Law, clinical legal education, access to justice, plants and 🌸🌼🌺🌻.
Leicester, England
Joined June 2011
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These are shocking figures of over 40% of children in Leicester living in poverty. Everyone from all parties need to work together to really improve this unfolding disaster!
leicestermercury.co.uk/news/…
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The climate impact of the foods we eat.
There is no time to wait. #ActOnClimate
#climate #energy #renewables
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That percentage applied to the 2019 General Election would have meant 384,000 people being turned away. And that figure wouldn't include people who didn't even go the polling station in the first place because they knew they didn't have the right ID. theguardian.com/politics/202…
Laura Bee retweeted
This understated Times column is the most sinister thing I have read about civil rights in this country for a very long time.READ IT PLEASE
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UK folks, super important. Photo ID will be required to vote for the next election, but University IDs won't work, risking the silencing of young voices. Students can now get a suitable photo ID for FREE from @nusuk 👇Please RT nus.org.uk/photo-id
Laura Bee retweeted
I get a few messages from lovely people asking for basic info to counter hostile anti migrant narrative. So I’ve pulled this together to try and cover the typical points - hopefully it helps with those awkward dinner discussions or difficult family members.
Laura Bee retweeted
Pupillage Interview Advice Thread #1 - Preparation
The first interview invites are out, so it seems like a good time for me to put together some general pointers based on my experience of sitting on pupillage committees. First up, preparation. (1/11)
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A thread about LASPO and the @MoJGovUK Review of Civil Legal Aid, which has now been formally launched. Excuse the length - I may be just a little bit fed up...
gov.uk/guidance/civil-legal-….
Laura Bee retweeted
"I have to convict you... You should feel guilty for nothing." A truly extraordinary summation from Judge Wilkinson in this Just Stop Oil case juststopoil.org/2023/02/16/y…
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SHOCKING FACT: If you earned £40,000 a day from when Jesus was born to the present day, you would still not make as much as Shell did in profits last year
Laura Bee retweeted
Currently on the govt agenda:
1. Public Order Bill: will treat peaceful protest like knife/gang crime, including banning orders, suspicionless stop and search
2. "Bill of Rights": will reduce human rights protections
3. Anti-strike laws reducing right to take industrial action
Laura Bee retweeted
Let’s hit 8000 MP letters sent by lunchtime. If you’ve already sent yours, please RT this. It really encourages other people to speak up. NHS patients and staff are in danger.
#nhs #ReviveTheNHS
👉 actionnetwork.org/letters/mp…
Laura Bee retweeted
* glances at the growing court queue with some trial dates in 2024 *
* glances at our overcrowded, understaffed prisons *
* glances at the sentencing starting point of 4.5 years for street dealing a class A drug *
thetimes.co.uk/article/suell…
Laura Bee retweeted
🚨Scholarship opportunities for refugees and people seeking asylum🚨
We’ve collected recent announcements about new scholarship opportunities at UK universities.
Please share. 🧵
#EqualAccess #RefugeesIntoUni
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Laura Bee retweeted
“It is very hard to believe that the right to paid holiday is an absolute moral right” Jacob Rees-Mogg
This is the new secretary of state for business, energy & industrial strategy
Laura Bee retweeted
New energy price guarantee - 15 quick need to knows for CONSUMERS. Please feel free to share...
#energybills #priceguarantee
Laura Bee retweeted
In advance of tomorrow’s start to the Criminal Bar’s full walk out action, a few facts you may not know:
1. Criminal Defence Barristers are paid by the Legal Aid Authority.
2. Fees are set by the government.
3. The fees for cases are fixed. We do not charge by the hour.
