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Home Office slammed for 'inhumane' room sharing at Perth asylum seeker hotels

SUELLA Braverman and the Home Office have been slammed for proposing to introduce enforced room sharing for asylum seekers at hotels in Scotland.

The National (Scotland)

Laughing gas to be banned by end of 2023 – with users facing two years in prison

Secondary legislation has been brought forward on Tuesday which will control nitrous oxide as a class C substance under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971.

The Independent UK

Sent home: how Kenyan’s dream of life as a UK care worker turned sour

Anthony Mbare found his tied visa put him at mercy of his bosses. He is one of thousands who have come to plug shortages in adult social care

The Guardian - UK

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The Abuse of Power: Confronting Injustice in Public Life by Theresa May review – blind to her own failings

The ex-PM casts herself as nobly championing victims of the powerful, but fails to properly confront her culpability in the shameful Windrush scandal

The Guardian - UK

Let's be the 'Scotland of Kenmure Street not Downing Street', Slater tells Yes rally

SCOTLAND doesn’t have to be the country of Downing Street but can be the “Scotland of Kenmure Street”, Lorna Slater told the Edinburgh Yes…

The National (Scotland)

Revealed: Home Office secretly lobbied for facial recognition ‘spy’ company

Officials reflected policing minister’s enthusiasm to roll out controversial technology across the country, particularly in retail settings

The Guardian - UK

‘Like a prison’: Asylum seeker tagged by Home Office describes ‘shame’ of being tracked 24/7

Home Office is considering plans to put electronic tags on more migrants who come to the UK irregularly. Here, Holly Bancroft speaks to an asylum seeker about how the government tracks his every move.

The Independent UK

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Man who posed for selfies as he piloted ‘flimsy’ small boat with 50 migrants on board is jailed

Reda Hamoud Abdurabou took charge of the small boat while trying to cross the English Channel

The Independent UK

Man who posed for selfies as he piloted ‘flimsy’ migrant dinghy is jailed

Egyptian Reda Hamoud Abdurabou, 25, took charge of the small boat while trying to cross the English Channel in July 2022

The Independent UK

Home Office defies high court by placing 100 asylum-seeker children in hotels

Unlawful practice still used in Kent was condemned after more than 200 went missing from accommodation

The Guardian - UK

Using psychedelics to treat mental illnesses ‘not hippy movement,’ expert says

Professor David Nutt will appear before Scottish Parliament to discuss drug policies

The Independent UK

Theresa May says she regrets using term ‘hostile environment’

Memoir blames Windrush scandal on Home Office staff and previous governments including Clement Attlee’s

The Guardian - UK

Government looking to expand use of facial recognition technology

The Ministry of Defence is calling on companies to submit ideas that ‘could be deployed to benefit the Home Office and policing’.

The Independent UK

Fire safety report demanded five changes on Bibby Stockholm

Documents released under FoI laws show officials’ concerns after first asylum seekers boarded

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First Minister intervenes in row over safe consumption rooms after Westminster block

Scotland’s First Minister has urged the UK Government to look at the evidence for drug consumption rooms and allow a facility to open in Glasgow.

The Independent UK

Using psychedelics in mental health treatment ‘not hippy movement’, says expert

Professor David Nutt will appear before the Scottish Parliament next month to discuss drug policies.

The Independent UK

Yousaf seeks ‘genuine discussion’ on drug consumption rooms as MPs support pilot

The First Minister said more radical approaches are needed to tackle drug deaths and addiction.

The Independent UK

Ministers ‘playing politics’ on drugs rather than saving lives, claims Sarwar

The Scottish Labour leader was speaking after the Home Affairs Committee backed the creation of a drug consumption room pilot in Glasgow.

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Evening Standard

New powers to root out rogue officers after Met scandals must be made law without delay, ministers told

Government unveils plans to overhaul police disciplinary system after Wayne Couzens and David Carrick scandals

The National (Scotland)

Home Office rejects cross-party safe consumption rooms call despite major drug report

THE Home Office has again rejected cross-party calls to introduce safe drug consumption rooms – despite a major report recommending the department…

The Independent UK

MPs call for safe spaces to be created for illegal drug consumption in UK

If Westminster remains unwilling to support a Glasgow pilot, the power to establish it should be devolved to the Scottish government, MPs said

The Guardian - UK

Allow drug testing at festivals to cut deaths, MPs urge ministers

Drop ‘abstinence-only approach’ and focus on public health, report by home affairs select committee says

The Independent UK

Government unveils plans to overhaul police disciplinary system

Chief constables, or other senior officers, will have greater powers to root out and sack rogue staff from their forces.

The Independent UK

Safe drug consumption facilities should be piloted in the UK, MPs say

If Westminster remains unwilling to support a Glasgow pilot, the power to establish it should be devolved to the Scottish Government, MPs said.

Evening Standard

Drug testing at festivals must expand before summer 2024, committee tells Home Office

The Home Affairs Committee recommends a dedicated licensing scheme for drug checking

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