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Prisoners To Be Released Early Under Government Plans To Tackle Prisons Capacity Crisis

12 Jul Home affairs

Some prisoners could be released early in measures announced by the Justice Secretary to avoid “the collapse of the criminal justice system”.

14 Jun Economy

Tory Focus On Immigration Has Little Appeal For Voters Moving To Labour

21 May Home affairs

MPs Urged To Treat "Extreme" Protest Across The Political Spectrum As A Threat To Democracy

19 May Health

Labour MP Says Justice For Infected Blood Victims Has Been Hindered By Ministerial "Churn"

15 May Communities

Peer Demands Timeline For Post-Grenfell Safety Works

14 May Education

Former Education Secretary Derides "Self-Defeating" Foreign Student Curbs

13 May Home affairs

Priti Patel Is Quietly Becoming The Favourite For Next Tory Leader

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How process and broken promises have stalled progress towards veterans' wellbeing

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16 Jul Communities

How process and broken promises have stalled progress towards veterans' wellbeing

11 Jul Home affairs

Where next for sentencing policy?

Britain’s Environmental Horticulture and Gardening businesses are faced with uncertainties on crucial imports

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24 Jun Home affairs

Britain’s Environmental Horticulture and Gardening businesses are faced with uncertainties on crucial imports

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New Cabinet Office Minister Says There Is "Massive Waste" In How Local Councils Are Funded

14 Jul Communities

Veteran Tory Wants Conservative Leadership Contests To Be More "Transparent" To Stop "Fibbing And Skulduggery"

15 Jul Political parties

Sharon Hodgson’s Betty Boothroyd-Inspired Deputy Speaker Bid

16 Jul Political parties

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13 May Home affairs

Priti Patel Is Quietly Becoming The Favourite For Next Tory Leader

With many Conservatives now resigned to a fate of being ousted from office at the next election, a number of MPs seem to have diverted their energy to shoring up a future leadership bid in the inevitable event of Rishi Sunak standing down.

19 Mar Culture

Government Introduces "Historic" Football Regulator Legislation

The Government has introduced the much-anticipated Football Governance Bill to the House of Commons, finally paving the way for an independent regulator which will aim to reform the financial flow of football.

05 Mar Communities

Wrong side of the track: How HS2 became a nightmare for those farming its route

Once a totem of levelling-up, now a national embarrassment, HS2 has become a political disaster. But, as Sophie Church reports, few have suffered as much as those living along its route. Illustration by Tracy Worrall

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07 Nov 2022 Home affairs

Former Home Secretary Says UK Was “In Danger" Of Breaking The Law Over Migrant Processing

Grant Shapps has said the UK was "in danger" of breaking the law over the way it processed migrants during his brief stint as Home Secretary last month.

04 Nov 2022 Home affairs

Ministers Warned Of "Crisis" In Ukrainian Refugee Scheme After 40 Per Cent Rise In Homelessness Claims

New data released by the government shows a significant spike in the number of those presenting to their local council as homeless since the opening of visa routes for Ukrainian refugees.

04 Nov 2022 Communities

Minister Insists Manston Migration Centre Is Now "Legally Compliant" After Government Action

Policing Minister Chris Philp has claimed the Manston migration centre is "legally compliant", after a judicial review was launched over conditions.

03 Nov 2022 Home affairs

Tory MP Fears Home Office Risks “Whipping Up Vigilante Action” With Migrant Response

A Conservative member of the Home Affairs Committee has warned there is a “real risk” that the government's response to the migrant crisis could escalate tensions unless a long-term solution is found to address an increase in asylum seekers arriving in the UK.

03 Nov 2022 Communities

Home Office Refuses To Say How Much Was Spent On Failed Asylum Centre Project

The Home Office is under pressure to disclose details of payments to private outsourcing firm, Serco, for their work on a proposed asylum accommodation centre Linton-on-Ouse which was scrapped amid local opposition.

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03 Nov 2022 Home affairs

Changing the narrative on crime: World’s Toughest Prisons host to headline Annual Bar Conference

03 Nov 2022 Health

If the Asylum System is broken, who broke it?

"The Home Secretary stated that the United Kingdom’s immigration system is broken. The Conservatives have been in government for 12 years. She does not appear to realise that this is an admission of Conservative failure."

03 Nov 2022 Communities

Minister Admits He's "Obviously Not Comfortable" Asylum Seekers Could Be Held Illegally

Climate Minister Graham Stuart has admitted the UK's asylum system was "struggling to cope" after a legal review was launched over the treatment of migrants.

