MEND is pleased to announce the release of a new and important briefing paper titled, No Race to the Bottom: Avoiding Further Curbs to Freedom of Speech Under Labour. The briefing argues that our democracy, and particularly freedom of speech, is being put at risk by government actors who...
A recent report by Advance HE has highlighted the under-attainment of Muslim students at university compared to the wider student population, suggesting that Muslims are systematically disadvantaged within education. The report details that only 18% of Muslims were awarded top classification, which...
Following a three-month leadership race, Sir Keir Starmer and Angela Rayner have been elected as the new leader and deputy leader of the Labour party. Their new positions come at a time of social, political, and economic upheaval, the likes of which barely exist within living memory. While the...
Background In June 2019, the body of 12-year-old schoolgirl, Shukri Abdi was found in the River Irwell in Bury. A group of children were with her at the river during the period when she had drowned. Greater Manchester police initially did not treat the death as suspicious, but Shukri’s family...
On 21st March 2020, MEND released an action alert raising concerns about the Coronavirus Bill 2019-21. As it was written, the bill would have allowed designated local authorities to cremate bodies against the wishes of the deceased. On 23rd March 2020, the second reading of the Coronavirus Bill...
Yesterday, Monday 23 March, the emergency Coronavirus Bill was debated and passed in the House of Commons. Naz Shah, MP for Bradford West, successfully pushed for an amendment to the draft bill to permit those from faith backgrounds to be exempted from automatic cremation in the advent of their...
The Coronavirus Bill 2019-21 is due to have its second reading in the House of Commons on Monday 23rd March. As it is currently written, the Bill will allow designated local authorities to disregard section 46(3) of the Public Health (Control of Disease) Act 1984, which is designed to prevent a...
MEND is deeply concerned by an element of the draft, emergency ‘Coronavirus Bill 2019-21’ due to have its second reading in the House of Commons on Monday 23rd March. As it is currently drafted, the Bill will allow designated local authorities to disregard section 46(3) of the Public Health...
The Conservative Party has been once more exposed as relying on the support of individuals possessing far-right sentiments. It has emerged that the Carlton Club, an institution described as the “spiritual home of the Tories” was the recipient of a large donation in January this year...
“a single shelf of a good European library was worth the whole native literature of India and Arabia” – Thomas Babington Macauley (Politician and Historian) When you think of the Eastern world, what do you immediately think of? Do you picture Lawrence of Arabia-esque sand dunes as far as the...
Yesterday, Tuesday 3 March, an urgent question was asked in relation to recent events in India. Several MPs highlighted the discrimination, violence, and persecution inflicted on Muslims. The Labour MP for Nottingham East, Nadia Whittome, said the following: “Will the Minister join me in...
