Policy briefings and submissions

How the new Data Bill waters down protections

Bessie Yuill

PLP has briefed MPs that the Bill will weaken data protection rights, meaning the public won’t know how their data is being used.

28 Nov 2023

Policy briefings and submissions

The dangers of streamlining the asylum process

PLP’s evidence to the Public Accounts Committee, pointing out the risks of the the Home Office’s Asylum Transformation programme, has been published

Policy briefings and submissions

How can the Department of Work and Pensions operate more transparently, lawfully, and fairly?

PLP looks at the human impact of DWP decisions: what’s the real cost of conditionality, automation, or overpayment recovery?

Policy briefings and submissions

Scottish Human Rights Bill – PLP responds

In our response to the Scottish Government’s Human Rights Act consultation, PLP celebrates a progressive attitude to human rights law

Policy briefings and submissions

How to strengthen open justice – consultation response

In response to the Ministry of Justice, we consider how open justice can be upheld in the modern age

People walking by the Ministry of Justice
Policy briefings and submissions

Legal Aid Fees in the Illegal Migration Bill – consultation response

How MOJ proposals do not go far enough to ensure vulnerable migrants and asylum seekers can access legal aid

The National Audit Office building
Policy briefings and submissions

National Audit Office consultation on legal aid – PLP responds

How the legal aid sector is financially unsustainable, limited by unnecessary red tape, and denies help to those who need it the most

21 Jul 2023

Policy briefings and submissions

‘Hurt first, fix later’: AI regulation white paper consultation response

Mia Leslie, Joseph Summers, Isabelle Agerbak

How the Government’s ‘hurt first, fix later’ approach must be replaced with robust regulation that protects our fundamental rights

28 Jun 2023

Policy briefings and submissions

Evidence submission on Data Protection and Digital Information Bill (No. 2)

Alexandra Sinclair, Rachel Solomon

The threats posed to individual’s rights and already marginalised groups by the Bill – and how we can mitigate them

28 Jun 2023

Policy briefings and submissions

Retained EU Law Bill briefing: Commons consideration of amendments

Why MPs should retain crucial safeguards to protect Parliamentary sovereignty

23 May 2023

Policy briefings and submissions

5 ways the Illegal Migration Bill threatens our constitution

Briefing to the Lords urges protection of our core constitutional principles

23 May 2023

Policy briefings and submissions

Illegal Migration Bill – House of Lords Second Reading

Lee Marsons

Why the Illegal Migration Bill should be opposed: A joint briefing for the House of Lords second reading, prepared by civil society organisations.

10 May 2023