Tory net migration pledge remains an elusive dream
Today’s immigration figures showed an increase of 68,000 people coming to the UK, meaning it is almost impossible for the Conservatives to honour their election pledge to bring down net migration.
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Labour appears to have sleepwalked into a leadership crisis. But how likely are claims of a new leader to replace him before the 2015 general election? And who might replace him?
A group of senior police officers in charge of keeping undercover policing in check lacks “teeth” and should be overhauled immediately, a damning report by inspectors has said.
It was founded in the aftermath of the second world war, and now Conservatives want to curb the reach of the European Court of Human Rights. Here are six rulings it has forced on the UK.
The parents of Yusra Hussien, a 15-year-old schoolgirl from Bristol thought to have fled to Syria to join Islamic State extremists, have made an emotional plea for her to return.
“Please come back… You are not in any trouble. We just want you to be safe,” say the family of the 15-year-old girl from Bristol who is believed to be heading to join extremists in Syria.
The British government is to provide £12m over three years in a joint deal with the French to tackle illegal immigrants at Calais.
Children in Rotherham continue to be sexually exploited “on an industrial scale”, South Yorkshire Police and Crime Commissioner Shaun Wright says as he faces calls to resign at a public meeting.
Today’s immigration figures showed an increase of 68,000 people coming to the UK, meaning it is almost impossible for the Conservatives to honour their election pledge to bring down net migration.
After an EU ruling from April questioned current UK data law, the government wants to force through an emergency law allowing telecoms companies to go on collecting and storing data.
Khat, the stimulant leaf chewed by Yemeni and east African communities, especially Somalis, is now illegal and is classed as a class C drug – but will that stop it being sold illegally in the UK?
The UK’s highest court rules that minor convictions should not be disclosed in criminal records checks because doing so is a breach of human rights.
People in the UK should stop being bashful about Britishness, Prime Minister David Cameron says as he calls for the Magna Carta to be taught in all schools.
Theresa May insists she is on top of the passports backlog – but people worried about cancelling holidays are getting the wrong information.
The home secretary confirms two reviews will be held into the passport debacle, as ministers step in to prevent officials relaxing security checks on a backlog of over 25,000 applications.
Boris Johnson says he snapped up three German water cannon before getting permission to use them on London’s streets because the price was too good to miss.