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Big Tech Firms Are "Winning In A Big Way" On Online Safety, Warns Jess Phillips

06 Aug Home affairs

Major tech companies are "winning in a big way" against efforts to make the internet safer for women and children, according to former safeguarding minister Jess Phillips.

13 Jul Home affairs

Counter Terrorism Now Leading On Investigation Into Ann Widdecombe Death

12 Jul Home affairs

28-Year Old Man Arrested After Ann Widdecombe Found Dead

26 Jun Home affairs

Migration Minister Says He “Won’t Be Intimidated” By Home Secretary

24 Jun Communities

"We Are The Cavalry": Shiv Malik's Plans To Build A New City Near Cambridge

16 Jun Home affairs

Lord Heseltine: "We Must Not Have Reform Or Restore Anywhere Near The Corridors Of Power"

12 Jun Home affairs

Violence Against Women And Girls Rises Despite Labour Manifesto Pledge

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04 Aug Home affairs

How Andy Burnham could do immigration differently

22 Jul Home affairs

Burnham should take the first steps towards electoral reform in his first 100 days

21 Jul Foreign affairs

Britain must tackle climate migration before people reach the border

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12 Oct Environment

Burnham's ban on spads speaking to journalists is absurd and unworkable

04 Aug Political parties

Farage Says He Is “Open-Minded” About Deal With Restore Britain

03 Aug Political parties

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Dame Prue Leith: living and dying well

03 Aug Social affairs

“She dared to be a Daniel, she dared to stand alone”: Tributes to Ann Widdecombe

05 Aug Obituaries

How Could Andy Burnham Pay For His Policy Pledges?

04 Aug Economy

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16 Jun Home affairs

Lord Heseltine: "We Must Not Have Reform Or Restore Anywhere Near The Corridors Of Power"

Lord Heseltine speaks to Noah Vickers about regenerating Britain’s cities, the devolution agenda and why Margaret Thatcher ‘would have hated’ Nigel Farage

13 Apr Home affairs

Alf Dubs: Labour Is Weakening Refugee Rights – I Had More Success Under The Tories

As Lord Dubs leads the charge against the government’s immigration changes, he talks to Sienna Rodgers about his disappointment in Labour, his hopes for rejoining the EU, and why Keir Starmer must step out of his advisers’ shadow

08 Feb Home affairs

FBU's Steve Wright: “We’ve Got A Labour Government But That Doesn’t Mean The Attacks Stop"

Steve Wright, the Fire Brigades Union general secretary, talks to Sienna Rodgers about losing firefighters and battling Reform UK

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06 Nov 2020 Home affairs

Firework laws must be urgently reviewed

National Chair responds to attacks on police officers

05 Nov 2020 Home affairs

Health Secretary accepts need for more evidence on assisted dying, as lockdown removes Dignitas option for many dying Brits

The Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, the Rt Hon Matt Hancock MP, has today (Thursday 5 November 2020) accepted the need for more evidence on the impact of the UK’s blanket ban on assisted dying, welcomed a conversation about this issue and suggested the Government has a role to play in gathering evidence on the scale of the problem.

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05 Nov 2020 Home affairs

Equality body to scrutinise racial inequality of workers in health and social care

Great Britain’s national equality body has opened a statutory inquiry into racial inequality of ethnic minority workers in lower paid roles in health and social care.

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04 Nov 2020 Coronavirus

EHRC statement on human rights implications of a second lockdown

Rebecca Hilsenrath, Chief Executive of the Equality and Human Rights Commission, said:

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04 Nov 2020 Home affairs

Highways England signs legally binding agreement to protect staff from sexual harassment

Highways England has signed a legally binding agreement with Britain’s Equality watchdog after a staff member was awarded £74,000 in compensation for sexual harassment and unfair dismissal.

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03 Nov 2020 Home affairs

How can managers have constructive conversations about race and inclusion in the workplace?

CMI offer practical steps that can be taken by people in any industry, as well as case studies of real managers and leaders working to ‘move the dial’ in their own workplaces.

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03 Nov 2020 Home affairs

Law Commission begins project on Corporate Criminal Liability

The Government has asked the Law Commission to investigate the laws around corporate criminal liability and provide options to reform them.

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02 Nov 2020 Home affairs

EHRC briefing on Overseas Operations Bill - Report Stage

The Equality and Human Rights Commission has released a briefing ahead of Report Stage of the Overseas Operations Bill tomorrow.

30 Oct 2020 Home affairs

Britain must no longer be a soft touch for pimps and traffickers

To stop the brutal sex trafficking trade, we have to bust its business model. The government must criminalise paying for sex and make pimping websites a criminal offence.

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29 Oct 2020 Home affairs

New focus required to attract recruits with life experience

Chair welcomes Police Uplift progress but wants change in advertising strategy.

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29 Oct 2020 Home affairs

EHRC investigation into antisemitism in the Labour Party finds unlawful acts of discrimination and harassment

The Labour Party has been served with an unlawful act notice after an investigation into antisemitism by the Equality and Human Rights Commission found it responsible for unlawful acts of harassment and discrimination.

29 Oct 2020 Home affairs

Vacuous abuse from ministers on lawyers is more of the same dog whistle politics

It is not the vacuous political abuse from ministers that concerns me, but their wilful - or ignorant - neglect, motivated by fear of the mob.

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28 Oct 2020 Coronavirus

Public vote of confidence for police in pandemic

National Chair of the Police Federation of England and Wales, John Apter, responds to ONS Crime Statistics

26 Oct 2020 Home affairs

Tackling the backlog of court cases and speeding up justice must be the priority

There's no reason why a defendant should be deprived of the opportunity for a speedy trial before a judge and two magistrates if he/she wishes.

24 Oct 2020 Coronavirus

‘I Look After People But No One Will Look After Me’ - Why The UK's Migrant Key Workers Are Facing Extreme Poverty And Abuse In The Pandemic

Approximately 1.4 million migrants in the UK have no access to state funds – including hundreds of thousands of key workers in the healthcare and hospitality sectors. As Covid-19 pushes more people into destitution, Georgina Bailey reports on how they've been impacted by the government's policies.

22 Oct 2020 Education

A Labour MP Is Asking A Tory To Quit As Trustee Of An Anti-Hunger Charity After She Voted Against A Free School Meals Extension

Conservative MP Jo Gideon is being asked to quit as a trustee of an anti-hunger charity after voting down plans to extend free school meals into the holidays backed by Marcus Rashford.

22 Oct 2020 Home affairs

This Tory government is letting down victims of rape and domestic abuse on all fronts

We are seeing fewer people are being prosecuted and convicted for rape than at any other time since records began, even though the reports of rape are increasing.

Inequality has widened - it’s time for action

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20 Oct 2020 Coronavirus

Inequality has widened - it’s time for action

Hard-won equality and human rights are at risk of going backwards with clear and long-lasting damage to society and the economy as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, a new report has revealed.

17 Oct 2020 Home affairs

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

For James Cleverly, Britain is “the best place in the world” to be Black. But 2020 has been a difficult year for the Black British community. Jasmine Lee-Zogbessou asks him why he thinks they should have faith in the government

17 Oct 2020 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

17 Oct 2020 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

15 Oct 2020 Home affairs

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

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.

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15 Oct 2020 Home affairs

Travel ban ‘unenforceable’ for police officers in Wales, says Police Federation

Police Federation statement on proposed prevention regulations

15 Oct 2020 Home affairs

Ministers have wasted £64m abandoning their 5bn home-grown satellite navigation system

The Government has also invested £400million in a satellite company that has no sat-nav capabilities. We cannot let them get away with this careless and slapdash approach.

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