Yesterday education minister Michael Gove was demoted to the post of chief whip. His covert privatisation of schools across England goes on.
Harsh UK immigration rules deprive couples of their right to family life unless they earn at least £18,600 per year — more if they have children. And that's all right, says the Court of Appeal.
Yesterday Chris Grayling, who is both Minister of State for Justice (dismantling the legal aid system) and Lord Chancellor (sworn to uphold the rule of law), gave evidence before the House of Commons Justice Committee.
• For almost an hour after Steve Ham was found unresponsive, G4S guards failed to call an ambulance• Panic, inexperience, understaffing and lack of transparency exposed at UK's flagship private prison• “An excellent model for the future of the Prison Service,” said justice minister Chris Grayling
How the UK's immigration rules deprive couples of their right to family life
A Q&A with Clare Sambrook, OurKingdom co-editor and co-founder of the End Child Detention Now campaign. Interviewer: Rebecca Omonira-Oyekanmi, writer-in-residence at Lacuna.
What happens after a government outsourcer fails shareholders and the public, and the boss loses his job? Nick Buckles gets £1,200,000 — and a pension of more than £400,000 a year.
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The horrible death of Canadian Alois Dvorzac in UK immigration detention was big news. What if he'd been from Eritrea or Zaire?
A shocking report on Harmondsworth, the British immigration lock-up run by GEO, America's second biggest prisons contractor. Who are the GEO Group and what do they stand for?
UK spending watchdog confirms mismanagement in outsourcing to G4S and Serco. Report casts doubt on public servants' ability to scrutinise powerful contractors.
• Glasgow murder conviction raises fresh doubts about government outsourcer's competence and integrity• Guard's "instability only became apparent after the murder," says G4S, who claim expertise in "robust employee screening"
