Britons' right to protest is under threat like never before. If you value it, speak up now | Imran Khan

Hate-filled fake videos about London are everywhere. We've obtained a recording of a TikToker confessing to secretly filming Londoners in their homes for clicks. He says it's not political. He just wants to make money from far-right anger. Read what he says: www.londoncentric.media/p/london-tik...

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Dozens of Labour MPs are going public on their doubts that this government's settlement reforms are fair or good for integration. www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/02...

If you are a survivor who has been affected by recent reporting, help is available. Contact @rapecrisis.bsky.social for support ➡️ 247sexualabusesupport.org.uk

"If these rules were in place... I could never apply for a judicial position" @fionabawdon.bsky.social speaks to an award-winning #ImmigrationLawyer on how Labour's asylum plans risk putting lives permanently on pause. In 𝘓𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘭 𝘈𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 ➡️ hi.switchy.io/lIQ7

📣OUT NOW - February's Issue of 𝘓𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘭 𝘈𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 is LIVE! 📚 Check out our cover story, ‘I don’t have any faith in lawyers now’, by @fionabawdon.bsky.social on the devastating consequences of 'shark' immigration lawyers. Read here ➡️ hi.switchy.io/pN5V #AccessToJustice

'Mail fail: Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal dismisses allegation against third immigration sting solicitor' www.lawgazette.co.uk/news/mail-fa...

🚨ANNOUNCEMENT 1 OF 2🚨 WELL WELL WELL. 🎺🎺🎺 Second book alert!🎺🎺🎺 Did you enjoy the gritty thrilleriness of The Cut Throat Trial? Fancy some more, sunshine? Kill All The Lawyers will be hitting the shelves next year. Consider your appetites whetted.

Companies that profit from Homeland Security's campaign of terror include: Quantico Tactical Safariland Cadre Holdings Icor Technology Atlantic Diving Supply

This is the spirit.

Fantastic, pointed, and written with furious élan. She v good. open.substack.com/pub/grainnem...

‼ IN CASE YOU MISSED IT ‼ Pro(vider) bono - The hidden cost of delivering #LegalAid - Are legal aid lawyers the unsung heroes of #ProBono? @fionabawdon.bsky.social reports in 𝘓𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘭 𝘈𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 ➡ hi.switchy.io/lI4s

How can this still be happening @ukhomeoffice.bsky.social ? www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

The BBC coverage is absolutely terrible. It leads on "sharply contested narratives" It has a dramatic skew to the US government It has posted the video but has failed to report on what it shows: it shows the US govt account is untrue

Sadiq Khan says integration matters. But making refugee status temporary "will leave people in a precarious state, suspended in limbo for years, their lives overshadowed with uncertainty” Doubling how long it takes people to settle "doesn't give people a stake in society, it takes that stake away"

Trump's Davos speech was the act of a madman and that is the only sensible manner in which it should have been covered iandunt.substack.com/p/breaking-t...

NEW Why the Hillsborough law campaigners are right to be resolute The attempts to water down the duty of candour should be resisted Me at @prospectmagazine.co.uk www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/th...

🌟"We are all committed to making London a better place to live"🌟 @fionabawdon.bsky.social reports from the first-ever Advising Londoners Awards, celebrating the life-changing work of legal advice agencies in the capital. Read on in 𝘓𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘭 𝘈𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 ➡ hi.switchy.io/lIR1

"The decisions during Covid too often ignored children’s needs." After the Inquiry’s report, lawyers representing children & young people from @gardencourtlaw.bsky.social say the government must act NOW. 🔗 Read here ➡ hi.switchy.io/lIPh #CovidInquiry

📢 Calling law practitioners & advisors: FREE seminar navigating civil penalties & appeals in immigration practice 📅Wed 21 Jan, 6–7:30pm Speakers Adrian Berry KC, Gordon Lee, Mark Symes & Ubah Dirie will discuss advising on right to work checks. Book here: gardencourtchambers.co.uk/event/free-w...

"A YouGov poll found that 61% of Britons think London is an unsafe place to live — but *Londoners disagree*. 63% of those *who live in the capital* see it as safe." www.thetimes.com/uk/crime/art... #IHeartLondon

Legal Action Group is recruiting two trustees with the following skills and experience: 👉 Fundraising 👉 Marketing and communications Find out more: www.lag.org.uk/jobs/217004/legal-action-group-trustees Deadline: 30 January 2026 #Trustees #AccessToJustice #Charity #Fundraising #CharityComms

Congratulations to the team behind #Adolesence for 4 #GoldenGlobes. Read what a youth justice solicitor, child psychologist, teacher, & police officer had to say about this multi-award-winning drama, from May 25 issue of @legalactiongroup.bsky.social magazine misc.pagesuite.com/pdfdownload/...

