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UK crime bill a missed opportunity to tackle violence against women

Until lockdown is eased and basic liberties are restored, our society will be in peril  The sense that authority is being wielded fairly – essential to civilised life – is dissipating rapidly 14 March 2021 • 1:15pm They certainly have their uses, but neither Chris Whitty nor Patrick Vallance – the Government’s head honchos for medical and scientific advice – is ever going to be an expert on the wider impacts of curtailing basic freedom. Either could tell you all about the R value �...

EXCLUSIVE: Deborah James, who presents the Radio 5 Live podcast You, me and the Big C, said the NHS needs to be supported as it prepares to face a tsunami of patients once lockdown lifts.

Governments’ ‘muddle-through’ Covid-19 policies are misguided 10 Mar 2021 After a year of enduring restricted life under Covid-19, and with little light at the end of the tunnel, a critical assessment is called for regarding the failure of ad-hoc authoritarian fiat in dealing with the pandemic. (Photo by Lukas Kabon/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images) After a year of enduring restricted life under Covid-19, and with little light at the end of the tunnel, a critical assessment is called for r...

Lord Sumption is a fearless public voice on civil liberties – but is he right on Brexit? The retired Supreme Court judge argues methodically in his book Law in a Time of Crisis, but his Remainer stance unbalances the later essays 6 March 2021 • 9:00am Law unto himself: Lord Sumption’s opinion is always worth listening to, even – or especially – if one disagrees with it Credit: Richard Ansett/BBC Britain is lucky to be a country in which judges write books – thoughtful, stimulating a...

The vaccine rollout is in full flow now, the daily tickers have had "people vaccinated" added to their red counters, and the improbably large number grows more improbably large every day. The sale of the century is very much on. The powers that...

By Monidipa Fouzder2021-03-01T09:38:00+00:00 The legal profession’s representative bodies have invited the public to explore and debate the disruption that Covid-19 has meant for rights and freedoms for Justice Week, which begins today. Justice Week, now in its third year, is an initiative set up by the Law Society, Bar Council and Chartered Institute of Legal Executives to build public support for the rule of law. With this year’s events having to take place remotely due the pandemic, th...

EXCLUSIVE: Around 1,200 people are currently in the quarantine hotels, a regime cooked up to suppress mutant variants from high-risk countries including Portugal.

Credit: reuters SIR – Lord Sumption has highlighted how our freedoms are being eroded. But is anyone in the Government listening? Having extricated ourselves from the tyranny of the undemocratic European Union, we now face being enslaved by the tyranny of Covid fear. Boris Johnson knows how to please a crowd, but does he have the courage and vision to avert the nation’s slide into totalitarianism? Catherine Castree   SIR – Lord Sumption should know that the draconian restrictions on indi...

Last modified on Mon 15 Feb 2021 07.17 EST The dilemmas are achingly familiar by now. Should we lock down or stay open? If we lock down, when and in what order should the different sectors of the economy open up? What about schools? Places of worship? Cultural and sporting venues? In each case, the question being asked is essentially the same: is saving x lives from Covid-19 worth y potential damage to society? The question is usually framed in terms of damage to the economy rather than damag...