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A political declaration aimed at clarifying key aspects of the European convention on human rights was published on Friday, agreed by all 46 member states of…

European ministers will this week discuss plans to send thousands of rejected asylum seekers to third-country hubs, the head of the continent’s human rights body has…

Every violation of international law invites the next. From Afghanistan to Iran, and across Iraq, Libya, Syria, Ukraine, Gaza and Venezuela, the line between what is…

A poet is threatening Arts Council England (ACE) with legal action after a magazine it funds withdrew her work from publication based on her “social media…

“We ended DEI in America,” Donald Trump boasted during his State of the Union (SOTU) address on Tuesday.Unlike many things the president said in his excruciatingly…

Councils should train up their own workers to install insulation in England’s draughty houses, and offer home upgrades street by street, beginning in the most deprived…

For people living and working in Enfield, the current measles outbreak is a shock – but not a surprise. The borough has struggled with low vaccine…

Reform-led Worcestershire county council is likely to issue England’s largest council tax rise this April after it was given special permission by the government to increase…

Nigel Farage’s Reform UK has been accused of betraying election promises to cut council tax after several councils it controls said they planned to increase rates…

Denmark and Mexico, also threatened by US President Donald Trump, warn that the US violated international law.Members of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC), including key…