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Criminal Exploitation Of Children Rises By 55 Per Cent In Two Years, Data Suggests

13 Nov Education

Cases of child criminal exploitation have increased sharply in the last two years, a new analysis shared with PoliticsHome shows.

12 Nov Home affairs

MPs Urged To Be "Wary" Of Mobile Phone Theft Near Parliament

24 Oct Home affairs

New Report Urges Government To Overhaul Asylum Seeker Accommodation System

18 Oct Home affairs

Non-League Teams Fear New Anti-Terror Law Could Be Too Costly To Follow

13 Oct Home affairs

Labour MP Praises Theresa May For Bringing Modern Slavery To "Centre" Of Political Debate

07 Oct Home affairs

Keir Starmer Says Middle East Must "Step Back From The Brink" On 7 October Anniversary

26 Sep Home affairs

Government Minister Says New Hillsborough Law Will Help Deliver The "Truth"

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My call to widen family reunion rights for refugees

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The anniversary of the IRA ceasefire must be a moment to remember – not rewrite – a painful history

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Oxbridge Should "Move" Towards How US Universities Are Funded

20 Nov Education

Ministers Could Give Care Leavers Free Prescriptions And Bus Fares

20 Nov Health

Defence Secretary Says British Military Capabilities Are "Just Not Good Enough"

21 Nov Defence

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27 Sep Communities

Jonathan Ashworth: 'Nobody likes losing an election. It's a kick in the knackers'

A key figure in Gordon Brown’s No 10, and a shadow cabinet minister under Keir Starmer’s Labour opposition, Jonathan Ashworth tells Tali Fraser about his plans as chief executive of influential think tank Labour Together.

08 Aug Communities

Middlesbrough MP Says "Rampant Inequality" Opened The Way For Violent Riots

The Labour MP for Middlesbrough has said that a legacy of “rampant inequality” opened the way for “terrible behaviours and abuse” to take hold in Teesside.

17 Jul Environment

Growth, Railways And Energy Focus Of Labour Government's First King's Speech

Prime Minister Keir Starmer has set out 40 pieces of legislation the Labour Government will aim to deliver in his first King's Speech.

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02 Feb 2016 Home affairs

Gender Pricing: Labour’s outspoken new MP tackles ‘tax on being a woman’

Labour MP for Dewsbury Paula Sherriff tells PoliticsHome why unfair price differences between male and female products must end

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01 Feb 2016 Home affairs

A Question of Trust campaign attracted thousands of responses from solicitors

The SRA has now closed one of the biggest consultations it has ever run, putting the views of the profession and the public at the heart of regulation.

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01 Feb 2016 Home affairs

Fixed costs proposal raises questions on access to justice

Bar Council Chair Chantal-Aime Doerries QC has responded to Lord Justice Jacksons speech on 28 January 2016 to the Insolvency Practitioners Association, Fixed Costs The Time has come, calling for recoverable costs to be fixed in all claims valued at up to 250,000.

29 Jan 2016 Home affairs

Safer in Somalia? It's time to end London's street violence

Chuka Umunna MP says the continued violence experienced by vulnerable youth in the capital is ‘a damming indictment of the situation on London’s streets’ and calls for more to be done to prevent ‘these tragic deaths.’

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29 Jan 2016 Home affairs

Investigation into Just Solutions International

The National Audit Office (NAO) has published the findings from its investigation into Just Solutions International (JSi), which was the commercial arm of the National Offender Management Service (NOMS). JSi aimed to help improve justice systems across the world by selling products and consultancy services. In September 2015 the Ministry of Justice announced the closure of JSi. Shortly after this announcement the NAO received correspondence raising concerns around the transparency of JSis activities and requesting that we investigate.

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28 Jan 2016 Home affairs

Accounts of the Office of Legal Complaints 2014-15

The Comptroller and Auditor General, Amyas Morse, has today qualified his opinion on the 2014-15 Accounts of the Office for Legal Complaints (OLC) on the grounds of regularity.

