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    • Tuesday, 21 March, 2023
      Metropolitan Police Service UK
      Met chief says London should see ‘month by month’ progress on policing

      Rowley pledges change after Casey review lays bare force’s institutional failings

    • Tuesday, 21 March, 2023
      Metropolitan Police Service UK
      London police force should be overhauled or broken up, says review

      Damning report finds Met to be ‘institutionally racist, misogynistic and homophobic’

    • Wednesday, 15 March, 2023
      UK Budget
      Budget help welcome but not enough, says struggling coastal town

      Hastings has been hit by one of the sharpest national increases in rents

    • Thursday, 9 March, 2023
      UK immigration
      Sunak attacks ‘lefty lawyers’ amid criticism of small boats strategy

      PM defends bill to deter Channel crossings as Braverman accused of breaching ministerial code

    • Wednesday, 8 March, 2023
      UK employment
      Britain plans looser foreign worker rules to plug labour gap

      Ministers to tackle chronic shortages by easing restrictions for construction sector

    • Tuesday, 7 March, 2023
      UK immigration
      UK faces legal battle over plans to stop cross-Channel migrants

      Home secretary concedes new legislation may be in breach of human rights laws

    • Tuesday, 7 March, 2023
      UK immigration
      Sunak to reveal plan to remove small boat migrants

      UK leader hopes better co-operation with France will help support planned legislation

    • Thursday, 23 February, 2023
      UK immigration
      UK asylum backlog hits record 160,000

      Data shows 60% rise from 2021 in unprocessed claims as government launches emergency fast-track system

    • Monday, 20 February, 2023
      UK labour disputes
      Junior doctors in England vote to strike as NHS pay dispute escalates

      More plans for health service walkouts come as police chiefs warn ministers pay cuts are hitting force recruitment

    • Friday, 17 February, 2023
      Scotland
      Nicola Sturgeon’s departure leaves Scotland searching for a new independence flag-bearer

      SNP leader is on her way out but her cause is very much alive

    • Wednesday, 15 February, 2023
      UK police
      UK police vulnerable to Chinese spy equipment, says watchdog

      Surveillance commissioner warns of widespread use of China-made drones and cameras by forces in England and Wales

    • Wednesday, 15 February, 2023
      UK immigration
      Will Rishi Sunak’s plan to curb small boat migration work?

      Some on the right want even tougher measures, but experts warn against ‘unworkable’ proposals

    • Wednesday, 8 February, 2023
      Terrorism in UK
      Braverman vows ‘major reform’ of UK counter-radicalisation scheme

      Too much focus on rightwing ideology rather than Islamist extremism, review says

    • Tuesday, 7 February, 2023
      UK crime
      Former Met police officer jailed for minimum of 30 years over series of rapes

      David Carrick raped and sexually abused 12 women over the course of 17 years

    • Sunday, 5 February, 2023
      Conservative Party UK
      Sunak warned of Tory backlash if he tries to take UK out of ECHR

      PM told plans to ‘push boundaries’ of human rights law over migrant boats would lead to Commons rebellion

    • Tuesday, 31 January, 2023
      UK police
      Police apologise for ‘profound failings’ over Hillsborough disaster

      Nearly 34 years after fatal football stadium crush, officers apologise to families of the dead

    • Friday, 27 January, 2023
      News in-depthUK immigration
      Safe haven? How the asylum system lost vulnerable children

      Charities fear criminal gangs are exploiting young people housed in ‘temporary’ hotel accommodation

    • Thursday, 26 January, 2023
      UK immigration
      Home Office urged to stop using ‘unlawful’ hotels for child refugees

      More than 100 charities want the practice ended after hundreds of minors go missing

    • Friday, 20 January, 2023
      News in-depthUK police
      UK police face calls for better oversight after Met serial rapist case

      Shocking details of officer ‘hiding in plain sight’ have undermined public confidence in policing

    • Thursday, 19 January, 2023
      King Charles III
      King Charles hands over wind farm profits for ‘wider public good’

      UK’s new monarch pre-empts critics by surrendering coming windfall from seabed licences

    • Wednesday, 18 January, 2023
      UK police
      Police in England face tougher vetting after serial rapist found in ranks

      Home Office moves to strengthen checks on officers in the wake of Met Police scandal

    • Tuesday, 17 January, 2023
      Metropolitan Police Service UK
      Braverman urged to shake up oversight of police after rape case

      Shocking revelations over serial rapist evading sanctions while in an elite unit

    • Monday, 16 January, 2023
      Metropolitan Police Service UK
      London police officer admits series of rapes and other sex crimes

      Metropolitan Police missed ‘numerous opportunities’ to remove David Carrick, who has pleaded guilty to 49 offences

    • Thursday, 12 January, 2023
      UK politics & policy
      Russian oligarchs used ‘golden visa’ scheme to settle in UK

      Ten individuals placed under sanctions used tier 1 investor route, says home secretary

    • Friday, 30 December, 2022
      National Archives
      Blair argued Putin deserved a seat at the ‘top table’

      Newly released files show the UK premier’s efforts to woo the Russian president despite deep misgivings of officials

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