41 m. ago RICHARD LITTLEJOHN: Labour's 'new' migrant policy is just another ludicrous gimmick to divert attention from Starmer's failure... just read the small print

Just as well I'm not an immigrant, or I'd be on the first plane out. Under Labour 's latest gimmick, anyone coming to work in the UK will have to attain a command of English to A-level standard.

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5 h. ago Police failing victims on legacy because of lack of funding – Boutcher

Chief Constable Jon Boutcher said dealing with legacy has cost the PSNI £160 million over the last decade.

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6 d. ago Prince Harry says King Charles has cut contact with him over UK security dispute

The interview followed the prince’s failed appeal to reinstate the police protection he lost after stepping back as a working royal

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7 d. ago Victims urge boycott of new Troubles legacy body during protest at its office

The Independent Commission for Reconciliation and Information Recovery was established as part of the last government’s contentious Legacy Act.

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8 d. ago Senate Democrats to mark Trump’s ‘100 days from hell’ with marathon speeches

Minority leader Chuck Schumer accuses president of ‘acting like a king, a despot, a wannabe dictator’Trump’s first 100 daysUS politics live – latest updatesDemocratic senators will on Tuesday mark Donald Trump’s 100th day in office with marathon floor speeches intended to highlight his administration’s failures, seizing on his divisive tariff policy and attacks on the judiciary to argue he was not joking when he mulled governing as “a dictator”.Republicans, meanwhile, praised the president’s actions over the first 100 days, though the House speaker, Mike Johnson, acknowledged “some bumps along the road” he described as the necessary byproduct of the radical changes Trump campaigned on. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Key findings in Police Ombudsman’s probe into Kingsmill Massacre investigation

The ombudsman detailed failures including several instances of police planning to arrest suspects but not following through.

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8 d. ago Wisconsin clerk who failed to count November votes violated multiple policies, investigators say

Investigators say the former clerk who failed to count nearly 200 ballots in November's elections in Wisconsin's capital city didn't break any laws but did violate policy and breached her contractual duty to supervise elections and maintain professional standards

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9 d. ago It’s time to reset our failing climate policies, says Tony Blair

Former PM warns climate policy has become disconnected from ‘political, public, and economic reality’ and claims COP is struggling to ‘deliver change at the speed required’

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1 week ago One in three hospitality workers want to start their own business in the sector

Limited access to funding and lack of training and mentorship cited as biggest barriers

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2 w. ago Human rights expert named chair of Emma Caldwell public inquiry

Emma's mother Margaret hopes the public inquiry will act as a legacy and of hope for all the victims of sexual violence and misogyny

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2 w. ago Police chiefs granted powers to automatically sack officers who fail background checks

Calls to change police vetting procedures began after a report into the murder of Sarah Everard in 2021

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2 w. ago Police officers who fail background checks will be sacked under new powers

These measures will be introduced in Parliament on Wednesday

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2 w. ago 'Glaring gap in law closed': Met Police hail new rules as officers who fail vetting to be automatically sacked

Police chiefs will be able to sack officers deemed unfit to serve from next month under rules announced by Home Office

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2 w. ago New law to sack police who fail background checks after 'absurd' loophole fury

Home Secretary Yvette Cooper said it is 'not acceptable' that officers who fail vetting checks cannot automatically be sacked after legal challenges showed the difficulty in sacking them

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2 w. ago Police officers who fail vetting to be automatically sacked under new rules

Measures will be introduced to Parliament on Wednesday which will make it a legal requirement for serving officers to pass vetting procedures.

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2 w. ago Pope Francis' final moments show rapid deterioration before pontiff's death

Pope Francis died at 7.35am on Monday after a cerebral stroke that led to a coma and irreversible heart failure the Vatican confirmed with a police escort to a hospital having to be cancelled

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2 w. ago Stephen Lawrence murder 32 years on: The murderers, suspects and major police failings

It has been 32 years since the notorious racist murder of Stephen Lawrence, who was stabbed to death at a bus stop, and where Metropolitan Police admitted 'many mistakes' were made in the 1990s investigation

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2 w. ago Wanted man who 'tried to ram police car' arrested in back garden after dog chase

A 31-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of threats to kill, failing to stop for police and dangerous driving

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2 w. ago Top cop sacked after having sex with colleague as boss slams 'abhorrent behaviour'

The Independent Office for Police Conduct found that Tom Simons, former Essex Police chief superintendent, failed to disclose a relationship with one colleague and touched another inappropriately

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2 w. ago Top cop sacked after bonking colleague as boss slams 'abhorrent behaviour'

The Independent Office for Police Conduct found that Tom Simons, former Essex Police chief superintendent, failed to disclose a relationship with one colleague and touched another inappropriately

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