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Labour MPs Demand Colleagues Lose Whip Over Palestine Action Vote
Labour MPs Demand Colleagues Lose Whip Over Palestine Action Vote
Foreign affairs
Labour MPs have urged the government to remove the party whip from nine MPs who voted against proscribing Palestine Action.
MPs Asked For Views On Islamophobia Definition
Home affairs
MPs Asked For Views On Islamophobia Definition
Labour APCC Chair Warns Spending Review 'Isn't Going To Go Far Enough' For Policing
Communities
Labour APCC Chair Warns Spending Review "Isn't Going To Go Far Enough" For Policing
The 3am Call: Preparing For The Worst
Home affairs
The 3am Call: Preparing For The Worst
Home Office Proscribes Palestine Action Under Terrorism Law
Foreign affairs
Home Office Proscribes Palestine Action Under Terrorism Law
Immigration Policies Could Produce Another Windrush Generation, Labour MP Warns
Communities
Immigration Policies Could Produce Another Windrush Generation, Labour MP Warns
Reeves Urged To Open Door To US Business Talent Fleeing Trump
Economy
Reeves Urged To Open Door To US Business Talent Fleeing Trump
Opinion
FIRS will protect the UK against foreign manipulation
Home affairs
By Dan Jarvis MP
FIRS will protect the UK against foreign manipulation
Women’s Aid urges reform as 19 more children killed due to statutory and legislative failures Partner content
Home affairs
By Women's Aid
Women’s Aid urges reform as 19 more children killed due to statutory and legislative failures
Where was commitment to the Met in the Spending Review?
Home affairs
By Luke Taylor MP
Where was commitment to the Met in the Spending Review?
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Labour MPs Demand Colleagues Lose Whip Over Palestine Action Vote
Labour MPs Demand Colleagues Lose Whip Over Palestine Action Vote
Foreign affairs
Net Zero Week in Parliament 2025 ##sash##
Net Zero Week in Parliament 2025
Energy
Rachel Reeves: Hero of the Left
Rachel Reeves: Hero of the Left
By Tim Leunig
Political parties
One Year After The General Election: Where Are Former MPs Now?
One Year After The General Election: Where Are Former MPs Now?
Political parties
House of Lords To Move To QEII Centre While Parliament Restored
House of Lords To Move To QEII Centre While Parliament Restored
Parliament
Welfare Bill Passes House Of Commons Vote After Day Of Pain For Government
Welfare Bill Passes House Of Commons Vote After Day Of Pain For Government
Health
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Baroness Bertin's porn review: 'This isn't me driving a tank onto the lawn of censorship'
Home affairs
By Sienna Rodgers
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
HM chief inspector of prisons: 'If someone were to get a gun into a prison, all bets are off'
Home affairs
By Sienna Rodgers
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
Inside the problems plaguing the prison estate
Communities
By Tali Fraser
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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EXCL Sadiq Khan tells Boris Johnson to ditch Universal Credit ban for migrants with no recourse to public funds or risk ‘destitution’
Coronavirus
EXCL Sadiq Khan tells Boris Johnson to ditch Universal Credit ban for migrants with no recourse to public funds or risk ‘destitution’
Sadiq Khan has heaped fresh pressure on Boris Johnson to scrap an “appalling“ rule that stops some migrants claiming a raft of state benefits despite paying taxes - as he warned Londoners face a “cliff edge of destitution” during the coronavirus pandemic.
Coronavirus
By Compassion in Dying
Compassion in Dying backs DNACPR legal challenge to Health Secretary
End-of-life charity has received hundreds of calls relating to CPR and DNACPR
We’ve come a long way in the last 50 years on gender pay inequality, but there is still plenty of work to do
Coronavirus
By Laura Farris MP
We’ve come a long way in the last 50 years on gender pay inequality, but there is still plenty of work to do
On the 50th anniversary of the Equal Pay Act, women’s wages are still on average 82% that of men across all settings and women in full-time employment earn around 9% less.
Read in full: Durham police statement on Dominic Cummings
Coronavirus
Read in full: Durham police statement on Dominic Cummings
Durham Constabulary have issued a statement on the Prime Minister’s most senior adviser. Read it in full here
Boris Johnson hints at u-turn on Universal Credit ban for thousands of migrants after ‘jaw-dropping’ committee grilling
Coronavirus
Boris Johnson hints at u-turn on Universal Credit ban for thousands of migrants after ‘jaw-dropping’ committee grilling
Boris Johnson has hinted that the Government will review rules that prevent thousands of migrants living in the UK from accessing a raft of state benefits despite paying taxes here.
Dominic Cummings row: Labour accuses government of ‘flip flopping’ amid confusion over lockdown fines review
Coronavirus
Dominic Cummings row: Labour accuses government of ‘flip flopping’ amid confusion over lockdown fines review
Labour has accused ministers of “flip-flopping” over lockdown fines, after the Government made clear there would be no review of lockdown fines despite Matt Hancock saying the issue would be “looked at”.
