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Windrush scandal: returning to the UK after a forty year wait
Imagine going on a family holiday and being told you have no right to return to the only place you have ever called home. That’s what happened to 70-year-old Richard Black, who went to Trinidad from the UK 40 years ago to visit his in-laws. He’s thought to be one of the earliest victims of…
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Proposed law change could strip parental rights from paedophiles
A proposed law change is set to end an anomaly that protects other people’s children from paedophiles, but not the offender’s own. The current rules allow people convicted of raping a child to retain the right to be involved in key decisions about their children’s lives, with devastating consequences for many families, as we’ve previously…
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Post Office Scandal: what did top executive know?
She’s been described as the Post Office executive who knew more about the Horizon IT scandal than anybody else. Angela van den Bogerd personally oversaw complaints about Horizon problems since 2010 and was part of a mediation scheme that was supposed to get to the bottom of why so many subpostmasters were being accused of…
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Inflation falls to lowest rate since 2021 in UK
Inflation has fallen to 3.2%, the lowest rate since September 2021 and driven by prices dropping for food items like meat, crumpets and chocolate biscuits. But forecasters had hoped it would fall by more. And that’s intensified concerns that the Bank of England may delay any interest rate cuts to later in the year.
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Rwanda asylum bill returns to Lords after MPs reject amendments again
The standoff between the Commons and the Lords over the Government’s Rwanda Bill is continuing. The Lords have just started another debate on the Bill after MPs rejected amendments they had put in yesterday. Some peers are threatening to defy the Commons again. If they are successful, the row could continue into next week.
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How long could it take to clear the Rwanda asylum seeker backlog?
Official figures show that while we enjoyed a calm sunny Sunday yesterday. More than 500 migrants crossed the Channel in small boats – the busiest day so far this year. So if the flights do eventually take off – how will the government’s Rwanda plan cope with these sorts of numbers?
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Rwanda asylum boost for Sunak as bill expected to become law
After a protracted battle with the House of Lords, the government’s Rwanda legislation is finally expected to become law this week. With flights blocked at least until that happens, the Commons Public Accounts Committee was today taking evidence about the policy and its cost.
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UK political leaders call for Israeli restraint after Iran attack
Congratulating the RAF personnel who were involved in the US-led mission to help Israel down the barrage of missiles fired from Iran, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak told MPs earlier that the UK’s aim was to prevent further destabilisation in the Middle East. And he also urged an end to the conflict in Gaza, calling on…
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Sir Antony Gormley: Can sculpture persuade us to cherish the earth and arts?
Sir Antony Gormley is well known for his iron men who can be found around the country, from Merseyside to Margate.
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Former Post Office boss says he didn’t know they were prosecuting hundreds of subpostmasters
Two former Post Office and Royal Mail bosses have told the Horizon inquiry they did not know the Post Office was prosecuting hundreds of subpostmasters itself.
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Deputy Labour leader Angela Rayner being investigated by police
It’s the housing scandal that refuses to go away. No, not the chronic shortage of housing in Britain, but the question of which house Angela Rayner lived in some ten years ago and whether she broke electoral law.
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Blackpool South by-election: meet the candidates and the voters
Next month, voters will head to the polls in the local elections and Rishi Sunak will face another by-election test in the marginal constituency of Blackpool South.
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‘NHS waiting lists have fallen for fifth month in a row’ says health minister
We spoke to the health minister Maria Caulfield and began by pointing out that the government isn’t hitting its own targets on the NHS.
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Steelworkers in Port Talbot set to strike for first time in 40 years
Steelworkers based in Port Talbot are set to strike for the first time in more than 40 years, according to their union.
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Wandsworth Prison: ‘an incredibly nasty place to serve a sentence and to work’
Pressure is growing on the Government to tackle a growing crisis in Wandsworth Prison. Filthy, overcrowded and rife with violence – and this week we revealed a sophisticated criminal network of drugs gangs working inside the South London jail.