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Angela Rayner Refers Herself To Ethics Adviser After Admitting Stamp Duty Underpayment
Angela Rayner Refers Herself To Ethics Adviser After Admitting Stamp Duty Underpayment
Economy
Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner has referred herself to the independent ethics adviser after admitting to not paying enough stamp duty on her seaside flat.
Home Office Eyes More Restrictions On International Student Visas
Education
Home Office Eyes More Restrictions On International Student Visas
Home Office Suspends Family Reunion Applications For Asylum Seekers
Home affairs
Home Office Suspends Family Reunion Applications For Asylum Seekers
Blue Labour Peer Urges Keir Starmer To Drop Plans For Islamophobia Definition
Home affairs
Blue Labour Peer Urges Keir Starmer To Drop Plans For Islamophobia Definition
Minister Says Nigel Farage's Pledge To Renegotiate The Good Friday Agreement Is 'Unrealistic And Irresponsible'
Foreign affairs
Minister Says Nigel Farage's Pledge To Renegotiate The Good Friday Agreement Is "Unrealistic And Irresponsible"
Nigel Farage Says He Would Renegotiate The Good Friday Agreement To Stop Small Boats
Foreign affairs
Nigel Farage Says He Would Renegotiate The Good Friday Agreement To Stop Small Boats
Tory Councillors Launch Bid To Close Down Cheshire Asylum Hotel After Epping Ruling
Home affairs
Tory Councillors Launch Bid To Close Down Cheshire Asylum Hotel After Epping Ruling
Opinion
An effective immigration system needs effective access to justice
Home affairs
By Lord Bach
An effective immigration system needs effective access to justice
The cyber security bill must go further to truly protect the UK economy
Home affairs
By Lord Harris of Haringey and Baroness Neville-Jones
The cyber security bill must go further to truly protect the UK economy
Let's train more people in life-saving skills
Communities
By John Cooper and Dr Neil Shastri-Hurst MPs
Let's train more people in life-saving skills
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Total Politics at the Labour Party Conference
Parliament's People Awards ##sash##
Parliament's People Awards
Total Politics at the Liberal Democrat Party Conference ##sash##
Total Politics at the Liberal Democrat Party Conference
Home Office Eyes More Restrictions On International Student Visas
Home Office Eyes More Restrictions On International Student Visas
Education
Darren Jones To Run No 10 Delivery As Keir Starmer Shakes Up His Top Team
Darren Jones To Run No 10 Delivery As Keir Starmer Shakes Up His Top Team
Political parties
Blue Labour Peer Urges Keir Starmer To Drop Plans For Islamophobia Definition
Blue Labour Peer Urges Keir Starmer To Drop Plans For Islamophobia Definition
Home affairs
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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
Home Affairs news
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.
Partner content
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.
Safe and legal routes must be a pillar of our asylum system
Home affairs
By David Simmonds MP
Safe and legal routes must be a pillar of our asylum system
The recent heart-breaking incident in the Channel demonstrates that the current asylum system is broken. At least 27 people, including 17 men, seven women - one of whom was pregnant - and three children drowned in the deadliest crossing on record. If something positive is to come from this, as it did from the tragic death of Aylan Kurdi in 2015, it will be a major shift in the will and determination of governments to act decisively and swiftly.
Refugee Charities Say Claim Safe Routes For Asylum Seekers Wouldn't Stop Criminal Gangs Is 'Political'
Environment
Refugee Charities Say Claim Safe Routes For Asylum Seekers Wouldn't Stop Criminal Gangs Is "Political"
There is no evidence that creating safe routes from France for asylum seekers would encourage criminal gangs to keep smuggling people across the Channel, charities have told PoliticsHome.
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Total Politics at the Liberal Democrat Party Conference
2025
Bayview Suite 2
Total Politics at the Liberal Democrat Party Conference
Total Politics at the Labour Party Conference
2025
Room 4A and 4B
Total Politics at the Labour Party Conference
Total Politics at the Conservative Party Conference
2025
Derby Suite
Total Politics at the Conservative Party Conference
Parliament's People Awards
2026
The Palace of Westminster
Parliament's People Awards