Coronavirus: People arriving in UK must spend two weeks in quarantine or face £1,000 fine
Coronavirus
Coronavirus: People arriving in UK must spend two weeks in quarantine or face £1,000 fine
People arriving in the UK must spend two weeks in quarantine or face fines of £1,000 to prevent new coronavirus cases from entering the country.
Coronavirus
By Police Federation of England and Wales
Assaults against emergency workers spike even as overall crimes fall
New NPCC figures indicate worrying trend
Overseas NHS and care home staff to be exempt from health surcharge after U-turn by Boris Johnson
Coronavirus
Overseas NHS and care home staff to be exempt from health surcharge after U-turn by Boris Johnson
Overseas workers in the NHS and care homes will now be exempted from the health surcharge after Boris Johnson stepped in to alter the policy.
Coronavirus: No10 says NHS migrant charge pays to ‘save lives’ after ex-Tory chair brands it ‘immoral’
Coronavirus
Coronavirus: No10 says NHS migrant charge pays to ‘save lives’ after ex-Tory chair brands it ‘immoral’
Number 10 has doubled down in its defence of the NHS migrant surcharge amid mounting Conservative opposition to the “immoral” fee during the coronavirus pandemic.
Families of care workers who die from coronavirus can now stay in UK after Home Office climbdown
Coronavirus
Families of care workers who die from coronavirus can now stay in UK after Home Office climbdown
The families of NHS care workers and cleaners who die on the coronavirus frontline will be allowed to stay in the UK after a major climbdown from the Home Office.
Terror suspects could have movements restricted indefinitely under new laws
Home affairs
Terror suspects could have movements restricted indefinitely under new laws
Terror suspects could have their movement restricted indefinitely under new laws put forward by ministers.
Home affairs
By Police Federation of England and Wales
APCC apologises to Federation amid Taser training calls
National Chair raises concern after PCC backed IOPC scrutiny report
Coronavirus
By Bar Council
Bar Council response to civil legal aid remuneration changes
The Bar Council have responded to the changes made through the Civil Legal Aid (Remuneration) SI laid today, which comes into force on 8 June 2020.
Labour claims Immigration Bill a ‘threat to health and social care sector’ amid coronavirus pandemic
Coronavirus
Labour claims Immigration Bill a ‘threat to health and social care sector’ amid coronavirus pandemic
Labour has accused the Government of posing a “threat to our health and social care sector” as ministers press ahead with a wide-ranging shake-up of the immigration system amid the coronavirus pandemic.
As we reshape our immigration system, we need a fair, affordable and equal route to British citizenship
Home affairs
By Alberto Costa MP
As we reshape our immigration system, we need a fair, affordable and equal route to British citizenship
This new opportunity to shape an immigration system fit for the 21st century brings with it new opportunities to shape citizenship policy too
The cynical Immigration Bill shows how ministers will clap for carers before taking away their rights
Coronavirus
By Nadia Whittome MP
The cynical Immigration Bill shows how ministers will clap for carers before taking away their rights
So many of the key workers who are now keeping our society running will be hit by this rotten bill
Home affairs
By Police Federation of England and Wales
PFEW to launch Compensation Claim against Government
The Police Federation of England & Wales is launching a compensation claim against the Government on behalf of members who were victims of discrimination and suffered any ‘injury to feeling’ as a result of changes to members’ pensions caused by the introduction of a new scheme in 2015
Home affairs
By Police Federation of England and Wales
Federation disputes IOPC Taser use claims
PFEW responds to watchdog scrutiny report
Michael Gove tells EU there is a ‘serious risk’ Brexit deal not being met amid bitter row over citizens’ rights
Brexit
Michael Gove tells EU there is a ‘serious risk’ Brexit deal not being met amid bitter row over citizens’ rights
Michael Gove has told Brussels there is a “serious risk” that the rights of UK nationals living in the bloc are not being protected, in an escalating row over the issue.
Coronavirus
By Equality and Human Rights Commission
EHRC Chair comments on support for older people during pandemic
The current crisis has raised serious questions about how we value the rights of older people in our society
Coronavirus
By Police Federation of England and Wales
‘Freezing officer pay would be morally bankrupt’
National Chair warns government a pay freeze would be a slap in the face for police officers
Warning to Chancellor of the Exchequer: Don’t turn your back on law and order Partner content
Coronavirus
By Bar Council
Warning to Chancellor of the Exchequer: Don’t turn your back on law and order
The Bar Council is urging the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rishi Sunak, to ensure the criminal justice system doesn’t collapse post-Covid-19 lockdown, by taking urgent measures to protect social order in the country.
Coronavirus
By Police Federation of England and Wales
PFEW position on lockdown guidance
Responding to this evening’s announcement by the Prime Minister, John Apter, National Chair of the Police Federation of England & Wales, said:
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Net Zero Week in Parliament 2025
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Net Zero Week in Parliament 2025