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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.
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
Reeves Urged To Open Door To US Business Talent Fleeing Trump
Economy
Reeves Urged To Open Door To US Business Talent Fleeing Trump
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
Rachel Reeves: Hero of the Left
Rachel Reeves: Hero of the Left
By Tim Leunig
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
Reform MP's Caseworker Suspended Following Assault Charge
Reform MP's Caseworker Suspended Following Assault Charge
Political parties
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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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Preventing the worst: analysis of the Prevent strategy review
Home affairs
By Laura Hutchinson, Head of UK Political Intelligence
Preventing the worst: analysis of the Prevent strategy review
The shocking footage of a taxi driver bolting from his cab seconds before it exploded in flames in a terror attack outside the Liverpool Women’s Hospital last month has focused minds ahead of the release of an independent review of the government’s controversial Prevent anti-radicalisation strategy.
The UK must take the lead against online sexual exploitation of children
Culture
By Karen Bradley MP
The UK must take the lead against online sexual exploitation of children
When Joy (pseudonym) was 10 years old, a woman she knew and trusted invited her into her house. Once she was inside, Joy was surprised when the woman asked her to take off her clothes so that she could take pictures. While Joy was scared by this request, she felt she had no choice as she was already inside the woman’s house.
Staff Call For Anonymous Tip-Off System After Drugs In Parliament Allegations
Home affairs
Staff Call For Anonymous Tip-Off System After Drugs In Parliament Allegations
Parliamentary staff have criticised the lack of a confidential system to report MPs or colleagues who may be taking drugs on the estate.
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Home affairs
By Bar Council
Barristers in England & Wales triple overseas income
Following the publication of TheCityUK’s report into the value of UK legal services, the Bar Council has analysed income data from Bar Mutual, the profession’s insurer, and found a further increase in barristers’ income from overseas work, even in 2020. From 2005-2020, overseas income for barristers in England & Wales has tripled.
Refugee children deserve to get the mental health support they need
Health
By Lord Dubs
Refugee children deserve to get the mental health support they need
The deaths of 27 migrants in the Channel have focussed the national consciousness on the issue of migrant rights and the perilous journeys they take.
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Home affairs
By Law Commission
Law Commission recommends unified tribunal system in Wales
A new unified tribunal system should be introduced in Wales to replace the current fragmented tribunals, the Law Commission has announced today [9 December 2021].
Tory Backbenchers Are 'Apoplectic' Over Leaked No.10 Christmas Party Discussion
Coronavirus
Tory Backbenchers Are "Apoplectic" Over Leaked No.10 Christmas Party Discussion
Furious Tory backbenchers have said Boris Johnson must explain the leaked "Christmas Party" footage at Prime Minister's Questions today, avoid bluster and give "straight" answers.
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Culture
By Bar Council
Bar Council
Bar Council: Mark Fenhalls QC inaugural speech
Mark Fenhalls QC, Chair-Elect of the Bar Council, inaugural speech.
The Nationality and Borders Bill will give government the power to strip people of their British citizenship without warning
Home affairs
By David Davis MP
The Nationality and Borders Bill will give government the power to strip people of their British citizenship without warning
This week MPs will debate Clause nine of the Nationality and Borders Bill, which would allow the government to strip you of British citizenship - essentially your right to have rights - without even telling you. 
Senior Tory MP Claims Government Will Be 'Freer Than Ever' To Unlawfully Strip Citizenship Under New Plans
Home affairs
Senior Tory MP Claims Government Will Be "Freer Than Ever" To Unlawfully Strip Citizenship Under New Plans
David Davis has claimed the Nationality and Borders Bill is a "deeply troubling level of Government overreach" after ministers made a last minute change to the legislation.
The Nationality and Borders Bill is littered with measures that will breach human rights
Home affairs
By Harriet Harman MP
The Nationality and Borders Bill is littered with measures that will breach human rights
Parliament considers the Nationality and Borders Bill today in the shadow of the tragic deaths of 27 people who drowned as they tried to cross the Channel. Our asylum and immigration system doesn’t work. And it costs lives.
The best of both worlds: How to strengthen hate crime laws and protect free speech Partner content
Home affairs
By Law Commission
The best of both worlds: How to strengthen hate crime laws and protect free speech
It is often assumed that freedom of speech and hate crime laws are uncomfortable bedfellows - but this doesn't have to be the case. Today, the Law Commission is announcing new recommendations that can protect vulnerable groups from hate and protect our right to free expression.
