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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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05 Oct 2022 Home affairs

Banning Channel migrants from claiming asylum flouts our legal and moral obligations

The Home Secretary has announced that she intends to ban anyone who enters the United Kingdom, without prior authorisation, from claiming refuge here. This is intended to deal with the problem of Channel crossings.

Gender recognition reform: Britain's governments must work together to minimise uncertainties

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05 Oct 2022 Communities

Gender recognition reform: Britain's governments must work together to minimise uncertainties

As Britain’s equality regulator, we have a duty to advise government on how changes to the law might affect the operation of the Equality Act 2010.

04 Oct 2022 Home affairs

Tory MPs Turn On Suella Braverman After She Accused 45p Tax Rebels Of A "Coup"

Backbench Conservative MPs have rejected accusations by the Home Secretary that rebels including Michael Gove had staged a coup against the government over initial plans to scrap the 45p tax rate.

04 Oct 2022 Foreign affairs

Difficult decisions lie ahead over the Ukrainian refugee scheme

When I last spoke to The House about the Homes for Ukraine scheme, I marked success in terms of bringing down visa processing times from several weeks to a few days. Six months on from the start of the Russian invasion, we can now mark success as 120,000 Ukrainians living in safety in the United Kingdom – welcoming and supporting a population bigger than the average parliamentary constituency.

30 Sep 2022 Home affairs

The draft Victims Bill fails to deliver for victims

The government’s draft Victims Bill is intended to amplify victims’ voices and put their needs and rights at the heart of the criminal justice system.

26 Sep 2022 Home affairs

Committee Corner – Home Affairs Committee chair Diana Johnson on her in-tray

Amid a cost of living crisis and stretched public services, the next 12 months will be busy for Parliament’s select committees. Labour chairs set out their priorities – now, Diana Johnson.

26 Sep 2022 Home affairs

Labour will continue to take a lead on tackling violence against women and girls

Everyone should be able to feel safe in our homes, on our streets and in our communities. All of us should be able to live in freedom from fear. Yet for too many women that is just not the case, and we should not stand for this.

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22 Sep 2022 Home affairs

Economic Crime Bill may confuse the role of lawyers, says Bar Council

Provisions in the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill (published today) to add a regulatory objective to the Legal Services Act 2007 (LSA) may be incompatible with barristers’ duties and risk confusing the role of lawyers, warns the Bar Council.

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22 Sep 2022 Home affairs

New reforms to ensure UK retains position as a leader in international arbitration

21 Sep 2022 Energy

Business Secretary Jacob Rees-Mogg Says Energy Bill Offers "Huge Support" For Businesses

Business Secretary Jacob Rees-Mogg has said the government's energy support for businesses will offer a “huge support” for firms facing dramatically increased energy bills this winter.

21 Sep 2022 Health

Levelling Up provides an opportunity for us to reassess action on suicide prevention

Suicide is preventable, not inevitable. World Suicide Prevention Day, 10th September, gives us a chance to reflect on the actions we can take to tackle it.

16 Sep 2022 Home affairs

Sadiq Khan Defends Right To Free Speech But Says Some Royal Protest Has Been “Disrespectful”

Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has defended people's right to free speech following Royal protests in response to the Queen's death, but suggested that some Republican protesters have not helped their cause.

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14 Sep 2022 Environment

Join Policy@Manchester at Party Conferences

Policy@Manchester, The University of Manchester’s sector leading policy engagement institute, are running an exciting programme for Labour and Conservative conferences.

14 Sep 2022 Home affairs

Parliament Could Sit For Extra Days Next Week After Queen's Death Paused Proceedings

Parliament could sit for extra days next week, after the death of Queen Elizabeth II meant that all government and House of Commons business was paused for 10 days to mark a national period of mourning.

13 Sep 2022 Home affairs

Conservative MP Calls On Police To "Continue To Respect The Right To Free Speech"

Veteran Conservative MP David Davis has called on the police to "continue to respect the right to free speech" after protests following the death of the Queen.

12 Sep 2022 Home affairs

MP Says Suspending Officer Who Fatally Shot Unarmed Black Man Would Signal Change In Police

MPs challenged the new chief of the Metropolitan Police to signal a willingness to improve relations with London’s black community under his leadership by suspending the officer who fatally shot unarmed man Chris Kaba last Monday.

12 Sep 2022 Home affairs

King Charles Praises Parliament As "Living Instrument Of Our Democracy" In Westminster Hall Speech

King Charles III has praised Parliament as the “living and breathing instrument of our democracy” as he addressed parliamentarians at a ceremony in Westminster Hall for the first time as Head of State.

12 Sep 2022 Home affairs

MPs Call For Met Police Officer Who Shot Unarmed Black Man To Be Suspended

A group of London MPs are calling for the immediate suspension of the Metropolitan Police officer who fatally shot Chris Kaba, an unarmed black man in South London last week.

09 Sep 2022 Home affairs

Liz Truss Calls Queen "Greatest Leader World Has Ever Known" As MPs Begin Tributes

Prime Minister Liz Truss has described Queen Elizabeth II as “one of the greatest leaders the world has ever known” as she opened tributes in Parliament following the monarch's death aged 96.

08 Sep 2022 Home affairs

Queen Elizabeth II Has Died Aged 96

Queen Elizabeth II, the longest reigning British monarch, has died aged 96, Buckingham Palace has confirmed.

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07 Sep 2022 Home affairs

Bar Council reaction to Government appointments

Following the appointments announced as part of Liz Truss’s new Government, Mark Fenhalls QC Chair of the Bar Council said:

06 Sep 2022 Home affairs

Priti Patel’s departure is an opportunity to ditch her failed immigration policies

The departure of Priti Patel from the Home Office as home secretary is a good thing in itself.

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01 Sep 2022 Home affairs

Equality watchdog takes action to address discrimination in use of artificial intelligence

The use of artificial intelligence by public bodies is to be monitored by Britain’s equality regulator for the first time to ensure technologies are not discriminating against people.

30 Aug 2022 Foreign affairs

Afghan refugees are still being failed by the UK government

After failing to evacuate all the Afghan refugees to whom we owed a debt, the UK government now threatens to throw former allies into rough sleeping on our streets

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