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Child Imprisonment in England and Wales: The Case for Abolition

Child Imprisonment in England and Wales: The Case for Abolition By Jodie Hodgson England and Wales imprison more children than any other country in Western Europe despite overwhelming evidence that custody harms rather than helps. The average child custody population in 2023–24 was 430, with nearly half held on remand. These children, often already traumatised,…

15 November 20250Comments

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What’s Lost When PCCs Go: The Quiet Unravelling of Local Justice

On 13 November 2025, the Government announced that the role of elected Police and Crime Commissioners (PCCs) will be abolished before the end of this Parliament. Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood described the system as a “failed experiment” and promised that its removal would save £100 million over the next few years. The current 41 commissioners…

15 November 20250Comments

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Turning Trauma Into Change

After the traumatic removal of her children, Amy Van Zyl turned her pain into purpose. Through Her Circle, the organisation she founded in 2020, Amy now supports women facing what she calls “complex motherhood”, those experiencing overlapping challenges such as domestic abuse, poverty, addiction, and poor mental health. “I had a mental health breakdown, and…

14 November 20250Comments

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Claudia Sheinbaum: Powerful Women in a Man’s World

Claudia Sheinbaum, the first female President of Mexico, has been sexually assaulted in the middle of the street, in broad daylight. A video circling on social media shows a visibly drunken man coming up behind the President as she is greeting a group of citizens on Tuesday 4th of November. He embraces her from behind,…

14 November 20250Comments

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From Catering to Custody: When a Services Giant Runs Prisons

Sodexo began by serving lunch and now it runs prisons where people have died in their cells. Founded in Marseille in 1966 as a modest catering business, the company has expanded into a global services empire, managing everything from hospital meals to justice and probation services. But behind the glossy rhetoric of “quality of life”…

13 November 20250Comments

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Shein: The Shame of France

Shein has hit the Parisian highstreet, opening their first physical store in the Bazar de l'Hôtel de Ville (BHV) shopping centre amid a child sex doll scandal and cries of outrage from French public and politicians alike. The online marketplace has long been acknowledged as the epitome of the fashion industry’s worst aspects: over-consumerism, environmental…

13 November 20250Comments

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A Race Between A Narcissist and His Reflection: Labour’s Crisis of Conscience

On the 11th of November 2025, veteran labour MP Barry Gardiner appeared on Newsnight and delivered a line that has since echoed across political circles: “The race between Keir Starmer PM and Wes Streeting is like a race between a Narcissist and his reflection.” It was a moment of brutal clarity in a party that…

12 November 20250Comments

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The Vavengers: Survivor-Powered Activism Against FGM

Female genital mutilation (FGM) is one of the most severe forms of gender-based violence, yet it remains shrouded in silence across much of the world. Despite legal bans, millions of girls continue to be cut every year. At the heart of the movement to end this practice is The Vavengers, a UK-based, survivor-led charity turning…

11 November 20250Comments

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Turning Petals into Purpose: Tackling India’s Flower Waste with Sustainable Reuse

Every day across India, millions of flowers are offered at temples, weddings, and festivals — only to be discarded hours later. This “sacred waste” often clogs rivers, fills landfills, and releases harmful gases. But a growing movement is transforming what was once pollution into purpose. In Turning Petals into Purpose, writer Jhanvi Kaur explores how…

10 November 20250Comments

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When Justice Comes Home: Inter Alia’s Unflinching Gaze at Motherhood and Masculinity

Suzie Miller’s Inter Alia, directed by Justin Martin, is a theatrical gut-punch that refuses to flinch. With Rosamund Pike as Jessica Parks—a Crown Court judge and mother—the play dives headfirst into the murky waters of gender, power, and parental accountability. From the opening rock riff to the haunting shadow play, Inter Alia uses bold staging…

5 November 20250Comments

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