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Is The Port of London Authority Seeking Unchecked Powers?

22 May Home affairs

The Port of London Authority manages the Thames, but residents along the river say it is seeking further, unchecked powers. Sophie Church reports on the ongoing fight

13 May Health

Cross Party MPs To Write To Government Over Care Worker Visa Changes

13 May Home affairs

Conservative MP Patrick Spencer Charged With Sexual Assault

12 May Home affairs

Man Arrested After Fires At Homes Linked To Keir Starmer

09 May Home affairs

British Property Management Firms Helping Russians Avoid Sanctions

30 Apr Home affairs

Labour MP Calls For Reboot Of Theresa May's "Admirable" Immigration Skills Charge Policy

28 Apr Foreign affairs

Labour MPs Call For Iranian Revolutionary Guards To Be Proscribed As Terrorists

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05 Jun Economy

Forget the single net target – the government should adopt an annual migration plan

30 May Home affairs

Sadiq Khan must follow through with his drug commission’s recommendations

25 May Communities

The racist murder that should have changed the world

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Inside The Shock Zia Yusuf Resignation That Caught Reform UK Off Guard

06 Jun Political parties

Reform's 'Doge' Unit Will Struggle To Find Much Council Waste To Cut, Analysis Shows

07 Jun Communities

The Frankenstein's Monster Of Whitehall: Will Labour Really Abolish DCMS?

02 Jun Culture

Jeremy Corbyn's Gaza Bill Highlights Divisions In Labour

04 Jun Foreign affairs

Keir Starmer Declares The UK Is Moving To "War-Fighting Readiness"

02 Jun Defence

The Ayoub Khan Interview: "A Lot" Of MPs Are In Talks About Joining The Pro-Gaza Independents

04 Jun Political parties

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02 Mar Home affairs

Baroness Bertin's porn review: 'This isn't me driving a tank onto the lawn of censorship'

Will the government clamp down on legal but harmful online pornography? Sienna Rodgers talks to Conservative peer Baroness Bertin about her new review, which comes with a warning for ministers

29 Jan Home affairs

HM chief inspector of prisons: 'If someone were to get a gun into a prison, all bets are off'

Speaking to Sienna Rodgers, HM chief inspector of prisons Charlie Taylor details the many failures he has seen across the prison estate, including the ‘existential risk’ presented by phones, drugs and weapons entering via drones

28 Jan Communities

Inside the problems plaguing the prison estate

Unable to innovate or even buy basic materials, and struggling to keep staff while operating antiquated systems, prison governors are trapped in a failing system, reports Tali Fraser

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Lawyers warn that increasing court fees will hit SMEs

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09 Mar 2015 Home affairs

Lawyers warn that increasing court fees will hit SMEs

Enhanced court fees will block access to justice, according to leading industry figures.

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06 Mar 2015 Home affairs

The impact of enhanced court fees

Slater and Gordon Lawyers say the enhanced court fees are another barrier to access to justice.

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04 Mar 2015 Home affairs

Barristers play major role in ensuring the UK is international epicentre for legal services

A new report from TheCityUK shows a significant increase in the legal sector's contribution to the UK economy in 2013, rising 9.4% year-on-year in 2013 to 22.6bn, or 1.6% of GDP, as well as leading the way as the most international market for legal services.

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03 Mar 2015 Education

Calls for urgent action on safety education as PM hosts exploitation summit

As the Prime Minister hosts a summit on child sexual exploitation, his Government has yet to respond to an Education Select Committee report which described the Department for Educations approach to Personal, Social, Health and Economic (PSHE) education, the subject through which pupils learn to keep themselves safe, as weak.

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02 Mar 2015 Home affairs

Clinical negligence victims will be casualty in government's court fee hikes

A young girl left with severe brain damage following a failure to diagnose meningitis, who would not have been able to afford to issue court proceedings under new government proposals, is just one of many case studies solicitors have been sending the Law Society in response to 600 per cent increases in court fees.

Plain packaging: bad for business, good for criminals

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02 Mar 2015 Health

Plain packaging: bad for business, good for criminals

In an open letter, Imperial Tobacco’s Head of UK Corporate and Legal Affairs Duncan Cunningham calls for common sense on the subject of plain packaging for cigarettes.

