As G4S is exposed for overcharging on government contracts, we ask - just what is G4S doing in the NHS?
The UK immigration authorities have hounded an ill woman for years. They claim she is a health tourist. Her doctors confirm that she is not. On Thursday Roseline Akhalu yet again faces her accusers in court. Friends, neighbours and actor Colin Firth lend support.
G4S & Serco fraud inquiry: Five things the British public need to know about privatising criminal justice.
Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 The demonisation of the European Court of Human Rights over the long failure to deport Abu Qatada is likely to be intensified by the Court’s ruling against whole life tariffs. Neither case will get the human rights perspective that they deserve
‘A lack of imagination is not having the imagination to see what’s missing’ - in this week's Friday Essay, Robert Gildea looks at 1968 and asks where the missing energy of 2013 is going to come from.
At the moment, there are few anti-capitalist social movements that have any real impact. Aaron Peters examines four structures that would aid their plight and boost the movement's political voice.
The pooling of democratic funds should not be funnelled exclusively into any single party, particularly one so frequently hostile to worker's interests. Instead union funds should be dispersed to projects outside Westminster, chosen and allocated by their members. This could transform the role of
A social scientist unpicks the flawed methodology of Home Office research on migration.
JULY 2013: Crown Prosecution Service reconsiders decision not to prosecute G4S.JULY 2012: Ramsbotham, former chief inspector of prisons, condemns original CPS decision not to prosecute. Peers describe UK Border Agency culture of disbelief, its abuse of torture victims, denial of legal representati
That the Westminster media could so entirely ignore Falkirk's electoral history shows once again how out of touch the London bubble can be.
The wild profits and net worths that the internet has enabled has created a massive power shift, leaving the corporations to overbear the countries they inhabit. In light of this, what are the consequences for both parties?
• A British jury finds that Jimmy Mubenga, a father of five being deported from Britain to Angola, was unlawfully killed • Three guards from private security company G4S forcibly restrained him • Ties that go back decades before his birth in Angola link Jimmy Mubenga to the UK
