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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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22 Nov Political parties

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

23 Nov Health

Keir Starmer Will Face “Immense Pressure” To Allow More Time For Assisted Dying Debate If Bill Passes

21 Nov Social affairs

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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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14 Jun 2022 Home affairs

The Republic of Ireland has ignored its responsibility to victims of the Troubles for decades

It was one of those jaw dropping moments when I read the article by Adrian O’Neill, the Dublin government’s ambassador to the United Kingdom, in the most recent edition of The House magazine.

14 Jun 2022 Home affairs

Government “Expects” First Rwanda Flight To Take Off Tonight

Foreign secretary Liz Truss has said the government fully expects their first deportation flight to depart for Rwanda tonight despite last-minute legal challenges, and has defended the policy as "completely moral".

13 Jun 2022 Home affairs

Home Office Will Do “Whatever Is Necessary" To Ensure Rwanda Deportation Flights Go Ahead

A Home Office minister has said the government will do “whatever is necessary” to deter appeals by asylum seekers due to be removed to Rwanda that could cause further delays to the first deportation flight.

13 Jun 2022 Brexit

Government Sets Out Powers To Override Most Of The Northern Ireland Protocol

The government has published legislation that aims to hand ministers the power to scrap large parts of the Northern Ireland Protocol despite significant opposition from the European Union and numerous Conservative MPs.

13 Jun 2022 Brexit

Majority Of Northern Ireland Politicians Reject UK's Protocol Plan "In Strongest Possible Terms"

A majority of Northern Ireland's assembly members (MLAs) have strongly criticised the government's plan to unilaterally override the Northern Ireland Protocol in a letter to Prime Minister Boris Johnson.

13 Jun 2022 Home affairs

Government Insists It's "Right" To Send Migrants To Rwanda Despite Legal Pushback

Boris Johnson has defended the plan to send migrants on a one-way flight to Rwanda in the face of fierce criticism and legal challenges.

12 Jun 2022 Brexit

Government Accused Of Pandering To DUP As Tory Rebels Prepare For Fight Over Northern Ireland Protocol Bill

The government has been accused of ignoring the majority of Stormont's political parties in the process of writing legislation that is designed to override the Northern Ireland Protocol.

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10 Jun 2022 Home affairs

Law Commission sets out options to Government for reforming how companies are convicted of criminal offences

10 Jun 2022 Home affairs

Two teenage sisters have been separated and the youngest forced to return to Ukraine due to UK visa delays

This week I raised with the Prime Minister the issue of two Ukrainian sisters who my inspiring constituent Mark Falcon is sponsoring to come to the UK.

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09 Jun 2022 Home affairs

Report finds evidence of inequality in treatment of ethnic minority ‘Covid heroes’ working in health and social care

Lower-paid health and social care workers, who played a pivotal front-line role during the Covid-19 pandemic, experienced bullying, racism and harassment at work according to their evidence to an inquiry conducted by Britain’s equality regulator, the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC).

07 Jun 2022 Brexit

Concerns Raised At Top Of Government Over Legality Of Northern Ireland Protocol Bill

Exclusive: Concerns have been raised at the top of government over the legality of contentious Northern Ireland Protocol legislation, which ministers are set to bring forward in the next few days.

06 Jun 2022 Home affairs

The Home Office's Linton-on-Ouse asylum centre is the wrong plan in the wrong place

Linton-on-Ouse is a quiet sort of place. It has one road and no streetlights. In the winter it regularly floods and when I drive over the main bridge, I feel like I have my life in my hands due to the way it crumbles.

04 Jun 2022 Home affairs

Tory MPs Warned New Bill Of Rights Won't Work To Tackle Illegal Channel Crossings

Tory MPs have been accused of pushing a “political narrative” with their claims that reforming the Human Rights Act (HRA) will help tackle illegal immigration.

27 May 2022 Home affairs

Campaigners Say The Government Must Stop Charging Migrants’ Children For British Citizenship

Children’s charities have called for the government to go further after it made changes this week to the fees it charges the children of migrants who wish to claim British citizenship.

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26 May 2022 Home affairs

Pontins investigated over fears of racial discrimination against Gypsies and Travellers

Britain’s equality regulator has launched a formal investigation into Pontins holiday parks due to continued concerns about discrimination against Gypsies and Travellers.

26 May 2022 Home affairs

We must listen to survivors of online child sexual exploitation to strengthen protections in the Online Safety Bill

The Online Safety Bill presents a unique chance to tackle a range of significant online harms. Particularly careful attention, however, must be drawn to the most severe forms of online harm, such as the online sexual exploitation of children.

Action for animals overseas would speak louder than words

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26 May 2022 Environment

Action for animals overseas would speak louder than words

200 years since the UK’s first animal protection law, and one year since the government published its #ActionForAnimals plan, HSI/UK’s executive director Claire Bass asks, ‘does the government’s vision for better animal welfare extend beyond our ports and airports?'

25 May 2022 Home affairs

Parents bereaved by the Manchester Arena bombing deserve the right to register their children’s deaths

Sunday marked five years since 22 people were murdered in the Manchester Arena terror attack. Their families’ and friends’ grief remains raw and endures, every minute of every day.

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25 May 2022 Communities

President of World Veterans Federation commends frontline charity’s model

The President of the World Veterans Federation, Mr Dan Viggo Bergtun, paid a short visit to Veterans Aid’s London HQ and Operations Centre on May 24th, to meet staff and learn about the charity’s work.

Veterinary medicines and vaccines are vital to the success of the UK

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25 May 2022 Environment

Veterinary medicines and vaccines are vital to the success of the UK

NOAH’s new Livestock Vaccination Guideline sets out how the UK can consolidate its position on the world stage when it comes to animal health and welfare standards.

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24 May 2022 Environment

Livestock Vaccination Guideline provides a new vision and guidance for animal health industry

Today NOAH has launched the Livestock Vaccination Guideline, providing support to vets, SQPs and farmers, to help improve the health and welfare of UK sheep and cattle and support farm resilience and sustainable improvements in productivity.

24 May 2022 Home affairs

Government Warned Spiking Crisis Can't Be “Swept Under The Carpet”

Campaign groups have welcomed a new government taskforce to tackle spiking at universities, but say the Home Office is failing to act quickly enough on the issue nationwide.

24 May 2022 Home affairs

Minister Insists Boris Johnson Believed Lockdown Drinks In Leaked Photo Was A Work Event

Transport Secretary Grant Shapps has insisted Boris Johnson didn't believe that the boozy gathering with colleagues he attended during lockdown was a party after a newly-leaked picture of the scene put renewed pressure on the Prime Minister.

Treating addictions: don't focus on tomorrow at the expense of today

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24 May 2022 Home affairs

Treating addictions: don't focus on tomorrow at the expense of today

From Harm to Hope is the Government’s 10-year plan to cut crime and save lives by reducing the supply/demand for drugs and delivering a high-quality treatment and recovery system. It’s one of many current initiatives focused on delivering long-term solutions to problems facing society today. CEO of Veterans Aid, Dr Hugh Milroy, reflects on the implications of ‘horizon thinking’ and questions whether the balance is right.