Government says aim is to remove foreign national offenders from Britain but critics say bill is a toxic recipe for race relations Concerns have been raised by civil liberties groups that people will be targeted because of how they look, their accent and their skin colour. Photograph: John Stillwell/PA Government measures making people prove their…
The UK has 10 universities in the top 100 of the world’s best when it comes to global reputation, but many have slipped down the rankings this year. Cambridge and Oxford remain in the top five, at fourth and fifth place respectively, but both have moved down two places on their 2015 ranking. The US…
Parliamentary committee warns of complex negotiations to determine rights of UK citizens living in other member states British tourists play pool at an English bar in Benalmádena, Spain. The country is the top European destination for British expats. Photograph: Getty Validating the rights of the 2 million Britons living in the EU after Brexit –…
The number of unrepresented defendants in criminal courts is increasing – but no one knows how big the problem is. That is the conclusion of research published in a week when the lord chief justice complained that civil courts are having to abandon the adversarial system to deal with the increasing number of litigants in…
