Rights

Former Labour MP Paul Farrelly explains the circumstances surrounding a new legal investigation into whether members of Parliament’s Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS), looking into phone-hacking and press criminality, were systematically hacked by Murdoch empire

In the first part of a series detailing her journey after several sudden brain haemorrhages and seizures this summer, Penny Pepper reflects on what has changed – for good and for worse – in our NHS

Mandatory voter ID rules are expected to cost the taxpayer £120m over the next decade.

"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