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Labour MPs Demand Colleagues Lose Whip Over Palestine Action Vote
Labour MPs Demand Colleagues Lose Whip Over Palestine Action Vote
Foreign affairs
Labour MPs have urged the government to remove the party whip from nine MPs who voted against proscribing Palestine Action.
Labour Peer Says His Immigration Bill Amendment Would Give Refugee Children 'A Decent Life'
Home affairs
Labour Peer Says His Immigration Bill Amendment Would Give Refugee Children "A Decent Life"
MPs Asked For Views On Islamophobia Definition
Home affairs
MPs Asked For Views On Islamophobia Definition
Labour APCC Chair Warns Spending Review 'Isn't Going To Go Far Enough' For Policing
Communities
Labour APCC Chair Warns Spending Review "Isn't Going To Go Far Enough" For Policing
The 3am Call: Preparing For The Worst
Home affairs
The 3am Call: Preparing For The Worst
Home Office Proscribes Palestine Action Under Terrorism Law
Foreign affairs
Home Office Proscribes Palestine Action Under Terrorism Law
Immigration Policies Could Produce Another Windrush Generation, Labour MP Warns
Communities
Immigration Policies Could Produce Another Windrush Generation, Labour MP Warns
Opinion
FIRS will protect the UK against foreign manipulation
Home affairs
By Dan Jarvis MP
FIRS will protect the UK against foreign manipulation
Women’s Aid urges reform as 19 more children killed due to statutory and legislative failures Partner content
Home affairs
By Women's Aid
Women’s Aid urges reform as 19 more children killed due to statutory and legislative failures
Where was commitment to the Met in the Spending Review?
Home affairs
By Luke Taylor MP
Where was commitment to the Met in the Spending Review?
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Labour MPs Demand Colleagues Lose Whip Over Palestine Action Vote
Labour MPs Demand Colleagues Lose Whip Over Palestine Action Vote
Foreign affairs
Net Zero Week in Parliament 2025 ##sash##
Net Zero Week in Parliament 2025
Energy
One Year After The General Election: Where Are Former MPs Now?
One Year After The General Election: Where Are Former MPs Now?
Political parties
Reform MP's Caseworker Suspended Following Assault Charge
Reform MP's Caseworker Suspended Following Assault Charge
Political parties
House of Lords To Move To QEII Centre While Parliament Restored
House of Lords To Move To QEII Centre While Parliament Restored
Parliament
Starmer: One Year On ##sash##
Starmer: One Year On
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Baroness Bertin's porn review: 'This isn't me driving a tank onto the lawn of censorship'
Home affairs
By Sienna Rodgers
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
HM chief inspector of prisons: 'If someone were to get a gun into a prison, all bets are off'
Home affairs
By Sienna Rodgers
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
Inside the problems plaguing the prison estate
Communities
By Tali Fraser
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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Lord Frost Says Covid Stopped Government Triggering Article 16 Before Christmas
Coronavirus
Lord Frost Says Covid Stopped Government Triggering Article 16 Before Christmas
Boris Johnson didn't trigger Article 16 of the Northern Ireland Protocol before Christmas because of the surge in Covid cases, according to his former Brexit minister Lord Frost.
Tories Are Caught In A Tug-Of-War Between National Scandal And Local Issues At The May Elections
Home affairs
Tories Are Caught In A Tug-Of-War Between National Scandal And Local Issues At The May Elections
Next week’s local elections loom large for Boris Johnson, with many MPs seeing the vote as a proxy referendum on the Prime Minister's scandal-tattered leadership.
Deporting asylum seekers to Rwanda won’t work - and ministers don’t care
Home affairs
By Paul Blomfield MP
Deporting asylum seekers to Rwanda won’t work - and ministers don’t care
As government rams through the final votes on the Nationality and Borders Bill, its recent announcement on Rwanda jars with anyone serious about fixing our broken asylum system.
The Yvette Cooper interview: 'Priti Patel's Home Office is failing'
Home affairs
By Sienna Rodgers
The Yvette Cooper interview: 'Priti Patel's Home Office is failing'
Yvette Cooper is back on the Labour front bench and in a brief which is familiar territory. The shadow home secretary talks to Sienna Rodgers about how she hopes new leadership will change Labour’s fortunes – and why she would do a better job than Priti Patel
Yvette Cooper Says Priti Patel Is The “Weakest Home Secretary I’ve Ever Seen”
Home affairs
Yvette Cooper Says Priti Patel Is The “Weakest Home Secretary I’ve Ever Seen”
Exclusive: Yvette Cooper has described Priti Patel as “the weakest Home Secretary that I’ve ever seen” and declared that “Priti Patel's Home Office is failing” amid widespread criticism of the UK’s Ukrainian refugee scheme.
David Cameron Accuses Prevent Critics Of “Enabling Terrorism”
Home affairs
David Cameron Accuses Prevent Critics Of “Enabling Terrorism”
David Cameron has warned that the UK’s counter-radicalisation strategy Prevent “will not survive” just three years after its launch, unless the government addresses anti-Prevent narratives.
The government needs to introduce new 'spiking' criminal offence to keep people safe
Home affairs
By Diana Johnson MP
The government needs to introduce new 'spiking' criminal offence to keep people safe
Last year, when reports emerged of a new and sinister form of spiking, where victims were being injected with unknown substances, there was understandable concern. The Home Affairs Select Committee recently held hearings on the issue and have published recommendations.
As a refugee myself, I welcome the government's Rwanda plan
Foreign affairs
By Lord Popat
As a refugee myself, I welcome the government's Rwanda plan
As one of the 28,000 Ugandan Asian refugees who fled to the United Kingdom 50 years ago from the brutal dictator Idi Amin, I am aware of the struggle faced by those fleeing persecution, and want to do what I can to help protect the rights of asylum seekers.
