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Former Prison Governor Ian Acheson: The Public Is Right To Be Outraged By Early Release Schemes
Former Prison Governor Ian Acheson: The Public Is Right To Be Outraged By Early Release Schemes
Home affairs
In a searing critique, former prison governor Ian Acheson says the public is right to be outraged by early release schemes and overcrowding is being used to cover up entrenched administrative and political failure
Green Councils Fight For Drug Consumption Rooms
Health
Green Councils Fight For Drug Consumption Rooms
Unison Head Hits Out At “Wall Of Silence” From Shabana Mahmood Over Immigration Changes
Health
Unison Head Hits Out At “Wall Of Silence” From Shabana Mahmood Over Immigration Changes
Tories Draw Up Plans To Give Every Household Civilian Emergency Pamphlet
Home affairs
Tories Draw Up Plans To Give Every Household Civilian Emergency Pamphlet
Police Launch Criminal Investigation Into Reform UK Donations
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Police Launch Criminal Investigation Into Reform UK Donations
PM 'Increasingly Confident' PC Harper’s Killers Will Not Be Released Early
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PM "Increasingly Confident" PC Harper’s Killers Will Not Be Released Early
Big Tech Firms Are 'Winning In A Big Way' On Online Safety, Warns Jess Phillips
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Big Tech Firms Are "Winning In A Big Way" On Online Safety, Warns Jess Phillips
Opinion
It’s time ministers saw our ability to feed ourselves from the sea as a strategic asset
Economy
By Daniel Zeichner MP
It’s time ministers saw our ability to feed ourselves from the sea as a strategic asset
#MeToo is not over – workplace abuse demands more than internal investigations
Home affairs
By Sarah Russell MP
#MeToo is not over – workplace abuse demands more than internal investigations
How Parliament is detoxifying the immigration debate
Home affairs
By Hana Kapetanovic
How Parliament is detoxifying the immigration debate
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Burnham Faces Labour MP Resistance On Electoral Reform
Burnham Faces Labour MP Resistance On Electoral Reform
Political parties
How Farage went from the Mr Marmite of politics to the Mr Millwall
How Farage went from the Mr Marmite of politics to the Mr Millwall
By Jules Walkden
Political parties
Ed Davey Under Pressure To Raise Game As MPs Signal Leadership Tensions Aren’t Over
Ed Davey Under Pressure To Raise Game As MPs Signal Leadership Tensions Aren’t Over
Political parties
Union Urges PM Not To Cut Railway Jobs As Part Of Public Ownership Shift
Union Urges PM Not To Cut Railway Jobs As Part Of Public Ownership Shift
Transport
The Lib Dems are not cutting through
The Lib Dems are not cutting through
By Luke Tryl
Political parties
Lucy Rigby: talent, ambition and making finance fairer Partner content
Lucy Rigby: talent, ambition and making finance fairer
By Total Politics Impact
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Former Prison Governor Ian Acheson: The Public Is Right To Be Outraged By Early Release Schemes
Home affairs
Former Prison Governor Ian Acheson: The Public Is Right To Be Outraged By Early Release Schemes
In a searing critique, former prison governor Ian Acheson says the public is right to be outraged by early release schemes and overcrowding is being used to cover up entrenched administrative and political failure
Lord Heseltine: 'We Must Not Have Reform Or Restore Anywhere Near The Corridors Of Power'
Home affairs
Lord Heseltine: "We Must Not Have Reform Or Restore Anywhere Near The Corridors Of Power"
Lord Heseltine speaks to Noah Vickers about regenerating Britain’s cities, the devolution agenda and why Margaret Thatcher ‘would have hated’ Nigel Farage
Alf Dubs: Labour Is Weakening Refugee Rights – I Had More Success Under The Tories
Home affairs
Alf Dubs: Labour Is Weakening Refugee Rights – I Had More Success Under The Tories
As Lord Dubs leads the charge against the government’s immigration changes, he talks to Sienna Rodgers about his disappointment in Labour, his hopes for rejoining the EU, and why Keir Starmer must step out of his advisers’ shadow
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Why government must recommit to the Renters Reform Bill for renters with pets Partner content
Communities
By Battersea Dogs & Cats Home
Why government must recommit to the Renters Reform Bill for renters with pets
The Renters Reform Bill aims to balance the relationship between tenants and landlords, including granting tenants the right to keep pets. Any U-turn on the hard-won progress could lead to more pets being relinquished, and time is running out
Tory Former Housing Minister Has Joined Pro-Building Pressure Group Taking On NIMBYs
Home affairs
Tory Former Housing Minister Has Joined Pro-Building Pressure Group Taking On NIMBYs
Conservative MP Brandon Lewis and Labour MP Siobhain McDonagh have joined housing campaign group PricedOut as Parliamentary Champions as they urge the Government to build more homes in order to fix the housing crisis.
