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DARK SECRETS: Anne owers - The Real Truth

A New Review of a UK Rider's Death Shows International Problems All the Way Down

In 2019, the wife of a US State Department official drove on the wrong side of the road when she hit and killed a UK motorcyclist. A cascade of failures happened in the months and years following the incident, a new report found.

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Foreign Office lost ‘opportunities to influence’ US after Harry Dunn death, review finds

Anne Owers highlights delays in escalation after crash in August 2019, after which Anne Sacoolas flew to US

The Guardian - UK

Government is a living organism, not a machine

Letters: A senior civil servant and Hazel Jones respond to a column by Martin Kettle

The Guardian - UK

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I experienced Britain’s prisons crisis first-hand, but the Owers review gives me hope

Letter: Anne Owers’ investigation contains many revelations and should mark a watershed moment, writes James Stoddart

The Guardian - UK

The biggest problem for Starmer and co: the machinery of government is broken and they can’t fix it

The prisons crisis is symptomatic of a dysfunctional system that is defeating these ministers as badly as those before them, says Guardian columnist Martin Kettle

The Guardian - UK

Prison system was days from collapse three times under Sunak, review finds

Emergency measures bailed out jails at last minute as No 10 refused to cut prisoner numbers until ‘cliff edge’ reached, former watchdog reports

The Guardian - UK

Justice chaos under the Tories: Sunak risked prison 'meltdown' by blocking early release of inmates

Justice officials were ignored and accused of ‘crying wolf’ as the criminal justice system reached breaking point, damning review finds

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Foreign Office promise Dunn family publication of final review report

The Foreign Secretary officially launched the independent review on Monday.

Evening Standard

Inquiry launched into government handling of Harry Dunn’s death, Lammy announces

The foreign secretary says lessons need to be learned after the tragic death of the 19-year-old in 2019, who was killed by a car driven by a member of the US intelligence community

The Independent UK

Dunn family raise concerns Foreign Office will try to ‘hide’ final review report

Harry’s mother Charlotte Charles, and other family members, met David Lammy on Wednesday afternoon.

Evening Standard

Conditions at Manston asylum centre prompt torture monitor visit

Council of Europe’s ‘rapid reaction visit’ followed reports of diphtheria outbreak and squalid conditions

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