In case you missed it: Job Ad: Right to Remain are recruiting a Legal Education Officer | Free Movement

“Leave it to business journalists to successfully stage a boardroom coup against an AI chief executive.” This is a really funny story about an AI vending machine. And does not seem to be paywalled.

My pitch to sources who could take a story elsewhere is “if you put it in my newsletter it will get stolen by everyone very fast”. So little is going in at the top of the funnel that if you provide original stuff it spreads so rapidly.

📢OUT NOW 📚 𝘓𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘭 𝘈𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 is here! Cover Story: Pro(vider) bono - The hidden cost of delivering #LegalAid Are legal aid lawyers the unsung heroes of pro bono? @fionabawdon.bsky.social reports for 𝘓𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘭 𝘈𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 ➡️ hi.switchy.io/lI4s #LegalAid🚨Click here to read the NEW issue in full➡️

By coincidence, I took a screen shot of this tweet by the Lord chancellor and justice secretary David Lammy, in 2020 when he was in opposition.

Presumably the Daily Telegraph and GB News will go big on this story?* Deeply embarrassing: Michael Prescott himself doctored a Trump quote in his anti-BBC report against...doctoring a Trump quote. *waits until end of time www.thenewworld.co.uk/james-ball-e...

This is seriously the biggest change in tenancy law in 37 years. A huge thing, which will change renting short and long term.

It shouldn’t be forgotten that a big piece of Mamdani’s campaign was simply “cities are cool and lots of people enjoy living in them” which in and of itself dismantles alot of rightwing talking points

Happy 4th anniversary @webelonguk.bsky.social Manchester!🥳 Read about the brilliant work of my colleagues Asli Ali and Adam Umarji and why the support & community they provide to young people in & around the city is needed now more than ever www.webelong.org.uk/latest/we-be...

Great read from @iandunt.bsky.social on whether Starmer should stay or go, including the mystery of how, if you’re launching a popular climate, energy, and growth strategy, why wouldn’t you stage a press conference on it? iandunt.substack.com/p/a-world-wi...

NEW: Labour condemn Tory plan to strip people of indefinite leave to remain: “It’s utterly grotesque that Tories want to deport people with the lawful right to be here to achieve ‘cultural coherence’. “This policy would mean tearing families apart and ripping out our neighbours from communities."

📰 Criminal justice woes hit high-profile cases @fionabawdon.bsky.social on how court backlogs and system failures are delaying justice and amplifying trauma for victims and defendants alike. 🗞️ In October’s Legal Action Magazine swiy.co/itNo

"There is no universe in which Sam Ashworth-Hayes – or any of Britain’s array of overpaid columnists, commentators and ideological wonks – is more valuable to this country than a care worker" I wrote for @samfr.bsky.social's Substack on benefits and "contribution" samf.substack.com/p/the-someth...

I'm publishing the weirdest story I've ever written tomorrow, for London Centric members only. So here's an one-off offer. Sign up for a year before midnight today and I'll give you 33% off. If the story doesn't live up to expectations, I'll refund you tomorrow. www.londoncentric.media/a21e85e7

LAA data breach: Waiting for ‘the monster around the corner’ @legalactiongroup.bsky.social @fionabawdon.bsky.social www.rightsnet.org.uk/now/post/68491

🩺 Panel Highlight - Health Cases and Judicial Review @jamieburton29.bsky.social, @timbgclaw.bsky.social, and Bethan Harris will look at how judicial review is used to challenge NHS decisions about care in the community, including recent cases and practical tactics. Book here 👉 tinyurl.com/6sc8z4dv

Thanks to everyone who has entered - I have now replied to every entry I have received, so if you haven't had an email, please get in touch! Whilst we're getting everything ready for the voting to begin, please do consider sponsoring everyone's favourite legal-themed pet calendar

🚨 Decades of failure to tackle police racism in the UK. APPEAL's Matt Foot calls for a change in the law: when an officer is imprisoned, the force must be held accountable. The time for systemic reform is now. 📖 Read more www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025... #PoliceAccountability #Justice

Vital work of museum of homelessness @ourmoh.bsky.social bringing to light the shocking reality of deaths of people experiencing homelessness. museumofhomelessness.org/news/new-res...

The Bishop of Birmingham has written to the Shadow Justice Secretary Robert Jenrick about his comments about Handsworth

Properly and appropriately searing criticism of Jenrick by @stephenkb.bsky.social in his newsletter this morning. Jenrick is obsessed with skin colour as a supposed signal of integration. There's a word for people like that. ep.ft.com/permalink/em...

I wrote a short piece for the Observer on the attacks in Manchester. observer.co.uk/news/opinion...

"An SQE tutor says some multiple-choice questions are written in a way where all five answers can be correct, forcing candidates to second-guess what the examiner thinks" www.lawgazette.co.uk/news/fall-in...