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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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03 Jul Parliament

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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 Apr 2020 Coronavirus

I hope the election of Keir Starmer will bring infighting and factionalism in the Labour party to an end

Keir Starmer's election campaign showed he could bring together people from right across the party. I believe he has the vision to lead the country once this crisis is over.

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

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06 Apr 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.

04 Apr 2020 Coronavirus

Coronavirus: Thousands of prisoners to be released early in bid to ease pressure on jails

Low-risk prison inmates will be released early in a bid to ease the impact of the coronavirus outbreak in jails, the Justice Secretary has announced.

03 Apr 2020 Coronavirus

Bar Council urges Government to act over the Bar's Covid-19 financial fears

In the last few weeks, the Bar Council has been strongly urging the Government to introduce further targeted financial support to ensure the sustainability of the Bar particularly in light of Covid-19.

02 Apr 2020 Coronavirus

History will judge Jeremy Corbyn as the worst leader ever

Corbyn failed by not ensuring the Party was run properly, preferring factionalism to functionalism. Had he bothered to listen to concerns about racism, bullying, antisemitism and intimidation, his disgrace might not be so deep.

01 Apr 2020 Home affairs

Royal College of GPs’ assisted dying survey reveals even greater shift in opinion, after Council petitioned to release weighted results

The Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) has released the full, weighted results of its 2019 membership survey on assisted dying, revealing an even greater shift in opinion from its 2013 poll.

01 Apr 2020 Coronavirus

Pregnant prisoners allowed home ‘within days’ in bid to shield them from coronavirus, Justice Secretary confirms

Pregnant women in jail will be temporarily released “within days” in a bid to shield them from the impact of the coronavirus, ministers have announced.

01 Apr 2020 Coronavirus

EXCL Boris Johnson urged to tear up rules stopping migrants claiming Universal Credit or risk coronavirus ‘tragedy’

Boris Johnson has been urged to rip up rules preventing thousands of migrants living in the UK from accessing benefits aimed at softening the blow of the coronavirus crisis.

31 Mar 2020 Coronavirus

Visas for NHS staff extended by a year to help tackle coronavirus outbreak

Overseas NHS staff will be handed a 12-month visa extension as part of the efforts to tackle the coronavirus outbreak, the Home Office has announced.

31 Mar 2020 Home affairs

With Jeremy Corbyn, we had a leader who stood side-by-side with the oppressed

Jeremy’s leadership inspired hope of a better future in hundreds of thousands Labour members and millions of voters. That hope needs to be kept alive.

31 Mar 2020 Coronavirus

Boris Johnson urged to back early release of low-risk prisoners in bid to stop coronavirus overcrowding

Boris Johnson is facing mounting calls to sanction the early release of low-risk offenders in a bid to stop prisons becoming overwhelmed by the coronavirus crisis.

30 Mar 2020 Coronavirus

With unprecedented numbers of people needing to access Universal Credit, the government must act quickly

Universal Credit’s five-week wait continues to be a source of difficulty for anyone wanting to claim support amid the coronavirus crisis, writes Labour’s Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary Margaret Greenwood.

30 Mar 2020 Coronavirus

How do you police a pandemic

Despite a shift in resources and duties, the police will rise to the multiple challenges posed by this unprecedented pandemic.

30 Mar 2020 Coronavirus

Downing Street says shops can still sell Easter eggs after police crackdown

Downing Street says shops can sell what they like after police urged some retailers to restrict sales of Easter eggs during the coronavirus outbreak.

30 Mar 2020 Home affairs

Jeremy Corbyn’s failure on anti-Jewish racism will rightly forever tarnish his reputation

While our position on Brexit cost the Labour party votes, the unresolved crisis of anti-Semitism nearly cost us our soul.

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30 Mar 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.

27 Mar 2020 Home affairs

Judge rules man should continue receiving life-prolonging treatment – against his wishes, says family

A judge has today (Friday 27 March 2020) handed down a decision denying permission for artificial nutrition and hydration to be withdrawn from a 79-year-old man known as AF who suffered a stroke in 2016 - despite family members stating he would not wish to receive life-prolonging treatment in his current circumstances. This follows a three-day trial in the Court of Protection last week, the first to be conducted entirely by video-link.

27 Mar 2020 Coronavirus

Government asks councils to house all rough sleepers by the weekend to tackle coronavirus spread

The Government has written to all local councils asking them to find homes for all rough sleepers by the weekend to protect them from the coronavirus outbreak.

26 Mar 2020 Coronavirus

Chancellor's financial package must match up, says Bar Council

The entire self-employed Bar, across all areas of practice, is working flat out to keep the justice system running during this unprecedented and uncertain time.

26 Mar 2020 Coronavirus

Federation fights for toughened laws with COVID-19 being used as weapon

National Chair John Apter responds to CPS crackdown amid coronavirus threats to emergency service workers

26 Mar 2020 Coronavirus

Together we will rise to the challenge of this historic crisis and emerge from it stronger

If we can all do our bit, go against our instincts and keep our distance, stay indoors, yet stay in touch, we will endure this, writes Sir Lindsay Hoyle

24 Mar 2020 Home affairs

EXCL Priti Patel urged to take Windrush compensation scheme out of Home Office hands to encourage victims to come forward

The Home Office "cannot be trusted" to run the scheme to compensate people wronged by the Windrush scandal and should hand it over to an independent body, Priti Patel has been warned.

24 Mar 2020 Coronavirus

Police Federation National Chair responds to Prime Minister's announcement

The practicalities of policing this lockdown will be challenging, but policing will do all it can to keep the public safe, but we need the public to support us, says National Chair of the Police Federation of England and Wales John Apter.

28 Aug 2019 Home affairs

Landmark Coroner’s Ruling on Article 2

Charles and Liz Ritchie are pleased that the failure of the State to protect their son’s life will now come under intensive scrutiny and welcome the potential of this inquest to save many lives in the future.

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