Effectively reducing crime in betting shops

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27 Feb 2015 Home affairs

Effectively reducing crime in betting shops

Responding to a parliamentary question on safety in betting shops, the Association of British Bookmakers has clarified the work of the Safe Bet Alliance.

MoD spent £33m and 2 years on ‘undeliverable’ spending reform – NAO

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26 Feb 2015 Home affairs

MoD spent £33m and 2 years on ‘undeliverable’ spending reform – NAO

The Ministry of Defence must spend more efficiently on military equipment, according to a new report.

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25 Feb 2015 Home affairs

Police widows hand deliver roses of remembrance to MPs ahead of debate in Parliament

A delegation of police widows will today call on Government to honour its commitment to widows and widowers of police officers.

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25 Feb 2015 Home affairs

Police widows’ pensions ‘grossly unfair’ and in need of reform

Responding to Richard Graham MPs article and debate today, Alex Duncan, from the Police Federations national committee says:

25 Feb 2015 Economy

Make police widow pension rules fair

Conservative MP, Richard Graham, calls for fairer pensions entitlements for police widows and widowers.

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23 Feb 2015 Home affairs

UNICEF UK calls for political leaders to support global effort to end abuse of children

Responding to Labours proposal of creating a new child protection unit to work across Government, Leah Kreitzman from Unicef UK said:

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23 Feb 2015 Home affairs

Any new approach to child protection must have early support for families to prevent neglect at its heart

Today, Yvette Cooper will announce Labours intention to set up a child protection unit in Government, if elected.

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16 Feb 2015 Home affairs

Online courts could increase access to justice and reduce costs by 2017

The future of civil law courts is likely to be online according to a new report. The study suggests that it will increase access to justice and streamline the court processes in England and Wales.

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12 Feb 2015 Home affairs

Extortionate court fees will price low and middle-income earners out of justice and cripple small businesses

Following a survey of solicitors, the Law Society has warned that the government's 600 per cent increases in some civil court fees from April will lead to small businessinsolvenciesand access to justice becoming a preserve of the elite.

12 Feb 2015 Home affairs

Busking is an essential part of UK street culture

Lib Dem peer Lord Clement-Jones writes about his Lords question on 'the use of the Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 to prevent or control busking'

11 Feb 2015 Home affairs

Get Carta

Chair of the Political and Constitutional Reform Committee, Graham Allen, calls on David Cameron to commission a new Magna Carta.

10 Feb 2015 Home affairs

Calling for back-up - defending police from Tory cuts

With violent crime continuing to rise, Shadow Home Secretary Yvette Cooper says Theresa May must stop cutting police jobs.

09 Feb 2015 Communities

John Mann MP: UK must unite against anti-Semitism

Chair of the APPG on Anti-Semitism, John Mann MP, introduces the latest 'Inquiry into Antisemitism' report and urges the non-jewish community to join the fight against anti-Semitism in the UK.

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06 Feb 2015 Home affairs

Extended police bail should be subject to judicial oversight

Responding to the Home Office consultation on pre-charge bail, the Law Society welcomes proposals to introduce legislation to regulate the use of pre-charge extended bail.

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05 Feb 2015 Health

Health service 'must look after all mental health patients'

Ministers must do more to ensure the health service properly looks after people suffering mental health problems instead of leaving it to police officers, the Police Federation has warned.

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02 Feb 2015 Home affairs

Investigate all complaints independently, Police Federation urges

All complaints about police officers should be dealt with by a new independentbody, the Police Federation has warned.

30 Jan 2015 Home affairs

DPP's stance on rape is in the interests of justice

Labour's deputy leader says Sarah Vine is wrong to talk about rape in terms of men 'making a mistake'.

Government 'must invest in construction to secure jobs and homes'

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28 Jan 2015 Home affairs

Government 'must invest in construction to secure jobs and homes'

Gearing up ahead of tonight’s panel discussion, Brandon Lewis MP, Emma Reynolds MP, and Stephen Williams MP size up their housebuilding pledges.

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