INQUEST
@inquest-org.bsky.social
⚖️INQUEST is an independent charity combining specialist support for bereaved people following a state related death, with campaigning for justice and change.
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Today the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) has published an independent report that finds anti-Black racism is part of the Service’s ‘institutional design’.
This is not a new finding. The 1999 Macpherson Report was the first report of its kind to identify institutional racism in the MPS.
This is not a new finding. The 1999 Macpherson Report was the first report of its kind to identify institutional racism in the MPS.
Anti-black discrimination systemic in Met Police, report finds
Report author Dr Shereen Daniels said systemic racism was
www.bbc.co.uk
November 7, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Today the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) has published an independent report that finds anti-Black racism is part of the Service’s ‘institutional design’.
This is not a new finding. The 1999 Macpherson Report was the first report of its kind to identify institutional racism in the MPS.
This is not a new finding. The 1999 Macpherson Report was the first report of its kind to identify institutional racism in the MPS.
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“……there appears to be a growing pattern of undercover officers raising mental ill-health as a reason that they should not attend the inquiry to give oral evidence” www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Doreen Lawrence calls for ‘cowardly’ undercover officer to face public inquiry
Mother of murdered teenager to challenge ruling that David Hagan is too ill to give live evidence at spycops inquiry
www.theguardian.com
November 2, 2025 at 10:21 AM
“……there appears to be a growing pattern of undercover officers raising mental ill-health as a reason that they should not attend the inquiry to give oral evidence” www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
MP's will debate Hillsborough Law for the first time on Monday.
The Bill is a critical opportunity to right past wrongs and end cover-up culture. It must be implemented in full.
We've teamed up with JUSTICE and Hillsborough Law Now to brief MP's ahead of the debate.
Read the briefing:
The Bill is a critical opportunity to right past wrongs and end cover-up culture. It must be implemented in full.
We've teamed up with JUSTICE and Hillsborough Law Now to brief MP's ahead of the debate.
Read the briefing:
www.inquest.org.uk
October 31, 2025 at 12:20 PM
MP's will debate Hillsborough Law for the first time on Monday.
The Bill is a critical opportunity to right past wrongs and end cover-up culture. It must be implemented in full.
We've teamed up with JUSTICE and Hillsborough Law Now to brief MP's ahead of the debate.
Read the briefing:
The Bill is a critical opportunity to right past wrongs and end cover-up culture. It must be implemented in full.
We've teamed up with JUSTICE and Hillsborough Law Now to brief MP's ahead of the debate.
Read the briefing:
The latest Safety in Custody statistics show that in the 12 months to September 2025, there were 411 deaths in prison custody, an increase of 30% in the previous 12 months.
Of these, 96 deaths were self-inflicted, an increase from the 88 self-inflicted deaths in the previous 12 months.
Of these, 96 deaths were self-inflicted, an increase from the 88 self-inflicted deaths in the previous 12 months.
Safety in custody: quarterly update to June 2025
Quarterly update on deaths, self-harm and assaults in prison custody in England and Wales. Annual detailed data on assaults and self-harm in prison custody.
www.gov.uk
October 30, 2025 at 1:24 PM
The latest Safety in Custody statistics show that in the 12 months to September 2025, there were 411 deaths in prison custody, an increase of 30% in the previous 12 months.
Of these, 96 deaths were self-inflicted, an increase from the 88 self-inflicted deaths in the previous 12 months.
Of these, 96 deaths were self-inflicted, an increase from the 88 self-inflicted deaths in the previous 12 months.
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Please repost @ccse-ljmu.bsky.social Film Screening "The UK Is Not Innocent" An @inquest-org.bsky.social Documentary and Q&A, 80-98 Mt. Pleasant, Liverpool, 26 Nov., 5-8pm (event starts at 5.30). Free to enter but registration required @bjcsolicitors.bsky.social
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CCSE Film Screening "The UK Is Not Innocent" An INQUEST Documentary and Q&A
Join us for a screening of The UK Is Not Innocent, a powerful documentary about INQUEST's grassroots history and deaths involving the state
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October 29, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Please repost @ccse-ljmu.bsky.social Film Screening "The UK Is Not Innocent" An @inquest-org.bsky.social Documentary and Q&A, 80-98 Mt. Pleasant, Liverpool, 26 Nov., 5-8pm (event starts at 5.30). Free to enter but registration required @bjcsolicitors.bsky.social
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Last week the Home Office announced new rules that will make it even harder to hold police officers accountable following use of force & misconduct.
Instead of listening to those bereaved by police violence, the Home Office is parroting the police lobby.
