Justice minister Chris Grayling is imposing a ‘more Spartan’ prison regime, with deadly consequences.• 88 prisoner suicides in one year in England and Wales• Chief Inspector of Prisons to be replaced in 2015• Spending on food cut to £1.96 per prisoner per day (that’s £1.96 in total, breakfast, lun
He was an increasingly isolated figure, regarded at the time with a contempt and hostility from some Party apparatchiks that exceeded even MI5 denunciations.
In November each year, with increasing collective commitment it seems, we remember the servicemen and women who have died in recent wars and those of the previous century. It is curious, remembrance.
Filthy showers, uncleared rubbish, mice infestation. The quality of housing provided to asylum seekers by commercial contractors is poor indeed, but good enough for the Home Office.
Next door to a Formula 1 car testing zone, hundreds of migrant women are kept behind bars. Heather Jones is a long-term visitor.
Children and victims of domestic violence are among the losers as more and more people are denied legal representation.
More than 275,000 people have signed online petitions to stop Julien Blanc from entering the UK. Banning undesirables from entering Britain by invoking immigration laws has a long history, but is this the best way to tackle Blanc's racism and sexism?
Without EU 'reforms' he may not even recommend a 'yes' in the referendum on membership in 2017, says British PM. But what he asks for is mostly there already.
Strict prohibitions against arbitrary detention are a central element in any system that celebrates liberty. It is time to learn the lessons of history and extend this right to migrants.
The UK government reckons that letting people drown will prevent unnecessary deaths.
National security entrusted to the market's private military and security companies can only address the symptoms, not the causes, of war and insecurity. Interview.
