It is our belief that LGBT people are not asking for special or additional rights, just to be accorded the same dignity, respect and rights as any other citizens, says Foreign Office Minister, Sir Alan Duncan. 

Chief Constable Mike Cunningham, College of Policing CEO, said:

Ann Widdecombe has come under fire after she compared the European Union to “oppressors” such as slave owners and feudal barons.

Jeremy Hunt has pledged to order an independent investigation into the extent of Islamophobia within the Conservative Party if he becomes its next leader.

Ann Whaley and other families attend to watch Parliament debate assisted dying for first time since rejection of Marris Bill in 2015.

Our laws are failing dying people, their families and those who must enforce it, we must do better, says Karin Smyth MP.

Cabinet minister David Gauke has launched a thinly-veiled attack on Boris Johnson as he predicted he would be sacked from government within weeks.

Boris Johnson has vowed to reverse the cuts to police numbers made under successive Tory governments if he becomes Prime Minister.

Penny Mordaunt has said that Parliament will move to legalise abortion in Northern Ireland if the Government fails to act.

Case seeks new approach by the courts on expert evidence.

Theresa May has insisted that those suspected of the Salisbury chemcial attack must be “brought to justice” as she prepares for talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

The Home Office was “reckless” and failed in its legal duty to counter racial discrimination over the Windrush scandal, a leaked report has found.

Justice Secretary David Gauke has come under fire from MPs over the Government's “failing” approach to the prisons crisis.

Three years and two months since Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe was detained in Iran, her husband Richard began a hunger strike in solidarity. This week Labour MP Tulip Siddiq visited her constituent, whose physical condition is deteriorating, and encouraged others to do the same.

There are number of reasons why young people fall into knife crime. It is vital to address all of them, writes Lord Paddick

Britain’s worst animal abusers face spending up to five years in prison after Michael Gove announced plans for tougher sentences.

Donald Tusk has accused the UK of squandering the six-month Brexit postponement - as he warned the next Prime Minister they cannot reopen Theresa May’s exit deal. 

The Government could begin work to establish a safety assurance scheme, building on its existing work in the Code of Practice, to allow for the commercial deployment of highly automated driving systems, the Law Commission of England and Wales and the Scottish Law Commission have announced today.

Medicines Discovery Catapult, MQ: Transforming mental health and Alzheimer’s Research UK, announce strategic collaboration to create drug discovery Psychiatry Consortium to address unmet patient needs

A new advisory board and statutory guidance would reduce wasted time and improve the UK’s ability to tackle money laundering and terrorist financing, the Law Commission has announced.

The maximum sentence magistrates can hand down to criminals should be doubled to 12 months to reduce Crown Court congestion, according to a cross-party group of MPs.

Chair of the Conservative Party Human Rights Commission Fiona Bruce MP says the UK should call on the Hong Kong government to call off the crackdown against peaceful protestors and should also call for the urgent and meaningful reconsideration of the Extradition Law proposals. 

We cannot stand by and allow historic acts of sexual violence, often from many decades ago, to be ignored, says Jack Straw, International Ambassador for Justice for Lai Dai Han and former UK Foreign Secretary.