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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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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’.

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23 Sep 2020 Home affairs

Women should be protected under hate crime laws, proposes Law Commission

Sex or gender should be made a protected characteristic in hate crime laws, the Law Commission has proposed today.

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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22 Sep 2020 Home affairs

EHRC statement on Gender Recognition Act

A spokesperson for the Equality and Human Rights Commission said:

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22 Sep 2020 Home affairs

EHRC briefing on Overseas Operations Bill

The Equality and Human Rights Commission has shared a briefing for second reading of the Overseas Operations Bill, which is taking place tomorrow.

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22 Sep 2020 Home affairs

'Military is not what policing has asked for'

PFEW National Chair responds to Prime Minister’s announcement

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22 Sep 2020 Home affairs

EHRC statement on human rights implications of restrictions

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

22 Sep 2020 Coronavirus

Confusing and inconsistent Covid rules aren’t working – changes to the Coronavirus Act are needed

The Joint Committee on Human Rights has found there is confusion over what is law and what is guidance, leaving people open to unequal levels of punishment for breaking the rules. The law needs to be much clearer going forward.

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21 Sep 2020 Home affairs

Adapting English law for the digital revolution

The Law Commission has begun work on two new projects to ensure that English law can accommodate two emerging technologies that could revolutionise commerce: smart contracts and digital assets.

How can we transform siloed data into actionable intelligence at the UK border?

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21 Sep 2020 Home affairs

How can we transform siloed data into actionable intelligence at the UK border?

Integrating data sources provides enormous opportunity for the U.K. border transformation.

Investing in palliative care will help build a more compassionate society

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21 Sep 2020 Health

Investing in palliative care will help build a more compassionate society

We must invest in strengthening the nature of our society by raising the level of palliative care and resist all efforts towards facilitating the death of the vulnerable among us.

21 Sep 2020 Home affairs

Nick Thomas-Symonds: "Who are usually the victims of crime? Women, poorer communities and minorities. That is a progressive issue"

The shadow home secretary wants to take the lessons of his post-war Labour heroes and apply them to a world suffering under the effects of Covid. Could the party’s resurgence lie in its achievements of the past?

21 Sep 2020 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.

18 Sep 2020 Home affairs

Exclusive: The Shadow Home Secretary Says It's "Disgraceful" The Priti Patel Bullying Investigation Hasn't Been Published

Labour's Nick Thomas-Symonds has expressed concern the government has "something to hide" as the findings of an inquiry into the home secretary's behaviour are still to be released after seven months.

18 Sep 2020 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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