policing

'Fewer people than ever are offering to foster children – it's not just about the cost of living'
Letters

'Fewer people than ever are offering to foster children – it's not just about the cost of living'

The director of fostering at Barnardo's highlights a growing lack of carers, and readers respond to recent reporting
Why criminalising protest won't stop people from rising up for causes that matter
Black and white image of protestors for Black Lives Matter
Cathy Rogers, Markus Ostarek

Why criminalising protest won't stop people from rising up for causes that matter

Police trust is at all-time low after years of scandals. This is what I learned from new recruits
Chris Warburton

Police trust is at all-time low after years of scandals. This is what I learned from new recruits

Met Police apologises after 'inhumane' destruction of homeless people's tents near Camden hospital
Homelessness

Met Police apologises after 'inhumane' destruction of homeless people's tents near Camden hospital

Tory MP calls for Met Police whistleblowers’ charter after damning Casey Report
Social Justice

Tory MP calls for Met Police whistleblowers’ charter after damning Casey Report

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Doreen Lawrence: 'I put my pain to the back of my mind when Stephen died'
Baroness Doreen Lawrence
Letter to my younger self

Doreen Lawrence: 'I put my pain to the back of my mind when Stephen died'

BetterPod: Matt Foot & Morag Livingstone reveal how the police suppress protest
Matt Foot and Morag Livingstone: How the police suppress protest
Right to protest

BetterPod: Matt Foot & Morag Livingstone reveal how the police suppress protest

Government faces rebellion after backtracking on plans to scrap Vagrancy Act laws
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Rough sleeping

Government faces rebellion after backtracking on plans to scrap Vagrancy Act laws

Police could be allowed to stop and search people 'without suspicion' in new protest crackdown
Protesters holding a banner that reads:
Activism

Police could be allowed to stop and search people 'without suspicion' in new protest crackdown

The problems with BT's £50m 888 app to protect women on their way home
police crime sentencing and courts bill
Social Justice

The problems with BT's £50m 888 app to protect women on their way home

Sabina Nessa vigil: Thousands gather across the country to honour teacher
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News

Sabina Nessa vigil: Thousands gather across the country to honour teacher