Natalie SedaccaDec 17, 2022

The High Court has ruled that the Home Secretary, Suella Braverman, has acted and is continuing to act unlawfully by failing in her legal duty to provide for the essential living needs of asylum seekers. This follows evidence that she ignored advice from her own officials that the current rate of £40.85 per week is no longer sufficient to meet basic living https://www.doughtystreet.co.uk/news/high-court-declares-home-secretary-acting-unlawfully-failing-meet-asylum-seekers-essential

#AsylumSeekers #Destitution #CostOfLivingCrisis

High Court declares that the Home Secretary is acting unlawfully by failing to meet asylum seekers’ essential living needs and protect them from destitution in the cost of living crisis | Doughty Street Chambers

The High Court has today ruled that the Home Secretary, Suella Braverman, has acted and is continuing to act unlawfully by failing in her legal duty to provide for the essential living needs of asy

Show threadDavid NiceDec 17, 2022
@nataliesedacca Yet she remains unpunished. Is this, like all the findings re the robbery of us taxpayers to fund rich mates, 'advisory' only?
Show threadNatalie SedaccaDec 17, 2022
@davidpnice it wasn’t a procedure about punishment, it was about whether the rate has to be changed, which it now does
Show threadDavid Nice
@nataliesedacca But lawbreakers should at the very least be removed from office, ideally imprisoned, don't you think?
Dec 17, 2022 at 11:32amWeb
Show threadLassielmrDec 17, 2022
@davidpnice @nataliesedacca unlawful is not illegal. Although in her case I’d happily see her sacked
Show threadDavid NiceDec 17, 2022
@lassielmr @nataliesedacca Funny, I'd have thought the definitions were identical. Maybe I'm wrong.
Show threadLassielmrDec 18, 2022
@[email protected]@[email protected] in law there is a subtle difference. Illegal means there is a defined 'law' to break. If you break it there are consequences. Unlawful on the other hand is where there isn't a specific law passed for such action.