A human rights watchdog has criticised the Government’s “slow progress” in efforts to improve the lives of disabled people across the UK. Some recommendations made seven years ago have still
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The Scottish Covid-19 Inquiry has appointed a chief executive to help investigate the Government’s response to the pandemic. Ian Duddy, chairman of the Scottish Human Rights Commission, will begin his
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Government plans to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda are “unfair” to torture survivors, the Court of Appeal has been told. In December, two judges at the High Court dismissed a
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A barge docked off the Dorset coast will hold around 500 asylum seekers for at least 18 months, the Home Office has confirmed despite facing legal threats from local Tories.
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The United Nations’ refugee agency has urged MPs and peers to block Rishi Sunak’s “profoundly” concerning plan to tackle small boat crossings. The UNHCR said the Illegal Migration Bill amounted
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Ministers have been accused of setting an “utterly terrible example” to other countries with new migration proposals which campaigners said will see vulnerable people treated as criminals and suspected terrorists.
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New legislation to tackle small boat crossings in the Channel is likely to fall foul of the European Convention on Human Rights, Suella Braverman has told MPs. Anticipating a possible
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The system for challenging decisions about social care can be confusing, lengthy, complicated and stressful, an inquiry has found. Many people – often those who are already vulnerable – can
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Rishi Sunak is facing calls to abandon the Government’s controversial attempt to overhaul human rights legislation amid a warning that it would seriously damage people’s ability to enforce their rights.
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MSPs have voted to pass controversial gender legislation that allows transgender people to self-identify. The Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill passed by 86 votes to 39 on Thursday and will
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