14 h. ago Council's library closures to begin next week despite ongoing legal challenge

Critics argue that smaller communities will bear the brunt of the closures, which threaten to push them 'back to Victorian times'

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4 d. ago Trump vows to appeal court ruling striking down ‘Liberation Day’ tariffs claiming it ‘would literally destroy’ the country

The anticipated decision finds sweeping tariffs unconstitutional but leaves them in place as legal challenges continue

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4 d. ago Appeals court blocks Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’ orders and deems them illegal

Anticipated decision finds sweeping tariff agenda unconstitutional but leaves them in place as legal challenges continue

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5 d. ago WASPI women confirm new update on legal bid for State Pension age compensation

WASPI is set to challenge the DWP compensation decision in court before the end of the year.

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8 d. ago Republicans are trying to ensure we’ll never have another fair election | Judith Levine

From an executive order and redistricting to seeking to kill mail-in ballots, the party is conducting an all-out assault on voting rights“Christians, get out and vote, just this time,” Donald Trump exhorted the audience at a campaign event organized by the conservative Turning Point Action in July 2024. “In four years, you don’t have to vote again. We’ll have it fixed so good you’re not going to have to vote.”Since his defeat by Joe Biden in 2020, Trump has been building toward delivery on that promise, first by fomenting suspicion of widespread election fraud, then by trying to overturn the results via legal challenge and intimidation, and finally, on 6 January 2021, by force. Now the White House and Republicans both in Washington and the states are colluding more brazenly than ever to “fix it” – “it” meaning free and fair elections they might lose.Judith Levine is Brooklyn-based journalist, essayist and author of five books. Her Substack is Today in Fascism Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Blake Lively's 38th birthday plans revealed amid bitter legal battle with Justin Baldoni

Blake Lively celebrated her 38th birthday on Monday, following a challenging year marked by her legal battle with Justin Baldoni.

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9 d. ago Feds fight to keep 'Alligator Alcatraz' open amid legal battle as 3rd challenge is filed

The federal government has asked a Miami judge to pause her order to close an immigration detention center in Florida's Everglades, known as "Alligator Alcatraz."

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9 d. ago Sting 'being sued for millions' by former bandmates in The Police

The legal challenge launched by musicians Andy Summers and Stewart Copeland has been listed at London’s High Court under 'general commercial contracts and arrangements'

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1 week ago Alligator Alcatraz could be shut down. Ron DeSantis has a backup plan

Legal challenges to notorious migrant detention center may see it close as soon as October

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1 week ago Asylum hotels latest: More councils consider legal challenges as anti

Government scrambles to draw up contingency plan as more councils indicate taking legal action

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1 week ago Protests expected at asylum hotels across England as tensions mount

Anti-migrant demonstrations expected on Friday and Saturday, while councils investigate legal challenges against hotelsDozens of protests outside hotels used as temporary accommodation for asylum seekers are expected over the weekend across England amid mounting tensions over the issue.Figures released on Thursday showed there were more than 32,000 asylum seekers in hotels, marking a rise of 8% during Labour’s first year in office. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Protests expected at asylum hotels across UK as tensions mount

Anti-migrant demonstrations expected on Friday and Saturday, while councils investigate legal challenges against hotelsDozens of protests outside hotels used as temporary accommodation for asylum seekers are expected over the weekend across Britain amid mounting tensions over the issue.Figures released on Thursday showed there were more than 32,000 asylum seekers in hotels, marking a rise of 8% during Labour’s first year in office. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Human rights group to seek to appeal against Israel jet parts export ruling

Al-Haq lost a legal challenge against the Government in June over the export of fighter jet parts that can be used by Israel.

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1 week ago ‘Hypocritical’ Badenoch calls for Tory councils to launch legal challenges against asylum hotels

Tory leader has encouraged local authorities to ‘take the same steps’ as Epping Forest District Council

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1 week ago Chris Philp challenged on why he didn’t encourage councils to take legal action over asylum hotels when Tories were in power

Shadow Home Secretary Chris Philp has defended Kemi Badenoch’s call for Conservative councils to consider legal challenges against the use of hotels to house asylum seekers.

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1 week ago 'Desperate' Kemi Badenoch accused of 'hypocritical nonsense' over asylum hotels

Kemi Badenoch has been accused of spouting 'desperate and hypocritical nonsense' after calling on Tory councils to launch legal challenges over a problem her party caused

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1 week ago Labour councils now want to shut down migrant hotels in wake of Epping injunction

Tamworth and Wirral councils, both controlled by Labour, have joined a number of Conservative and Reform UK-run councils in investigating whether they can mount legal challenges

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1 week ago Angela Rayner hit with legal challenge over datacentre on green belt land

Exclusive: Campaigners complain no environmental assessment made for 90MW Buckinghamshire facility The deputy prime minister, Angela Rayner, has been hit with a legal challenge after she overruled a local council to approve a hyperscale datacentre on green belt land by the M25 in Buckinghamshire.Campaigners bringing the action are complaining that no environmental impact assessment was made for the 90MW datacentre, which was approved as part of the Labour government’s push to turn the UK into an AI powerhouse by trebling computing capacity to meet rising demand amid what it terms “a global race” as AI usage takes off. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Asylum hotels latest: Badenoch calls for Tory councils to launch legal challenges after Epping migrant site shut

Chaos facing Starmer comes after Epping council granted temporary injunction blocking migrants from being housed at The Bell Hotel

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2 w. ago Ospreys and Scarlets in legal action against WRU amid Cardiff controversy

The WRU's acquisition of Cardiff didn't go down well in some quarters and its emerged a legal challenge has been launched

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