Regulator Calls For People To Share Experiences Accessing Care Records
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by Emma Guy
1M ago
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) is calling on people with experience of the care system in the UK to share the challenges they have faced when accessing their care records from organisations. Via a survey launched today, the UK data protection regulator has doubled down on its commitment to improving the support it provides to both people who grew up in the care system in the UK and the organisations that hold their information. Catherine Evans O’Brien, Head of Communities at the ICO, said: “Accessing care records can be an emotive and personal subject, as the information can pla ..read more
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Government Faces Backlash After Banning Care Workers From Bringing Dependants To The UK
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by Emma Guy
1M ago
The home secretary James Cleverly unveiled in a tweet on Monday that he had laid an order before Parliament to ban dependants of overseas care workers from coming to the UK. The ban will deprive people working in one of the most important sectors in the UK of the chance to bring their families from overseas – raising questions over the right to respect for family life enshrined in the European Convention on Human Rights.  Today in Parliament we have laid an order to ban overseas care workers from bringing dependants. This is just one part of our plan to deliver the biggest-ever cut in ..read more
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Can The Government Really Stop Homelessness By 2025?
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by Emma Guy
1M ago
Please note: some of the names in this article may have been changed.  The government has recently released two reports, Flow of rough sleeping research report and Homelessness and Rough Sleeping Systems-wide evaluation feasibility reports, which set out its proposals for eradicating homelessness by 2025. It has also allocated £2bn to achieve this via the cross-government strategy ‘Ending rough sleeping for good’. But is it possible to eradicate homelessness by next year?  The homelessness and rough sleeping (HRS) system has created a two-area structure (policymaking at central gov ..read more
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£1.2bn Is Spent Convicting People By Association, Including Innocent Bystanders
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by Emma Guy
1M ago
A recent report by Manchester Metropolitan University, ‘The Mounting Cost of Injustice: Calculating the Economic Cost of Joint Enterprise’, reveals that £1.2bn of taxpayer money is spent annually to convict an average of 1,088 individuals under joint enterprise.  The heavy toll the doctrine of joint enterprise is taking on the already underfunded criminal justice system – including economic implications for both society and individuals, and the affects on those convicted and their families – means that the call for reform in this controversial area of the law is louder than ever. What i ..read more
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Over Half Of Housing Under Two London Regeneration Estates Won’t Be Affordable For Locals
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by Emma Guy
1M ago
The Government has announced a £50 million investment to regenerate London estates, £4m towards a housing delivery around Euston, and £125m to unlock three major brownfield sites in East and South London. However, EachOther can confirm that 60% of housing on two estates won’t be affordable to people living locally. The new investment will be made available to existing estate regeneration schemes that carry the support of local communities. This funding is on top of the £1 billion allocated in the capital through the Government’s Affordable Homes Programme which is intended to support the reg ..read more
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Victims Of Modern Slavery Overlooked Due To Lack Of Training, Report Finds
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by Emma Guy
1M ago
A new report by The Rights Lab and ECPAT, a leading children’s rights organisation, has highlighted the ways in which the UK government and local authorities could become more effective at handling child protection in relation to modern slavery.  One of the principal findings of its research was that earlier identification of children who could be vulnerable to exploitation is needed. One of the best ways to achieve this is to implement more training for the relevant stakeholders who carry responsibility for the care of children.  The UK has legal obligations under international co ..read more
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MoJ Finds Public Engagement Crucial In Shaping Sentencing Policies
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by Emma Guy
1M ago
In a significant step towards fostering transparency and inclusivity within the criminal justice system, the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has acknowledged the pivotal role public opinion plays in shaping sentencing policy. This revelation comes in response to a landmark report titled ‘Public Opinion and Understanding of Sentencing’, published by the justice committee in November 2023.  The justice committee, a cross-party assembly of MPs, warned that the public debate on sentencing is mired in a “dysfunctional and reactive cycle”. Consequently, it recommended that the government actively e ..read more
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EachOther Launches New Human Rights Storytellers Programme At Goldsmiths University
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by Emma Guy
4M ago
EachOther is proud to announce the launch of our human rights programme for storytellers at Goldsmiths University, London. The Knowing Our Rights: Storytellers Programme is a ground-breaking and unique opportunity for students and staff, to produce multi-media work that addresses human rights issues in the UK.  Under the Knowing Our Rights: Storytellers programme, students will have the opportunity to pitch an idea and be given editorial support in order to see their work be published by an award winning human rights charity. This innovative programme will support individuals and groups ..read more
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UK Residents Without Welfare Safety Net Rises By Over 1 Million
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by Emma Guy
4M ago
Almost 2.6 million people living in the UK at the end of 2022 held visas that, while valid, in most circumstances would deny them access to welfare – an increase of over 1 million in just two years, from just under 1.5 million in 2020, according to new research from the Migration Observatory at the University of Oxford.  A new briefing, Deprivation and the no recourse to public funds (NRPF) condition, produced with the support of the abrdn Financial Fairness Trust, shows a large increase in people who have the “no recourse to public funds” (or NRPF) condition attached to their visa.&nbs ..read more
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A Human Rights Roundup Of The Conservative Party Conference
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by Emma Guy
6M ago
In what has been dubbed a ‘chaotic’ event, the Conservative party conference raised several human rights issues that sparked both media and public debate. The conference, which has now come to a close, made national and international headlines throughout the week, for political stances on migrants, asylum seekers, education and the LGBTQ+ community. Addressing the conference, Braverman stated that trans women “have no place in biological women’s wards”. The remarks were made following the health secretary’s statement that “biological men should not have treatment in the same wards as biologi ..read more
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