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Keir Starmer Has Been Dealt A Blow As Labour MPs Quit Their Roles And Rebelled Over A 'Spycops' Bill

Keir Starmer Has Been Dealt A Blow As Labour MPs Quit Their Roles And Rebelled Over A 'Spycops' Bill

15 Oct Home affairs

Two Labour MPs have quit Keir Starmer’s front bench team and four more resigned from party roles to vote against the “spycops” bill that gives protections to undercover agents.

The Welsh First Minister Has Claimed He Will Ban English And Scottish People In High Covid Areas From Coming Over The Border

14 Oct Coronavirus

The Welsh First Minister Has Claimed He Will Ban English And Scottish People In High Covid Areas From Coming Over The Border

Priti Patel Has Promised To Overhaul The “Broken Asylum System” With The Biggest Change To Immigration Laws In Decades

04 Oct Home affairs

Priti Patel Has Promised To Overhaul The “Broken Asylum System” With The Biggest Change To Immigration Laws In Decades

Here Are All The Outlandish Ideas The Government Is Reported To Be Considering To Tackle Migrant Channel Crossings

01 Oct Home affairs

Here Are All The Outlandish Ideas The Government Is Reported To Be Considering To Tackle Migrant Channel Crossings

Downing Street Has Confirmed It Is Looking At An Australia-Style Offshore Migrant Processing Centre

30 Sep Home affairs

Downing Street Has Confirmed It Is Looking At An Australia-Style Offshore Migrant Processing Centre

The Government Has Been Warned That Modern Slavery Could Be Surging During The Coronavirus Pandemic

25 Sep Coronavirus

The Government Has Been Warned That Modern Slavery Could Be Surging During The Coronavirus Pandemic

Priti Patel Says She Is “Shocked And Saddened” Following Reports A Police Officer Has Been Shot Dead In South London

25 Sep Home affairs

Priti Patel Says She Is “Shocked And Saddened” Following Reports A Police Officer Has Been Shot Dead In South London

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Inequality has widened - it’s time for action

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20 Oct Coronavirus

Inequality has widened - it’s time for action

James Cleverly: It Might Take “Decades” To Repair Relations With The Black British Community Over Windrush

17 Oct Home affairs

James Cleverly: It Might Take “Decades” To Repair Relations With The Black British Community Over Windrush

What it's like being the only Black person in the village

17 Oct Home affairs

What it's like being the only Black person in the village

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What it's like being the only Black person in the village

17 Oct Home affairs

What it's like being the only Black person in the village

Political debate has frequently focused on the lives of Black people in the inner city. But elsewhere, the UK is home to tens of thousands of Black people who grow up as the extreme minority in the place they live. Georgia Chambers investigates what Westminster can do for them

Black Conservatives: Are the Tories the new party of diversity?

17 Oct Home affairs

Black Conservatives: Are the Tories the new party of diversity?

Throughout its long history the Conservative Party has found new ways to appeal to the ever-changing electorate. In 2024, Anita Boateng writes, the Tories can show ethnic minority working class voters that they are the party for them, too

Live Local Lockdown Map: Every Local Authority Subject To New Restrictions Across Great Britain

18 Sep Coronavirus

Live Local Lockdown Map: Every Local Authority Subject To New Restrictions Across Great Britain

Coronavirus hotspots across the UK have been subjected to localised lockdown restrictions in a bid to slow the spread of the virus—use PoliticsHome’s interactive map to find out what restrictions apply where.

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Harry Dunn death: Dominic Raab closes legal 'anomaly' which allowed death suspect Anne Sacoolas to flee UK

22 Jul Foreign affairs

Harry Dunn death: Dominic Raab closes legal 'anomaly' which allowed death suspect Anne Sacoolas to flee UK

A legal "anomaly" which allowed the suspect in the death of Harry Dunn to flee the UK has been closed, Dominic Raab has confirmed.

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21 Jul Economy

Police Federation welcomes pay award but officers deserve more

The Police Federation of England and Wales (PFEW) says today’s 2.5% pay award for police officers is “a step in the right direction”. 

Rehabilitation and employability programmes serve as a lifeline for many women leaving prison

20 Jul Home affairs

Rehabilitation and employability programmes serve as a lifeline for many women leaving prison

The stigma of having a criminal record makes it challenging for women to find a job, these attitudes amongst employers, the media and the public must change to prevent re-offending.

Britain set to shelve extradition treaty with Hong Kong amid spiralling UK-China relations

20 Jul Foreign affairs

Britain set to shelve extradition treaty with Hong Kong amid spiralling UK-China relations

Britain is to shelve its longstanding extradition treaty with Hong Kong on Monday amid mounting tensions with China.

David Lammy: ‘Britain seems now prepared to get into a place where it wants to talk about structural racism’

18 Jul Coronavirus

David Lammy: ‘Britain seems now prepared to get into a place where it wants to talk about structural racism’

David Lammy’s promotion to the shadow cabinet and the global explosion of Black Lives Matter has put him firmly in the spotlight as one of the most recognisable figures in British politics. The Tottenham MP and his friends and colleagues talk to Georgina Bailey about two decades in Parliament and how he finally feels he has found his ‘mojo’

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17 Jul Education

Government's pension remedy proposals for McCloud a profound disappointment

This is no way to treat teachers and other key workers who have served our country throughout the coronavirus pandemic.

