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A Labour peer has been suspended by the party after being found guilty of harassing four female staff and making transphobic comments by a House of Lords inquiry.
Universities are “oblivious” to the extent of racial harassment on their campuses, Britain’s equality body has warned in a damning report on the sector.
MPs have urged the Government to consider decriminalising the possession of drugs in an effort to halt a rise in deaths.
A Labour MP has had the party whip restored after a sexual harassment complaint against him was dropped, PoliticsHome has learned.
Scotland's highest court will consider whether Boris Johnson has fully complied with a law ordering him to ask the European Union for a Brexit delay.
The new House of Commons Speaker must do more than John Bercow to tackle bullying at Westminster, Jacob Rees-Mogg has declared.
Boris Johnson is hailing a breakthrough in the Brexit talks with a new deal agreed by the UK and the EU teams.
Two years after the #MeToo campaign, the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has launched new guidance for employers on the use of confidentiality agreements (often referred to as NDAs) in discrimination cases.
Candidates hoping to replace John Bercow as Commons Speaker are coming under pressure to end the "inaction" on Westminster's bullying scandal.
Jo Stevens, Labour MP for Cardiff Central, writes that the effects of austerity on policing and crime are being felt across our communities.
Boris Johnson has told Tory MPs he is “close to the summit” on a Brexit deal but it “is still shrouded in mist”.
The UK is one step closer to self-driving cars that can pick-up and ferry passengers without a human driver, writes the Law Comission.
Labour has blasted police for imposing a ban on Extinction Rebellion protesters calling it a “grotesque overreaction and extremely worrying attack on basic civil liberties”.
A 37% year-on-year rise in hate crime against transgender people should be a “wake-up call" for ministers, campaigners have declared.
Following the Attorney General’s ‘unprecedented’ attacks on the Supreme Court, Lord Falconer believes the foundations of our rule of law are being dangerously undermined. The former Lord Chancellor talks to Tony Grew about the importance of upholding the independence of our judiciary – and why Geoffrey Cox must go now
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Richard Atkins QC, Chair of the Bar Council, has responded to the Queen's Speech, saying “justice must stay high on the priority list of any government."
Follow all the action from the State Opening of Parliament. What's being announced? How's it going down? And all the pomp and ceremony you can handle.
Foreign criminals who breach their deportation orders by returning to the UK will be locked up for longer under plans to be announced in the Queen's Speech.
The wife of a US diplomat wanted over the death of a British teenager no longer has diplomatic immunity and can face prosecution, Dominic Raab has said.
Fears Labour could be left bankrupt from the official investigation into anti-semitism have been voiced by members of the party’s top ruling body.
The Commission for Countering Extremism’s recent report is a much-needed contribution to the conversation around extremism but lays bare gaps in the Government’s approach, writes Guinevere Poncia.
Concerned about the rise of knife crime in the UK, Lord Naseby asked the Home Office Minister what action is being taken to ensure that retailers selling kitchen knives adhere to regulations.
EU citizens who do not secure immigration status by the deadline for the Home Office’s Brexit scheme could be subject to deportation, Brandon Lewis has confirmed.