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27 Jan 2016 Home affairs

Using a hand-mobile phone while driving costs lives says RHA

The Road Haulage Association (@RHANews) welcomes the Department of Transport consultation proposing increased fixed noticed fines and penalty points for the drivers of heavy goods vehicles and other motorists caught using a hand-held mobile phone while driving.

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25 Jan 2016 Home affairs

Alzheimer’s Society responds to the Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee Report on Charity Fundraising

In a report out today (Monday 25th January), the Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee (PACAC) says it is the failure of Trustees to fulfil their responsibilities which lies behind the causes of last summers charity fundraising scandals, and warns that the Etherington proposals represent the last chance for self-regulation of charity fundraising.

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21 Jan 2016 Home affairs

Soaring crime rates show robust police force 'more vital than ever'

Rising violent crime rates, murders, sex, firearm and knife offences released in shocking new figures out today show that the risk to public safety is greater than ever.

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21 Jan 2016 Home affairs

College response to new crime figures

College lead for crime and criminal justice said the nature of crime is changing.

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15 Jan 2016 Home affairs

SRA welcomes CMA study into legal services

The Solicitors Regulation Authority has welcomed the announcement by the Competition and Markets Authority that the CMA will launch a market study into legal services.

SRA begins review of legal support for asylum seekers

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14 Jan 2016 Home affairs

SRA begins review of legal support for asylum seekers

The SRA has unveiled a programme of work to better understand how the legal service market serves asylum seekers.

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13 Jan 2016 Home affairs

SRA welcomes CMA study into legal services

The Solicitors Regulation Authority has welcomed the announcement by the Competition and Markets Authority that the CMA will launch a market study into legal services.

Law Commission: Fitness-to-plead rules ‘out of date’

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13 Jan 2016 Home affairs

Law Commission: Fitness-to-plead rules ‘out of date’

New tests should be implemented to determine whether a defendant facing criminal charges is mentally fit to stand trial, according to the Law Commission.

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12 Jan 2016 Home affairs

Law Commission calls for a modern approach to unfitness to plead

A new test is needed to establish who is unfit to plead according to the Law Commission.

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07 Jan 2016 Home affairs

Police and Fire Services 'different', says Police Federation - we must not change status quo just to cut costs

PFEW Chair urges caution over 'radical transformation' of how police, fire and rescue services would co-operate, following Home Office announcement that it is taking control of fire and rescue policy in England.

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04 Jan 2016 Home affairs

Research projects to inform the work of the SRA

The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has set out its research programme for 2016, and has put protecting the public interest at its heart.

24 Dec 2015 Home affairs

Gerald Howarth MP: Britain’s Christian heritage ‘under threat’

The Prime Minister describing Britain as a Christian country is to be welcomed, says Conservative MP Gerald Howarth, but a “divisive clash” is being created between Christian and new-found ‘British’ values.

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21 Dec 2015 Home affairs

Law Society response to government announcement on court fee increases

Law Societywelcome the decision to keep the maximum fee cap in money claims at 10,000

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17 Dec 2015 Home affairs

Limited increase of police force budgets dependent on increase of council precept

Police Federation responds to Police Grant Report 2016/17

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16 Dec 2015 Home affairs

Outdated marriage law in need of reform

The law that governs how and where couples in England and Wales can marry is badly in need of reform, according to the Law Commission.

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16 Dec 2015 Home affairs

Crime still doesn't pay for many at the Bar

Chairman of the Bar, Alistair MacDonald QC has responded to a report published today by the Ministry of Justiceon the fees paid to junior barristers for Crown Court defence legal aid work under the Advocates Graduated Fee Scheme (AGFS).

16 Dec 2015 Home affairs

Toughen up the law on corporate crime

Member of Parliament for Newcastle upon Tyne North and Shadow Attorney General, Catherine McKinnell, calls on the Government to strengthen the law on corporate liability in the wake of the phone hacking scandal

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15 Dec 2015 Home affairs

Clearing up the law on firearms

In a report published today, the Law Commission makes a number of recommendations to solve pressing problems that undermine the effectiveness of the law governing the acquisition and possession of firearms.

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