Crime

Nick Thomas-Symonds has called for a "comprehensive look at deradicalisation in our prisons", and for the government to "never again cut the numbers of community police" in the wake of the Reading terror incident. Responding to a…

Bell Ribeiro-Addy has said that current drug policy in the UK "exemplifies the way black people are over-policed as citizens and under-policed as victims", and called for an "open discussion" on reform. Speaking ahead of a Labour Campaign…

The Andrew Marr Show David Lammy, the Shadow Justice Secretary, said protesters who "attacked" Winston Churchill’s statue were "idiots" but questioned whether anyone was seriously suggesting it should be removed. He did not reveal Labour's…

LabourList editor Sienna Rodgers used a question at the daily coronavirus press conference today to press the government on the failures of its early release scheme. We asked: "One month ago, the government announced a scheme to release…

David Lammy and Lord Falconer have called on the government to make live streaming of court cases the norm, both during and after the coronavirus pandemic, in a bid to make sure that the justice system is "open, transparent and fair". In a…

David Lammy has warned that the criminal justice system will be "at breaking point by autumn" as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, and has called for "speed and action" from the government. In an interview with Sky News this morning…

Labour has proposed legislation that would force the government to deliver urgent support to domestic abuse services amid a surge in cases during the coronavirus lockdown. The party hopes to amend the domestic abuse bill going through…

Many of us sat down on Tuesday night to watch the first episode of Cops Like Us, a three-part documentary on BBC2 following a group of Staffordshire officers going about their duties, responding to incidents and talking about the job. There…

I am pleased to stand here, and feel humbled, to make my maiden speech as the new MP for the area that I have called home all my life. I want to thank the constituents in Vauxhall for voting for me and placing their trust in me. My…

Boris Johnson’s claim on the north is rapidly approaching its first big trial, and it is in these upcoming local elections that our Labour Party must show its real worth. It is us – the rank and file – not the party leadership in London…

I worked in Holloway prison for six years. A number of the women I worked with were ‘foreign nationals’. Some of these women had been trafficked and endured extensive exploitation – but rather than being in the National Referral Mechanism…

A 16-year-old was stabbed outside East Croydon station last week. Reportedly, it took 40 seconds to end his life. The attack took place less than a mile from my school, at about 4.45pm when many of our students were returning home from…