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 American soldier accused of leaking classified military files is suffering abuses at the hands of US authorities. But in a new twist, his dual UK-US citizenship could entitle him to consular assistance that is urgently required
Compass is deciding whether or not to open itself to members of any political party - rather than, as at present, only those who are members of the Labour party or of none. The decision feeds into a wider debate of the moment around the shifting distribution of power in British politics and the ex
Leaflets have long lain at the heart of local democracy. This great liberal tradition is now under threat, not now from King or Church, but from the unexpected quarter of local authority environmental officials.
I didn't expect to learn about the composition of our island nation this morning from an American time management coach. Mr. C.G.P Grey's video is designed to guide his fellow countrymen through the ins and outs of our unitary state and the Commonwealth nations, so that British people won't "secre
Today, the government's forest sell-off policy will be forced to the vote in the House of Commons. It should be defeated for it is ill-considered and has all the hallmarks of a "squalid" sell-out to benefit the interests of the rich.
When activists under the banner of UK Uncut protest outside high-street shops on Saturday 18th December they will be doing something of great political importance. But they will also be demonstrating and articulating something of immense philosophical significance.
A new Labour Peer attacks the spirit and methods of the Coalition's attempt to re-draw the UK's constituencies and rush a referendum on the voting system even though he favours the principles of reform
The European experience of coalition government is being defied in Westminster, instead of respecting its spirit of consensus and compromise it is being used to legitimate a re-run of the curse of the UK: elected dictatorship
