🇬🇧 Drugs Crisis In Prisons 'Worse Than Ever'
▫Exclusive: Blue-light emergency responses now ‘a normal part of life’ in prison, experts warn
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MPs will vote on Tuesday on whether to make PIP harder to claim for a future generation of disabled people.
For @Independent I spoke to claimants, experts and a former assessor about the uphill battle many already face to get what they're entitled to.
https://t.co/5kWoJ5TKWQ
Approached about the latest warning, the Home Office said it was aware of issues caused by the February rule changes and was taking urgent action to resolve them “at the earliest possible opportunity”.
https://t.co/5KvoJF8G6I
Desperate Ukrainian families are resorting to illegal routes and “rogue advisers” to bring their children to Britain after “catastrophic” changes to the Homes for Ukraine scheme, ministers have been told.
https://t.co/5KvoJF8G6I
Speaking to @Independent, one Ukrainian mother said she was left with no choice but to bring her children from Ukraine illegally after their carer grandparent fell ill, and urged the government to change course to allow families to reunite in safety.
This is an extraordinary intervention. If drones can bring in drugs they can also bring in weapons & explosives. To hear some of our high security prisons holding much of our national security risk have effectively 'ceded' airspace to them is chilling.
https://t.co/R1CvKM7TDj
Exclusive: More than 150 apartment block residents face eviction after no fault notices served weeks before Christmas
Residents at Vive Living Childers Street in Deptford have been served with a Section 21 eviction notice
https://t.co/ukp2gU9bIU
Our #TruthAboutYouth campaign launched today in an article in @Independent, sharing our research by @wearesocial which found media coverage of young people is twice as likely to be negative than positive
https://t.co/0cwwgoqm4F
It warms my heart to be able to publish this.
After a decade of being locked away in hospitals and care homes, Nicholas Thornton, a young man with Autism is finally free
It comes a year after @Independent and @Channel4News told his story
https://t.co/AYn9C8MVC0