Why ‘Homes for Ukraine’ but banishment for everyone else?
Foreign affairs
By Bella Sankey, Detention Action
Why ‘Homes for Ukraine’ but banishment for everyone else?
Whatever your views about people crossing the Channel to seek asylum in the UK, we can agree that the 70 per cent of those people who are recognised as refugees have overcome enormous dangers to reach the UK.
Animal matters in post-pandemic Britain Partner content
Environment
By British Veterinary Association
Animal matters in post-pandemic Britain
The coming years are likely to be tough on our animals and the people who care for them – so how can we safeguard welfare in the face of brutal challenges? PoliticsHome speaks to Dr Justine Shotton, President of the British Veterinary Association.
Veterans charity and police join forces to combat homelessness Partner content
Communities
By Veterans Aid
Veterans charity and police join forces to combat homelessness
Ukrainian Refugees Facing Homelessness Are Abandoning The UK's 'Shambolic' Visa Scheme
Communities
Ukrainian Refugees Facing Homelessness Are Abandoning The UK's "Shambolic" Visa Scheme
Desperate Ukrainian refugees say they are facing homelessness after some have been left waiting over a month for Home Office approval to travel to the UK.
Minister Urges Tory MPs To Vote Against Labour 'Shenanigans' Over Partygate Probe
Coronavirus
Minister Urges Tory MPs To Vote Against Labour "Shenanigans" Over Partygate Probe
Education Secretary Nadhim Zahawi has said the Commons should wait for the police to finish their investigation before launching their own Partygate probe.
As Global Britain we can and should have a more generous asylum system
Home affairs
By Zoë Abrams
As Global Britain we can and should have a more generous asylum system
Sending people seeking asylum to Rwanda to “deter” them from crossing the Channel in small boats is like putting an Elastoplast on a broken leg – at best a distraction tactic, at worst profoundly harmful.
Boris Johnson Denies 'Slandering' The Archbishop of Canterbury Over Rwanda Deportation Scheme
Coronavirus
Boris Johnson Denies "Slandering" The Archbishop of Canterbury Over Rwanda Deportation Scheme
Boris Johnson has said he was "taken aback" by the Archbishop of Canterbury's criticism of the government's plans to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda, but denied "slandering" the church leader after Labour called for an apology.
Allowing asylum seekers the right to work after six months is common-sense
Home affairs
By Baroness Stroud
Allowing asylum seekers the right to work after six months is common-sense
Today, the Nationality and Borders Bill will return to the House of Commons, where MPs will vote yes or no on amendments added in the House of Lords.
Government Calls On Army Reserves To Help Stop Migrant Crossings
Home affairs
Government Calls On Army Reserves To Help Stop Migrant Crossings
The government has made a new order to allow the Armed Forces to call up voluntary reservists to deal with illegal channel crossings.
Boris Johnson Tells MPs People Have 'A Right To Expect Better' After Partygate Fine
Home affairs
Boris Johnson Tells MPs People Have "A Right To Expect Better" After Partygate Fine
Boris Johnson has told MPs that he wanted to repeat a "wholehearted apology" he made to the public last week after he was fined over a lockdown-breaching gathering in Downing Street.
Government Accused Of 'Unworkable, Unethical And Extortionate' Rwanda Asylum Seeker Relocation
Foreign affairs
Government Accused Of "Unworkable, Unethical And Extortionate" Rwanda Asylum Seeker Relocation
The Home Secretary has defended her plans to "relocate" asylum seekers to Rwanda after a wave of criticism over a new scheme to deport people who have illegally entered the UK to the African country.
UK Refugee Sponsors Accuse Home Office Of 'Hiding' From Delayed Ukraine Visa Applications
Foreign affairs
UK Refugee Sponsors Accuse Home Office Of "Hiding" From Delayed Ukraine Visa Applications
The Home Office has been accused of "hiding" from criticism of its Ukrainian refugee scheme after a group of UK sponsors attempted to deliver a letter setting out their frustrations over delayed applications.
Proposals to offshore asylum seekers to Rwanda are simply unacceptable
Home affairs
By Lord Kirkhope
Proposals to offshore asylum seekers to Rwanda are simply unacceptable
As a former United Kingdom immigration minister, I have always held the view that a primary responsibility of any government should be to keep the people safe from internal and external threats.
Glaring loophole in Online Safety Bill must be closed to ensure victims get the protection they need from scams Partner content
Education
By Which?
Glaring loophole in Online Safety Bill must be closed to ensure victims get the protection they need from scams
Britain is in the grip of a fraud epidemic. Fraud is easily the most common type of crime and last year represented almost two in five of all reported crime incidents. That’s more than theft, violent and knife crime combined.
Hundreds Of Civil Servants Drafted To Home Office In A Scramble To Clear Ukraine Refugee Visa Backlog
Foreign affairs
Hundreds Of Civil Servants Drafted To Home Office In A Scramble To Clear Ukraine Refugee Visa Backlog
Hundreds of civil servants have been drafted to the Home Office from across government to help clear a backlog of Ukrainian refugee visa cases after criticism from UK sponsors that people’s lives were being put at risk by the delays.
Dystopian plan to offshore refugees to Rwanda will do nothing to fix our failing asylum system
Home affairs
By Alistair Carmichael MP
Dystopian plan to offshore refugees to Rwanda will do nothing to fix our failing asylum system
It takes some effort to be both inhumane and incompetent. That, however, has become Boris Johnson and Priti Patel’s calling card.
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