Simon Israel

Home Affairs Correspondent
Simon Israel is a Home Affairs Correspondent for Channel 4 News
Simon Israel is a Home Affairs Correspondent for Channel 4 News

Robustly independent reporting on home affairs. Covers crime, police, terrorism, legal, race, immigration, social justice, prisons.Award winning films on terrorism, G20 protests, Stephen Lawrence, illegal immigration, suicides in prisons.

Simon Israel has been home affairs correspondent since 1998. He's broken a number of exclusives, including the resignation of the officer in charge of counter terrorism, racism in the crown prosecution service, the abuse of restraint methods on detained children, the Government's resettlement programme for refugees.

"My objective is to try to come at stories from an original perspective but one which resonates with the viewer and challenges the establishment."

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24 May 2013
article 22 May 2013 UK
Lawyers protest against planned changes to legal aid (ITN)
Lawyers protest against proposed legal aid changes

Up to a thousand lawyers are expected to stage a protest against planned cuts in criminal legal aid at Parliament today.

article 20 May 2013 UK
Lawyers face serious criticism after a CPS inquiry into the aborted trials of 12 police officers involved in the investigation of murdered prostitute Lynette White, Channel 4 News has learned.
Cardiff Five report 'critical of lawyers'

Lawyers face serious criticism after a CPS inquiry into the aborted trials of 12 police officers involved in the investigation of murdered prostitute Lynette White, Channel 4 News has learned.

article 17 May 2013 UK
A review of an IPCC investigation into the death in custody of Sean Rigg is severely criticised for making a series of fundamental errors. But this is not the first time concerns have been raised.
Police watchdog IPCC criticised over Sean Rigg errors

A review of an IPCC investigation into the death in custody of Sean Rigg is severely criticised for making a series of fundamental errors. But this is not the first time concerns have been raised.

article 09 May 2013 UK
Is the coalition right when it claims that, despite spending increases, reoffending rates have barely changed? And does it justify selling off much of the probation service to the private sector?
Grayling's probation plans: untried and unnecessary'?

Is the coalition right when it claims that, despite spending increases, reoffending rates have barely changed? And does it justify selling off much of the probation service to the private sector?

article 08 May 2013 UK
Home affairs correspondent Simon Israel reports on a little known case alleging racial abuse against the Met Police to go through the courts (Getty)
New claims of racism against Met police

A mother and son go to court after the Metropolitan police are granted an appeal against an earlier finding that the pair were racially harassed by an officer.

article 26 April 2013 UK
Max Clifford charged with indecently assaulting girls (R)
Max Clifford charged with indecently assaulting girls

PR guru Max Clifford is charged with 11 counts of indecently assaulting teenage girls, two of them under age, over a 20-year period.

article 26 April 2013 UK
Andrew Pimlott
IPCC investigates Taser fire death

The Independent Police Complaints Commission launches an investigation into whether a police Taser used on a man doused in petrol ignited the flammable liquid, causing his death.

article 20 April 2013 UK
Rolf Harris (pic: Getty)
Rolf Harris and a trial by media?

As the media reveals Rolf Harris as the celebrity quizzed over historical sex allegations, Simon Israel asks whether the media should identify such people before any charges are considered or brought.

article 17 April 2013 UK
News
Thatcher funeral security stepped up after Boston bombings

Police flood the streets of central London for the funeral of Margaret Thatcher, with 4,000 officers lining the route. Security has been ramped up following the Boston bombings in the US.

article 26 March 2013 UK
A new report warns of the increasing tactic of kidnaps and estimates that at least $60m has gone to financing terrorist groups in ransom payments since 2008.
$60m paid out in terrorist ransoms since 2008 - report

A new report warns of the increasing tactic of kidnaps and estimates that at least $60m has gone to financing terrorist groups in ransom payments since 2008.

article 25 March 2013 UK
News
Cleveland Police deputy chief constable sacked

The deputy chief constable of Cleveland police has been sacked in one of the most expensive police disciplinary inquiries.

article 20 March 2013 UK
Police are to introduce a new national system to grade missing children, which they argue will free up resources and target attention on those at greatest risk.
Missing children: new police system to assess risk

Police are to introduce a new national system to grade missing children, which they argue will free up resources and target attention on those at greatest risk.

article 14 March 2013 UK
The Royal Courts of Justice (Getty)
Protester's details removed from extremism database

Appeal judges order police to erase all details of John Catt, an 88-year-old peaceful protester, from its domestic extremism database. Simon Israel reports.

article 11 March 2013 UK
Chris Huhne and Vicky Pryce will find out of they face prison on Monday (pictures: Reuters)
Huhne and Pryce to be sentenced

It is widely expected that both Chris Huhne and Vicky Pryce will go to prison when Mr Justice Sweeney sentences them for perverting the course of justice.

article 08 March 2013 UK
Police
Student protest 'hero' Meadows acquitted

The last of the trials of students involved in the 2010 violent protests has ended with the acquittal of Alifie Meadows, whose skull was fractured by a police baton during the demonstration.

article 01 March 2013 UK
The home secretary is being called on to overhaul the surveillance laws governing police undercover operations (Getty)
Undercover policing needs reform, say MPs

The home secretary is being called on to overhaul the surveillance laws governing police undercover operations, writes Home Affairs Correspondent Simon Israel.

article 26 February 2013 UK
Scotland Yard exterior (Getty)
Sapphire sex crime unit guilty of 'shocking' failings

The Met Police's specialist sex crimes unit failed to pursue rape allegations properly and promoted officers who should have been investigated for gross misconduct, the police watchdog finds.

article 21 February 2013 UK
Construction workers blacklist under police investigation (R)
Construction workers blacklist under police investigation

The Metropolitan Police launches an inquiry into allegations that its own officers colluded in the blacklisting of thousand of construction workers.

article 20 February 2013 UK
Vicky Pryce trial: judge tells jury he will accept a majroty verdict (picture: Reuters)
Vicky Pryce to face retrial as jury dismissed

The judge in the trial of Vicky Pryce, the former wife of disgraced politican Chris Huhne, has dismissed the jury after they were unable to reach a majority verdict. There will now be a retrial.