Radical cleric Abu Qatada promises to leave Britain when a new treaty offering guarantees that evidence obtained through torture will not be used against him becomes law, says his lawyer.
Downing Street is considering a temporary withdrawal from the European Convention on Human Rights so that Abu Qatada can be deported. But legal experts tell Channel 4 News it is “highly unlikely”.
Home Secretary Theresa May tells MPs Britain and Jordan have agreed a new treaty that should convince the courts that Islamist preacher Abu Qatada can be deported.
Abu Qatada is arrested for breaching his bail terms days before the latest government effort to have the radical Muslim preacher extradited.
Home Secretary Theresa May argues that the streets of Britain are less safe because of the failure of judges to use new rules aimed at deporting more foreign criminals.
Ahead of a crunch vote on same-sex marriage, David Cameron makes a last-minute televised statement in the hope of convincing Conservative MPs to back his plans.
The coalition is expected to pump more money into tackling youth violence as part of a wider push to stamp out gang and knife crime, the home secretary reveals.
Two days before elections for the first wave of police and crime commissioners, Channel 4 News looks at the role they will play.
From Muslim teacher to “Osama bin Laden’s right-hand man in Europe”, Abu Qatada has been presented in many ways – but is he a danger?
The businessman seeking to halt the extradition of Babar Ahmad to the US on terror charges tells Channel 4 News why he hopes to bring a private prosecution against him.
Olympic visitors to London could face long airport queues as border staff, and other Home Office personnel, vote to go on strike in a dispute over pay and cuts.
Political Correspondent Michael Crick blogs on Falklands war hero Simon Weston’s decision to pull out of the election to become the new police and crime commissioner in south Wales.
Channel 4 News political correspondent Michael Crick on the latest legal saga surrounding war veteran Simon Weston’s bid to be police and crime commissioner
Channel 4 News Political Correspondent Michael Crick blogs about Falklands war hero Simon Weston’s bid to become a police and crime commissioner
Despite vocal opposition, the Home Secretary Theresa May has unveiled plans to require records of internet use to be stored for a year to allow police and the security services to access them.