Area: Local

19.12.24

‘I’m horrified’: Chrissie Hynde turns back on ‘ethical’ farm after animal welfare allegations

Ahimsa Dairy Foundation underpaid some workers and left animals to suffer through fatal injury

11.12.24

Family Court Files

Parental alienation: landmark new guidance issued to protect victims of domestic abuse

Guidance to family court judges also addresses the use of unregulated psychologists as expert witnesses

09.12.24

Family Court Files

Family Court Reporting Week: judge praises ‘impeccable’ journalism produced by pilot project

Transparency scheme due to be rolled out across England and Wales early in early 2025

07.12.24

Trans+ Voices

Trans+ people finding it harder to access ‘lifesaving’ treatment

Reports of treatment being refused or withdrawn are on the rise – and no official figures exist to track the issue

15.11.24

Trapped in work

Seasonal workers find no hope in employment tribunals

Exploited farmworkers face huge barriers to justice – including rules effectively preventing oral evidence

12.11.24

Local Power

Thurrock crisis: this is a bizarre twist to the solar farm scandal

Senior Thurrock council officers and Conservative cabinet members spent years with their heads in the sand

11.11.24

Local Power

Thurrock prepares to sue 23 councils over dodgy solar farm valuations

The council wants to recoup money lost in a disastrous series of investments by any means necessary

09.11.24

Family Court Files

Parents ‘losing their children’ over misinterpreted drug tests

Hair strands tests used in life-changing decisions can give misleading results

18.10.24

Trapped in work

Employment Rights Bill: will new unfair dismissal rules help seasonal workers?

Proposals may improve the outlook for vulnerable migrant workers – but do not address the root of the problem

16.10.24

Family Court Files

Cafcass issues new rules to protect abuse victims in family court system

Service representing children’s interests urges stricter recommendations around abusive parents

15.10.24

Trans+ Voices

Trans+ suicides in the UK: why are reporting guidelines part of the debate?

Coroners and charities have drawn a link between lack of access to healthcare and subsequent suicides. But gender critical campaigners have long disputed the evidence

10.10.24

Family Court Files

Why are unregulated psychologists acting as expert witnesses in family courts?

A clinical psychologist explains the problematic role of experts in family courts cases

05.09.24

Trans+ Voices

Trans+ Voices: what our project has done so far – and where it will go next

Taking stock of our community-led project investigating issues faced by trans and non-binary people

31.08.24

Family Court Files

Family Court Files: mother ‘devastated’ after rapist father granted contact with child

The mother has successfully appealled the order that let Kristoffer White have unsupervised time with their daughter

24.08.24

Trapped in work

‘We sacrificed everything we had’: seasonal workers left without jobs after Home Office decision

Workers were promised UK jobs before recruiter had licence revoked

02.07.24

UK Elections

Explainer: what do the UK party manifestos say about trans+ issues?

Trans people have become a significant focus of the debate in the lead up to the general election

02.07.24

Trans+ Voices

‘One day they may thank us for that “abuse”’: Inside the Bayswater Support Group

On Discord, parents discussed destroying their children’s belongings and blocking access to Childline to ‘stop’ them being trans

02.07.24

Trans+ Voices

The parents group at the centre of a rollback of trans rights

A Conservative MP enlisted Bayswater Support Group in push back on trans education in schools

28.06.24

UK Elections

‘It’s a basic civil right’: millions in UK unable to vote due to immigration status

Elected members of government and NHS doctors are among those with no say on 4 July

26.06.24

Family Court Files

Reform family courts to tackle violence against women, charities urge next government

Experts say manifestos fail to reflect the profound impact of family courts on victims of domestic abuse

‘I’m horrified’: Chrissie Hynde turns back on ‘ethical’ farm after animal welfare allegations

Parental alienation: landmark new guidance issued to protect victims of domestic abuse

Family Court Reporting Week: judge praises ‘impeccable’ journalism produced by pilot project

Trans+ people finding it harder to access ‘lifesaving’ treatment

Seasonal workers find no hope in employment tribunals

Thurrock crisis: this is a bizarre twist to the solar farm scandal

Thurrock prepares to sue 23 councils over dodgy solar farm valuations

Parents ‘losing their children’ over misinterpreted drug tests

Employment Rights Bill: will new unfair dismissal rules help seasonal workers?

Cafcass issues new rules to protect abuse victims in family court system

Trans+ suicides in the UK: why are reporting guidelines part of the debate?

Why are unregulated psychologists acting as expert witnesses in family courts?

Trans+ Voices: what our project has done so far – and where it will go next

Family Court Files: mother ‘devastated’ after rapist father granted contact with child

‘We sacrificed everything we had’: seasonal workers left without jobs after Home Office decision

Explainer: what do the UK party manifestos say about trans+ issues?

‘One day they may thank us for that “abuse”’: Inside the Bayswater Support Group

The parents group at the centre of a rollback of trans rights

‘It’s a basic civil right’: millions in UK unable to vote due to immigration status

Reform family courts to tackle violence against women, charities urge next government

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