Fiona Bawdon
@fionabawdon.bsky.social
🇺🇦Legal affairs journalist / commissioning editor @LegalActionMag / Co-director ImpactSocialJustice.org / Founder & co-organiser @lalyawards.bsky.social / comms consultant @webelonguk.bsky.social/ Londoner/ Not a lawyer /Always cold / Dogs *and* cats
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By coincidence, I took a screen shot of this tweet by the Lord chancellor and justice secretary David Lammy, in 2020 when he was in opposition.
November 25, 2025 at 3:10 PM
By coincidence, I took a screen shot of this tweet by the Lord chancellor and justice secretary David Lammy, in 2020 when he was in opposition.
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Presumably the Daily Telegraph and GB News will go big on this story?*
Deeply embarrassing: Michael Prescott himself doctored a Trump quote in his anti-BBC report against...doctoring a Trump quote.
*waits until end of time
www.thenewworld.co.uk/james-ball-e...
Deeply embarrassing: Michael Prescott himself doctored a Trump quote in his anti-BBC report against...doctoring a Trump quote.
*waits until end of time
www.thenewworld.co.uk/james-ball-e...
EXCLUSIVE: Michael Prescott himself doctored Trump quote in his anti-BBC report
A report alleging Panorama broadcast misleading Trump quotes contains misleading quotes itself
www.thenewworld.co.uk
November 13, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Presumably the Daily Telegraph and GB News will go big on this story?*
Deeply embarrassing: Michael Prescott himself doctored a Trump quote in his anti-BBC report against...doctoring a Trump quote.
*waits until end of time
www.thenewworld.co.uk/james-ball-e...
Deeply embarrassing: Michael Prescott himself doctored a Trump quote in his anti-BBC report against...doctoring a Trump quote.
*waits until end of time
www.thenewworld.co.uk/james-ball-e...
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This is seriously the biggest change in tenancy law in 37 years. A huge thing, which will change renting short and long term.
Renters' Rights Act day is announced! (Partly). It is 1 May 2026. The last valid section 21 notice (except for social landlords) will be served on 30 April 2026. The end of 37 years. Plus more.
nearlylegal.co.uk/2025/11/rent...
nearlylegal.co.uk/2025/11/rent...
Renters Rights Act Day! - Nearly Legal: Housing Law News and Comment
And Lo! The appointed day has been announced! And it is 1 May 2026. Well, partly… On 1 May 2026, the following provisions will come into force: The end of assured shorthold tenancies, fixed terms and ...
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November 13, 2025 at 11:00 PM
This is seriously the biggest change in tenancy law in 37 years. A huge thing, which will change renting short and long term.
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It shouldn’t be forgotten that a big piece of Mamdani’s campaign was simply “cities are cool and lots of people enjoy living in them” which in and of itself dismantles alot of rightwing talking points
November 7, 2025 at 12:02 PM
It shouldn’t be forgotten that a big piece of Mamdani’s campaign was simply “cities are cool and lots of people enjoy living in them” which in and of itself dismantles alot of rightwing talking points
Happy 4th anniversary @webelonguk.bsky.social Manchester!🥳 Read about the brilliant work of my colleagues Asli Ali and Adam Umarji and why the support & community they provide to young people in & around the city is needed now more than ever www.webelong.org.uk/latest/we-be...
We Belong Marks Four Years of Transforming Young Lives in Manchester
A special report released on our 4th anniversary from a range of voices connected to We Belong Manchester
www.webelong.org.uk
November 3, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Happy 4th anniversary @webelonguk.bsky.social Manchester!🥳 Read about the brilliant work of my colleagues Asli Ali and Adam Umarji and why the support & community they provide to young people in & around the city is needed now more than ever www.webelong.org.uk/latest/we-be...
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Great read from @iandunt.bsky.social on whether Starmer should stay or go, including the mystery of how, if you’re launching a popular climate, energy, and growth strategy, why wouldn’t you stage a press conference on it?
iandunt.substack.com/p/a-world-wi...
iandunt.substack.com/p/a-world-wi...
October 31, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Great read from @iandunt.bsky.social on whether Starmer should stay or go, including the mystery of how, if you’re launching a popular climate, energy, and growth strategy, why wouldn’t you stage a press conference on it?
iandunt.substack.com/p/a-world-wi...
iandunt.substack.com/p/a-world-wi...
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NEW: Labour condemn Tory plan to strip people of indefinite leave to remain:
“It’s utterly grotesque that Tories want to deport people with the lawful right to be here to achieve ‘cultural coherence’.
“This policy would mean tearing families apart and ripping out our neighbours from communities."
“It’s utterly grotesque that Tories want to deport people with the lawful right to be here to achieve ‘cultural coherence’.
“This policy would mean tearing families apart and ripping out our neighbours from communities."
