Download IPFS Kirklees Council’s services for children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) remain inconsistent, despite progress since a previous inspection found “significant areas of weakness”. A new report published on 5 August identifies ongoing shortcomings in the local authority’s ability to deliver timely and consistent[Read More…]

Download IPFS The European Union is considering a migrant deal with Rwanda, echoing the controversial plan the UK government recently scrapped after years of legal and political challenges. The move has reignited debate over the human rights implications of outsourcing asylum processing to third countries. While the UK government officially[Read More…]

Download IPFS A disturbing child neglect case from Canada has sparked renewed concern over how authorities respond to early signs of abuse, raising questions relevant to UK child protection systems. In March 2023, Canadian welfare workers found an eight-year-old boy in Winnipeg severely malnourished and unable to walk or use[Read More…]

Download IPFS Thousands of people across England may still be eligible for a free bus pass, even after recent changes to disability benefit assessments under the Government’s welfare reforms. The English National Concessionary Travel Scheme offers free bus travel to residents aged 66 and above, as well as to individuals[Read More…]

Download IPFS Some disabled people across the UK could receive a significant boost to their monthly income, with the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) offering up to £909 in additional support automatically applied in many cases. These payments, known as disability premiums, are intended to help with the extra[Read More…]

Download IPFS The UK’s newly launched migrant returns agreement with France is facing scrutiny over whether it may allow legal loopholes to block deportations. The agreement, which began on Wednesday, enables the UK to return migrants who are deemed ineligible to remain, in exchange for accepting the same number of[Read More…]

Download IPFS Former Arsenal midfielder Thomas Partey appeared at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday to face multiple serious criminal charges relating to allegations made by three women. The 32-year-old Ghana international is accused of five counts of rape and one count of sexual assault. The incidents are alleged to have[Read More…]

Download IPFS Kigali, Rwanda, has confirmed a new agreement with the United States to receive up to 250 individuals deported from American territory. The deal, announced this week, allows Rwanda to assess and approve each deportee on a case-by-case basis. Yolande Makolo, spokesperson for the Rwandan government, said the specifics[Read More…]

Download IPFS England’s prison system is operating on the brink, with a damning independent report revealing it narrowly avoided collapse three times within a year. The review, led by Dame Anne Owers, a former Chief Inspector of Prisons, pointed to longer sentences, higher recall rates, and inconsistent political leadership as[Read More…]

Download IPFS A US citizen living in London has taken a gender recognition dispute to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) after UK courts declined to legally recognise a nonbinary gender identity under existing legislation. Ryan Castellucci, who arrived in the UK in 2019 on a Tier 1 Global[Read More…]