Civil Liberties
Phoenix Insights, the think tank addressing the challenge of longer lives, is calling on businesses to boost economic growth by supporting lifelong learning opportunities among mid and late-career workers, including giving clearer job and career progression assurances for those who retrain Never Too Late to Learn report says UK lags behind other OECD countries in its… Read more »
The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) is delighted to announce Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal as the Association’s new Patron. In response to her acceptance, BASC Council chairman, Eoghan Cameron, said: “We are privileged that The Princess Royal has accepted the invitation to become our new Patron. The news has been warmly welcomed… Read more »
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Binyam Mohamed has produced what he says is incontrovertible evidence UK security services were aware of and colluded in his torture. The 30-year-old was released from Guantanamo Bay last month after a seven-year ordeal that saw him flown to secret CIA prisons and repeatedly tortured. Two heavily-redacted telegrams sent from MI5 to the CIA, released… Read more »
By Ian Dunt A coalition of healthcare organisations has called on Jack Straw to back down over plans to grant government unprecedented access to individuals’ medical records. The move comes on a day of increased concentration on civil liberties, with the government seeking to renew its control order legislation and a politics.co.uk poll showing substantial… Read more »
