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EU Cautiously Welcomes UK Bid To Dial Down Northern Ireland Protocol Rhetoric

An apparent attempt by Boris Johnson to take the heat out of the Northern Ireland Protocol debate has been cautiously welcomed on the EU side after the Prime Minister met with the Northern Irish party leaders on Monday.

13 May Brexit

A Major New Political Force In Northern Ireland Could Rewrite Power Sharing

13 May Home affairs

The Rundown Podcast: Protocol & Power Struggle, What's Next For Northern Ireland?

12 May Brexit

Ex-Northern Ireland Secretary Warns Westminster Is Using The Province For 'Other Agendas'

11 May Brexit

Minister Insists US Has "A Growing Understanding" Of The UK's Impatience With Northern Ireland Protocol

10 May Economy

Government Insists "Money Is Finite" After Queen’s Speech Announced No New Cost Of Living Support

09 May Brexit

Ministers 'Very Close' To Agreeing Northern Ireland Protocol Action As DUP Boycotts Stormont

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13 May Home affairs

The Home Office – is it fit for purpose?

Leading charity says it’s time for a new way of thinking about homelessness post-pandemic

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Leading charity says it’s time for a new way of thinking about homelessness post-pandemic

12 May Home affairs

The Home Office always was a graveyard for aspiring ministers

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13 May Brexit

A Major New Political Force In Northern Ireland Could Rewrite Power Sharing

Northern Ireland’s political map was redrawn when nationalist Sinn Fein overtook unionist DUP to become the largest party at last week’s Assembly elections, but it’s the surge of the non-aligned Alliance party that is more likely to raise fundamental questions for the region in the short term.

13 May Home affairs

The Rundown Podcast: Protocol & Power Struggle, What's Next For Northern Ireland?

Former Secretary of State for Northern Ireland and Conservative MP Julian Smith, and Irish Times columnist Finn McRedmond join PoliticsHome’s Alain Tolhurst and Adam Payne on this week’s episode of The Rundown to unpack a seismic week in Northern Irish politics, which looks likely to amp up further as the UK threatens to rip up the contentious protocol.

12 May Home affairs

The Home Office always was a graveyard for aspiring ministers

Google “Home Office” and “failings,” and a long list will emerge of failures of every description: staff allegedly not caring; new IT systems delayed and inadequate; the Home Office castigated by senior judges for failures to disclose documents.

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18 Nov 2014 Home affairs

Electrical Safety First joins forces to make Scotland safer

Almost two thirds of all domestic fires in Scotland are caused by electricity, with electrical products the prime culprit. 1 Coupled with Scotland’s problem with fake and substandard goods – since 2010, Glasgow’s enforcement agencies, for example, have seized almost 10,000 fake electrical items, more than any other UK Local Authority2 – product safety has become an increasing concern.

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13 Nov 2014 Home affairs

Consumer awareness key to recall success

Consumers underestimating risks posed by recalled products is a significant factor in low recall rates for electrical products –– despite 4 million household appliances being recalled by manufacturers in the past 4 years - according to new research just announced by the charity Electrical Safety First.

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14 Oct 2014 Home affairs

Squaring the circle - Electrical Safety First's roundtable

Electrical Safety First’s recent roundtable on product safety, recalls and traceability, attracted a distinguished audience, comprising representatives from leading manufacturers, retailers and trade and enforcement agencies.

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19 Aug 2014 Health

Poor advice increases electrical risk for gardeners

Electrical Safety First is calling on the manufacturers of electrically powered garden equipment, such as lawn mowers and hedge trimmers, to improve safety advice on packaging and instruction manuals - as research reveals they cause thousands of injuries a year.

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11 Jul 2014 Home affairs

Electrical Safety First wins major video award

Electrical Safety First’s Beauty Burns campaign hit the spot at the CorpComms Digi Awards, taking away the prize for the Best Use of Video. The awards, which recognise the innovative use of digital media in communication programmes, took place in London on July 10th.

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10 Jul 2014 Home affairs

Ministers warned over “rushed” data law

MPs must properly debate and examine proposed new emergency legislation, cyber-security experts have warned.

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30 Jun 2014 Home affairs

Electrical Safety First supports APPG Report on the private rented sector

Commenting on the new report by the All Party Parliamentary Group for the Private Rented Sector, Phil Buckle, Director General of Electrical Safety First said:

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04 Jun 2014 Home affairs

A mad dash for infrastructure will cost the countryside dearly

Following the Queens speech today (Wednesday), the Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE) warns of increasing threats to the countryside.

28 Nov 2013 Foreign affairs

Time for EU to restrict free movement

Writing exclusively for PoliticsHome's Central Lobby, the Home Secretary welcomes new immigration figures and sets out Government plans to do all it can to discourage immigration from the EU.

Energy and equity: affordable warmth wherever you live

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03 Oct 2013 Home affairs

Energy and equity: affordable warmth wherever you live

Calor and National Energy Action hosted a fringe meeting at Conservative conference on rural fuel poverty. Action with Communities in Rural England (ACRE) and 3 MPs including the former Energy Minister were on the panel.

Seizing economic opportunity from renewable energy

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02 Oct 2013 Home affairs

Seizing economic opportunity from renewable energy

The Government has ‘absolute commitment’ to the offshore wind industry, Laura Sandys MP has said in a Conservative conference fringe meeting.

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17 Sep 2013 Home affairs

Powering sustainable growth: Seizing economic opportunity from renewable energy

The Dods Renewable Energy Dialogue hosted an event at Lib Dem conference. Speakers included Energy Secretary Ed Davey MP, Rebecca Taylor MEP, and representatives from JDR Cables, RSA and Co-operative Energy.

Standing charge lottery yet another symptom of broken energy market

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15 Sep 2013 Home affairs

Standing charge lottery yet another symptom of broken energy market

Ahead of Ed Davey’s party conference speech today, Richard Lloyd, Executive Director at Which?, says it’s time for the Energy Secretary to take more radical action to reform the energy market for hard-pressed consumers.

Cyril Smith, Cambridge House and an 'abuse of power'

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13 Nov 2012 Home affairs

Cyril Smith, Cambridge House and an 'abuse of power'

From the very first day that Barry Fitton and Eddie Shorrock arrived at Cambridge House ‘hostel for working boys’ in Rochdale in 1962, they knew they couldn’t avoid Cyril Smith.

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13 Nov 2012 Home affairs

New Cyril Smith abuse claims

Sir Cyril Smith became the latest public figure to be accused of abuse today after residents at a boys’ hostel described how he made youngsters strip, fondled them and smacked their bare bottoms for punishment.

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