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Home Office in turmoil following asylum ruling

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Asylum knocked down - the case means Theresa May will no longer be able to force asylum seekers onto fast-track during their appeals

Home Office in chaos as court knocks down unlawful asylum restrictions

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Locked up: Many people are detained for years on end

Two down, one to go: Tories isolated on indefinite detention of asylum seekers

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Cameron bears responsibility for UK government decision to end support for search-and-rescue

Cameron bears responsibility for migrant boat deaths – but Miliband isn’t brave enough to say it

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Libya migrant workers: Chaos in the country could be encouraging the migrant boats

Comment: Migrant boats show us the true desperation of refugees

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Italian minister Graziano Delrio shakes hands with a migrant standing on the deck of a boat carrying 27 survivors of the migrant shipwreck

This isn’t a migrant rescue plan – it’s an EU border-control plan

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Counting the pennies: Taxpayer takes the hit for harsh Home Office policy

How getting tough on asylum seekers cost the taxpayer millions

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MDU advises doctors on how to prevent a delayed diagnosis in prostate and testicular cancer

Doctors need time to digest the GMC’s more detailed guidance (MDG), says MDU.

The Medical Defence Union (MDU) has expressed concern that doctors will have insufficient time to read and digest the General Medical Council’s (GMC) more detailed guidance (MDG) which has been published today and comes into effect on January 30th 2024, alongside the updated version of its ethical standards Good Medical Practice. The MDGs, cover a… Read more »

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Humanists UK welcomes Ofsted’s call to tackle illegal schools and improve RE

Ofsted has called on the Government to take action on illegal schools. The call came in Ofsted’s latest annual report, published yesterday. The report also highlighted that religious education (RE) provision in English state schools is ‘not fit for purpose’, and that independent faith schools perform very badly in Ofsted inspections. Humanists UK, which has led the… Read more »

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Aderonke Apata: Judicial review case could halt deportation to Nigeria

Can you prove you’re gay? Last minute legal battle for lesbian fighting deportation to Nigeria

A lesbian campaigner who was voted one of the most influential LGBT people in the UK is fighting her deportation to Nigeria today, as her case goes to the high court.

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Angelina Jolie shares a joke with British ministers, but in the asylum system, her programme is being ignored

Comment: The Foreign Office pledges to help women – and then the Home Office betrays them

Overseas, the UK government is stopping violence against women via a much-praised campaign by ANgelina Jolie and William Hague. But at home, it fails to follow it’s own guidelines.

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