‘Rishi Sunak’s asylum laws have introduced a “perma-backlog” of up to 55,000 people who cannot have their claims processed and risk being left indefinitely in taxpayer-funded temporary accommodation, according to a new report.’
The Guardian, 28th February 2024
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Ministers are consulting backbench Tory MPs on watering down planned protections for renters in England.’
BBC News, 28 February 2024
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The UK has signed a new deal with the EU’s border agency to work more closely together to stop small boats crossing the English Channel.’
BBC News, 23rd February 2024
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Shamima Begum, who left Britain as a schoolgirl to join Islamic State, has lost an appeal against the decision to remove her British citizenship.’
The Guardian, 23rd February 2024
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Ministers have vowed to press ahead with legislation to automatically overturn convictions related to the Post Office Horizon scandal by the end of July.’
The Guardian, 22nd February 2024
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘It is hard to think of a concept with a more contested definition in legal and political circles than “the rule of law”. The question of what content (if any) might be found within it (and indeed, what “it” even is – a political truth? A normative ideal? A mere slogan?) has been taken up, with varying degrees of enthusiasm, by first-year law students, wizened academics, campaigning groups and politicians. If it sometimes seems that a thicker, rights-laden understanding of the term has taken root, detractors are always quick to emerge, eager to remind us of what the rule of law is and what it is not. There is a real danger in piling too much upon the notion so as to distort the concept, which may cause us to lose sight of why the rule of law is uniquely important. At the very least, framing the rule of law narrowly helps ensure that an appropriate degree of opprobrium can be generated in those instances when it is, in fact, undermined.’
UK Constitutional Law Association, 22nd February 2024
Source: ukconstitutionallaw.org
‘Teachers in England face being banned if they fail to report evidence of children being subjected to sexual abuse under plans for new legislation announced by the home secretary, James Cleverly.’
The Guardian, 21st February 2024
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The high court has dismissed a case urging the suspension of UK arms sales to Israel.’
The Guardian, 20th February 2024
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The Home Office has rejected changes proposed by the Law Commission almost five years ago, which would have introduced statutory guidance on the suspicious activity reports (SARs) made by professionals under the UK’s anti-money laundering regime (AML) regime.’
Legal Futures, 20th February 2024
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The Government has published its response to the Law Commission’s anti-money laundering report. Of the 19 recommendations made, the Government has accepted, or partially accepted, 13 of them.’
Law Commission, 15th February 2024
Source: lawcom.gov.uk
‘A people smuggler has been jailed for cramming 7 migrants into a one-person sleeping compartment and brazenly trying to enter the UK.’
Home Office, 16th February 2024
Source: www.gov.uk
‘The UK’s chief inspector of borders and immigration has called it “scandalous” that his watchdog role could be left vacant while the Rwanda scheme is introduced.’
The Guardian, 19th February 2024
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The West Midlands Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC), Simon Foster, has launched a judicial review challenge against the Home Secretary over the decision to transfer the PCC’s powers to the West Midlands Mayor.’
Local Government Lawyer, 15th February 2024
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘A woman is facing deportation, and being separated from her husband and 10-year-old son, despite a court ruling that the family have the right to live together in the UK.’
The Guardian, 15th February 2024
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Ministers have asked the Legal Services Board (LSB) to outline how it plans to approach the regulation of artificial intelligence (AI) in the sector by the end of April.’
Legal Futures, 16th February 2024
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The government is facing a legal challenge over plans to permit housebuilders in England to allow sewage pollution “through the back door”.’
The Guardian, 13th February 2024
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A new report by The Rights Lab and ECPAT, a leading children’s rights organisation, has highlighted the ways in which the UK government and local authorities could become more effective at handling child protection in relation to modern slavery.’
Each Other, 14th February 2024
Source: eachother.org.uk
‘The home secretary has given an “unreserved and unqualified apology” to a Palestinian refugee for “serious errors” made in relation to her student visa application.’
The Guardian, 13th February 2024
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The Home Office has announced its intention to create new offences relating to actions taken by attendees at protests. The plans include making it an offence to possess flares or pyrotechnics at a protest, to wear a face covering at a protest, and to climb on war memorials. The changes will be added as amendments to the Criminal Justice Bill. The Home Office has emphasised that the new rules are not a blanket ban on face coverings, and only apply where the protester’s intention is to conceal their identity.’
UK Human Rights Blog, 12th February 2024
Source: ukhumanrightsblog.com
‘The UK government’s controversial Rwanda legislation that deems the African country as a safe place to deport people to is fundamentally incompatible with Britain’s human rights obligations and places it in breach of international law, according to a damning parliamentary report.’
The Guardian, 12th February 2024
Source: www.theguardian.com
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