We are helping thousands of vulnerable people who were housed during the pandemic to stay in accommodation this year, with more than £90M of funding announced today. gov.uk/government/new… (1/5)
The incredible national effort to support rough sleepers during the pandemic has protected many lives and is widely regarded as one of the most successful programmes of its kind in the world. I’m hugely grateful to all those involved. (2/5)
This funding will ensure that vulnerable people and rough sleepers continue to have safe accommodation and the care and support they need, to ensure as few as possible return to the streets. (3/5)
The Next Steps Accommodation Programme is part of the government’s landmark commitment to end rough sleeping for good.
In Greater Manchester, over £3M has today been allocated to councils to support the vulnerable. (4/5)
And we are providing 6,000 new supported homes - the most ambitious project of its kind with the single biggest injection of specialist accommodation since the Rough Sleeping Initiative began. (5/5) gov.uk/government/new…
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First the ECHR stopped us from controlling our borders.
Now it may overturn rules banning transgender women from female toilets.
It's the latest case of Strasbourg giving itself authority over domestic issues without democratic consent.
The court’s digging its own grave🧵
For years I've said that Britain must leave the ECHR to control our borders.
It's part of why I resigned as Immigration Minister - because the last Government wouldn't address the problems that the ECHR would cause in implementing the Rwanda scheme.
ECHR precedents, as applied by British judges, have stopped us from removing countless foreign criminals, and have made it impossible to control our borders.
But the ECHR's reach goes well beyond immigration and asylum cases.
Immigration judge Gaenor Bruce ruled that the nephew of a Taliban commander can bring his family to Britain from Turkey.
Bruce also worked for a pro-refugee, African nationalist charity and has a long history of dubious immigration decisions👇
Before becoming a judge, Bruce spent her legal career advocating for migrants and asylum seekers against the Home Office.
She openly identifies as a judge on her public social media, against official advice.
Bruce is also a trustee of the Pan-African Development Education and Advocacy Programme (PADEAP).
PADEAP is a charity which promotes 'pan-Africanism', an ideology which encourages people of African descent to identify first as 'African', rather than with their nation of origin.
The judge in this case also previously challenged the Rwanda deportation scheme and helped end a fast-track deportation scheme.
🧵A thread on yet another judge with remarkable similarity between their background and decisions👇
We need radical overhaul.
In the case of the prolific Albanian criminal she acknowledged the man’s offending was serious – yet his appeal against deportation was still upheld because it wasn’t “extreme” enough.
And this wasn’t the first time Judge Hirst sided with a foreign criminal.
In another case she upheld a decision allowing a Guinean national to remain here despite convictions for possessing an offensive weapon and for carrying a blade.
The tribunal said he was “socially and culturally integrated” despite his repeated offending.
She recently allowed a knife-carrying Class A drug dealer to stay in Britain. Her decision was overturned because of an error of law.
She previously sat on the board of a pro asylum charity, Asylum Aid.
🧵A thread👇
Whilst deciding deportation appeals as a part-time judge, Bail for Immigration Detainees (BID) publicly thanked her for volunteering to represent immigration detainees in court.
She became a part time judge in December 2006. But records show she was still a director of Asylum Aid until February 2007.
A damning review has exposed how the criminal justice system is failing rape victims.
From the police through to prosecutors, administrative failings are leading to delays and fewer convictions.
🧵The findings will shock you. Ministers must act.👇
The report reveals that 3/4 of rape cases sent by the police for early advice breach CPS rules.
They arrived missing basic evidence such as the victim’s video interview or the suspect’s account.
That forces costly re-work and further delay.
Charging files are no better.
7 in 10 do not meet standards – statements and exhibits are simply absent.
The result? Trials that limp into court half-blind, delays that drain victims, and defendants who walk free because of mismanagement.