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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

With digital ID, we can take back control

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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Who's Who In Kemi Badenoch's Inner Circle?

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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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.

14 Oct 2022 Home affairs

Labour Questions Whether Home Office Takes Security “Seriously Enough” After Anti-Terror Documents Left In Public

Shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper has written to her counterpart Suella Braverman seeking reassurance that the home secretary is taking security “seriously enough” after it was revealed that sensitive documents were left in a public venue in London last year.

Electronic Trade Documents Bill introduced to Parliament

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13 Oct 2022 Home affairs

Electronic Trade Documents Bill introduced to Parliament

On Wednesday 12th October, an Electronic Trade Documents Bill was presented before Parliament.

13 Oct 2022 Communities

Liz Truss's commitment to Ukraine on the front line must also extend to refugees on the home front

Through the action of our Government, the generosity of our public and the strength of our collective resolve, the UK has proven itself to be one of Ukraine’s greatest allies in the fight against the tyranny of Vladimir Putin.

How Jersey Adds Value to the Global Economy

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11 Oct 2022 Communities

How Jersey Adds Value to the Global Economy

Jersey is a small place making a big impact.

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26 Nov 2024

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Ethnic Minorities into Leadership

26 Nov 2024

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27 Nov 2024

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