Outside the system
Category: Crime and Justice
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Scotland Doesn’t Want the UK’s Drugs War
As the Scottish Government announces an extra £250 million to tackle the ‘national disgrace’ of drug-related deaths, Lindsey Kennedy and Nathan Paul Southern report on Westminster’s failing drugs policy and how it is stopping Scotland from fighting addiction
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Systemic Failings Mean Most Rapists Can Attack Women with Impunity
The dropped charges against the Conservative MP accused of rape reveal shortcomings which mean rape survivors rarely see justice done in England and Wales, reports Sian Norris
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Evidence of Fraudsters Claiming Billions in COVID Loans Passed to MPs
A new report by the Public Accounts Committee sheds light on the Government’s Bounce Back Loan Scheme, with applicants self-certifying and not subject to credit checks
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Beyond Bullying: Home Office Renews Hostile Environment for Asylum Seekers
David Hencke exposes a highly critical parliamentary report describing the ‘aggressive and hostile’ stance by Priti Patel’s department during the Coronavirus Pandemic
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‘Retraumatising Survivors’: Is Scottish Football Marking its Own Homework over Historic Child Abuse?
Adrian Goldberg reports on new concerns about the Independent Review into Sexual Abuse in Scottish Football
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Police Shootings Data Raises Concerns Over Structural Discrimination
Iain Overton and Murray Jones reveal new figures about police shootings in the UK, exposing racism embedded in the identity of both the victims and perpetrators
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Home Office Pays £10 Million for Research & Polling on Immigration & Crime
The companies given the contracts are expected to employ “behaviour change models”, reports Sam Bright
