3 h. ago Met has lost more than 1,700 officers since Labour came to power

When Labour entered government, the Met boasted 33,767 officers but now has just 32,055, official figures obtained under Freedom of Information laws show.

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30 h. ago Supreme Court will decide if Trump’s birthright citizenship ban violates the Constitution

Birthright citizenship is the first Trump immigration-related policy to reach the court for a final ruling

Politics

61 h. ago Keir Starmer visits Scotland with six months to save his leadership amid Scottish Labour unrest

Scottish Labour failing to snatch power at May’s Holyrood election could spark the end of the Prime Minister’s leadership.

Politics

61 h. ago Keir Starmer visits Scotland with five months to save his leadership amid Scottish Labour unrest

Scottish Labour failing to snatch power at May’s Holyrood election could spark the end of the Prime Minister’s leadership.

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3 d. ago More than 100 immigration judges fired or pushed out across country since Trump took office

At least eight judges purged from New York City after another five judges in San Francisco were terminated

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3 d. ago Nigel Farage addresses 'inevitable' plans to team up with Tories to win next election

Farage says he won't do a deal with Tories even though most think it is inevitable as they try and wrestle power from Labour

Politics

3 d. ago Fresh questions about Keir Starmer's role in assisted dying bill as leaked document reveals how Labour plotted to change law while in opposition

A leaked document revealed a discussion within Labour - prior to the party winning power - about how a Private Member's Bill could be used to legalise assisted dying.

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8 d. ago St Vincent opposition party celebrates historic election win

New Democratic party victory is crushing defeat for Unity Labour which has held power since 2001The New Democratic party (NDP) in the Caribbean country of St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) is celebrating a historic landslide victory taking 14 of 15 seats, according to preliminary results.The decisive vote was a crushing defeat for the Unity Labour party (ULP), which has been in power since 2001. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago St Vincent prime minister seeks record sixth term in tight election

Ralph Gonsalves campaigns on strong economy in bid to retain office he has held since 2001Voters in St Vincent and the Grenadines will go to the polls on Thursday with Ralph Gonsalves seeking a record sixth consecutive term as prime minister.The elections are expected to be a tight contest between the ruling Unity Labour party, which has been in power since 2001, and the opposition New Democratic party.In the last election, ULP won nine of 15 seats, but the NDP won the popular vote. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Hotels and AirBnBs to be targeted with a new 'bed tax' as Labour gives mayors the power to impose levies on holidaying Brits and foreign tourists

Ministers are giving the go-ahead for regional mayors in England to impose the charges, heaping costs on stays for Britons as well as foreign tourists.

Society

1 week ago Milwaukee judge accused of helping immigrant evade agents set to appear at last pre

A Wisconsin judge charged with illegally helping an immigrant dodge federal agents is due in court for a final hearing before her trial begins

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2 w. ago CLAIRE COUTINHO: Starmer needs to rein Ed Miliband in but he's too weak

Remember when Ed Miliband promised to cut your energy bills by £300, asks CLAIRE COUTINHO. Well, since Labour came to power, bills have gone up by almost £200 - and they're going to rise again.

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2 w. ago FBI hacked into Signal group chats of immigration activists who watched court proceedings in New York, report says

The FBI allegedly described the activists, who observe court cases to ensure good legal practices, as ‘anarchist violent extremist actors’

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2 w. ago The FBI spied on a Signal group chat of immigration activists, records reveal

Exclusive: Agency accessed private conversations of New York ‘courtwatch’ group that was observing public hearingsThe FBI spied on a private Signal group chat of immigrants’ rights activists who were organizing “courtwatch” efforts in New York City this spring, law enforcement records shared with the Guardian indicate.The FBI, the documents show, gained access to conversations in a “courtwatch” Signal group that helps coordinate volunteer activists who monitor public proceedings at three New York federal immigration courts. The US government has repeatedly been accused of violating immigrants’ due process rights at those courts. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago White nationalist Nick Fuentes is exposing a civil war among US Republicans: ‘We look like clowns’

Tucker Carlson’s interview with the activist revealed the mainstream right is being flooded by extremism – and it’s now impossible to containFive days a week, thousands of fans gather online to watch Nick Fuentes hold court about the dangers of non-white immigration, feminism and “organized Jewry”. Usually dressed in a dark suit and tie, he lectures to his far-right followers, known as “Groypers”, about what he argues is the insufficient radicalism of Donald Trump’s Republican party and what he describes as the perfidies of the state of Israel and its American supporters.Fuentes’s fixation with Israel is not rooted in concern about the war in Gaza but a belief, in his telling, that Jews are responsible for most of society’s problems. Fuentes, who is 27 and lives in Illinois, has called Adolf Hitler “really fucking cool” and compared the Holocaust to the baking of cookies. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Appeals court pauses order restricting use of force by immigration agents in Chicago

A federal appeals court is temporarily halting an order that restricts the use of force by federal immigration agents in the Chicago area, calling it “overbroad” and “too prescriptive.”

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2 w. ago The Guardian view on falling net migration: political debate is now detached from the facts

A fixation on reducing numbers leaves no room for rational discussion of what that means for the economy and societyBritish political debate has long been dominated by public anxiety about rising levels of immigration. How might that change if the population tide were to turn? Not at all, would appear to be the answer. Net migration has in fact been falling since before Labour came to power last July, and yet there has been no end of demand for ever tighter controls and no end of government acquiescence.New figures published this week by the Office for National Statistics (ONS), adjusting historical data for methodological changes, show that net migration was 944,000 for the year ending March 2023 – about 40,000 higher than had previously been thought. The drop since then has also been steeper. The number for the year ending December 2024 is now thought to be 345,000 – lower than the earlier count by 86,000.Do you have an opinion on the issues raised in this article? If you would li...

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2 w. ago Migrants thought they were in court for a routine hearing. Instead, it was a deportation trap

The nation's immigration courts have undergone a fundamental change under the administration of President Donald Trump

Events

2 w. ago Judge tosses lawsuit challenging law barring immigration agents from NY courthouses

This legislation prohibits federal immigration officials from arresting individuals attending or leaving New York courthouses

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2 w. ago Judge tosses DoJ lawsuit challenging a New York law barring immigration agents from state courts

A judge has dismissed a Trump administration lawsuit challenging New York's policies that block immigration officials from making arrests at state courthouses

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