This guidance is out dated, legally questionable and deeply traumatising to individuals experiencing losses. The surveillance and accusations aimed at grieving women and birthing people is a gross betrayal of public trust, lacks empathy, substance, justification, and needs amending. It is deeply rooted in patriarchal views and reinforces worrying views around policing female bodies. We petition for the NPCC to review and amend the guidance with urgency.

Fred Done is investing millions in technology to improve horse racing yet he can't (or should I say won't) pay his employees sick pay when they're away from work through no fault of their own.  My friend has been non-weight bearing for at least 8 weeks after a necessary operation and all she can claim to keep her house going is SSP. We all know that no-one can run a house on £94 odd per week.  Everyone who works for an employer needs to feel safe that their family and outgoings will be taken care of if they get ill. Being ill and/or going into hospital is stressful enough without the worry of wondering how you're going to pay your bills. Please sign if you are or have been an employee who has/had to survive on SSP or want to support all those in that difficult position. 

We cannot bear to see and hear the starving children without trying to do something to help. But no amount of money will help right now if none of the aid agencies are allowed in! It is left to those in power to act. Please join me in asking Keir Starmer to use his power and authority as Prime Minister to act for us and for the people of Gaza. 

IT'S AN INVASION OF PRIVACY, IT'S HUMILIATING. IT WILL CAUSE MORE STRESS AND ANXIETY ON PEOPLE'S MENTAL AND PHYSICAL HEALTH. SUICIDE RATE COULD RISE. THE COST OF LIVING AT THE MINUTE IS CAUSING ENOUGH WORRY AND ANXIETY, WE DON'T NEED ADDED PRESSURE. IT'S SEEMS TO BE PARTICULARLY TARGETING PEOPLE WHO ARE ALREADY VULNERABLE AND STRUGGLING TO COPE.

This policy hurts everyone: • Asylum seekers are stripped of dignity—forced to rely on handouts instead of earning a living. • The UK economy loses out on skilled, hardworking individuals eager to contribute. • It fuels racism and resentment, reinforcing the false idea that asylum seekers are a burden instead of the builders, caregivers, and workers they long to be. What message does this send? That those fleeing persecution and war are less deserving of human dignity? That the government prefers to keep people in poverty rather than allow them to contribute? This isn’t just about policy, it’s about basic human rights. Let asylum seekers work. Let them contribute. Let them live with dignity.  Sign the petition NOW to demand immediate work rights for asylum seekers in the UK.

Register your disgust & try & change the decision by Ofwat to allow Thames Water to increase water charges by 31% over the next year & increasing even more over the next 5years.

It is reported that the Home Office has ordered Apple to build a backdoor into its encrypted services so that they can get hold of content that any Apple user has upload to the cloud. Encryption keeps our private information safe and secure. It’s essential for being safe online when sending messages, shopping, doing online banking – and for storing things safely in the cloud. With the Cabinet Office estimating the cost of Cyber Crime at £21BN a year to our economy, we can’t afford to make our data less secure with a backdoor.  But the UK government thinks it should be access anything and everything, anywhere and anytime – and it’s prepared to put all of our security at risk in order to do so. According to the Washington Post, Apple are likely to say no to this demand and stop providing encrypted services to people in the UK. This would mean that Apple users in the UK no longer have the secure products that people in other countries have. But this is not just about Apple. The UK government has been putting pressure on Meta to stop rolling out encryption in its services. Android users could be next. The UK Government can do this because last year, they added new powers to the Investigatory Powers Act, known as the snooper’s charter. These powers mean the Home Office can force tech companies to notify them when they want to make their products more secure; in other words so the Home Office can stop security measures from ever being added.  The Home Office don’t have to get a judge to approve these orders. We as citizens can’t even find out if such an order has been issued due to their secretive nature. This is the wrong way round. The UK Government should encourage tech companies to use encryption and keep us all safe online – not put our privacy and security at risk. We need to act now before we lose Apple encrypted services. Add your name to demand that the Home Office protects your privacy now. Read more here: https://metro.co.uk/2025/02/08/privacy-fears-millions-government-demands-access-messages-photos-22520358