02 Nov 2022 Home affairs

Home Office Accused Of “Failing At Every Turn” On Migrant Crisis

Local leaders from across Kent have accused the Home Office of an "unsustainable and unacceptable" response to the migrant crisis in a damning intervention that demands they “stop using the county as an easy fix”.

02 Nov 2022 Home affairs

Lord Dubs Warns Suella Braverman’s “Invasion” Comments Could Encourage Attacks On Refugees

Labour peer Lord Dubs, who fled Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia as a child during WW2, has warned that Suella Braverman’s “inflammatory” comments about an “invasion on our southern coast” could spark further violence against refugees.

02 Nov 2022 Home affairs

Minister Says Fixing Asylum System Is "Not Going To Happen Overnight"

Transport Secretary Mark Harper has said there is "no simple solution" to easing pressures at the Manston migrant centre but insisted it was the Home Office's top priority.

02 Nov 2022 Communities

Police Watchdog Warns Misogyny, Sexism And Predatory Behaviour Still Prevalent In Many Forces

The independent inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services (HMICFRS) have warned that a culture of misogyny, sexism and predatory behaviour towards members of the public and female colleagues persists across many UK police forces today.

01 Nov 2022 Communities

Immigration Minister Warns Against "Demonising" Migrants After Suella Braverman's "Invasion" Comment

Robert Jenrick has said that ministers need to "choose words carefully" after the Home Secretary has faced criticism for describing migrants arriving on the south coast of England as an "invasion" in a Commons debate on Monday.

31 Oct 2022 Home affairs

Suella Braverman Denies Claims She Blocked Hotel Rooms For Migrants

Home Secretary Suella Braverman has denied that she ignored legal advice urging the government to book hotels for migrants being kept at the overcrowded processing site in Manston.

31 Oct 2022 Home affairs

Home Secretary Suella Braverman Sent Official Documents To Her Personal Email Six Times

Home Secretary Suella Braverman has admitted that she sent official government documents to her personal email account six times.

27 Oct 2022 Home affairs

Rishi Sunak Urged To Act "Very, Very Quickly" On MI5 Concerns Over Suella Braverman

A Conservative former Cabinet minister has said Rishi Sunak needs to urgently respond to claims that top level security service MI5 had “concerns” about Home Secretary Suella Braverman.

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27 Oct 2022 Education

Britain’s equality watchdog takes action to prevent hair discrimination in schools

Pupils should not be stopped from wearing their hair in natural Afro styles at school, the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) says in new guidance today (27 October).

25 Oct 2022 Home affairs

Rishi Sunak Criticised For Reappointing "Careless And Slapdash" Suella Braverman After Security Breach

Labour has called for clarity about the nature of the security breach that led to Suella Braverman’s resignation last week after she was reappointed to her previous role as home secretary in Rishi Sunak's new cabinet.

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25 Oct 2022 Home affairs

Bar Council reaction to re-appointment of Dominic Raab as Lord Chancellor

Commenting on the re-appointment of Dominic Raab as Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice, Mark Fenhalls KC, Chair of the Bar Council, said:

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24 Oct 2022 Home affairs

Gap between men and women’s earnings at the Bar shows more work to do, says Bar Council

Winners announced at the Bar Council Employed Bar Awards 2022

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21 Oct 2022 Home affairs

Winners announced at the Bar Council Employed Bar Awards 2022

The quality and range of work by the employed Bar was celebrated at the Bar Council’s Employed Bar Awards 2022 last night, in partnership with the Honourable Society of Gray’s Inn.

18 Oct 2022 Home affairs

As a victim of trafficking, reclassifying modern slavery as an immigration issue will only make things worse

One of the first acts of this government has been to remove responsibility for modern-day slavery from the safeguarding minister and treat it as an illegal immigration issue.

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14 Oct 2022 Home affairs

Equality and Human Rights Commission re-accredited as ‘A status’ organisation

The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has been re-accredited as an ‘A status’ National Human Rights Institution (NHRI).

14 Oct 2022 Home affairs

Remembering David Amess a year on – more consensus is needed in politics

From the moment one met David Amess one was effectively won over by his genial smile and cheery remarks. His first sighting was as Basildon Man, first elected in 1983, representing a bell weather constituency that predicted the outcome of an election. Later, as Southend Man, David gained cross-party cheers at every end of term debate, questions to ministers or prime ministers raising the stakes to make Southend a city.

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