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Experts Warn Against Promises To Drive Down Unpredictable Net Migration
Experts Warn Against Promises To Drive Down Unpredictable Net Migration
Foreign affairs
Political pledges to significantly slash net migration are at risk of being undermined by the unpredictable factors that drives migration, such as conflict and workforce needs, according to experts responding to new figures showing immigration to the UK has reached a record high.
Why Has UK Net Migration Reached A Record High?
Home affairs
Why Has UK Net Migration Reached A Record High?
Suella Braverman Will Stay As Home Secretary After Rishi Sunak Decides Ministerial Code Wasn't Breached
Home affairs
Suella Braverman Will Stay As Home Secretary After Rishi Sunak Decides Ministerial Code Wasn't Breached
DUP Is Planning Next Moves On Power Sharing After Northern Ireland Elections
Home affairs
DUP Is Planning Next Moves On Power Sharing After Northern Ireland Elections
Suella Braverman 'Regrets' Speeding Fine As Pressure Mounts For Ethics Inquiry
Home affairs
Suella Braverman "Regrets" Speeding Fine As Pressure Mounts For Ethics Inquiry
MPs To Visit US Police To Learn About Restoring Public Trust
Home affairs
MPs To Visit US Police To Learn About Restoring Public Trust
Exasperated Tories Worry “Freelancing” MPs Are Damaging Fragile Party Unity
Home affairs
Exasperated Tories Worry “Freelancing” MPs Are Damaging Fragile Party Unity
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A new EU returns policy will significantly reduce small boat crossings
Home affairs
By Thom Brooks
A new EU returns policy will significantly reduce small boat crossings
We must defend the right to seek asylum
Home affairs
By Laura Kyrke-Smith
We must defend the right to seek asylum
Illegal Migration Bill undermines the rule of law and criminalises innocent victims
Home affairs
By Lord Kirkhope
Illegal Migration Bill undermines the rule of law and criminalises innocent victims
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Restless Shadow Ministers Want Keir Starmer To Shake Up Labour's Top Team
Restless Shadow Ministers Want Keir Starmer To Shake Up Labour's Top Team
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Why Has UK Net Migration Reached A Record High?
Home affairs
Why Has UK Net Migration Reached A Record High?
Net migration to the United Kingdom has already reached a record high, with the Office for National Statistics (ONS) expected to announce a further increase on Thursday.
Exasperated Tories Worry “Freelancing” MPs Are Damaging Fragile Party Unity
Home affairs
Exasperated Tories Worry “Freelancing” MPs Are Damaging Fragile Party Unity
Tory WhatsApp groups were "alive" this week with backbench MPs complaining that Home Secretary Suella Braverman had undermined Prime Minister Rishi Sunak when she appeared to deviate from the government approach to immigration.
The Baroness Benjamin interview: 'When you smile, you are a winner'
Home affairs
By Tali Fraser
The Baroness Benjamin interview: "When you smile, you are a winner"
Arriving in Britain as a young girl from Trinidad, much-loved children’s TV presenter Baroness Floella Benjamin never expected to have any kind of relationship with the King, let alone play a key role in his coronation ceremony. She tells Tali Fraser about their connection to the Commonwealth, being let down on Windrush and why it pays to keep smiling. Photography by Louise Haywood-Schiefer
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Leading Housing Campaigner 'Frustrated' With Labour Over Lack Of Lisa Nandy Meeting
Home affairs
Leading Housing Campaigner "Frustrated" With Labour Over Lack Of Lisa Nandy Meeting
Housing campaigner Kwajo Tweneboa has said he is “frustrated” with Labour, having “never met or spoken to” shadow Secretary of State, Lisa Nandy.
Top Stories: Tory Fury Over Sue Gray Labour Job, Energy Price Cap Freeze, Lawyers Interview Dominic Raab
Home affairs
Top Stories: Tory Fury Over Sue Gray Labour Job, Energy Price Cap Freeze, Lawyers Interview Dominic Raab
Anger is growing in the Conservative party over Sue Gray's appointment as Labour leader Keir Starmer's chief of staff – with some now claiming her Partygate report was a "left wing stitch up".
Migration policies are failing families and society
Home affairs
By Baroness Hamwee
Migration policies are failing families and society
It is heartening to hear Rishi Sunak say “strong, supportive families make for more stable communities” – but the United Kingdom’s migration policies do not implement that statement.
Top Stories: Matt Hancock's Covid WhatsApps, NHS Missing Backlog Targets, PM Curbs Protocol Rebellion
Home affairs
Top Stories: Matt Hancock's Covid WhatsApps, NHS Missing Backlog Targets, PM Curbs Protocol Rebellion
Leaked messages have allegedly shown that Matt Hancock rejected advice to test and segregate residents entering care homes for Covid at the height of the pandemic while serving as health secretary.
No 10 Using Small Boats To Persuade Hardline Tory Brexiteers To Back 'Windsor Framework'
Brexit
No 10 Using Small Boats To Persuade Hardline Tory Brexiteers To Back 'Windsor Framework'
Downing Street is telling Conservative MPs who are weighing up whether to back the deal on Northern Ireland that getting it done will improve the chances of an agreement with France on tackling Channel crossings.
Rishi Sunak Allies Are Increasingly Confident They've Quashed Northern Ireland Deal Rebellion
Brexit
Rishi Sunak Allies Are Increasingly Confident They've Quashed Northern Ireland Deal Rebellion
Tory MPs who are supportive of Rishi Sunak's Northern Ireland Protocol deal are confident any rebellion will be small after they piled pressure on hardline Brexiteers in their party to back it.
