Lord Chief Justice explains that in-court resulting by legal advisers and clerks as part of #CommonPlatform “has proved to be much more difficult in many cases […] has slowed things down and has also put the people who are doing it under a great deal of strain” @PCSMOJNOMS 2/4
#CommonPlatform is “so controversial @pcs_union have decided to take industrial action”, @KarlTurnerMP points out – LCJ says it’s “striking” this isn’t about pay but “people saying: we are trying to make this thing work and we can’t, and it’s really putting us under pressure” 3/4
Debating this week’s motion on @SuellaBraverman, Shadow HS @YvetteCooperMP points out “there is also a serious question about whether the Home Secretary has just made things worse by ignoring legal advice and allowing dangerous overcrowding” at the #Manston immigration camp 1/6
SNP Home spox @Stuart_McDonald tells MPs he “noticed a significant deterioration” in conditions at #Manston – “not because of the hard work of the staff there but because of the overcrowding” – adding that staff “have been placed in an impossible position” by @SuellaBraverman 3/6