This will lead to more impunity & injustice
Instead of listening to those bereaved by police violence, the Home Office is parroting the police lobby.
This will lead to more impunity & injustice
New rules will allow police misusing force in England and Wales to ‘walk away scot-free’
Critics say boosting protections for officers at misconduct cases, introduced after fatal shooting of Chris Kaba, will undermine rule of law
www.theguardian.com
October 29, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Last week the Home Office announced new rules that will make it even harder to hold police officers accountable following use of force & misconduct.
Instead of listening to those bereaved by police violence, the Home Office is parroting the police lobby.
This will lead to more impunity & injustice
Instead of listening to those bereaved by police violence, the Home Office is parroting the police lobby.
This will lead to more impunity & injustice
A coalition of journalists and media lawyers have warned Shabana Mahmood that government plans to give anonymity to firearms officers facing criminal charges will damage public confidence in policing and fuel online misinformation.
We echo their call to the home secretary to think again.
We echo their call to the home secretary to think again.
Anonymity for firearms officers will harm public confidence, Shabana Mahmood told
Senior media figures say hiding names of those facing trial would ‘ride roughshod over the principles of open justice’
www.theguardian.com
October 14, 2025 at 4:28 PM
A coalition of journalists and media lawyers have warned Shabana Mahmood that government plans to give anonymity to firearms officers facing criminal charges will damage public confidence in policing and fuel online misinformation.
We echo their call to the home secretary to think again.
We echo their call to the home secretary to think again.
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I'm raising money for @inquest-org.bsky.social in my mum's memory, the charity provide vital support to families after state related deaths - please do donate if you can www.justgiving.com/page/rebecca...
Becky's fundraiser for INQUEST
Help Rebecca Montacute raise money to support INQUEST
www.justgiving.com
October 12, 2025 at 1:42 PM
I'm raising money for @inquest-org.bsky.social in my mum's memory, the charity provide vital support to families after state related deaths - please do donate if you can www.justgiving.com/page/rebecca...
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Serving an IPP sentence is like walking on eggshells that are scattered over a minefield.
- Marc Conway, speaking at the Labour Conference 2025
#LabourPartyConference #endipp
@libertyhq.bsky.social @inquest-org.bsky.social
- Marc Conway, speaking at the Labour Conference 2025
#LabourPartyConference #endipp
@libertyhq.bsky.social @inquest-org.bsky.social
October 8, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Serving an IPP sentence is like walking on eggshells that are scattered over a minefield.
- Marc Conway, speaking at the Labour Conference 2025
#LabourPartyConference #endipp
@libertyhq.bsky.social @inquest-org.bsky.social
- Marc Conway, speaking at the Labour Conference 2025
#LabourPartyConference #endipp
@libertyhq.bsky.social @inquest-org.bsky.social
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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...
museumofhomelessness.org
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...
🗞️ October 2025 Newsletter is out!
All of this month's latest updates including:
🟣 Landmark introduction of Hillsborough Law to Parliament
🟣Urgent amendments to Mental Health Bill to safeguard children
🟣Fatal consequences of racist immigration policies
Read more 🔽
All of this month's latest updates including:
🟣 Landmark introduction of Hillsborough Law to Parliament
🟣Urgent amendments to Mental Health Bill to safeguard children
🟣Fatal consequences of racist immigration policies
Read more 🔽
Newsletter: October 2025
All the latest on the Hillsborough Law's introduction to Parliament, amendments to the Mental Health Bill and the fatal consequences of racist immigration policies
www.inquest.org.uk
October 7, 2025 at 2:24 PM
🗞️ October 2025 Newsletter is out!
All of this month's latest updates including:
🟣 Landmark introduction of Hillsborough Law to Parliament
🟣Urgent amendments to Mental Health Bill to safeguard children
🟣Fatal consequences of racist immigration policies
Read more 🔽
All of this month's latest updates including:
🟣 Landmark introduction of Hillsborough Law to Parliament
🟣Urgent amendments to Mental Health Bill to safeguard children
🟣Fatal consequences of racist immigration policies
Read more 🔽
Jermaine Baker, 28, was fatally shot by an officer known only as W80, a Metropolitan police officer, in Wood Green on 11 December 2015. He was unarmed.
Now a police misconduct hearing has heard that the firearms officer used excessive force.
Now a police misconduct hearing has heard that the firearms officer used excessive force.
