A detective constable has been sacked and barred from policing for life after criticising Northumbria Police's guidance on transgender strip-searches, and now faces an unfair dismissal claim.
Ofcom is investigating GB News after Catholic commentator Caroline Farrow linked Pride to paedophilia and bestiality during a broadcast, prompting over 12,000 complaints.
FSU Campaigns Officer Max Thompson, writing for GB News, argues the Met Police's investigations into Graham Linehan and journalist Jack Grove over the Jason Arday affair show a force still willing to police lawful speech rather than crime.
A Reform UK councillor and former NHS mental health nurse is suing his old employer, claiming he was disciplined for his political beliefs rather than any genuine breach of policy.
Professor Jason Arday, facing scrutiny over his academic record, reported a journalist and a fellow academic to the police. The Met investigated the journalist for four months before its Commissioner admitted it had "dropped the ball" — Lord Young has written to demand an explanation.
A dedicated police unit set up after the Southport murders has reported over 100 social media posts to local forces, with fifty referrals made in June alone — the latest sign of a wider clampdown on online speech.
A Freedom of Information request reveals that the Government deleted all consultation responses submitted to the Working Group behind its Islamophobia definition — the same definition the FSU warned would chill free speech and which has already been used to silence legitimate criticism of Islam.
Politics student Brodie Mitchell was suspended by Royal Holloway for seven weeks after a campus row. The FSU funded his High Court case, helping him return to his studies and secure a settlement.
A Green Party canvasser complained to police after Jonathan Sacerdoti challenged her on his own doorstep. The FSU-funded lawyer helped see off a baseless harassment investigation.
Andrew Doyle joins Lord Young on the FSU Podcast to dissect a government-commissioned report on "misinformation" — and its Orwellian proposals to steer public opinion.
Police threatened Wings Over Scotland editor Stuart Campbell with a 2am arrest over a harassment complaint from a trans activist. The Free Speech Union secured him a solicitor, who negotiated a voluntary interview instead.
A round-up of the Ian Mactaggart Programme's 2025–26 academic year, in which FSU grants supported more than sixteen university societies and individual students across debating, free speech advocacy, journalism, podcasts and one-off events.
