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Ex-Security Advisor Warns Whitehall Lacks Expertise To Deal With China

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Lord Ricketts, the UK's former national security advisor, believes there is not enough institutional knowledge in Whitehall to support Prime Minister Keir Starmer's pursuit of a more "pragmatic" relationship with China.

13 Nov Education

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

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

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12 Nov Home affairs

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18 Oct Foreign affairs

My call to widen family reunion rights for refugees

08 Oct Home affairs

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

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22 Nov Political parties

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

21 Nov Defence

Kim Leadbeater On Assisted Dying: "I Came Into Politics To Make A Difference"

23 Nov Health

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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 Jul 2015 Home affairs

Lord Wallace: Tory pledge on Human Rights Act 'could plunge this country into a legal and constitutional crisis'

Former Deputy First Minister of Scotland Lord Wallace of Tankerness writes ahead of his Lords debate today on Human rights and civil liberties in the UK.

CFOA 'concerned' over plans to place all fire and rescue services under Police Commissioners

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30 Jun 2015 Home affairs

CFOA 'concerned' over plans to place all fire and rescue services under Police Commissioners

The Chief Fire Officers Association (CFOA) has responded to a recent speech made by the Home Secretary, for proposals to enable closer working between fire and other emergency services.

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29 Jun 2015 Home affairs

Bar Council comments on new legal aid statistics

The Legal Aid Statistics in England and WalesJanuary to March 2015 from the Ministry of Justice show that in the two years following the enactment of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (LASPO), the number of new matter starts has fallen year-on-year, says the Bar Council

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23 Jun 2015 Home affairs

Law Society statement on ‘one nation justice system’

Law Society president Andrew Caplen said:

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23 Jun 2015 Home affairs

Bar Council responds to Justice Secretary’s Speech - What does a One Nation justice policy look like?

Alistair MacDonald QC, chairman of the Bar, saidtoday's speech by the Justice Secretary hasshown his awareness of, and commitment to, our adversarial legal system and its value in delivering a world-leading justice system

Court of appeal rules on mental capacity

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16 Jun 2015 Home affairs

Court of appeal rules on mental capacity

People without mental capacity must be involved in legal proceedings about their liberty, the Court of Appeal has said today.

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15 Jun 2015 Home affairs

Celebrating 800 years of Magna Carta

Today marks the 800th anniversary of the sealing of Magna Carta, an important, and timely opportunity to remind ourselves of the importance of the rule of law as the basis of a free, fair and prosperous society.

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11 Jun 2015 Home affairs

Legal Professional Privilege: A question of trust

In response to the investigatory powers review report, A Question of Trust by David Anderson QC, Chairman of the Bar Alistair MacDonald QC said:

11 Jun 2015 Home affairs

Lord Paddick: Psychoactive Substances Bill is not evidence led and it should be

Former Metropolitan Police Officer and Lib Dem peer Lord Paddick is critical of the new legal highs bill and says it shows the Government has 'no interest in an evidence-led approach'

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10 Jun 2015 Home affairs

Bar Council expresses 'serious concerns' over MoJ announcement on legal aid

MoJ cuts to legal aid 'are likely seriously to damage access to justice and the provision of high quality advocacy services', says the Bar Council.

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10 Jun 2015 Home affairs

Law Society response to MoJ announcement on criminal legal aid cuts

Further cuts to legal aid undermine British justice

10 Jun 2015 Home affairs

Civil Legal Aid - a disaster area?

Labour peer Lord Bach accuses the previous of Government of jeopardising social welfare through changes made to legal aid entitlement and urges ministers to review the legislation

10 Jun 2015 Home affairs

Making sentencing fair

Conservative MP for Dartford Gareth Johnson calls for a more balanced appeals system that allows for all unduly lenient sentences to be challenged, making the justice process fairer for victims.

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08 Jun 2015 Home affairs

Vice president draws on UN special status at Business and Human Rights Conference

Under the Law Society's newly appointed special consultative status at the UN, vice president Jonathan Smithers is speaking at the American Bar Association's (ABA) 'Business and the Bar' business and human rights conference this week.

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08 Jun 2015 Health

Mind responds to new figures on incarceration of the mentally ill

Paul Farmer, chief executive of the mental health charity Mind, said:

Detention of mentally ill in cells down by a third

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08 Jun 2015 Home affairs

Detention of mentally ill in cells down by a third

Police are detaining fewer people in cells who display mental illness, according to figures from forces in England and Wales.

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04 Jun 2015 Home affairs

Protect legal professional privilege from surveillance laws

The Bar Council argues that the principle of legal professional privilege should be protected and retained

Law Commission urges Government to ditch 200 obsolete laws

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03 Jun 2015 Home affairs

Law Commission urges Government to ditch 200 obsolete laws

Legislation passed in 1979 that allows referendums for a Scottish Parliament and Welsh Assembly should be repealed as it is not longer needed, according to British Law Commissions.

Law Society raises concerns over Queen’s Speech

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28 May 2015 Home affairs

Law Society raises concerns over Queen’s Speech

The effect of the Government’s proposals for the coming parliamentary session on the UK justice system have raised some concerns for the Law Society.

Ideal Queen's Speech: Bar Council calls for legal aid to be top of the agenda

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26 May 2015 Home affairs

Ideal Queen's Speech: Bar Council calls for legal aid to be top of the agenda

Ahead of the Queen’s speech next week the Bar Council urges the Government to improve legal aid provision in the UK.

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22 May 2015 Home affairs

Affordable access to legal help

Recent changes in legal aid, increases in court and tribunal fees and the limitations of no win, no fee arrangements are making it harder for people to get access to justice and legal help.

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20 May 2015 Home affairs

Neighbourhood policing is an ‘endangered species’ warns Federation chair

Neighbourhood policing is just one of a number of endangered species in the new policing landscape, the chair of the Police Federation has warned.

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20 May 2015 Home affairs

Government ‘must listen to policing professionals’

The Police Federation has responded to criticisms aired by Home Secretary Theresa May in her keynote speech to the organisations annual conference in Bournemouth today, detailed below.

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19 May 2015 Home affairs

Bar Council welcomes new Lord Chancellor, Michael Gove MP

Chairman of the Bar, Alistair MacDonald QC, welcomes the new Lord Chancellor, Michael Gove MP, at a swearing in ceremony at the Royal Courts of Justice today

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