October 22, 2025 at 4:05 PM
NEW: Labour condemn Tory plan to strip people of indefinite leave to remain:
“It’s utterly grotesque that Tories want to deport people with the lawful right to be here to achieve ‘cultural coherence’.
“This policy would mean tearing families apart and ripping out our neighbours from communities."
“It’s utterly grotesque that Tories want to deport people with the lawful right to be here to achieve ‘cultural coherence’.
“This policy would mean tearing families apart and ripping out our neighbours from communities."
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📰 Criminal justice woes hit high-profile cases
@fionabawdon.bsky.social on how court backlogs and system failures are delaying justice and amplifying trauma for victims and defendants alike.
🗞️ In October’s Legal Action Magazine swiy.co/itNo
@fionabawdon.bsky.social on how court backlogs and system failures are delaying justice and amplifying trauma for victims and defendants alike.
🗞️ In October’s Legal Action Magazine swiy.co/itNo
October 21, 2025 at 8:00 AM
📰 Criminal justice woes hit high-profile cases
@fionabawdon.bsky.social on how court backlogs and system failures are delaying justice and amplifying trauma for victims and defendants alike.
🗞️ In October’s Legal Action Magazine swiy.co/itNo
@fionabawdon.bsky.social on how court backlogs and system failures are delaying justice and amplifying trauma for victims and defendants alike.
🗞️ In October’s Legal Action Magazine swiy.co/itNo
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"There is no universe in which Sam Ashworth-Hayes – or any of Britain’s array of overpaid columnists, commentators and ideological wonks – is more valuable to this country than a care worker"
I wrote for @samfr.bsky.social's Substack on benefits and "contribution" samf.substack.com/p/the-someth...
I wrote for @samfr.bsky.social's Substack on benefits and "contribution" samf.substack.com/p/the-someth...
The "something for nothing" myth
How should we value people's contribution to the country?
samf.substack.com
October 17, 2025 at 11:41 AM
"There is no universe in which Sam Ashworth-Hayes – or any of Britain’s array of overpaid columnists, commentators and ideological wonks – is more valuable to this country than a care worker"
I wrote for @samfr.bsky.social's Substack on benefits and "contribution" samf.substack.com/p/the-someth...
I wrote for @samfr.bsky.social's Substack on benefits and "contribution" samf.substack.com/p/the-someth...
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I'm publishing the weirdest story I've ever written tomorrow, for London Centric members only.
So here's an one-off offer. Sign up for a year before midnight today and I'll give you 33% off. If the story doesn't live up to expectations, I'll refund you tomorrow. www.londoncentric.media/a21e85e7
So here's an one-off offer. Sign up for a year before midnight today and I'll give you 33% off. If the story doesn't live up to expectations, I'll refund you tomorrow. www.londoncentric.media/a21e85e7
October 17, 2025 at 2:54 PM
I'm publishing the weirdest story I've ever written tomorrow, for London Centric members only.
So here's an one-off offer. Sign up for a year before midnight today and I'll give you 33% off. If the story doesn't live up to expectations, I'll refund you tomorrow. www.londoncentric.media/a21e85e7
So here's an one-off offer. Sign up for a year before midnight today and I'll give you 33% off. If the story doesn't live up to expectations, I'll refund you tomorrow. www.londoncentric.media/a21e85e7
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LAA data breach: Waiting for ‘the monster around the corner’
@legalactiongroup.bsky.social @fionabawdon.bsky.social
www.rightsnet.org.uk/now/post/68491
@legalactiongroup.bsky.social @fionabawdon.bsky.social
www.rightsnet.org.uk/now/post/68491
October 14, 2025 at 2:16 PM
LAA data breach: Waiting for ‘the monster around the corner’
@legalactiongroup.bsky.social @fionabawdon.bsky.social
www.rightsnet.org.uk/now/post/68491
@legalactiongroup.bsky.social @fionabawdon.bsky.social
www.rightsnet.org.uk/now/post/68491
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🩺 Panel Highlight - Health Cases and Judicial Review
@jamieburton29.bsky.social, @timbgclaw.bsky.social, and Bethan Harris will look at how judicial review is used to challenge NHS decisions about care in the community, including recent cases and practical tactics.
Book here 👉 tinyurl.com/6sc8z4dv
@jamieburton29.bsky.social, @timbgclaw.bsky.social, and Bethan Harris will look at how judicial review is used to challenge NHS decisions about care in the community, including recent cases and practical tactics.
Book here 👉 tinyurl.com/6sc8z4dv
October 9, 2025 at 2:05 PM
🩺 Panel Highlight - Health Cases and Judicial Review
@jamieburton29.bsky.social, @timbgclaw.bsky.social, and Bethan Harris will look at how judicial review is used to challenge NHS decisions about care in the community, including recent cases and practical tactics.