The current 7-year route to settlement for children born in the UK is unnecessarily long and places a significant burden on families. Children born in the UK often grow up with a strong sense of belonging to British society. However, they face prolonged uncertainty, which can harm their emotional well-being, disrupt their education, and delay their ability to fully participate in society.   Reducing this period to three years would allow children to achieve stability sooner, providing them with a secure foundation to grow, learn, and thrive. It ensures their rights and best interests are prioritized, reflecting the values of fairness and compassion that underpin British society.   This issue affects not just the children and families directly involved, but also the broader community. When children are given the opportunity to integrate fully and early, it benefits society as a whole. By supporting this change, you are:   1. Promoting Equality: Every child born in the UK deserves the same opportunity to feel secure and included.   2. Strengthening Families: Families facing immigration challenges often experience stress and financial hardship, which can impact their ability to contribute to society.   3. Building a Better Future: Supporting children’s well-being and integration strengthens communities and creates a more cohesive and compassionate society.   By joining this campaign, you are standing up for fairness, family unity, and the well-being of the next generation. Together, we can push for a more just and inclusive policy that benefits everyone.

Time is running out as there is only 5 weeks before she must register for the event. She has been waiting for her interview for the best part of a year and it's overdue. Many people who claimed asylum after her are getting their interviews and granted asylum. It's her turn.

We are a group of asylum and refugee organisations working directly with vulnerable and scared people, asylum seekers and refugees, accommodated in Home Office hotels across the country.  Over the past eight days, our clients have been terrorised, re-traumatised and further dehumanised by organised far-right racist violence, unfolding on our streets and across our country, leaving communities at risk.  Asylum seekers, refugees and wider communities of colour are scared for their lives, alongside our colleagues who support them, as many non-governmental organisations are being targeted by the far-right. The far-right can not and must not be allowed to dictate how and where asylum seekers and refugees are housed. The failed policy of housing asylum seekers and refugees in hotels has been a gift to the far-right and those scapegoating vulnerable people, protected under international law, for racist and political violence.  The isolation of these hotels and the stigmatisation of asylum seekers and refugees housed in this way has allowed their further dehumanisation and segregation from wider society.  This must end now.  Dangerous disinformation about asylum hotels has spread online and in real life, leading to the devastating consequences we are seeing. The Home Office must reclaim false narratives back from the far-right and centre the humanity, dignity and lived experiences of asylum seekers and refugees.  Refugees and asylum seekers deserve safe homes, not hotels. 

My name is Emma Louise O'Connor and I'm a disabled Grenfell tower survivor from the 20th floor, yes I got out alive but so many of my fellow neighbors and animals didn't I'm passionate about getting rid of this housing 18 metres rule abolished just because the London fire brigade can reach that height why do our lives matter so less to the people who build these high rise yes the London fire brigade have equipment to reach above but every human life should never have a price tag on, London has 33 boroughs with only 102 fire stations is this enough when another Grenfell happens, the fire in hackney with those wood effect cladding outside that was only 6 floors high, with legislation to scrap the 18 metre rule it will be a goal to make all properties a fire safe standard. The goverment and councils needs to put lives before money and aesthetics.

Many migrants face terrible consequences if unable to prove their right to live, study, work in and travel to the UK.  In March 2024, leaked Home Office records showed that database errors had already hit 76,000 people. One person whose Home Office records had been entangled with another’s said: ““We are hostages to this ridiculous system. We are left trying to prove who we are. My life is no longer my own. We are being made to feel like failures but it is the system that has failed us.”” The EU Settlement Scheme first introduced the digital-only immigration status in 2018, and organisations like the3million have persistently raised awareness of the problems people face. Read Vivienne’s story who has struggled to prove her right to work. She says ““It would make me so much more secure in my rights if I had a physical document to prove my status. I hope the government does the right thing and provides us with the peace of mind we need.”” Or read Rosa’s story who was detained at the UK border because they couldn’t find proof of her status. She writes ““I don’t feel comfortable with the thought of travelling. It’s left me thinking that an error in a system somewhere could lead to me not being able to come home. No one should feel that stressed and anxious. We need more security in our status, and having a physical document would help a lot.”” If the Home Office doesn’t pause its digitalisation programme, today’s temporary detention at the UK border will turn into a denial of boarding your plane, train or ferry from January 2025.  If your ‘status in the cloud’ is somehow broken, it will be next to impossible to persuade a foreign airline staff member, with dozens of people queued up behind you, that you genuinely do have the right to return home to the UK. Someone in this position will have NOTHING in their hands to show their rights. This is likely to cause a second Windrush scandal. Windrush was in essence about people who had rights but were unable to prove those rights.  There is a package of sensible steps that can be taken to mitigate this impending disaster - please sign this petition and share it widely.