Veterans Aid CEO becomes Honorary Professor Partner content
Defence
By Veterans Aid
Veterans Aid CEO becomes Honorary Professor
Dr Hugh Milroy, CEO of the charity Veterans Aid, has been appointed Honorary Professor in Social Work at the University of East Anglia.
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Environment
British Veterinary Association responds to Northern Ireland Protocol announcement
How The Northern Ireland Protocol Deal Will Work And The Big Questions That Remain
Brexit
How The Northern Ireland Protocol Deal Will Work And The Big Questions That Remain
The UK and European Union have finally agreed a deal on resolving the Northern Ireland Protocol, dubbed the 'Windsor Framework'.
Boris Johnson Told DUP To Be Careful About Rishi Sunak's Northern Ireland Protocol Deal
Brexit
Boris Johnson Told DUP To Be Careful About Rishi Sunak's Northern Ireland Protocol Deal
Boris Johnson has told Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) figures to be cautious about Rishi Sunak's new "Windsor framework" Northern Ireland Protocol deal, announced alongside the European Union today.
Damaging and outdated child marriage is now illegal for under 18s in the UK
Home affairs
By Pauline Latham MP and Baroness Sugg
Damaging and outdated child marriage is now illegal for under 18s in the UK
Most people, indeed most parliamentarians, are shocked to hear that child marriage is legal in the United Kingdom.
Hardline Tory Brexiteers Urged To 'Get Real' And Back Northern Ireland Protocol Deal
Brexit
Hardline Tory Brexiteers Urged To "Get Real" And Back Northern Ireland Protocol Deal
Influential Tory moderates have warned the party's hardline Eurosceptic wing that refusing to support Rishi Sunak's Northern Ireland Protocol deal would undermine the national interest, as the Prime Minister prepares to reveal his agreement with the European Union in parliament.
It's high time Parliament takes on the predatory pornography industry
Home affairs
By Diana Johnson MP
It's high time Parliament takes on the predatory pornography industry
Recent headlines on the topic of porn have been about a Member of Parliament watching it – rather than legislating on it – which is both damning and unsurprising.
Rishi Sunak Set To Announce Northern Ireland Protocol Deal Alongside EU
Brexit
Rishi Sunak Set To Announce Northern Ireland Protocol Deal Alongside EU
The UK and European Union are set to announce on Monday that they have finally reached an agreement on the Northern Ireland Protocol.
Rishi Sunak's Political Nous Questioned Over 'Patronising' Handling Of Northern Ireland Protocol Deal
Brexit
Rishi Sunak's Political Nous Questioned Over "Patronising" Handling Of Northern Ireland Protocol Deal
Rishi Sunak's hope of announcing a Northern Ireland Protocol deal with the European Union this week has fallen apart, and the Prime Minister is now facing questions over what went wrong, and how he intends to get it over the line.
Reporting on Homes for Ukraine has been uplifting and heart-breaking – and the story is far from over
Communities
By John Johnston
Reporting on Homes for Ukraine has been uplifting and heart-breaking – and the story is far from over
Reporting on the most unique refugee system implemented in the United Kingdom since the kindertransport has been fascinating, uplifting and heart-breaking in equal measures.
Labour will crack down on antisocial behaviour blighting our communities
Home affairs
By Sarah Jones MP
Labour will crack down on antisocial behaviour blighting our communities
Firefighters attended what they thought was a car fire on a Saturday evening in West Denton, Newcastle.
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Home affairs
By Bar Council
NAO report: Court reform programme must not come at the cost of access to justice, says Bar Council
Court reform programme must not come at the cost of access to justice
Top Stories: Keir Starmer Sets Out Five 'Missions', Independent Football Regulator To Be Launched
Culture
Top Stories: Keir Starmer Sets Out Five "Missions", Independent Football Regulator To Be Launched
Labour leader Keir Starmer is preparing to set out his five "missions" which will form key pledges in the party's next general election manifesto as he promised to restore "pride and purpose" in the UK.
Dozens Of Conservative MPs Prepared To Rebel On Northern Ireland Protocol Bill
Brexit
Dozens Of Conservative MPs Prepared To Rebel On Northern Ireland Protocol Bill
Moderate Tories who are opposed to the Northern Ireland Protocol Bill have warned that up to 50 Conservative back benchers would vote against if it ever reached a House of Commons vote, as the party divide over Brexit continues to deepen.
Why the Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner vacancy should concern us all
Home affairs
By Karen Bradley MP
Why the Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner vacancy should concern us all
It has been almost ten months since Dame Sara Thornton stepped down from her three-year tenure as UK Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner (IASC).
DUP And Hardline Brexiteers Plot Response To Rishi Sunak's Northern Ireland Protocol Deal
Brexit
DUP And Hardline Brexiteers Plot Response To Rishi Sunak's Northern Ireland Protocol Deal
The staunchest critics of Rishi Sunak's Northern Ireland Protocol deal with the European Union will meet on Tuesday night as the Prime Minister continues in his bid to win their support.
Former Cabinet Minister Says Northern Ireland Protocol Bill Is No Longer Legal
Brexit
Former Cabinet Minister Says Northern Ireland Protocol Bill Is No Longer Legal
A former Cabinet minister has said that the Northern Ireland Protocol Bill is no longer legal, having previously argued that the contentious legislation had justification in law.
The Northern Ireland Protocol Bill no longer has any legal justification
Brexit
By Robert Buckland MP
The Northern Ireland Protocol Bill no longer has any legal justification
Resolving the complex issue of the Northern Ireland Protocol is not only desirable, but absolutely necessary. Not only for domestic reasons, but also for the United Kingdom's international position. 
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