Book here 👉 tinyurl.com/6sc8z4dv
@jamieburton29.bsky.social, @timbgclaw.bsky.social, and Bethan Harris will look at how judicial review is used to challenge NHS decisions about care in the community, including recent cases and practical tactics.
Book here 👉 tinyurl.com/6sc8z4dv
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October 9, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Thanks to everyone who has entered - I have now replied to every entry I have received, so if you haven't had an email, please get in touch!
Whilst we're getting everything ready for the voting to begin, please do consider sponsoring everyone's favourite legal-themed pet calendar
Whilst we're getting everything ready for the voting to begin, please do consider sponsoring everyone's favourite legal-themed pet calendar
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🚨 Decades of failure to tackle police racism in the UK.
APPEAL's Matt Foot calls for a change in the law: when an officer is imprisoned, the force must be held accountable.
The time for systemic reform is now.
📖 Read more www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
#PoliceAccountability #Justice
APPEAL's Matt Foot calls for a change in the law: when an officer is imprisoned, the force must be held accountable.
The time for systemic reform is now.
📖 Read more www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
#PoliceAccountability #Justice
Long history of failure to tackle police racism | Letters
Letters: Matt Foot calls for a change in the law when an officer is imprisoned. Plus letters from Harvey Sanders and Rev Richard Stainer
www.theguardian.com
October 9, 2025 at 2:32 PM
🚨 Decades of failure to tackle police racism in the UK.
APPEAL's Matt Foot calls for a change in the law: when an officer is imprisoned, the force must be held accountable.
The time for systemic reform is now.
📖 Read more www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
#PoliceAccountability #Justice
APPEAL's Matt Foot calls for a change in the law: when an officer is imprisoned, the force must be held accountable.
The time for systemic reform is now.
📖 Read more www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
#PoliceAccountability #Justice
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Vital work of museum of homelessness @ourmoh.bsky.social
bringing to light the shocking reality of deaths of people experiencing homelessness. museumofhomelessness.org/news/new-res...
bringing to light the shocking reality of deaths of people experiencing homelessness. museumofhomelessness.org/news/new-res...
Our investigation finds that 1611 people experiencing homelessness died in 2024 - a 9% increase on the previous year. — Museum of Homelessness
We are devastated to share our latest research into the deaths of those who die. It has revealed the continued impact at the sharpest edge of the homelessness crisis, as the Labour Government has fail...
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October 8, 2025 at 7:43 AM
Vital work of museum of homelessness @ourmoh.bsky.social
bringing to light the shocking reality of deaths of people experiencing homelessness. museumofhomelessness.org/news/new-res...
bringing to light the shocking reality of deaths of people experiencing homelessness. museumofhomelessness.org/news/new-res...
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The Bishop of Birmingham has written to the Shadow Justice Secretary Robert Jenrick about his comments about Handsworth
October 7, 2025 at 6:56 PM
The Bishop of Birmingham has written to the Shadow Justice Secretary Robert Jenrick about his comments about Handsworth
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Properly and appropriately searing criticism of Jenrick by @stephenkb.bsky.social in his newsletter this morning. Jenrick is obsessed with skin colour as a supposed signal of integration. There's a word for people like that.
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October 8, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Properly and appropriately searing criticism of Jenrick by @stephenkb.bsky.social in his newsletter this morning. Jenrick is obsessed with skin colour as a supposed signal of integration. There's a word for people like that.
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"An SQE tutor says some multiple-choice questions are written in a way where all five answers can be correct, forcing candidates to second-guess what the examiner thinks" www.lawgazette.co.uk/news/fall-in...
Fall in SQE1 pass rates casts doubt on multiple choice
Fresh questions are being asked about the merits of the multiple choice SQE1 test after pass rates sank to their lowest-ever level.
www.lawgazette.co.uk
October 3, 2025 at 1:21 PM
"An SQE tutor says some multiple-choice questions are written in a way where all five answers can be correct, forcing candidates to second-guess what the examiner thinks" www.lawgazette.co.uk/news/fall-in...
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Wholeheartedly this 👇
On Yom Kippur many Jewish people in Britain have their phones off to mark the holy day.
As it ends at 723pm, some will hear the tragic Manchester news for the first time.
At that time, please join many of us to send a message of solidarity to British Jews.Thanks Together coalition for proposing.
As it ends at 723pm, some will hear the tragic Manchester news for the first time.
At that time, please join many of us to send a message of solidarity to British Jews.Thanks Together coalition for proposing.
October 2, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Wholeheartedly this 👇
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Manchester Council of Mosques have issued this statement in sadness, shock and solidarity with the Jewish community about this attack at the synagogue in Manchester
October 2, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Manchester Council of Mosques have issued this statement in sadness, shock and solidarity with the Jewish community about this attack at the synagogue in Manchester
Spike and Logan would like to hear more about this 'other way' of which you speak....
October 1, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Spike and Logan would like to hear more about this 'other way' of which you speak....