Cathy Newman
It’s a long time since we’ve heard the prime minister appeal for sunshine to win the day. After the Ukip councillor David Silvester’s ill-advised attempt to link the weather and politics, I’m loathe to blame the floods on anyone. But perhaps it would do everyone a power of good if David Cameron let the sun…
It’s clear that it’s racially polarising. But is it effective as a policing tactic? How successful should stop and search be to justify the tension it causes?
Peers have blocked a law that would give police powers to clamp down on any public behaviour deemed potentially “annoying” from busking to peaceful protest.
A ban on EU migrants claiming out-of-work benefits from the moment they arrive in the UK will be rushed through parliament to deter people who want to “live off the state”.
Burka terror suspect Mohammed Ahmed Mohamed is seeking damages from the government in a human rights legal challenge involving allegations of torture.
Theresa May gives a statement in the House of Commons on terror suspect Mohammed Ahmed Mohamed.
Gary Gibbon
It is rare for a home secretary to get involved in so personal an operational matter, rarer still for the prime minister.. This is a very special episode in British public life and it is not over yet.
A leading Conservative backbench MP says he will try to force the government to hold an early vote on whether Britain should leave the EU.
Gary Gibbon
Boris Johnson stands ready to parachute into a safe seat soon after the 2015 election if David Cameron fails to stay in power and is then ready to run for the Tory leadership in opposition.
Lawyers acting for David Miranda win an order to stop the government and police examining data seized from him – except “for the purpose of protecting national security”.
David Cameron instructed Britain’s top civil servant to put pressure on the Guardian to destroy classified data it had obtained from whistleblower Edward Snowden.
Home Secretary Theresa May is accused of a “cover-up” after she used legal powers to redact parts of a critical report into Britain’s cross-Channel border controls.
A report into failings at council-run children’s homes in north Wales, which was suppressed for almost 20 years, is finally published.
The home secretary launches a public consultation into police stop and search powers, after official figures show the number of searches leading to arrests is “far too low for comfort”.
After the home secretary announces plans to ensure people convicted of killing police officers get life for life, FactCheck digs in to the announcement.