The United States, home of Alligator Alcatraz, has slammed the UK for ‘backsliding’ on human rights in a new assessment.

The US State Department analyses human rights conditions worldwide each year, but has flagged what it describes as ‘serious restrictions’ on freedom of expression in the UK.

‘The government sometimes took credible steps to identify and punish officials who committed human rights abuses, but prosecution and punishment for such abuses were inconsistent,’ the report read.

A UK government spokesperson told the BBC: ‘Free speech is vital for democracy around the world, including here in the UK, and we are proud to uphold freedoms whilst keeping our citizens safe.’

It comes after Vice President JD Vance criticised the UK over a legal case in which a former serviceman who s

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