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Labour MPs Demand Colleagues Lose Whip Over Palestine Action Vote

03 Jul Foreign affairs

Labour MPs have urged the government to remove the party whip from nine MPs who voted against proscribing Palestine Action.

10 Jul Foreign affairs

UK And France Announce 'One In, One Out' Illegal Migration Returns Deal

09 Jul Home affairs

Labour Peer Says His Immigration Bill Amendment Would Give Refugee Children "A Decent Life"

03 Jul Home affairs

MPs Asked For Views On Islamophobia Definition

28 Jun Communities

Labour APCC Chair Warns Spending Review "Isn't Going To Go Far Enough" For Policing

26 Jun Home affairs

The 3am Call: Preparing For The Worst

23 Jun Foreign affairs

Home Office Proscribes Palestine Action Under Terrorism Law

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Local Council Reorganisation: A Genuine Opportunity – If We Get the Details Right

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11 Jul Home affairs

Local Council Reorganisation: A Genuine Opportunity – If We Get the Details Right

01 Jul Home affairs

FIRS will protect the UK against foreign manipulation

Women’s Aid urges reform as 19 more children killed due to statutory and legislative failures

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01 Jul Home affairs

Women’s Aid urges reform as 19 more children killed due to statutory and legislative failures

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One Year After The General Election: Where Are Former MPs Now?

06 Jul Political parties

Reform MP's Caseworker Suspended Following Assault Charge

08 Jul Political parties

Islamophobia Working Group Chair Says Definition May Be Unnecessary

10 Jul Communities

More Than Half Of Public Think A Reform Government Would Be A Big Risk To The UK

07 Jul Political parties

London Councils Urge Capital's MPs To Oppose Local Funding Reforms

07 Jul Communities

Recipes for disaster: David Cameron’s almond milk porridge

07 Jul 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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02 Nov 2022 Home affairs

Home Office Accused Of “Failing At Every Turn” On Migrant Crisis

Local leaders from across Kent have accused the Home Office of an "unsustainable and unacceptable" response to the migrant crisis in a damning intervention that demands they “stop using the county as an easy fix”.

02 Nov 2022 Home affairs

Lord Dubs Warns Suella Braverman’s “Invasion” Comments Could Encourage Attacks On Refugees

Labour peer Lord Dubs, who fled Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia as a child during WW2, has warned that Suella Braverman’s “inflammatory” comments about an “invasion on our southern coast” could spark further violence against refugees.

02 Nov 2022 Home affairs

Minister Says Fixing Asylum System Is "Not Going To Happen Overnight"

Transport Secretary Mark Harper has said there is "no simple solution" to easing pressures at the Manston migrant centre but insisted it was the Home Office's top priority.

02 Nov 2022 Communities

Police Watchdog Warns Misogyny, Sexism And Predatory Behaviour Still Prevalent In Many Forces

The independent inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services (HMICFRS) have warned that a culture of misogyny, sexism and predatory behaviour towards members of the public and female colleagues persists across many UK police forces today.

01 Nov 2022 Communities

Immigration Minister Warns Against "Demonising" Migrants After Suella Braverman's "Invasion" Comment

Robert Jenrick has said that ministers need to "choose words carefully" after the Home Secretary has faced criticism for describing migrants arriving on the south coast of England as an "invasion" in a Commons debate on Monday.

31 Oct 2022 Home affairs

Suella Braverman Denies Claims She Blocked Hotel Rooms For Migrants

Home Secretary Suella Braverman has denied that she ignored legal advice urging the government to book hotels for migrants being kept at the overcrowded processing site in Manston.

31 Oct 2022 Home affairs

Home Secretary Suella Braverman Sent Official Documents To Her Personal Email Six Times

Home Secretary Suella Braverman has admitted that she sent official government documents to her personal email account six times.

27 Oct 2022 Home affairs

Rishi Sunak Urged To Act "Very, Very Quickly" On MI5 Concerns Over Suella Braverman

A Conservative former Cabinet minister has said Rishi Sunak needs to urgently respond to claims that top level security service MI5 had “concerns” about Home Secretary Suella Braverman.

