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Holly Bancroft

@holly_joyb

Social Affairs Correspondent at The Independent • @independent • 📩 [email protected]/ [email protected]
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MoD is facing legal action over the evacuation of former Afghan commandos to the UK. Legal challenge is being brought over how the Triples review is being carried out. Piece below with new stats on UK accommodation. independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-n…

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Good to see our Lighthouse Reports The Independent investigation into the plight of UK-affiliated Afghan commandos left behind by Britain is shortlisted for Investigation of the Year in this year's Press Awards Story link: independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-n… Holly Bancroft Fahim Abed Monica C. Camacho

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Amazing real life spy story in the The Times and The Sunday Times this eve - investigation by Emanuele Midolo and Peter Gillman solving a 48 year mystery why Sunday Times reporter David Holden was murdered in Cairo in 1977 thetimes.com/magazines/the-…

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NSPCC are launching their six-point action plan for children today. One of the asks is new legislation to tackle the emerging risks from generative AI. You can read my interview with their CEO Chris Sherwood here: independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-n…

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🚨 Wethersfield High Court Judgment: The Home Secretary acted unlawfully in accommodating three asylum seekers at RAF Wethersfield. Serious breaches of the Equality Act in publishing accommodation policy. dpglaw.co.uk/high-court-fin…

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A mother who admitted killing her baby 27 years ago said her arrest in 2023 was a “relief”, telling detectives: “It’s not easy to live with all that time. I thought this would happen, you don’t get away with anything forever”. independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/…

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Anxiety and poor mental health exacerbated by the pandemic is a key driver behind the school absence crisis, a programme supporting students to return to the classroom has found. independent.co.uk/news/education…

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‘I’m terrified’: Disabled benefit claimants on the impact of Labour’s £5 billion cuts to welfare independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-n…

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Tiktok will be compelled to give evidence in 13-year-old Maia Walsh's inquest. Pre-inquest review hearing heard yesterday that she had been watching 'concerning' content on the app before she died. independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-n…

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Hundreds of complaints escalated to Home Office asylum hotel providers last year: I've been looking at some of the evidence to MPs for their asylum accommodation inquiry and there are some very concerning cases submitted and clear safeguarding issues. independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-n…

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How the British Red Cross tried to blow the whistle about conditions inside crisis-hit migrant detention centres independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-n…

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🔗 independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-n… Seasonal workers are being trapped in debt just to reach the UK—and forced to endure harsh conditions once they arrive. No one should be trapped in modern slavery for picking our food. The system must protect workers, not expose them to harm.

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Exclusive: These children died in their beds in the same care home. Now police are investigating independent.co.uk/news/health/ch…

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A disabled man with cerebral palsy and epilepsy was detained by the Home Office for ten months despite a doctor warning the government his detention was “unsafe” and “grossly detrimental to his wellbeing”. Report also finds drug use, use of force, self-harm on the rise in