Have you heard? Organ donation no longer needs your active consent

On the 20th March 2020 amidst the hysteria of the pandemic, three days before Boris Johnson announced the first lockdown the law around organ donation in England was transformed. Rather than an opt-in system, we now operate an opt-out system. Despite this radical transformation, the change received minimal media attention and one year on it […]

Hostility imposed overnight: the threat of the EU settlement Scheme

On the 30th June 2021, any European EEA+ resident who has not applied for the EU Settlement Scheme (EUSS) will lose their legal status and face criminal charges, detention and deportation. For most, the application is simple with few complications; for those who slip through the cracks, the devasting consequences of the hostile environment will […]

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