System introduced in 2012 across England and Wales has faced criticism from police chiefs

Missouri's governor recently authorized the state's National Guard to assist ICE with clerical duties. Black police officers fear the trust they've built with communities of color could take years to rebuild.

More inclusive institutions under pressure as some take on six times as many children requiring extra support Schools in England are steering away children with special needs, leading some to have six times as many pupils requiring learning or behaviour support compared with others, according to research. Local authority leaders told the National Foundation for Educational Research (NFER) they knew of schools that were “happy” to see others take children requiring extra support detailed by education, health and care plans (EHCPs), including headteachers who feared the impact on exam results of enrolling children with special needs. Continue reading...

In a new report, Planned Parenthood said it covered the cost of $45 million in health care services in September, the first month when it could not bill Medicaid.

The Department of Homeland Security collected data on Chicago residents accused of gang ties to test if police files could feed an FBI watchlist. Months passed before anyone noticed it wasn’t deleted.

Black and Asian staff left feeling ‘deliberately intimidated’, according to chief executive of one NHS trust

Report including responses from more than 500 museum directors finds median loss of $30,000 in grants or contracts

11th November 2025 - Report of the Independent Commission on UK Counter-Terrorism Law, Policy and Practice <br />Following three years of research and consultation with over 200 experts, practitioners...

Briefing paper warned proscription could also heighten Muslim-Jewish tensions and be seen as favouring Israel Ministers banned Palestine Action despite being told by their advisers it could “inadvertently enhance” the group’s profile, an official government document shows. The briefing paper was written three months before the proscription of the group, which was set up to take direct action to halt UK arms supplies to Israel. Continue reading...

Groceries saw their biggest jump in nearly three years last month, a worrisome sign for inflation-weary shoppers. Tariffs are contributing to higher prices for imported staples like bananas and coffee.

Only 15% of families are eligible for legal aid which has led to huge swathes of UK becoming ‘legal advice deserts’, body says

New advice could undermine the Palestine Action ban

How the world's richest man is boosting the British right

Total referrals reach record high, with 21% being due to ‘extreme rightwing concerns’ and 10% to Islamist ideology

The government scheme ‘enforcing’ money owed to workers has been unsuccessful in a staggering three-quarters of cases

Federal immigration agents say chemical agents are needed to disperse violent protesters. But videos also show them firing at people in aggressive and ‘unorthodox’ ways.

Ozempic, MRI machines and flat screen televisions all emerged out of fundamental research decades earlier — the very types of study being slashed by the US government.

Trump is cancelling billions of dollars in federal funding for congressionally approved projects already underway.

An EBT sign is displayed on the window of a grocery store on October 30, 2025 in the Flatbush neighborhood of the Brooklyn borough in New York City. In a ruling Friday, a judge said the Trump administration needed to use contingency funds to make November payments. [ more › ]

A sweeping class-action lawsuit filed on Friday against immigration officials, alleged dirty and unsafe conditions at the federal holding facility in Broadview where they say arrestees are being wa…