Category: Justice
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Education, Education, Education – Harm Reduction Begins At School
Providing young people with simple, practical and accurate information is the best way to ensure their safety, allowing them to make informed choices about their use of alcohol, tobacco and all other drugs. Educating children should not just be about impressing upon them the values and skills needed to become the next generation of the […]
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Ending the war on drugs: tackling the injustice of our current policy
The UK has the highest drug death rate in Europe, three times higher than the next country on the list, Germany. Drug deaths are at an all-time high, rising year-on-year. At Cranstoun, we believe there is a way to tackle this tragedy – and now. I have worked extensively in policing policy – for five […]
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Cuts Cost Lives: Labour must embrace a health-led model to drugs policies
The United Kingdom has the unenviable title of being the drug death capital of Europe, with three times the number of deaths compared to the next country, Germany. Official data shows that drug deaths have risen year-on-year for eight consecutive years, which is in correlation with a decade of slashed drug treatment budgets. To add […]
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Should we replace the human rights act?
At the Conservative Party Conference in October 2021, Dominic Raab vowed to “overhaul” the HRA 1998 ending the nonsense of the act. The HRA 1998 came into force on 2 October 2000. Its principal aim was to “bring rights home”, by incorporating 16 of the fundamental human rights in the European Convention into UK law. The […]
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Our spiking motion and campaign in Aberystwyth
After the boycott last night, and also the huge amount of support for our motion to the SU Senedd, it’s clear that in Aberystwyth spiking is a major issue. We’re glad that it is an issue that is currently being talked about and we’re also glad that solutions are already starting to be put into […]
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Legalising cannabis
In the UK possessing or supplying drugs is illegal and in theory this should stop people from getting hold of drugs to begin with. In reality this approach has failed with drug deaths per 100,000 people standing at 4.23. That makes the UK one of the highest countries both in Europe and in the world […]
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Passing the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill will harm minorities, not help
Ahead of tomorrow’s vote on the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill, I felt as if it was important to further lay out why oppose this bill and why its implementation will directly harm minorities within the UK. This is a government bill that has been widely spoken over the weekend due to its contents […]
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Putting fairness at the heart of our justice system
My name is Lauren and I’m absolutely delighted to be the new Justice Spokesperson for Centre. I’ve long admired the work that has already been done, and I’m so excited to get started. Alongside this role, I am Co-Chair of Open Labour’s Justice Reform Working Group, as well as Secretary of the Young Fabians Criminal […]