Starmer is being tough on the rioters, but history shows that preventing further unrest is the real challenge
Martin Kettle
Reducing public anxieties about immigration is the best way to combat those fuelling such fears for their own ends, says Guardian columnist Martin Kettle
Shamima Begum: supreme court refuses to hear UK citizenship appeal
Begum’s lawyers argued she was trafficked as 15-year old, which authorities should have prevented
Big tech firms profit from disorder. Don’t let them use these riots to push for more surveillance
Shami Chakrabarti
Live facial recognition can seem like a solution to criminality. But it magnifies injustice, and violates our civil liberties, says lawyer Shami Chakrabarti
Letter: Crisis could be averted by not imprisoning mothers, non-payers of taxes and fines, and non-violent protesters, write Liz Middleton and Gail Coles
Challenges to deprivation of liberty orders in England soar by a third
Campaigners say vulnerable people receiving care are being deprived of their freedom in order to save money
‘Worrying deterioration in safety’ at UK immigration removal centres, warns chief inspector of prisons
All eight main detention centres in the UK have been found to have the most serious categories of failings
