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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
Home affairs
Police Launch Criminal Investigation Into Reform UK Donations
PM 'Increasingly Confident' PC Harper’s Killers Will Not Be Released Early
Home affairs
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
Home affairs
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
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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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All The MPs Standing Down At The Next General Election
Home affairs
All The MPs Standing Down At The Next General Election
With the next general election less than two years away, sitting MPs are having to decide whether they want to put themselves forward again to stand for another term.
Labour Win Chester By-Election With Significantly Increased Majority
Home affairs
Labour Win Chester By-Election With Significantly Increased Majority
Labour have retained the City of Chester seat in a by-election, where Local councillor Samantha Dixon was elected after securing over 60 per cent of the votes.
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Home affairs
By Bar Council
Bar Council comment on MoJ Criminal Legal Aid response
Our immigration system is failing on nearly every front
Home affairs
By Tim Loughton MP
Our immigration system is failing on nearly every front
A successful immigration policy needs to be based on secure borders.
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Home affairs
By Bar Council
Race at the Bar progress report: Much to celebrate, much more to do
One year on from the ground-breaking Race at the Bar report, the Bar Council has published an interim progress report on action being taken across the Bar to address race inequality.
Home Office Accused Of 'Toxic and Indifferent' Approach To Safeguarding Asylum Seekers
Home affairs
Home Office Accused Of "Toxic and Indifferent" Approach To Safeguarding Asylum Seekers
A shadow minister has said that the Home Office’s approach to the safeguarding of asylum seekers appears to be “based on a toxic combination of incompetence and indifference,” as the safety of children arriving in the UK has been called into question.
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Culture
By Law Commission
Online Safety Bill to include Law Commission recommendation targeting the encouragement of serious self-harm
Last week the Government announced that it will update the Online Safety Bill to include the Law Commission’s recommendation to make encouraging or assisting serious self-harm an offence.
Homes for Ukraine scheme risks falling at the final hurdle
Communities
By Krish Kandiah
Homes for Ukraine scheme risks falling at the final hurdle
The United Kingdom stands on the edge of a historic moment. Government and civil society together have welcomed and supported Ukrainian refugees with an innovative and cost-effective sponsorship scheme.
Thousands of Homes for Ukraine Hosts Urge Rishi Sunak To Increase Refugee Support
Home affairs
Thousands of Homes for Ukraine Hosts Urge Rishi Sunak To Increase Refugee Support
Over 4,500 hosts in the government's flagship Homes for Ukraine scheme have signed a joint letter calling on the government to provide "practical solutions" to help refugees settle in the UK as fears grow over the risk of homelessness.
Home Office Accused Of Creating 'Preventable' Health Risk After Asylum Centre Diphtheria Outbreak
Home affairs
Home Office Accused Of Creating "Preventable" Health Risk After Asylum Centre Diphtheria Outbreak
Public health leaders have said the decision to disperse asylum seekers from Manston after outbreaks of disease has put fresh pressure on local health services.
Changing of the Lord: How Lord Carrington became the new Lord Great Chamberlain
Culture
By Daniel Brittain
Changing of the Lord: How Lord Carrington became the new Lord Great Chamberlain
The King was not the only person to inherit a new role following the death of Queen Elizabeth II in September. Almost unnoticed was the departure of the sovereign’s representative in Parliament, the Lord Great Chamberlain, Lord Cholmondeley, who lost his job with the demise of the monarch. As Daniel Brittain reports, the new occupant of the hereditary office held by three different families is Lord Carrington
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Home affairs
By Law Commission
Law Commission recommendations to protect victims of intimate image abuse to be implemented
The Government has today announced that it will implement Law Commission recommendations to strengthen the law to protect victims of intimate image abuse.
How a public inquiry into contaminated blood exposed decades of denial
Health
By Tom Sasse
How a public inquiry into contaminated blood exposed decades of denial
Earlier this month, one of the most extraordinary public inquiries in United Kingdom history held its final public evidence session.
We must accept migration is going to be part of modern Britain
Home affairs
By Sunder Katwala
We must accept migration is going to be part of modern Britain
Census data this month revealed that 10 million of us in the United Kingdom were born overseas, an increase of 2.5 million since 2011. India topped the list as the most common overseas birthplace followed by Poland, Pakistan, Romania and Ireland.
UK Migration Hits Record High, Energy Price Cap Rises, Boris Johnson Doubts Number 10 Comeback
Home affairs
UK Migration Hits Record High, Energy Price Cap Rises, Boris Johnson Doubts Number 10 Comeback
The UK has seen the highest net migration since the end of the Second World War, according to new Office for National Statistics (ONS) figures published today.
A year after 27 drowned crossing the Channel, our asylum system is still broken
Home affairs
By Tim Naor Hilton
A year after 27 drowned crossing the Channel, our asylum system is still broken
In the early hours of 24 November 2021, a boat carrying 34 people capsized in the Channel.
Befriending lonely refugees makes communities better places for everyone
Home affairs
By Harriet Paterson
Befriending lonely refugees makes communities better places for everyone
“I can’t believe how much things have changed since I met Chloe,” asylum seeker Shoaib tells me. “I can’t rate her highly enough.”
Home Secretary Unable To Explain Legal Route To The UK For A Vulnerable Migrant
Home affairs
Home Secretary Unable To Explain Legal Route To The UK For A Vulnerable Migrant
Home Secretary Suella Braverman has struggled to explain how a teenage orphan fleeing persecution could legally arrive in the UK to claim asylum.
The Problem With Prevent
Communities
By Laura Hutchinson, Head of UK Political Intelligence
The Problem With Prevent
As human rights groups call for an overhaul of the government’s flagship Prevent counter-radicalisation strategy, what might we see in the Home Office’s long-awaited publication of the independent review into the scheme’s effectiveness?
The Conservative government cannot be trusted to tackle Islamophobia if they cannot even name it
Home affairs
By Afzal Khan MP
The Conservative government cannot be trusted to tackle Islamophobia if they cannot even name it
November marks Islamophobia Awareness Month. This yearly occasion is a sobering reminder of just how pervasive and insidious Islamophobia is in our society. It reminds us of the need to tackle this hatred and the violent crimes and discrimination it manifests.
Rishi Sunak Promises Business Innovation, Minister Dismisses 'Swiss-style' Brexit, MP Scorns Beckham In Qatar
Economy
Rishi Sunak Promises Business Innovation, Minister Dismisses "Swiss-style" Brexit, MP Scorns Beckham In Qatar
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has promised that the government wants to focus on “innovation” and “new ideas” to drive economic growth in a major speech to business leaders at the annual CBI Conference in Birmingham.
'Communities Need Levelling Up Now More Than Ever': Labour's Alex Norris
Home affairs
By Alex Norris MP
"Communities Need Levelling Up Now More Than Ever": Labour's Alex Norris
There was one question I was asked the most at the Labour Party Conference in Liverpool this year: haven’t they sacked you yet? Naturally this did not relate to personal conduct but rather the expectation that the government has somewhat given up on levelling up.
UK And EU Doubt A Northern Ireland Protocol Deal Is Imminent, Despite Improved Mood
Brexit
UK And EU Doubt A Northern Ireland Protocol Deal Is Imminent, Despite Improved Mood
UK and European Union sources have sought to play down the prospect of an imminent deal on the Northern Ireland Protocol despite relations between the two sides having improved significantly.
The government must crack down on growing county lines child exploitation
Education
By Anne Longfield
The government must crack down on growing county lines child exploitation
Recently, I visited a community project on a housing estate where families told me they were being terrorised by a gang of boys, excluded from school, who were delivering a county line to an area about 80 miles away.
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