DUP Green Lights Return To Power Sharing In Northern Ireland
Home affairs
DUP Green Lights Return To Power Sharing In Northern Ireland
The Democratic Unionist Party has agreed to return to power sharing in Northern Ireland after a post-Brexit boycott lasting nearly two years.
Lords Diary – Lord Kirkhope
Home affairs
By Lord Kirkhope
Lords Diary – Lord Kirkhope
From Conservative infighting over Rwanda to chairing webinars on AI regulation and UK-EU co-operation
Being there for every child Partner content
Foreign affairs
By The UK Committee for UNICEF (UNICEF UK)
Being there for every child
How we can create a brighter future at home and abroad
Lords Eye Up Significant Revisions To Rwanda Bill
Home affairs
Lords Eye Up Significant Revisions To Rwanda Bill
A Lords committee report which said that the treaty with Rwanda should not be ratified until further guarantees about the country’s safety are in place, could be the “path” for any “revision” of the bill by peers, a Labour baroness has said.
Profit and loss: How children's care is failing our most vulnerable
Communities
By Justine Smith
Profit and loss: How children's care is failing our most vulnerable
Demand is rising, costs are spiralling and profit-maximising private equity and sovereign wealth funds are piling in. The children’s care business is a huge policy failure that is dragging councils towards bankruptcy but, as Justine Smith reports, it is vulnerable children that are the real victims.

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GFA Negotiator: Restoring Northern Ireland's Government 'Single Best' Way To End Sectarianism
Home affairs
GFA Negotiator: Restoring Northern Ireland's Government "Single Best" Way To End Sectarianism
A key figure in the signing of the Good Friday peace deal has urged the Democratic Unionist Party to end its boycott of Stormont.
Downing Street Halts New Police Funding Plan Over Fears Of Election Backlash
Home affairs
By Adam Payne
Downing Street Halts New Police Funding Plan Over Fears Of Election Backlash
Exclusive: A long-planned new formula for how the police are funded has been put on hold over concern among ministers that it could result in some local services facing spending cuts heading into the next general election.
DUP Leader Takes On Hardline Critics As Hopes Grow Of Stormont Deal
Foreign affairs
DUP Leader Takes On Hardline Critics As Hopes Grow Of Stormont Deal
Democratic Unionist Party leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson has sought to face down his critics as hopes grow that a deal between the DUP and the UK government to see power sharing restored in Northern Ireland is imminent.
Tory MPs Cling To Hope That Calls For Rishi Sunak To Go Will Not 'Cut Through' To Voters
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Tory MPs Cling To Hope That Calls For Rishi Sunak To Go Will Not "Cut Through" To Voters
A number of Conservative MPs are holding on to hope that former cabinet minister Simon Clarke's call for Rishi Sunak to be replaced as Prime Minister will not "cut through" with voters and have at least "united" most wings of the Conservative Party against another leadership election.
Cross Party Alliance Claims Whitehall Is Resisting Proscribing IRGC As A Terrorist Group
Foreign affairs
Cross Party Alliance Claims Whitehall Is Resisting Proscribing IRGC As A Terrorist Group
A number of MPs from across the House of Commons have claimed there is institutional resistance from Whitehall to proscribe the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) as a terrorist group, a year after reports suggested a move could be considered.
Lessons from Hitler’s rise to power
Home affairs
By Olivia Marks-Woldman OBE
Lessons from Hitler’s rise to power
“So violent are Hitler’s fulminations against Jews that a number of prominent Jewish citizens are said to have sought safe asylum in the Bavarian highlands… But several reliable, well-informed sources confirmed the idea that Hitler’s anti-Semitism was not so genuine or violent as it sounded, and that he was merely using anti-Semitism as a bait to catch followers...”
