Latest Policy Briefs

At MLegal, our policy briefs highlight and challenge structural barriers affecting Muslims in the UK, offering legal analysis and recommendations to influence law and policy.

Employments Bill

The Employment Rights Bill 2024–25 aims to improve workplace protections, but key clauses risk entrenching discrimination against British Muslims and other marginalised groups. MLegal warns the Bill inadequately addresses religious harassment, third-party abuse, and unfair dismissal related to political or religious expression. Without amendments, it could reinforce structural inequalities and suppress lawful views, such as pro-Palestinian advocacy. Reforms are needed to ensure equal protections and uphold freedom of expression in the workplace.

Border Security Asylum And Immigration Bill

The Border Security, Asylum, and Immigration Bill proposes broad powers that risk criminalising asylum seekers and humanitarian aid, expanding surveillance, and enabling racial profiling—particularly against Muslims and marginalised groups. Clauses related to searches, data sharing, and crime prevention orders may erode privacy rights and blur lines between immigration and counterterrorism. MLegal warns these measures could institutionalise discrimination and calls for amendments to ensure legal safeguards, protect civil liberties, and uphold human rights.

Crime And Policing

This briefing critiques the Crime and Policing Bill, highlighting how Clauses 86, 101, and 123 risk disproportionately harming marginalised communities, including Muslims and political activists. It raises concerns about the criminalisation of face coverings at protests, deportation risks linked to cautions, and the vague targeting of political or religious expression in detention settings. The document argues these measures lack safeguards and could undermine fundamental rights and freedoms. MLegal calls for key amendments to protect civil liberties and prevent discriminatory enforcement.