Monday, 31 May 2010

A selection of recent media reports

Funding crisis over legal aid threatens UK asylum chaos, ministers are warned
Refugee and Migrant Justice charity faces closure as £1.8m payments backlog...
Guardian.co.uk (30-May-2010)

Summertime 2100, and the living isn't easy
What will London be like a century from now? Seven degrees warmer, with water-absorbent streets and parched public parks. Marek Kohn paints an unnerving picture of metropolitan life in the sweaty grip of a radically changed...
The Independent (30-May-2010)

Burying everything New Labour did is not the road to recovery
The contenders for the party's leadership need to balance regret about its failures with pride in its...
Guardian Unlimited - Comment is Free (30-May-2010)

PETER HITCHENS: This is the law, not teddy-hugging time at the local nursery | Mail Online
I suppose we shall have to get used to living in a mad country. Were alleged to be a democracy and we have a government that absolutely nobody voted...
The Mail On Sunday (29-May-2010)

Asylum seeker can stay as papers to fight her case were a day late
A TURKISH asylum seeker has been allowed to stay in the country because the Home Office was a day late in lodging court papers to fight the...
The Scotsman (29-May-2010)

RIVAL GROUPS MARCH THROUGH CITY
Police have intervened to prevent disorder as members of the English Defence League (EDL) were confronted by Unite Against Fascism (UAF) during police-approved rival marches through Newcastle city...
Sunday Express (29-May-2010)

Minister Green plans new border police force
KENT NEWS: Immigration minister Damian Green has stressed the need for a dedicated border police force to tackle international crime syndicates. The Ashford MP, who was appointed to the Home Office role two weeks ago, said just focusing on the countys borders was not...
Kent News (29-May-2010)