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Worker at Australian Taxation Office call centre takes court action demanding ‘same job, same pay’

Fair Work Commission application comes amid scrutiny of ATO’s use of for-profit call centres

The Guardian - AU · Nov 25, 2025

‘The whole thing stinks’: outsourced ATO call centre workers shocked by conditions as callers complain about inexperienced staff

Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand also say the ATO’s ‘phone system just doesn’t work’

The Guardian - AU · Nov 23, 2025

‘Set up to fail’: ATO outsourcing to private call centres focused on boosting profit not helping Australians

Consumer advocates raise significant concerns as union says contractors use lower-paid staff to boost profit

The Guardian - AU · Nov 9, 2025

Tagging criminals in prison to be trialled to close ‘surveillance gap’

A pilot programme of tagging offenders in prison on the day of their release is set to begin in October.

Evening Standard · Sep 2, 2025

Why Are We Working Hard for Asylum Seekers?': Fury as Migrants Given £300k Townhomes Rent Free in Suffolk

A Suffolk village is split after reports that Serco has leased four new £300,000 townhouses for asylum seekers; we verify what's confirmed, what's disputed, and how national policy on ending hotel use by 2029 shapes the row.

International Business Times UK · Sep 1, 2025

Voices: ‘Short-term fix to a bigger crisis’: Readers react to Epping asylum hotel ruling

YOUR VIEWS: Our community is divided on the Epping asylum hotel ruling. While some see it as long-overdue recognition of local concerns, others warned it rewards unrest and leaves asylum seekers in limbo

The Independent UK · Aug 20, 2025

Constance Marten claimed long days and bad food denied her a fair trial in extraordinary magazine interview from behind bars

Constance Marten complained about the Old Bailey temperature and food as cover star for The View magazine during her second trial

Evening Standard · Jul 15, 2025

Tech firms suggested placing trackers under offenders’ skin at meeting with justice secretary

Exclusive: Shabana Mahmood told companies she wanted ‘deeper collaboration’ to tackle prisons crisis

The Guardian - UK · Jul 1, 2025

Fury Erupts as 100,000 Asylum Seekers May Get Homes While Brits Struggle Through Housing Crisis

More than 100,000 asylum seekers could soon be placed into taxpayer-funded homes, including houses, flats, and bedsits, and it's left plenty of people across

The Fashion Central · Jun 16, 2025

Every UK Town Where Taxpayers Will Fund Rent for Channel Migrants

Labour’s plan to pay landlords to house Channel migrants could soon see thousands of properties taken up across 120 different communities.

The Fashion Central · Apr 30, 2025