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Torture survivors left with no heating due to voucher system

Billy Briggs on February 11, 2020February 11, 2020

Torture survivors living on £5 a day in Glasgow are being forced to travel for miles to get power to heat their homes, according to support workers.

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Society, Health

Scottish drug activists urged to break law to save lives

Karin Goodwin on September 4, 2019September 5, 2019

A leading drug activist has urged Scots to engage in widespread civil disobedience to reduce the number of people dying of drug overdoses.

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Arms trade

Serco slammed for plans to attend arms fair while evicting asylum seekers

Billy Briggs on August 20, 2019August 22, 2019

Serco, a firm evicting hundreds of asylum seekers from their homes in Glasgow, will be exhibiting at a controversial arms trade show.

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Asylum, Housing and homelessness, Human rights

Hundreds of asylum seekers will be made homeless as Serco restarts evictions

Karin Goodwin on June 12, 2019June 13, 2019

Serco's new lock changes will see about 300 people made homeless across Glasgow within months, with charities claiming they were given no warning.

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Asylum, Housing and homelessness, Society

‘Hostile environment’: Theresa May’s policy driving refugees into destitution

Billy Briggs on May 29, 2019May 29, 2019

The UK's so-called 'hostile environment' immigration policy in the UK has led to torture victims being left destitute, a charity claims.

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Politics, Society

Five military personnel referred to counter-terrorism programme

Billy Briggs on May 24, 2019May 24, 2019

The Ministry of Defence has refused to say whether the five referred to the counter-terrorism programme are still serving in the armed forces.

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Asylum, Society

Serco fined almost £3m by Home Office for asylum housing failures

Karin Goodwin on May 21, 2019May 21, 2019

Serco has been fined millions of pounds by the Home Office for failing to meet the terms of its contract to provide accommodation for asylum seekers in Scotland and Northern Ireland.

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Asylum, Human rights

Hundreds of destitute asylum seekers forced to travel from Scotland to Liverpool

Billy Briggs on May 5, 2019May 8, 2019

Torture victims and vulnerable women were among hundreds of asylum seekers forced to make 400-mile round trips from Scotland to England to make fresh claims for sanctuary in the UK.

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Asylum, Human rights

Home Office accused of racial profiling after 200 targeted in Glasgow

Billy Briggs on May 2, 2019May 3, 2019

More than 200 British citizens in Glasgow underwent spot checks by immigration officers in 21 months, prompting claims the Home Office has been conducting racial profiling.

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Home Office

Asylum

Torture survivors left with no heating due to voucher system

Society, Health

Scottish drug activists urged to break law to save lives

Arms trade

Serco slammed for plans to attend arms fair while evicting asylum seekers

Asylum, Housing and homelessness, Human rights

Hundreds of asylum seekers will be made homeless as Serco restarts evictions

Asylum, Housing and homelessness, Society

‘Hostile environment’: Theresa May’s policy driving refugees into destitution

Politics, Society

Five military personnel referred to counter-terrorism programme

Asylum, Society

Serco fined almost £3m by Home Office for asylum housing failures

Asylum, Human rights

Hundreds of destitute asylum seekers forced to travel from Scotland to Liverpool

Asylum, Human rights

Home Office accused of racial profiling after 200 targeted in Glasgow

Named: the Scots businessman linked to neo-Nazi groups

School children in ‘remote’ areas do worse than elsewhere

£250bn: the cost of giving tax breaks to North Sea oil firms

Michael Russell claim that ‘Scotland pays out more than it gets back’ is False