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Harriet Harman has argued that allegations of misogyny and sexism against serving police officers should result in their immediate suspension and that findings of sexual misconduct should lead to instant dismissal. Asking an urgent question…
Labour has called on the government to take "urgent action to overhaul the Windrush compensation scheme" by placing the programme under "independent leadership in a new independent body". In a letter sent to Priti Patel ahead of Windrush…
Nick Thomas-Symonds has told the Home Secretary that inadequate Covid measures at the border must not "continue to be the Achilles heel" in the country's pandemic response as he criticised new requirements as "too little, too late"…
Labour has argued that the efforts of the British people in the pandemic are being undermined by the government's "inability to secure our borders against Covid" and called for a "comprehensive hotel quarantine system". Under proposals set…
Priti Patel has wrongly explained the restrictions implemented by the government to suppress the surging numbers of coronavirus cases – just moments after she described those same rules as "very simple and clear". Addressing the public in a…
Labour MP Yvette Cooper has warned that the new requirement for international passengers travelling to the UK to show a negative test result for coronavirus before entering the UK "doesn't go far enough". Commenting on the measure, meaning…
Lucy Powell has described the deportation of migrants with criminal records as a "very grey area" but backed calls from MPs and peers for the government to cancel the flight scheduled to deport up to 50 people this week. Discussing the…
Harold Wilson famously said: "A week is a long time in politics." This rings true now more than ever. With a 24-hour news cycle and the growth in social media, national stories quickly come and go from prominence. There is often little…
Labour has declared that the government "should be deeply ashamed" after the Home Office was found to have broken equalities law through the implementation of 'hostile environment' immigration policies. A new report by the Equality and…
Our test and trace system is becoming more shambolic, not less, and in new ways. Public Health England admitted last night that almost 16,000 positive Covid-19 cases were not properly registered on the system between September 25th October…
Keir Starmer has slammed proposals currently being considered by Downing Street and the Home Office to establish floating asylum centres on disused ferries moored off the UK coast as "inhuman". In an interview with BBC News today, the…
Nick Thomas-Symonds has said that the the Black Lives Matter movement highlighted the need "not just to recognise" discrimination but to act, and slammed the government for "falling woefully short on that action". Responding to the Priti…
