THE government must hold a public inquiry into alleged abuse at G4S-run Brook House immigration removal centre, the High Court heard today.
Two former detainees challenged a Home Office decision to ask the Prisons and Probation Ombudsman (PPO) to hold an investigation.
The claimants, known as MA and BB, argued that the custody watchdog lacked enough powers to hold a proper probe.
DYLAN MURPHY reports that far from helping people back into work, the sanctions regime is inflicting unnecessary trauma on working-class families
Former judge ANSELM ELDERGILL examines the details and controversy of Lucy Letby’s trial and appeal in the context of famous historical wrongful convictions that prove both the justice system and legal activists make errors
As the cover-ups collapse, IAN SINCLAIR looks at the shocking testimony from British forces who would ‘go in and shoot everyone sleeping there’ during night raids — illegal, systematic murder spawned by an illegal invasion


