Mandatory voter ID rules are expected to cost the taxpayer £120m over the next decade.
Rights
"A Legal Officer’s duty is to apply the law, not to interfere with the editorial decisions of a free press," standards body Impress said in a letter to the Government.
In just one year, book bans in the US have increased by a third – largely targeted at works containing content on LGBTQ+ rights, race and racism, physical abuse, grief and death
From the Lobbying Act to condemnation of peaceful campaigners by Government figures, free speech has been thoroughly degraded, the authors argue
Though cited as by the right as a symbol of the dangers and Islam and fundamentalism, the novelist now sees the threats to free speech as "political more than primarily religious"
Poor conditions and a lack of resources won't stop the Government blaming staff, writes one former prison officer
The EU is implementing a blanket ban on facial recognition surveillance by police - but the UK is ploughing ahead despite privacy fears
The UK could show global leadership by pushing for the international community to broaden its definition of refugees, writes former British diplomat Alexandra Hall Hall
Trudi Warner faces up to two years in prison for contempt of court. Now activists across the country are copying her action in solidarity
Government austerity and savage cuts to council funding have decimated respite and short break services