Firearms officer used excessive force in fatal shooting of unarmed man in London, misconduct hearing told
Jermaine Baker, from Tottenham, killed during operation to stop plot to spring gang leader from prison in 2015
www.theguardian.com
October 6, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Jermaine Baker, 28, was fatally shot by an officer known only as W80, a Metropolitan police officer, in Wood Green on 11 December 2015. He was unarmed.
Now a police misconduct hearing has heard that the firearms officer used excessive force.
Now a police misconduct hearing has heard that the firearms officer used excessive force.
"This inquest laid bare the fatal consequences of placing people like Leonard Farruku on barges in de facto imprisonment.
These harmful policies isolate people from support & deny them dignity. Amid racist immigration rhetoric, we must remember the real human cost."
@debcoles13.bsky.social
These harmful policies isolate people from support & deny them dignity. Amid racist immigration rhetoric, we must remember the real human cost."
@debcoles13.bsky.social
Home Office ‘missed opportunities’ to assess asylum seeker who took his own life
Leonard Farruku died onboard the Bibby Stockholm in December 2023.
www.independent.co.uk
October 6, 2025 at 8:20 AM
"This inquest laid bare the fatal consequences of placing people like Leonard Farruku on barges in de facto imprisonment.
These harmful policies isolate people from support & deny them dignity. Amid racist immigration rhetoric, we must remember the real human cost."
@debcoles13.bsky.social
These harmful policies isolate people from support & deny them dignity. Amid racist immigration rhetoric, we must remember the real human cost."
@debcoles13.bsky.social
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No surprises here then. Racism, misogyny and violence endemic in policing culture, policy and practice. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Met officers suspended over alleged abuse of suspects and support for Tommy Robinson
BBC’s Panorama to broadcast allegations about Charing Cross station after sending evidence to police chiefs
www.theguardian.com
October 1, 2025 at 11:59 AM
No surprises here then. Racism, misogyny and violence endemic in policing culture, policy and practice. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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Racism, misogyny, violence and corruption. Reports, recommendations and promises of change. Policing has proved itself incapable of reform. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Met plunged into crisis amid fresh claims of misogyny and racism
Commissioner Mark Rowley says prejudice has ‘put down deep roots’ within force after BBC Panorama investigation
www.theguardian.com
October 1, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Racism, misogyny, violence and corruption. Reports, recommendations and promises of change. Policing has proved itself incapable of reform. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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We would like to say an enormous thank you to Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe @libertyhq.bsky.social & @inquest-org.bsky.social
for speaking on our panel about IPP sentences yesterday at the @UKLabour conference.
Your voices add a huge amount of weight to the campaign for change.
for speaking on our panel about IPP sentences yesterday at the @UKLabour conference.
Your voices add a huge amount of weight to the campaign for change.
October 1, 2025 at 1:40 PM
We would like to say an enormous thank you to Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe @libertyhq.bsky.social & @inquest-org.bsky.social
for speaking on our panel about IPP sentences yesterday at the @UKLabour conference.
Your voices add a huge amount of weight to the campaign for change.
for speaking on our panel about IPP sentences yesterday at the @UKLabour conference.
Your voices add a huge amount of weight to the campaign for change.
Report again finds HMP Pentonville in "appalling" conditions:
people living in vermin infested rooms & locked up 22 hrs a day.
3 people have taken their own lives this year.
To prevent further deaths, we must redirect resources away from prisons & into community alternatives that centre care.
people living in vermin infested rooms & locked up 22 hrs a day.
3 people have taken their own lives this year.
To prevent further deaths, we must redirect resources away from prisons & into community alternatives that centre care.
www.itv.com
October 1, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Report again finds HMP Pentonville in "appalling" conditions:
people living in vermin infested rooms & locked up 22 hrs a day.
3 people have taken their own lives this year.
To prevent further deaths, we must redirect resources away from prisons & into community alternatives that centre care.
people living in vermin infested rooms & locked up 22 hrs a day.
3 people have taken their own lives this year.
To prevent further deaths, we must redirect resources away from prisons & into community alternatives that centre care.
We joined @ungripp.bsky.social at Labour Party Conference for a powerful panel on why we must resentence people still trapped under abolished IPP sentences.
As Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe said:
“Indefinite detention quickly slides into a kind of torture.”
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crim...
As Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe said:
“Indefinite detention quickly slides into a kind of torture.”
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crim...
October 1, 2025 at 10:42 AM
We joined @ungripp.bsky.social at Labour Party Conference for a powerful panel on why we must resentence people still trapped under abolished IPP sentences.
As Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe said:
“Indefinite detention quickly slides into a kind of torture.”
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crim...
As Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe said:
“Indefinite detention quickly slides into a kind of torture.”
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crim...
