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Cross Party MPs To Write To Government Over Care Worker Visa Changes

13 May Health

A cross-party committee of MPs is set to write to the government expressing concern over what changes to immigration rules could mean for the social care sector.

13 May Home affairs

Conservative MP Patrick Spencer Charged With Sexual Assault

12 May Home affairs

Man Arrested After Fires At Homes Linked To Keir Starmer

09 May Home affairs

British Property Management Firms Helping Russians Avoid Sanctions

30 Apr Home affairs

Labour MP Calls For Reboot Of Theresa May's "Admirable" Immigration Skills Charge Policy

28 Apr Foreign affairs

Labour MPs Call For Iranian Revolutionary Guards To Be Proscribed As Terrorists

09 Apr Communities

Kensington and Bayswater MP Joe Powell: "We Are At A Record-Low For Trust in Government"

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13 May Home affairs

If Labour wants to win on immigration, offshore processing could be the answer

07 May Home affairs

The Tory push to ban the recording of non-crime hate incidents is wrong

04 May Home affairs

Labour’s response to grooming gangs misses the point – why would councils want to expose their own failings?

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Over Half Of Labour's 2024 Vote Is Considering Switching To Lib Dem Or Greens

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14 May Political parties

Disabled MPs Express Concern Over Labour Rule Changes Amid Backbench Anger

15 May Political parties

The Other Insurgent Party: Should The Greens Turn Left With Eco-Populism?

17 May Political parties

The statement Keir Starmer should make

18 May Political parties

Conservative Mayor Paul Bristow: I Wouldn’t Have Voted Tory In July 2024

18 May Political parties

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02 Mar Home affairs

Baroness Bertin's porn review: 'This isn't me driving a tank onto the lawn of censorship'

Will the government clamp down on legal but harmful online pornography? Sienna Rodgers talks to Conservative peer Baroness Bertin about her new review, which comes with a warning for ministers

29 Jan Home affairs

HM chief inspector of prisons: 'If someone were to get a gun into a prison, all bets are off'

Speaking to Sienna Rodgers, HM chief inspector of prisons Charlie Taylor details the many failures he has seen across the prison estate, including the ‘existential risk’ presented by phones, drugs and weapons entering via drones

28 Jan Communities

Inside the problems plaguing the prison estate

Unable to innovate or even buy basic materials, and struggling to keep staff while operating antiquated systems, prison governors are trapped in a failing system, reports Tali Fraser

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22 Mar 2016 Home affairs

SRA warns solicitors over personal injury fraud

The Solicitors Regulation Authority has issued a warning notice on potential fraud in personal injury cases, reminding the profession of its obligations.

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22 Mar 2016 Foreign affairs

International law breached as Turkish lawyers arrested

Bar Human Rights Committee and Bar Council of England and Walesexpress deep concern over attacks against lawyers in Turkey

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17 Mar 2016 Home affairs

Legal expenses insurance tax hike is yet another barrier to justice

The Bar Council has warned that the Chancellor of the Exchequers Budget announcement that the Insurance Premium Tax will go up yet again is another barrier for hardworking individuals and families seeking justice.

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17 Mar 2016 Home affairs

ETI to launch new project to develop flettner rotor sails for ships which could improve fuel efficiency by at least 10%

The Energy Technologies Institute (ETI) is seeking partners for a new project which it hopes will deliver fuel savings of at least 10% for large shipping vessels.

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17 Mar 2016 Home affairs

ETI calls for more emphasis on carbon capture and storage and bioenergy in Fifth Carbon Budget

The Energy Technologies Institute (ETI) has called for greater emphasis on progressing carbon capture and storage (CCS) and building a UK bioenergy sector in the next 15 years if the UK is to meet its targets for decarbonising its energy system in the most cost effective way.

17 Mar 2016 Environment

Time to increase maximum legal penalty for illicit tobacco sales

Gillingham & Rainham MP Rehman Chishti follows up his recent PMQ on increasing penalties for illicit tobacco sales which already costs the Government more than £2 billion in unpaid duty every year.

15 Mar 2016 Home affairs

Investigatory Powers Bill 'currently not fit for purpose'

Shadow Home Office Minister and former Director of Public Prosecutions Keir Starmer MP writes that the 'controversial' Investigatory Powers Bill still has potential to become a piece of legislation that can 'better protect our privacy, security and democracy' if the Government listens to Labour.

Investigatory powers and client confidentiality - where the Bill has gone wrong

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15 Mar 2016 Home affairs

Investigatory powers and client confidentiality - where the Bill has gone wrong

Members of Parliament will today have the opportunity to debate the Investigatory Powers Bill in the House for the first time. The Bar Council explains where the Bill has gone wrong and looks forward to working with members on all sides of the House at committee stage to put in place proper protections for the right of citizens to consult with their lawyer in confidence.

Budget 2016: Chancellor must make UK building stock more energy efficient

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15 Mar 2016 Economy

Budget 2016: Chancellor must make UK building stock more energy efficient

Ahead of this week's Budget, the Glass and Glazing Federation urges a greener budget from the Chancellor

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12 Mar 2016 Home affairs

Believe in Blue - Celebrating British Policing

A new campaign to highlight why British policing is the best in the world has been launched.

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11 Mar 2016 Home affairs

Confiscation orders: progress review

The governments administration of criminal confiscation orders has seen a greater focus on enforcing the orders, according to the NAO. Many of the fundamental weaknesses identified two years ago remain, however, and the system of managing confiscation orders has not been transformed.

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10 Mar 2016 Home affairs

Technical change good news for ensuring standards in advocacy

A technical change agreed by the Solicitors Regulation Authority Board helps to pave the way for the introduction of a system that will ensure solicitors acting as advocates in criminal cases deliver consistently high standards.

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10 Mar 2016 Home affairs

Bar Council warning: Lawyerless courts will entrench two-tier justice

Plans to create lawyerless courts will not improve access to justice, the Bar Council has warned in response to plans for civil claims of up to 25,000 to go through an online court.

09 Mar 2016 Home affairs

Impact of Brexit on legal sector

Conservative MP, Jonathan Djanogly warns that up to £1.7bn of annual legal services output could be lost following Brexit.

04 Mar 2016 Environment

UK energy & economic security 'stronger within the EU'

Shadow Energy and Climate Change Minister Barry Gardiner writes that being in the EU ensures both the UK's energy and economic security.

03 Mar 2016 Home affairs

Let’s get rational on immigration

Labour MP Keith Vaz writes on the future of the UK’s immigration policy, calling for a holistic approach.

Legal experts hit out at ‘rush job’ Investigatory Powers Bill

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03 Mar 2016 Home affairs

Legal experts hit out at ‘rush job’ Investigatory Powers Bill

Leading figures from the legal community have slammed the Government’s Investigatory Powers Bill, branding it a ‘disappointment,’ that undermines confidentiality.

02 Mar 2016 Home affairs

Simple changes in drugs policy could save thousands of lives

Scottish National Party MP Ronnie Cowan writes that the war on drugs isn't working and calls for small policy changes which would save lives and potentially reduce policing and prison costs to the taxpayer.

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02 Mar 2016 Home affairs

Empower consumers to keep their homes warm and comfortable - new report published by Policy Exchange

In a compelling report published by Policy Exchange today, the leading think-tank has called for home-buyers to be given stamp duty reductions for more energy efficient homes.