Britain’s employment tribunal system is already buckling under the weight of unresolved cases. As of December 2024, more than 43,000 single claims and 424,000 group claims remained open.
The Office for Students (OfS) has issued final regulatory advice on how universities and colleges must comply with the Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Act 2023.
As part of the FSU’s ongoing campaign against Clause 20 of the Employment Rights Bill, our General Secretary, Lord Young of Acton, took to the stage at a packed comedy night to highlight how the proposed law could turn performance venues into compliance zones, chilling comedy in the name of...
A major free speech victory has been secured after the Supreme Court refused to hear the final appeal in the case of Farmor’s School v Kristie Higgs, bringing to a close a seven-year legal battle that has helped clarify the legal protections for belief and expression in the workplace.
Across the United States, a disciplinary tool designed to prevent harassment is increasingly being used to police speech, silencing students not for threats or misconduct, but for expressing unpopular views.
British officials could be barred from entering the United States for infringing the free speech rights of American citizens, under new visa restrictions unveiled by the US Secretary of State, Marco Rubio.
The BBC has warned of a “sharp and deeply troubling escalation” in the Iranian regime’s campaign against its Persian-language journalists and their families.
A publisher who claimed she was “hounded out” of her job for holding gender-critical beliefs has reached a legal settlement with Hachette UK.
The freedom to criticise Islam must be protected, a group of parliamentarians has said following the conviction of FSU member Hamit Coskun for burning a Koran.
Police Scotland has come under fire after circulating internal communications that appeared to liken the gender-critical movement to Nazi ideology.
In the latest sign that political pressure is threatening artistic freedom in the UK, Radiohead bassist Colin Greenwood has warned that the cancellation of concerts involving his brother and fellow band member Jonny Greenwood, alongside an Israeli-born musician, represents a “curtailment of free speech”.
Deputy District Judge John McGarva has reserved judgment in the case of FSU member Hamit Coskun, who stood trial this week at Westminster Magistrates’ Court for burning a copy of the Koran outside the Turkish Consulate in London. The judge will now deliver his verdict at 11am on Monday.
The Bar Standards Board (BSB) has withdrawn controversial proposals to impose a sweeping new obligation on barristers to “act in a way that advances EDI”, following sustained opposition from across the legal profession and a concerted campaign by the FSU
West Mercia Police has recorded a portrait of Enoch Powell in a village shop window as a non-crime hate incident, after a passer-by took offence. The shopkeeper, a Reform UK campaigner, says the report is politically motivated.
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