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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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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

How Could Andy Burnham Pay For His Policy Pledges?

04 Aug Economy

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

05 Aug Obituaries

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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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18 May 2020 Coronavirus

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.

18 May 2020 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.

18 May 2020 Home affairs

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

18 May 2020 Coronavirus

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

15 May 2020 Home affairs

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

15 May 2020 Home affairs

Federation disputes IOPC Taser use claims

PFEW responds to watchdog scrutiny report

14 May 2020 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.

14 May 2020 Coronavirus

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

13 May 2020 Coronavirus

‘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

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12 May 2020 Coronavirus

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.

11 May 2020 Coronavirus

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:

07 May 2020 Coronavirus

Equality body calls on retailers to do more for disabled customers during corona crisis

The retail sector is being told to take swift action to ensure that disabled people are not left unable to shop for food and essentials during the coronavirus crisis.

06 May 2020 Coronavirus

Survey shows 70% of tower block residents say their buildings still have combustible cladding on

A new survey into those living in tower blocks reveals 70% of them still have on combustible cladding almost three years on from the Grenfell Tower disaster.

06 May 2020 Coronavirus

Rory Stewart quits race to become Mayor of London after coronavirus made campaigning ‘impossible’

Former Tory minister Rory Stewart has pulled out of the London mayoral race, citing the “considerable challenges” of running his campaign for another year during the coronavirus pandemic.

05 May 2020 Coronavirus

Just 300 passengers who arrived in UK from coronavirus hotspots quarantined out of 18 million, new figures show

Fewer than 300 of the 18 million who arrived in the UK from coronavirus hotspots in the three months before lockdown began were put into quarantine, new figures show.

05 May 2020 Coronavirus

Bar Council steps up to help 'essential worker' self-employed barristers get tested for Covid-19

The Bar Council, the representative body for all barristers in England and Wales, will help self-employed barristers showing Covid-19 symptoms to get tested under the Department of Health & Social Care employer referral testing scheme.

Why collaboration holds the key to coordinated border management

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05 May 2020 Coronavirus

Why collaboration holds the key to coordinated border management

The way in which we manage our borders has come under the spotlight in the last few years. This is largely a consequence of Brexit, though the challenge we face from Covid-19 and its implications on international trade and travel have sharpened the focus even more.

02 May 2020 Coronavirus

Coronavirus: Communities Secretary vows priority council housing for people fleeing domestic abuse

People fleeing domestic abuse will be given priority for council housing amid fears of a surge in cases during the coronavirus lockdown, the Communities Secretary has announced.

30 Apr 2020 Home affairs

Funding reassurance needed on 20,000 recruitment drive

National Chair John Apter responds to first set of figures showing uplift programme progress.

30 Apr 2020 Home affairs

Equality body warns of future-limiting effects new grading system could have on pupils across England

Using predicted grades in place of this year’s summer assessments could deepen the existing inequality in education and put the future of disadvantaged young people at risk if not correctly implemented, David Isaac, Chair of the Equality and Human Rights Commission has warned.

30 Apr 2020 Coronavirus

Coronavirus is a perfect storm in our overcrowded prisons

Our prisons are incubators, pumping the virus and spreading it to the community both within and outside their walls. The government must accelerate the release scheme, only then will prisons have the space to isolate and undertake social distancing.

29 Apr 2020 Coronavirus

Visa extensions for NHS staff during coronavirus expanded to cover midwives and social workers too

Free visa extensions for NHS staff on the coronavirus frontline are being extended to cover more healthcare workers, Priti Patel has confirmed.

29 Apr 2020 Coronavirus

Police Federation of England and Wales’ Annual Conference and Police Bravery Awards

The Federation is announcing today that we are cancelling our Annual Conference and postponing the Police Bravery Awards ceremony due to the ongoing restrictions around Covid-19.

29 Apr 2020 Home affairs

Labour demands publication of Priti Patel bullying report ‘as soon as possible’

Labour is demanding that the findings of a Whitehall probe into whether Priti Patel broke the ministerial code be made public “as soon as possible”, amid reports the Home Secretary has been cleared.

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