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Senior Tory MP Claims Government Will Be 'Freer Than Ever' To Unlawfully Strip Citizenship Under New Plans

Senior Tory MP Claims Government Will Be "Freer Than Ever" To Unlawfully Strip Citizenship Under New Plans

07 Dec Home affairs

David Davis has claimed the Nationality and Borders Bill is a "deeply troubling level of Government overreach" after ministers made a last minute change to the legislation.

Priti Patel Asks Tory MPs Not To Back Amendment To Landmark Immigration Bill

03 Dec Home affairs

Priti Patel Asks Tory MPs Not To Back Amendment To Landmark Immigration Bill

Ireland Says A Post-Brexit Trade Resolution This Year Is A 'Very Tall Order'

02 Dec Brexit

Ireland Says A Post-Brexit Trade Resolution This Year Is A "Very Tall Order"

MoD Accused Of 'Failing To Deliver Justice' After Confirming Sex Assault Cases Will Stay In Military Courts

02 Dec Defence

MoD Accused Of "Failing To Deliver Justice" After Confirming Sex Assault Cases Will Stay In Military Courts

Refugee Charities Say Claim Safe Routes For Asylum Seekers Wouldn't Stop Criminal Gangs Is 'Political'

26 Nov Environment

Refugee Charities Say Claim Safe Routes For Asylum Seekers Wouldn't Stop Criminal Gangs Is "Political"

Government Officials Turn On Patel's 'Completely Incompetent' Home Office Over Channel Crossings

25 Nov Home affairs

Government Officials Turn On Patel's "Completely Incompetent" Home Office Over Channel Crossings

Immigration Minister Refuses To Rule Out Pushing Back Migrant Boats In The Channel

25 Nov Home affairs

Immigration Minister Refuses To Rule Out Pushing Back Migrant Boats In The Channel

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The Nationality and Borders Bill will give government the power to strip people of their British citizenship without warning

07 Dec Home affairs

The Nationality and Borders Bill will give government the power to strip people of their British citizenship without warning

The Nationality and Borders Bill is littered with measures that will breach human rights

07 Dec Home affairs

The Nationality and Borders Bill is littered with measures that will breach human rights

The best of both worlds: How to strengthen hate crime laws and protect free speech

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07 Dec Home affairs

The best of both worlds: How to strengthen hate crime laws and protect free speech

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The Eye of the Storm: Constituencies in a Crisis

04 Dec Home affairs

The Eye of the Storm: Constituencies in a Crisis

What is the role of an MP in the aftermath of a local disaster? From fire and flood to violent crime, MPs often take the lead in helping to resolve problems when tragedy strikes. But is it part of the job, or should there be more support for MPs and staff? Georgina Bailey reports

Refugee Charities Say Claim Safe Routes For Asylum Seekers Wouldn't Stop Criminal Gangs Is 'Political'

26 Nov Environment

Refugee Charities Say Claim Safe Routes For Asylum Seekers Wouldn't Stop Criminal Gangs Is "Political"

There is no evidence that creating safe routes from France for asylum seekers would encourage criminal gangs to keep smuggling people across the Channel, charities have told PoliticsHome.

Delivering humanitarian aid is key to stop refugees arriving on our shores

25 Nov Home affairs

Delivering humanitarian aid is key to stop refugees arriving on our shores

As we discuss who is to blame for the worst tragedy of its kind in Channel history, which killed 27 people as their boats sunk, it is worth noting that they were from Iraqi Kurd and Afghan nationalities.

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07 Dec Culture

Bar Council: Mark Fenhalls QC inaugural speech

Mark Fenhalls QC, Chair-Elect of the Bar Council, inaugural speech.

Young Black voices must be heard when policies are being developed

06 Dec Home affairs

Young Black voices must be heard when policies are being developed

In July 2021, The Black Policy Institute (TBPI) pioneered the Global Future Leadership Programme, bringing together several young Black people from the United Kingdom and the United States. I was thrilled to be appointed as the UK chair of the first international young people’s advisory board for TBPI. To me, an effective leader is strategic, empathetic and adaptative; able to contend with the past and present with a vision of societal improvement and equity.

We cannot stay silent as Islamophobia becomes accepted in society

03 Dec Home affairs

We cannot stay silent as Islamophobia becomes accepted in society

As Islamophobia Awareness Month comes to an end, the tragedy for Muslims is that the Islamophobia they face sadly doesn't.

Let’s embrace a child-focused approach to separation

03 Dec Home affairs

Let’s embrace a child-focused approach to separation

The Divorce Act will overhaul divorce law and is due in Spring 2022. I believe this is a real opportunity to reset the agenda for separating families, keep them out of court where safe to do so and focus on children.

Transforming care for long-term conditions must be at the heart of the NHS recovery

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03 Dec Coronavirus

Transforming care for long-term conditions must be at the heart of the NHS recovery

When the history of 2020 and 2021 is written, there will be pictures of empty streets and people wearing masks. There will also be photographs of rainbows painted in windows and ordinary people applauding on their doorsteps.

It’s shameful that victims feel demeaned and degraded instead of seeing justice delivered

02 Dec Home affairs

It’s shameful that victims feel demeaned and degraded instead of seeing justice delivered

“You’re safer staying in that abusive relationship than you are trying to get out. The aftermath is 100 per cent worse.” Harrowing words that you’d never think a survivor of attempted murder, rape and domestic abuse would utter. But that’s the harsh reality Rachel (pseudonym) and many other survivors face because of the ugly truth behind our broken criminal justice system.

New Plan for Immigration will fix our broken asylum system

01 Dec Home affairs

New Plan for Immigration will fix our broken asylum system

A year ago today, we launched the points-based immigration system and opened the Skilled Worker Visa, marking the UK’s biggest shift in immigration policy in recent history.

