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Labour MPs Demand Colleagues Lose Whip Over Palestine Action Vote

03 Jul Foreign affairs

Labour MPs have urged the government to remove the party whip from nine MPs who voted against proscribing Palestine Action.

03 Jul Home affairs

MPs Asked For Views On Islamophobia Definition

28 Jun Communities

Labour APCC Chair Warns Spending Review "Isn't Going To Go Far Enough" For Policing

26 Jun Home affairs

The 3am Call: Preparing For The Worst

23 Jun Foreign affairs

Home Office Proscribes Palestine Action Under Terrorism Law

22 Jun Communities

Immigration Policies Could Produce Another Windrush Generation, Labour MP Warns

20 Jun Economy

Reeves Urged To Open Door To US Business Talent Fleeing Trump

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01 Jul Home affairs

FIRS will protect the UK against foreign manipulation

Women’s Aid urges reform as 19 more children killed due to statutory and legislative failures

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01 Jul Home affairs

Women’s Aid urges reform as 19 more children killed due to statutory and legislative failures

13 Jun Home affairs

Where was commitment to the Met in the Spending Review?

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Labour MPs Demand Colleagues Lose Whip Over Palestine Action Vote

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Rachel Reeves: Hero of the Left

02 Jul Political parties

One Year After The General Election: Where Are Former MPs Now?

06 Jul Political parties

House of Lords To Move To QEII Centre While Parliament Restored

03 Jul Parliament

Welfare Bill Passes House Of Commons Vote After Day Of Pain For Government

01 Jul Health

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02 Mar Home affairs

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

29 Jan Home affairs

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

28 Jan Communities

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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07 Oct 2020 Home affairs

TDs to vote tonight on landmark Irish Dying with Dignity Bill

A vote this evening (9.30pm, Wednesday 7 October 2020) in Ireland’s Dáil could bring an assisted dying law closer to reality.

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07 Oct 2020 Home affairs

Search warrants reform to help law enforcement investigate crime

Reforms that would reduce the number of unlawful search warrants being issued and help law enforcement to investigate crime and collect evidence (especially that stored electronically) have today [7 October 2020] been recommended by the Law Commission, the Government’s independent law reform body.

07 Oct 2020 Home affairs

The government’s voter ID plans risk disenfranchising millions of voters for the sake of a non-existent problem

The government's voter ID plans will disproportionately suppress Black, Asian and minority ethnic voters, yet there is little evidence to suggest that impersonation at polling stations is a widespread problem in Britain.

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06 Oct 2020 Home affairs

Bar Council: Prime Minister's comments are "shocking and troubling"

Responding to comments made about lawyers by the Prime Minister today in his speech to the Conservative Party Conference, Chair of the Bar Council, Amanda Pinto QC, said:

The Government must protect victims of modern slavery after Brexit

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06 Oct 2020 Brexit

The Government must protect victims of modern slavery after Brexit

Whatever your views about Brexit, we should take this opportunity to create even better legislation than we had before. The Modern Slavery (Victim Support) Bill provides the means to do just that.

06 Oct 2020 Home affairs

We must acknowledge the hidden role of gang associated girls

Young women and girls are ignored as victims of gang related violence. We need to invest in solutions based on the reality of female involvement or we risk dealing with only part of the problem.

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05 Oct 2020 Home affairs

Bar Council reaction to Home Secretary's asylum speech

Responding to the Home Secretary’s speech Fixing our broken asylum system which was delivered at the Conservative Party conference at the weekend, Amanda Pinto QC, Chair of the Bar Council, said:

05 Oct 2020 Home affairs

Victims of modern slavery must not be left worse off as we end free movement

Lord McColl’s amendment to the Immigration and Bill would provide all confirmed EU national victims of modern slavery 12 months leave to remain in the UK with recourse to public funds.

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05 Oct 2020 Home affairs

Police Federation launch Demand, Capacity & Welfare Survey

Opportunity for rank and file police officers to give their views on policing the pandemic

04 Oct 2020 Home affairs

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

Priti Patel has pledged to make the biggest overhaul to immigration policy in decades saying she will "take every necessary step to fix this broken system”.

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02 Oct 2020 Home affairs

Government paying junior barristers less than national minimum wage

Bar Council provides blueprint for justice system in Spending Review paper

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02 Oct 2020 Home affairs

Irish assisted dying bill: speakers overwhelmingly support reform in Dáil debate last night

Cross-party TDs in the Dáil last night overwhelmingly backed a change in the law on assisted dying, with two-thirds speaking in favour of the Dying with Dignity Bill proposed by Gino Kenny TD.

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02 Oct 2020 Home affairs

Bar Council calls for commitment to zero tolerance on discrimination

New race-focused guidance launched in Black History Month

01 Oct 2020 Home affairs

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

As the entire country faces a battle to contain spiking coronavirus cases, Home Secretary Priti Patel appears to be embroiled in a struggle with her own department.

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30 Sep 2020 Home affairs

National Chair responds to rise in assaults and mental health incidents

Statistics show an 'unacceptable and appalling increase'

30 Sep 2020 Home affairs

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

Downing Street has confirmed an Australian-style system for processing migrants offshore from the UK mainland is being looked at by the government.

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30 Sep 2020 Home affairs

EHRC progress on Hostile Environment legal assessment

As part of its legal assessment into how the Home Office complied with equality laws when implementing immigration policies, the Equality and Human Rights Commission has written to the department on its progress.

30 Sep 2020 Home affairs

The Immigration Bill must not wipe out the freedom of movement so many Britons have benefited from

My amendment is to the Immigration Bill is asking members of the House of Lords to protect the freedom of Britons for decades to come.

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29 Sep 2020 Home affairs

Police officers encouraged to use NHS app at work

PFEW’s support for the app on personal mobile phones came after discussions with NHS app developers and colleagues from the National Cybercrime Security Centre.

25 Sep 2020 Coronavirus

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

Modern slavery reports dropped by a quarter during the coronavirus lockdown, according to Home Office figures, with fears from workers' organisations the pandemic has provided a cover for exploitation.

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25 Sep 2020 Home affairs

PFEW statement following death of police officer

John Apter, National Chair of the Police Federation of England and Wales said:

25 Sep 2020 Home affairs

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

The Home Secretary Priti Patel has released a statement saying she is “deeply shocked and saddened” following reports a police officer was shot dead on Friday morning in south London.

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23 Sep 2020 Home affairs

Bar Council’s annual conference enters new virtual reality

The line-up and programme for the Bar Council’s Annual Bar and Young Bar Conference 2020 has just been announced, entitled ‘Forward thinking: Bar of the Future’.

23 Sep 2020 Coronavirus

It is time for Labour to show it is the party of law and order again

Systemic failings by the Tories have left our justice system critically weakened. We need emergency action to rebuild services and renew public faith in law and order

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