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17 Jul Home affairs

Officer uplift needed ‘now more than ever’ - Police Federation's National Chair responds to statistics as knife crime reaches record high

The 20,000 officer uplift will be vital to help drive down street offences as knife crime soars to its highest level on record, says the Police Federation of England and Wales (PFEW).

New report reveals England & Wales spends more on coffee than on law and order

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17 Jul Home affairs

New report reveals England & Wales spends more on coffee than on law and order

The true scale of Britain’s neglect of law and order has been revealed in a new report out today, which shows that the nation spends more on coffee each day than the Government spends on the justice system.

Number 10 ‘bitterly disappointed’ as court rules schoolgirl who joined ISIS Shamima Begum can return to UK

16 Jul Home affairs

Number 10 ‘bitterly disappointed’ as court rules schoolgirl who joined ISIS Shamima Begum can return to UK

Number 10 said it is "bitterly disappointed" by the court ruling which allows Shamima Begum, who left to join ISIS as a teenager, to return to the UK.

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16 Jul Home affairs

New report on roads policing shows urgent need for resources

Home Office must end years of underfunding

Priti Patel says it was ‘absolutely right’ to wait until June to bring in coronavirus quarantine in committee clash with Yvette Cooper

15 Jul Coronavirus

Priti Patel says it was ‘absolutely right’ to wait until June to bring in coronavirus quarantine in committee clash with Yvette Cooper

Priti Patel has said it was “absolutely right” for the Government to wait until June to bring in quarantine measures for all international arrivals to the UK.

Listen: Immigration minister Kevin Foster on the post-Brexit points-based system — PoliticsHome policy podcast, supported by Leidos

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15 Jul Home affairs

Listen: Immigration minister Kevin Foster on the post-Brexit points-based system — PoliticsHome policy podcast, supported by Leidos

In a policy special of the PoliticsHome podcast supported by Leidos, we spoke to Home Office minister Kevin Foster about the UK’s big post-Brexit immigration shake-up.

Making travel safer, healthier, and more efficient

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15 Jul Coronavirus

Making travel safer, healthier, and more efficient

As more travellers return to airports, how can technological solutions support a frictionless, secure and healthy travel experience?

Justice Secretary urged to abandon plan to cut jury trials in bid to deal with coronavirus backlog

15 Jul Coronavirus

Justice Secretary urged to abandon plan to cut jury trials in bid to deal with coronavirus backlog

Justice Secretary Robert Buckland has been urged to row back on plans to temporarily cut the number of trials held in front of a jury.

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14 Jul Coronavirus

Only as ‘last resort’ should police get involved

National Chair wants Government to ensure shops have obligation to make the wearing of face coverings a condition of entry.

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14 Jul Home affairs

Health Secretary heeds Compassion in Dying’s calls for first ever national DNAR guidance for patients

New national guidance for patients on Do Not Attempt Resuscitation orders, plus information for NHS staff, to be published after Kate Masters and Compassion in Dying raise grave concerns over poor and unlawful practice during pandemic

Business has been left in the dark over Northern Ireland’s future

14 Jul Brexit

Business has been left in the dark over Northern Ireland’s future

Businesses will soon face new requirements that make it more complicated and costly to trade across the Irish Sea. But with just a few months to go, too many important questions remain unanswered

Labour asks what ministers ‘have against care workers’ as frontline staff left off new NHS immigration route

13 Jul Coronavirus

Labour asks what ministers ‘have against care workers’ as frontline staff left off new NHS immigration route

Labour has accused the Government of “insulting” the country’s care workers as frontline staff were excluded from a major new post-Brexit immigration route for those in the health sector.

UK not ‘slamming gate shut’ with new post-Brexit migration system, Boris Johnson says

13 Jul Home affairs

UK not ‘slamming gate shut’ with new post-Brexit migration system, Boris Johnson says

Britain’s post-Brexit immigration system is not about “simply slamming the gates” shut once the UK leaves the European Union, Boris Johnson has said.

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13 Jul Home affairs

Further increases in sentencing ‘could be meaningless’ without full support of Courts

The National Chair of the Police Federation has welcomed a Government-led consultation into doubling sentences for offenders who assault emergency workers and described it is an opportunity to ensure police officers who are attacked while doing their job feel supported by the Criminal Justice System.

New appointments this week in UK politics, the civil service and public affairs

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13 Jul Home affairs

New appointments this week in UK politics, the civil service and public affairs

Dods People draws together a list of appointments in Westminster politics, the devolved administrations and the public affairs sector in the last week.

Priti Patel to flesh out UK’s plans for ‘fairer, firmer’ post-Brexit immigration system

13 Jul Coronavirus

Priti Patel to flesh out UK’s plans for ‘fairer, firmer’ post-Brexit immigration system

The Home Secretary is set to unveil further details of the UK’s post-Brexit immigration system on Monday.

Labour demands ‘immediate’ publication of Priti Patel bullying probe amid ‘political interference’ claims

12 Jul Home affairs

Labour demands ‘immediate’ publication of Priti Patel bullying probe amid ‘political interference’ claims

Labour is demanding the “immediate” publication of a report into whether Home Secretary Priti Patel bullied staff.

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10 Jul Coronavirus

National Chair slams spate of ‘seriously damaging’ anti-police reports

John Apter calls for more media support as he warns biased reporting risks impeding recruitment drive

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