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Sarah Everard murder: Inquiry launched into ‘systematic failures’
With the country’s biggest police force beset by concerns about its policies and culture, the government is setting up an inquiry into “systemic failings” at the Met in the wake of Sarah Everard’s murder.
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France accuses Britain of ‘financial blackmail’ over Channel migrants
The diplomatic war of words across the Channel has escalated fast.
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UK pays France £54m to help reduce English Channel migrant crossings
France will double the number of police patrolling its beaches after receiving more than £50 million from the UK government to reduce the number of people trying to cross the English Channel.
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Calls for new law to protect adults from sexual exploitation
Survivors of sexual exploitation have spoken out about their experiences of violence and abuse amid calls for a change in law to protect vulnerable adults.
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FactCheck: Some Conservatives did defend fans who booed England
A number of Conservative MPs, including several ministers, did defend fans who booed England players for “taking the knee” before their Euro 2020 matches.
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‘Institutional corruption was only verdict they could come to’ – Daniel Morgan’s brother
Daniel Morgan’s brother has said he feels “a sense of vindication” after an inquiry accused the Metropolitan Police of “a form of institutional corruption” in how it dealt with the notorious unsolved murder.
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Asylum seekers win legal battle over ‘unsafe’ housing against UK government
The Home Office acted “unlawfully” when it housed asylum seekers in “unsafe” conditions at a former barracks, the High Court has ruled.
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FactCheck Q&A: what is the voter ID row all about?
Not having to show ID creates an obvious theoretical risk of “personation” – people pretending to be someone else in order to steal their vote. But there is no evidence that this is a widespread problem in the UK.
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FactCheck: what are the consequences for politicians who lie?
Who gets to decide whether someone in power is guilty of lying? And what penalties are in place for those who are found to have deliberately misled parliament or the public?
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“Nobody wants to put lives at risk but there’s a human rights issue.” – Labour MP Diane Abbott on protest during lockdown
Well one of the MPs who have signed the letter calling for a change in the law to allow protests during lockdown is the Labour MP and former shadow Home Secretary Diane Abbott. I spoke to her earlier and asked why she’s in favour of allowing protests during a pandemic.
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Thousands of anti-lockdown protesters clash with police as some MPs call for law change
Half of the UK’s adult population has now received a first dose of the coronavirus vaccine
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Protester’s ‘very scary’ experience at Sarah Everard vigil
Images of the police dragging away protesters, especially one photograph of student Patsy Stevenson being pinned down by two officers, have been shared around the world, encapsulating the widespread anger over the police response.
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Shamima Begum cannot return to UK to fight citizenship case, Supreme Court rules
The Supreme Court has ruled that Shamima Begum cannot return to the UK to fight her citizenship case.
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How long will the UK’s lockdown last?
The home secretary has insisted it was “simply far too early” to even contemplate when to lift restrictions in England, as Northern Ireland extended its lockdown until at least the beginning of March. But the Conservatives are facing more pressure from a group of backbenchers who are pushing for the restrictions to be eased as…
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Priti Patel says she is ‘absolutely sorry’ as PM backs her over bullying inquiry
Priti Patel has said she is “absolutely sorry” to anyone she has upset, after an official investigation found that at times, her behaviour could be described as bullying.