"Our expectation is that your government will break old habits and implement all of the recommendations made... without further delay" "For the report to be worth anything it must bring systematic change." - Grenfell United bit.ly/3Z86xxS

Black On The Square 2024 | Londonist londonist.com/london/things-…

No matter how effective a country's systems are, "people are going to make mistakes". Thanks Tony. No really thank you. Have you read the report or the executive summary that concludes the government, corporates and individuals killed our loved ones? news.sky.com/story/tragedie…

"I held out and held out, and it was a question of who blinked first. And they blinked first. You don’t become Britain’s first Black woman MP because you give in to being pushed around like that...I know my worth." My interview with Diane Abbott theguardian.com/politics/artic…

Edward Daffarn: “The report is a damning indictment of a government that put UK plc before the health and safety of Grenfell. The result is that 72 people died because the regulations didn’t keep them safe. Cameron and Pickles are failing to take responsibility in the aftermath”

“It cannot be right that the former Lord Advocate & his team should be allowed to escape robust scrutiny into their decision making whilst those Police Scotland & PIRC are required to account for theirs” #ShekuBayoh demands made to Kate Forbes MSP 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-…

Standing in solidarity with the families failed by Essex mental health services. inquest.org.uk/statutory-inqu…

Finally the day has come. First ever public inquiry into mental health deaths is due to start soon.

"Now we finally have it, in black and white. Every single death at Grenfell Tower could, and should, have been avoided, and a long list of organisations, individuals and authorities failed us catastrophically" - Natasha Elcock theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Izaan, 12, is the winner of the Royal Academy of Arts Young Artists’ Summer Show People’s Choice Award, 2024, with "In Memory of Zephaniah" Izaan said, "I have created this piece in the memory of Benjamin Zephaniah as we have been learning about him in school. I am inspired by

Today INQUEST is delivering an opening statement at the Lampard inquiry which is investigating the deaths of mental health inpatients in Essex. We commend the courage of the affected families who fought for the inquiry to take place. The inquiry must ensure change follows.

Mel B has shared how a stylist asked to straighten her hair on the set of Wannabe as she joins celebs incl Beverley Knight in calling for govt to make Afro hair a protected characteristic & to end the ‘harm’ caused to kids told their hair is ‘unnaceptable’mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-…

INQUEST’s Senior Caseworker Jodie Anderson spoke to BBC News (UK) about the need to meaningfully support people leaving prison as the Govt’s early release scheme begins, and the inherent harms of prison.

Footballer Kiernan Hughes-Mason beat his partner's daughter, two, so badly that she can't sit, walk or stand independently and needs 24 hour care. She's is in constant pain daily and has to be tube fed. Today the cowardly thug has been jailed for 14 years. essex.police.uk/news/essex/new…

£40bn earmarked by gov for prison expansion needs to be diverted into: ⚪️ prevention ⚪️ rehabilitation ⚪️ reintegration Prison won’t solve social problems of poverty, mental health, welfare, employment, homelessness.

Online Evening Course: Great to be back at Brooklyn Institute this Autumn teaching "British Black Politics: From Anti-Colonialism to Abolitionism". Covering CLR James, Claudia Jones, Paul Gilroy, Lola Olufemi and much more thebrooklyninstitute.com/items/courses/…

The wrongful conviction of Oliver Campbell, a man with severe learning difficulties jailed for life in 1991 after numerous oppressive police interviews, has finally been quashed. This is the longest miscarriage of justice in British criminal history theguardian.com/law/article/20…

At the Lampard Inquiry, Lily Lewis delivered INQUEST’s opening statement, highlighting the need to thoroughly examine the deaths of mental health inpatients in Essex and to prevent future deaths through a National Oversight Mechanism. #NoMoreDeaths

Exclusive: Faron Paul, a govt-backed anti-knife crime campaigner, has won damages from the Met Police after being illegally strip-searched by 6 white, male officers. "Fighting back has made me feel as though I’ve reclaimed some of my power,” he told me. independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-n…

Very pleased to finally be able to say - it's Publication Day! Black History for Every Day of the Year - written with my siblings Yinka and Kemi Olusoga. 366 stories of people achievements, inventions and events. Out now.