Robert Stevens
- 11 Jun 2008ByRobert Stevens
Hicham Yezza, a University of Nottingham member of staff, faces the threat of deportation to Algeria. On June 2, he was forcibly moved to the Citadel detention centre at Western Heights, near Dover. Yezza and Nottingham student Rizwaan Sabir were both arrested on May 14 under the Terrorism Act 2000. Robert Stevens reports.
- 10 May 2008ByRobert Stevens
Over the past decade, the private sector has been utilised to step up attacks on the welfare state and to profit from providing services. The Welfare Reform Act is one such example of Labour’s neoliberal tendencies argues Robert Stevens.
- 17 Apr 2008
ByRobert StevensCuts in the UK’s science budget will cause the closure of key scientific programmes and facilities writes Robert Stevens
- 29 Mar 2008ByRobert Stevens
The Government is making further cuts in state funding for higher education – and encouraging business to fill the gap. Robert Stevens reports.
- 09 Jan 2008ByRobert Stevens
Robert Stevens on the Science and Technology Facilities Council’s recent announcement of severe cuts to the budgets of critical physics research and astronomy projects in the UK.
- 07 Sep 2007ByRobert Stevens
Britain’s bosses have just raked in a record £26.4 billion in bonuses, writes Robert Stevens, the financial sector taking the lion’s share.
- 27 Aug 2007ByRobert Stevens
Robert Stevens on recent British “friendly fire” deaths in Afghanistan.
- 23 Aug 2007ByRobert Stevens
A week of saturation policing of the peaceful environmental protest at Heathrow Airport concluded on Sunday with a series of brutal attacks on those involved in the Camp for Climate Action, writes Robert Stevens.
- 29 Jul 2007ByRobert Stevens
Only now, in response to the devastating floods, has the government stated that the flood defence budget will actually increase, writes Robert Stevens – a move that follows years of underfunding and cuts in the flood-defence budget.
- 17 Jul 2007ByRobert Stevens
The flooding disaster that struck villages, towns and cities all over Britain in June has been met with callous indifference by the Labour and the Environment Agency, writes Robert Stevens.
- 14 Jun 2007ByRobert Stevens
Britain’s Immigration Removal Centres have become notorious due to the desperate conditions facing immigrants and asylum-seekers detained there.
- 17 Mar 2007ByRobert Stevens
Nick Broomfield’s Ghosts, about the fate of undocumented Chinese workers in the UK, is a harrowing and honest depiction of modern slavery, writes Robert Stevens.
- 25 Sep 2006ByRobert Stevens
UK Energy Review – a policy made by big business
- 13 Sep 2006ByRobert Stevens
This is the first of a two-part series examining the Blair governments review of UK energy policy.
- 29 Apr 2006ByRobert Stevens
Government faces rising anger over jobs cut in National Health Service.
- 09 Mar 2006ByRobert Stevens
Private capital and the crisis in the National Health Service.
- 02 Feb 2006ByRobert Stevens
Council of Europe report reveals European collusion with US torture flights.
- 20 Jan 2006ByRobert Stevens
More evidence of British collaboration with CIA torture flights and prisons.
- 29 Nov 2005ByRobert Stevens
A detailed look at the Guardian/Chomsky Affair
- 04 Nov 2005ByRobert Stevens
British government and security agencies seek to legitimise torture.