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Thanks to our brilliant panellists Abtisam Mohamed MP, @debcoles13.bsky.social of @inquest-org.bsky.social, Ben Coleman MP, @drbeccycoopermp.bsky.social, and chair Charles Ritchie
#StopGamblingSuicides
#LPC25
#StopGamblingSuicides
#LPC25
September 29, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Thanks to our brilliant panellists Abtisam Mohamed MP, @debcoles13.bsky.social of @inquest-org.bsky.social, Ben Coleman MP, @drbeccycoopermp.bsky.social, and chair Charles Ritchie
#StopGamblingSuicides
#LPC25
#StopGamblingSuicides
#LPC25
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‘Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe calls for end to ‘fundamentally wrong’ indefinite jail terms in Britain’
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crim...
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crim...
Zaghari-Ratcliffe calls for end to ‘fundamentally wrong’ indefinite jail terms
Exclusive: Ms Zaghari-Ratcliffe, who was detained for six years in Iran, has urged justice secretary David Lammy to help thousands trapped on IPP jail terms, adding: ‘Punishment should fit the crime’
www.independent.co.uk
September 29, 2025 at 10:35 PM
‘Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe calls for end to ‘fundamentally wrong’ indefinite jail terms in Britain’
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crim...
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crim...
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“A properly conducted inquest can expose the scourge of gambling harm… and can be a really important opportunity for learning and change”
Really important point from @debcoles13.bsky.social of @inquest-org.bsky.social
Really important point from @debcoles13.bsky.social of @inquest-org.bsky.social
September 29, 2025 at 3:38 PM
“A properly conducted inquest can expose the scourge of gambling harm… and can be a really important opportunity for learning and change”
Really important point from @debcoles13.bsky.social of @inquest-org.bsky.social
Really important point from @debcoles13.bsky.social of @inquest-org.bsky.social
Once more, our amazing Trustee @beckymontacute.bsky.social is running another half marathon to raise money for our work with bereaved families!
We're incredibly grateful for all her support & dedication.
Please share & donate if you can!
www.justgiving.com/page/rebecca...
We're incredibly grateful for all her support & dedication.
Please share & donate if you can!
www.justgiving.com/page/rebecca...
Becky's fundraiser for INQUEST
Help Rebecca Montacute raise money to support INQUEST
www.justgiving.com
September 26, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Once more, our amazing Trustee @beckymontacute.bsky.social is running another half marathon to raise money for our work with bereaved families!
We're incredibly grateful for all her support & dedication.
Please share & donate if you can!
www.justgiving.com/page/rebecca...
We're incredibly grateful for all her support & dedication.
Please share & donate if you can!
www.justgiving.com/page/rebecca...
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If you have a Labour MP, please email them and ask them to attend one of these events. You can also tag them in this post.
@libertyhq.bsky.social @inquest-org.bsky.social @teamlabouruk.bsky.social
@libertyhq.bsky.social @inquest-org.bsky.social @teamlabouruk.bsky.social
September 19, 2025 at 10:54 AM
If you have a Labour MP, please email them and ask them to attend one of these events. You can also tag them in this post.
@libertyhq.bsky.social @inquest-org.bsky.social @teamlabouruk.bsky.social
@libertyhq.bsky.social @inquest-org.bsky.social @teamlabouruk.bsky.social
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If you're at this year's Labour Conference, join our event on Monday at 4pm
Hosted by GwL's Charles Ritchie, we have a great panel of Abtisam Mohamed MP, Deborah Coles of @inquest-org.bsky.social, Ben Coleman MP & @drbeccycoopermp.bsky.social
Book your place:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/stopping-g...
Hosted by GwL's Charles Ritchie, we have a great panel of Abtisam Mohamed MP, Deborah Coles of @inquest-org.bsky.social, Ben Coleman MP & @drbeccycoopermp.bsky.social
Book your place:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/stopping-g...
Stopping Gambling Suicides
From GPs to MPs - how all our public services are needed to tackle this urgent health issue.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
September 23, 2025 at 9:48 AM
If you're at this year's Labour Conference, join our event on Monday at 4pm
Hosted by GwL's Charles Ritchie, we have a great panel of Abtisam Mohamed MP, Deborah Coles of @inquest-org.bsky.social, Ben Coleman MP & @drbeccycoopermp.bsky.social
Book your place:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/stopping-g...
Hosted by GwL's Charles Ritchie, we have a great panel of Abtisam Mohamed MP, Deborah Coles of @inquest-org.bsky.social, Ben Coleman MP & @drbeccycoopermp.bsky.social
Book your place:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/stopping-g...