This afternoon the Lords will debate the Mental Capacity Amendment Bill – a monumental task given the problems with it and the pitiful amount of time dedicated to scrutiny.
It’s that time of year again when we welcome four work experience students to Liberty House.
We’re delighted to have Ama, Amna, Katie and Shirin with us this week. They will be spending time with our various teams to get a taste of life at Liberty and learn what makes an effective human rights NGO tick.
Earlier this month, the Government announced its £100m strategy to make homelessness “a thing of the past” and end rough sleeping by 2027. If it's serious, it needs to scrap Public Space Protection Orders.
In coming days, the Government will respond to renewed calls for a full, independent investigation. Here’s Liberty’s Gracie Bradley on why they can’t keep hiding.
By routinely handing victims of crime to the Home Office for immigration enforcement purposes, police are damaging community relations, putting undocumented people at risk – and making us all less safe.
With MPs off on their summer holidays, now is a good time to reflect on the past few months – and look ahead as the clock ticks steadily towards ‘exit day’ on 29 March 2019.
As MPs jet off on their summer holidays, they will no doubt be desperate for some interesting and insightful reads to fill the inevitable downtime.
One major work they almost certainly haven’t had time to pick up yet is Sir Stephen Shaw’s second review into the welfare of people held in immigration detention –published by the Home Office at 3pm on Parliament’s last day of term.
The National Police Chiefs’ Council (NPCC) will no longer be able to operate in secret after human rights campaign organisations Liberty and Privacy International demanded it be subject to Freedom of Information laws.