Young Black voices must be heard when policies are being developed
Home affairs
By Nadjah Osman
Young Black voices must be heard when policies are being developed
In July 2021, The Black Policy Institute (TBPI) pioneered the Global Future Leadership Programme, bringing together several young Black people from the United Kingdom and the United States. I was thrilled to be appointed as the UK chair of the first international young people’s advisory board for TBPI. To me, an effective leader is strategic, empathetic and adaptative; able to contend with the past and present with a vision of societal improvement and equity.
The Eye of the Storm: Constituencies in a Crisis
Home affairs
By Georgina Bailey
The Eye of the Storm: Constituencies in a Crisis
What is the role of an MP in the aftermath of a local disaster? From fire and flood to violent crime, MPs often take the lead in helping to resolve problems when tragedy strikes. But is it part of the job, or should there be more support for MPs and staff? Georgina Bailey reports
We cannot stay silent as Islamophobia becomes accepted in society
Home affairs
By Naz Shah MP
We cannot stay silent as Islamophobia becomes accepted in society
As Islamophobia Awareness Month comes to an end, the tragedy for Muslims is that the Islamophobia they face sadly doesn't.
Priti Patel Asks Tory MPs Not To Back Amendment To Landmark Immigration Bill
Home affairs
Priti Patel Asks Tory MPs Not To Back Amendment To Landmark Immigration Bill
Home secretary Priti Patel has privately messaged Tory MPs as government concerns mount over the likelihood of large rebellions on votes around the Nationality and Borders Bill, which is due to return to Parliament next week.
Let’s embrace a child-focused approach to separation
Home affairs
By Siobhan Baillie MP
Let’s embrace a child-focused approach to separation
The Divorce Act will overhaul divorce law and is due in Spring 2022. I believe this is a real opportunity to reset the agenda for separating families, keep them out of court where safe to do so and focus on children.
It’s shameful that victims feel demeaned and degraded instead of seeing justice delivered
Home affairs
By Anna McMorrin MP
It’s shameful that victims feel demeaned and degraded instead of seeing justice delivered
“You’re safer staying in that abusive relationship than you are trying to get out. The aftermath is 100 per cent worse.” Harrowing words that you’d never think a survivor of attempted murder, rape and domestic abuse would utter. But that’s the harsh reality Rachel (pseudonym) and many other survivors face because of the ugly truth behind our broken criminal justice system.
Ireland Says A Post-Brexit Trade Resolution This Year Is A 'Very Tall Order'
Brexit
Ireland Says A Post-Brexit Trade Resolution This Year Is A "Very Tall Order"
The UK and the European Union reaching an agreement on the Northern Ireland Protocol before 2022 is a "very tall order" and "unlikely to happen," Ireland's foreign minister has said.
MoD Accused Of 'Failing To Deliver Justice' After Confirming Sex Assault Cases Will Stay In Military Courts
Defence
MoD Accused Of "Failing To Deliver Justice" After Confirming Sex Assault Cases Will Stay In Military Courts
Cases of sexual harassment and rape involving serving soldiers will continue to be heard in the military courts, the Ministry of Defence has confirmed following an inquiry into how women are treated in the armed forces.
New Plan for Immigration will fix our broken asylum system
Home affairs
By Kevin Foster MP
New Plan for Immigration will fix our broken asylum system
A year ago today, we launched the points-based immigration system and opened the Skilled Worker Visa, marking the UK’s biggest shift in immigration policy in recent history.
A pan-European solution is needed to prevent Channel deaths
Home affairs
By Lord Dubs
A pan-European solution is needed to prevent Channel deaths
Last week’s tragic loss of 27 lives in the Channel was foreseeable and indeed foreseen. They weren’t the first people to have died crossing the Channel, but our shared responsibility now is to do all we can to ensure they will be the last.
An asylum system that offers safe routes to the UK is the humane response to this 'crisis'
Home affairs
By Vanessa Ganguin
An asylum system that offers safe routes to the UK is the humane response to this 'crisis'
For the first time since David Cameron perhaps rashly set a target for the amount of net migration - and not long after Boris Johnson finally abolished it - a Conservative government has actually met the target.
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Home affairs
By Law Commission
Law Commission to review the Arbitration Act 1996
The Law Commission has today, 30 November 2021, announced that it will conduct a review of the Arbitration Act 1996, the principal legislation governing arbitrations in England, Wales and Northern Ireland.
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