Human rights

DWP faces 'outrage' and 'paranoia' if it continues plans to 'spy' on bank accounts
DWP
Department for Work and Pensions

DWP faces 'outrage' and 'paranoia' if it continues plans to 'spy' on bank accounts

The government could be given powers to "spy" on benefit claimants' bank accounts and any connected accounts. It claims it is cracking down on benefit fraud, but organisations fear it sets a "dangerous precedent"
Tens of thousand sign petition against DWP plan to snoop on benefit claimants' bank accounts
dwp/ spying
Department for Work and Pensions

Tens of thousand sign petition against DWP plan to snoop on benefit claimants' bank accounts

'I urinated myself in the opticians': UK's public toilet crisis makes disabled people feel like 'prisoners'
public toilet
Public toilets

'I urinated myself in the opticians': UK's public toilet crisis makes disabled people feel like 'prisoners'

Britain becoming more liberal-minded – but less tolerant of trans people, survey finds
Transgender rights

Britain becoming more liberal-minded – but less tolerant of trans people, survey finds

Brassic FM: How 90s rave crackdowns foreshadowed attacks on our right to protest
opinion

Brassic FM: How 90s rave crackdowns foreshadowed attacks on our right to protest

Pride marches, football matches, and vigils: The ordinary activities that could get caught up in the government’s new slow walking crackdown
London Pride 2019
Public Order Act

Pride marches, football matches, and vigils: The ordinary activities that could get caught up in the government’s new slow walking crackdown

Voter ID: Everything you need to know about how to vote in May’s elections, and the controversies
voter ID uk
Politics

Voter ID: Everything you need to know about how to vote in May’s elections, and the controversies

A disabled woman has been left without a toilet or shower for months by her healthcare provider
Faith/ disabled/ hoist
Disability

A disabled woman has been left without a toilet or shower for months by her healthcare provider

The government’s anti-protest bill is back. Here’s what you might not know about it
public order bill
Public Order Bill

The government’s anti-protest bill is back. Here’s what you might not know about it

Exclusive: Controversial new laws forced through to restrict noisy protests haven't been used by police
Policing bill
Protest

Exclusive: Controversial new laws forced through to restrict noisy protests haven't been used by police

Shami Chakrabarti: The best new year’s resolution for 2023? Defend our human rights
Dominic Raab, International Human Rights Day
Shami Chakrabarti

Shami Chakrabarti: The best new year’s resolution for 2023? Defend our human rights

Here's what people in Dover really think about UK immigration
Immigration

Here's what people in Dover really think about UK immigration

Essential voices of protest must not be compromised
Peter Tatchell
Paul McNamee

Essential voices of protest must not be compromised

Homeless people are being ‘disproportionately criminalised’ by anti-social behaviour laws
homeless public spaces protection orders
Rough sleeping

Homeless people are being ‘disproportionately criminalised’ by anti-social behaviour laws

Why are anti-monarchy protesters being arrested after the Queen’s death?
Protest

Why are anti-monarchy protesters being arrested after the Queen’s death?

Rwanda scheme protesters fear treatment of refugees will worsen under Liz Truss
Activism

Rwanda scheme protesters fear treatment of refugees will worsen under Liz Truss

Met Police banned a man from Shoreditch 'after he filmed a stop and search'
Met Police

Met Police banned a man from Shoreditch 'after he filmed a stop and search'

Raja Shehadeh: We weren't close in life, but in researching my father I finally understand him
Palestine

Raja Shehadeh: We weren't close in life, but in researching my father I finally understand him

Boris Johnson leaves with 'trust in politics at an all time low', say campaigners
Boris Johnson
Boris Johnson

Boris Johnson leaves with 'trust in politics at an all time low', say campaigners

The UK approach to replacing the Human Rights Act is just as worrying as the replacement itself
The Palace of Westminster lit up at night, reflected in the Thames
Human rights

The UK approach to replacing the Human Rights Act is just as worrying as the replacement itself

Public Order Bill: Linking arms at a protest could mean a year in prison under proposed laws, warn MPs
A group of masked demonstrators marches with arms locked at a demonstration on April 19, 2008 in Washington, DC
Right to protest

Public Order Bill: Linking arms at a protest could mean a year in prison under proposed laws, warn MPs

Rwanda deportations: What is the European Court of Human Rights, and why did it stop the UK flight from taking off?
Rows of empty seats on a plane
Rwanda policy

Rwanda deportations: What is the European Court of Human Rights, and why did it stop the UK flight from taking off?

Nearly 1 in 3 worried they could be homeless or sofa-surfing in the next 5 years
Housing crisis

Nearly 1 in 3 worried they could be homeless or sofa-surfing in the next 5 years

Police forced to scrap order that banned a homeless man from carrying a cup
homeless tent
Homelessness

Police forced to scrap order that banned a homeless man from carrying a cup

Cadbury faces claims its chocolate is sourced from farms using child labour
Child labour

Cadbury faces claims its chocolate is sourced from farms using child labour