant in the not for profit sector, spoke last night at a celebration of a London project for Somali children. She asked, if Cameron is calling on us to defend the values of the host community, who is part of this group? Can we have too many community groups, or too much cultur
Will this government help young people stay out of trouble and out of prison?: A response to the Committee of Public Accounts Report ‘The youth justice system in England and Wales; Reducing offending by young people’.
Young people – already facing the tripling of tuition fees – are increasingly expected to take on unpaid internships before getting a decent job. An investigation published by Quaker Magazine The Friend reveals a sharp rise in advertisements for interns on no or minimum pay.
The campaigning organisation 38 Degrees has reached a new level with its Save Our Forests Petition, and is now a national player. Now is the time for congratulations, but also for a word of friendly warning.
Cameron cannot continue preaching the Big Society while alienating immigrants and refugees. So much for the Big Society and shared national identity.
As recently as 10 January, the Home Office falsely claimed that no child had been detained for immigration purposes this past Christmas. A Freedom of Information Request extracted the truth, proving that the Home Office cannot be trusted on child detention.
The new British government is not being as good as its words across in the policy area where its promises seemed most principled and coherent. Labour should wake up.
Long before the latest savage cuts, the UK’s failure to prioritise children was an international disgrace. At yesterday’s Westminster Education Forum, Sir Al Aynsley-Green, the former Children’s Commissioner, urged children’s advocates to shape up and work together to challenge the government.