Labour MP Says Leasehold System Is Trapping People In Homes They Can't Sell
Home affairs
Labour MP Says Leasehold System Is Trapping People In Homes They Can't Sell
Labour MP Barry Gardiner has put forward an amendment to the Leasehold and Freehold Bill to reform service charges and remove another income stream for freeholders, as he continues to campaign for the abolition of the leasehold system.
Pro-Development Tories Are Desperate To Convince NIMBYs New Houses Would Be 'Popular' In Their Patch
Home affairs
Pro-Development Tories Are Desperate To Convince NIMBYs New Houses Would Be "Popular" In Their Patch
A number of Conservative MPs who believe new housing should be a top priority are looking to persuade NIMBY MPs that housebuilding can be "popular" in their area, as the issue continues to bitterly divide the Tories ahead of the next election.
DUP Is Finally Ready To Decide Whether To Return To Power Sharing
Foreign affairs
By Adam Payne
DUP Is Finally Ready To Decide Whether To Return To Power Sharing
After many months of painstaking negotiations, flash points and false dawns, Democratic Unionist Party leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson has finally indicated the party is ready to reach a decision on whether to restore power-sharing.
All The Hurdles Rishi Sunak's Rwanda Plan Must Still Jump
Home affairs
All The Hurdles Rishi Sunak's Rwanda Plan Must Still Jump
Rishi Sunak’s Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill cleared a difficult House of Commons stage this week, but the legislation still faces a number of hurdles before it can be used to enact Government plans to deport illegal migrants to Rwanda.
Rishi Sunak Warns House Of Lords Against Opposing His Rwanda Bill
Home affairs
Rishi Sunak Warns House Of Lords Against Opposing His Rwanda Bill
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has sought to pre-emptively shift blame over risks his Rwanda Bill still faces, warning the House of Lords against opposing the legislation, which has already sparked divisions in the Commons.
Tory Rebellion Falls Flat As Rwanda Bill Clears House Of Commons Hurdle
Home affairs
By Adam Payne
Tory Rebellion Falls Flat As Rwanda Bill Clears House Of Commons Hurdle
Rishi Sunak's Rwanda Bill cleared its latest House of Commons vote after threats of a major Conservative backbench rebellion turned out to be empty.
Lords Want Rwanda Safeguards In Place Before Treaty Can Be Ratified
Home affairs
Lords Want Rwanda Safeguards In Place Before Treaty Can Be Ratified
An influential House of Lords committee has concluded that Rishi Sunak’s treaty declaring Rwanda is a safe country for asylum seekers should not be ratified until MPs are certain that the protections it aims to offer are in place.
Civil Servants Are Alarmed By Claims They Could Be Ordered To Ignore ECHR Rwanda Rulings
Home affairs
Civil Servants Are Alarmed By Claims They Could Be Ordered To Ignore ECHR Rwanda Rulings
The government is looking into ways to force civil servants to obey ministers if they decide to ignore court rulings blocking deportation flights to Rwanda, a minister has confirmed.
Rishi Sunak Prepares To Face Down 'Unpredictable' Tory Rwanda Rebels
Home affairs
By Adam Payne
Rishi Sunak Prepares To Face Down "Unpredictable" Tory Rwanda Rebels
Rishi Sunak is braced for a critical and unpredictable day in the House of Commons, as dozens of disgruntled Conservative MPs decide whether to use a vote on Rwanda legislation to torpedo one of the Prime Minister's flagship policies.
Tory Deputy Chairs Quit As Rwanda Bill Rebellion Gains Momentum
Home affairs
By Adam Payne
Tory Deputy Chairs Quit As Rwanda Bill Rebellion Gains Momentum
Conservative MPs Lee Anderson and Brendan Clarke Smith have quit their roles as deputy chairmen of the Tory party in order to vote for amendments to Rishi Sunak's Rwanda legislation, against Government instruction.
Failing to get a flight to Rwanda would be hugely damaging for Sunak
Home affairs
By Gavin Rice
Failing to get a flight to Rwanda would be hugely damaging for Sunak
“Why can’t the government just close the border – after all, it has an 80-seat majority?” This is the question many frustrated voters are (justifiably) asking as ministers gear up for another parliamentary battle to stop the boats.
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