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27 Oct 2022 Education

Britain’s equality watchdog takes action to prevent hair discrimination in schools

Pupils should not be stopped from wearing their hair in natural Afro styles at school, the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) says in new guidance today (27 October).

25 Oct 2022 Home affairs

Rishi Sunak Criticised For Reappointing "Careless And Slapdash" Suella Braverman After Security Breach

Labour has called for clarity about the nature of the security breach that led to Suella Braverman’s resignation last week after she was reappointed to her previous role as home secretary in Rishi Sunak's new cabinet.

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25 Oct 2022 Home affairs

Bar Council reaction to re-appointment of Dominic Raab as Lord Chancellor

Commenting on the re-appointment of Dominic Raab as Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice, Mark Fenhalls KC, Chair of the Bar Council, said:

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24 Oct 2022 Home affairs

Gap between men and women’s earnings at the Bar shows more work to do, says Bar Council

Winners announced at the Bar Council Employed Bar Awards 2022

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21 Oct 2022 Home affairs

Winners announced at the Bar Council Employed Bar Awards 2022

The quality and range of work by the employed Bar was celebrated at the Bar Council’s Employed Bar Awards 2022 last night, in partnership with the Honourable Society of Gray’s Inn.

18 Oct 2022 Home affairs

As a victim of trafficking, reclassifying modern slavery as an immigration issue will only make things worse

One of the first acts of this government has been to remove responsibility for modern-day slavery from the safeguarding minister and treat it as an illegal immigration issue.

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14 Oct 2022 Home affairs

Equality and Human Rights Commission re-accredited as ‘A status’ organisation

The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has been re-accredited as an ‘A status’ National Human Rights Institution (NHRI).

14 Oct 2022 Home affairs

Remembering David Amess a year on – more consensus is needed in politics

From the moment one met David Amess one was effectively won over by his genial smile and cheery remarks. His first sighting was as Basildon Man, first elected in 1983, representing a bell weather constituency that predicted the outcome of an election. Later, as Southend Man, David gained cross-party cheers at every end of term debate, questions to ministers or prime ministers raising the stakes to make Southend a city.

14 Oct 2022 Home affairs

Labour Questions Whether Home Office Takes Security “Seriously Enough” After Anti-Terror Documents Left In Public

Shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper has written to her counterpart Suella Braverman seeking reassurance that the home secretary is taking security “seriously enough” after it was revealed that sensitive documents were left in a public venue in London last year.

Electronic Trade Documents Bill introduced to Parliament

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13 Oct 2022 Home affairs

Electronic Trade Documents Bill introduced to Parliament

On Wednesday 12th October, an Electronic Trade Documents Bill was presented before Parliament.

13 Oct 2022 Communities

Liz Truss's commitment to Ukraine on the front line must also extend to refugees on the home front

Through the action of our Government, the generosity of our public and the strength of our collective resolve, the UK has proven itself to be one of Ukraine’s greatest allies in the fight against the tyranny of Vladimir Putin.

How Jersey Adds Value to the Global Economy

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11 Oct 2022 Communities

How Jersey Adds Value to the Global Economy

Jersey is a small place making a big impact.

10 Oct 2022 Home affairs

Tory Ministers Don't Know Who Is In Charge Of Ukraine Refugee Scheme

Ministers are unable to say who is in charge of supporting Ukrainian refugees in the UK following the resignation of Lord Harrington, who oversaw the government's flagship Homes for Ukraine scheme, over a month ago.

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10 Oct 2022 Home affairs

Bar Council welcomes criminal Bar ballot result

Commenting on the announcement from the Criminal Bar Association that its members have voted to accept the offer from the Ministry of Justice, Mark Fenhalls KC, Chair of the Bar Council, said:

Bar Council creating new global connections through International Market Access Project

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07 Oct 2022 Home affairs

Bar Council creating new global connections through International Market Access Project

The Bar Council has signed new agreements to foster closer working with the Bar Associations of Sri Lanka and Guyana, as part of its International Market Access Project, funded by the Ministry of Justice.

06 Oct 2022 Environment

Government Isn't Telling People To Curb Energy Use Despite New Blackout Warnings

Ministers are standing firm on a refusal to tell the public how to reduce energy usage after the National Grid warned that households face blackouts this winter in a worst-case scenario.

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