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

17 Jul Environment

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

12 Jul Home affairs

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

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

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

15 Jul Political parties

Tory MPs Pressured To Declare Leadership Bids By Next Week

17 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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14 Oct 2020 Coronavirus

The Welsh First Minister Has Claimed He Will Ban English And Scottish People In High Covid Areas From Coming Over The Border

The Welsh first minister Mark Drakeford has claimed he will implement a ban on people coming over the border from areas of England with high levels of coronavirus.

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13 Oct 2020 Home affairs

EHRC briefing on Overseas Operations Bill

The Equality and Human Rights Commission’s has released a briefing ahead of Committee Stage of the Overseas Operations Bill on Wednesday.

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12 Oct 2020 Health

Half of people do not understand DNRs, new polling from Compassion in Dying finds

More than half of people do not understand DNR orders (Do Not Resuscitate, also known as Do Not Attempt Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation or DNACPR), new polling from Compassion in Dying has found.

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12 Oct 2020 Home affairs

Bar Council calls for public apology from Prime Minister and Home Secretary

Following reports over the weekend of a violent knife attack at a law firm in September, and following her letter to the Prime Minister regarding his recent anti-lawyer comments, Amanda Pinto QC, Chair of the Bar Council, which represent all barristers in England and Wales, said:

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12 Oct 2020 Home affairs

Outstanding officers recognised in Queen’s Birthday Honours

The surname of Charles David Crichlow, Lately Constable, Greater Manchester Police, was spelt incorrectly in the previous release and has now been amended.

10 Oct 2020 Coronavirus

The justice system is as fundamental a part of our social services as health and education

We need greater investment in prisons and probation, courts and legal aid if we’re to uphold the rule of law

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09 Oct 2020 Home affairs

Chair of the Bar Council writes to the Prime Minister after recent comments attacking lawyers

Amanda Pinto QC, Chair of the Bar Council, urges the Prime Minister to withdraw recent comments and to reassure thousands of key workers – including lawyers employed by your own Government - that they are not being attacked for their important contribution to the justice system.

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08 Oct 2020 Home affairs

Largest ever survey of doctors’ views on assisted dying shows historic shift for greater choice at the end of life

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08 Oct 2020 Home affairs

Latest court backlog figures: "depressing" for the British public and crime victims, says Bar Council

Responding to new government figures out today, which show the latest number of cases in the criminal courts backlog are actually increasing in the Crown Court, Amanda Pinto QC, Chair of the Bar Council, said:

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08 Oct 2020 Home affairs

Irish assisted dying bill step closer to becoming law

TDs vote 81 to 71 to progress Dying with Dignity Bill to committee stage

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08 Oct 2020 Home affairs

Statement from PFEW National Chair after £30 million of surge funding announced

John Apter, National Chair of the Police Federation of England and Wales, has reacted to the announcement that £60m of Government surge funding will include £30 million for police forces.

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07 Oct 2020 Home affairs

TDs to vote tonight on landmark Irish Dying with Dignity Bill

A vote this evening (9.30pm, Wednesday 7 October 2020) in Ireland’s Dáil could bring an assisted dying law closer to reality.

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07 Oct 2020 Home affairs

Search warrants reform to help law enforcement investigate crime

Reforms that would reduce the number of unlawful search warrants being issued and help law enforcement to investigate crime and collect evidence (especially that stored electronically) have today [7 October 2020] been recommended by the Law Commission, the Government’s independent law reform body.

07 Oct 2020 Home affairs

The government’s voter ID plans risk disenfranchising millions of voters for the sake of a non-existent problem

The government's voter ID plans will disproportionately suppress Black, Asian and minority ethnic voters, yet there is little evidence to suggest that impersonation at polling stations is a widespread problem in Britain.

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06 Oct 2020 Home affairs

Bar Council: Prime Minister's comments are "shocking and troubling"

Responding to comments made about lawyers by the Prime Minister today in his speech to the Conservative Party Conference, Chair of the Bar Council, Amanda Pinto QC, said:

The Government must protect victims of modern slavery after Brexit

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06 Oct 2020 Brexit

The Government must protect victims of modern slavery after Brexit

Whatever your views about Brexit, we should take this opportunity to create even better legislation than we had before. The Modern Slavery (Victim Support) Bill provides the means to do just that.

06 Oct 2020 Home affairs

We must acknowledge the hidden role of gang associated girls

Young women and girls are ignored as victims of gang related violence. We need to invest in solutions based on the reality of female involvement or we risk dealing with only part of the problem.

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05 Oct 2020 Home affairs

Bar Council reaction to Home Secretary's asylum speech

Responding to the Home Secretary’s speech Fixing our broken asylum system which was delivered at the Conservative Party conference at the weekend, Amanda Pinto QC, Chair of the Bar Council, said:

05 Oct 2020 Home affairs

Victims of modern slavery must not be left worse off as we end free movement

Lord McColl’s amendment to the Immigration and Bill would provide all confirmed EU national victims of modern slavery 12 months leave to remain in the UK with recourse to public funds.

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05 Oct 2020 Home affairs

Police Federation launch Demand, Capacity & Welfare Survey

Opportunity for rank and file police officers to give their views on policing the pandemic

04 Oct 2020 Home affairs

Priti Patel Has Promised To Overhaul The “Broken Asylum System” With The Biggest Change To Immigration Laws In Decades

Priti Patel has pledged to make the biggest overhaul to immigration policy in decades saying she will "take every necessary step to fix this broken system”.

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02 Oct 2020 Home affairs

Government paying junior barristers less than national minimum wage

Bar Council provides blueprint for justice system in Spending Review paper

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02 Oct 2020 Home affairs

Irish assisted dying bill: speakers overwhelmingly support reform in Dáil debate last night

Cross-party TDs in the Dáil last night overwhelmingly backed a change in the law on assisted dying, with two-thirds speaking in favour of the Dying with Dignity Bill proposed by Gino Kenny TD.

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02 Oct 2020 Home affairs

Bar Council calls for commitment to zero tolerance on discrimination

New race-focused guidance launched in Black History Month

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