A pan-European solution is needed to prevent Channel deaths

30 Nov Home affairs

A pan-European solution is needed to prevent Channel deaths

Last week’s tragic loss of 27 lives in the Channel was foreseeable and indeed foreseen. They weren’t the first people to have died crossing the Channel, but our shared responsibility now is to do all we can to ensure they will be the last.

An asylum system that offers safe routes to the UK is the humane response to this 'crisis'

30 Nov Home affairs

An asylum system that offers safe routes to the UK is the humane response to this 'crisis'

For the first time since David Cameron perhaps rashly set a target for the amount of net migration - and not long after Boris Johnson finally abolished it - a Conservative government has actually met the target.

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30 Nov Home affairs

Law Commission to review the Arbitration Act 1996

The Law Commission has today, 30 November 2021, announced that it will conduct a review of the Arbitration Act 1996, the principal legislation governing arbitrations in England, Wales and Northern Ireland.

Safe and legal routes must be a pillar of our asylum system

29 Nov Home affairs

Safe and legal routes must be a pillar of our asylum system

The recent heart-breaking incident in the Channel demonstrates that the current asylum system is broken. At least 27 people, including 17 men, seven women - one of whom was pregnant - and three children drowned in the deadliest crossing on record. If something positive is to come from this, as it did from the tragic death of Aylan Kurdi in 2015, it will be a major shift in the will and determination of governments to act decisively and swiftly.

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25 Nov Home affairs

The law of England and Wales can accommodate smart legal contracts, concludes Law Commission

The Law Commission has today confirmed that the existing law of England and Wales is able to accommodate and apply to smart legal contracts, without the need for statutory law reform.

Boris Johnson 'Shocked And Appalled' After Several People Drown Trying To Cross The Channel

24 Nov Home affairs

Boris Johnson "Shocked And Appalled" After Several People Drown Trying To Cross The Channel

Boris Johnson has described news that at least 30 people have drowned trying to reach the UK as "appalling".

Government Accused Of 'Lack Of Confidence' In Priti Patel With Small Boats Task Force

24 Nov Communities

Government Accused Of "Lack Of Confidence" In Priti Patel With Small Boats Task Force

The assembly of a new small boats taskforce to tackle migrants crossing the Channel is a sign Boris Johnson has a “lack of confidence” in Home Secretary Priti Patel, Labour has said.

Downing Street Insists The Government Hasn't Flinched On Article 16

20 Nov Brexit

Downing Street Insists The Government Hasn't Flinched On Article 16

Late November was supposed to be when UK and EU tensions would hit boiling point.

The Policing Bill is one of the most serious threats to human rights and civil liberties in the UK’s recent history

17 Nov Home affairs

The Policing Bill is one of the most serious threats to human rights and civil liberties in the UK’s recent history

Soft power is how a country’s cultural and economic influence can persuade others to do something. It is summed up in the often-repeated line that “people are more impressed by the power of our example than by the example of our power.” And it is a key part of the UK's approach to strengthening democracy and defending our values around the world.

Inhumane Nationality and Borders Bill offers no real solutions to fix our broken immigration system

17 Nov Home affairs

Inhumane Nationality and Borders Bill offers no real solutions to fix our broken immigration system

The Nationality and Borders Bill has completed Commons Committee stages. I had the dubious pleasure of engaging in the line-by-line scrutiny of what even the Home Office Minister conceded were “controversial” proposals.

Pig Culling Set To Continue Into December As Temporary Butchers Wait To Start Work

16 Nov Brexit

Pig Culling Set To Continue Into December As Temporary Butchers Wait To Start Work

Most foreign butchers recruited under the government's recently-announced visa scheme are not expected to begin working until early next month, just a few weeks before Christmas, industry figures say.

Nobody should be the target of violence and harassment simply for doing their job

16 Nov Home affairs

Nobody should be the target of violence and harassment simply for doing their job

We must continue to ensure there are strong measures in place, both here and across the world, to prevent violence and harassment and to protect people from the many forms this can take.

The Nationality and Borders Bill risks letting down modern slavery victims

16 Nov Home affairs

The Nationality and Borders Bill risks letting down modern slavery victims

The UK has a proud history of tackling slavery and I was honoured to play a part in that as the minister who took the Modern Slavery Act through Parliament. I therefore more than welcome this Government’s latest commitment to carry on this work to ensure we remain world leading in this area.

Security Minister Says Terror Plots Have Shifted Towards 'Self-Radicalised' Individuals

16 Nov Defence

Security Minister Says Terror Plots Have Shifted Towards "Self-Radicalised" Individuals

The security minister has said there are "concerns" about the trend towards terror attacks being carried out by "self-radicalised" people following the Liverpool bombing.

Terror Threat Level Raised To 'Severe' After COBRA Meeting On Liverpool Hospital Bomb Blast

15 Nov Home affairs

Terror Threat Level Raised To "Severe" After COBRA Meeting On Liverpool Hospital Bomb Blast

The terror threat level has been raised from 'substantial' to 'severe' following a COBRA committee meeting which discussed the explosion outside Liverpool Women's Hospital on Remembrance Sunday.

It is high time we increased the minimum age of criminal responsibility

15 Nov Home affairs

It is high time we increased the minimum age of criminal responsibility

We treat our young people appallingly, from schools forced to become exam factories to breath-taking rates of child poverty.

How the Home Office became a top performer for upholding parliamentary scrutiny

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15 Nov Home affairs

How the Home Office became a top performer for upholding parliamentary scrutiny

The Home Office has undergone a recent transformation that has seen it turn around its Parliamentary Questions (PQs) performance with a regular on-time response rate of 90-100%.

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