6 h. ago Protests against Palestine Action ban planned in 18 UK towns and cities

More than 2,000 people have already been arrested for alleged support of the group, which is banned under terrorism laws.

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41 h. ago Labour's new deputy leader Lucy Powell among five 'landlord MPs' who made more than £30,000 in public money last year renting flats to colleagues... despite promise of a crackdown a decade ago

Figures obtained by the Daily Mail reveal that five landlord MPs received more than £30,000 in public money last year for letting properties to their colleagues in the House of Commons

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1 week ago 'Palestine Action protesters' deny breaking into a weapons factory in Kent and causing £1.4Million of damage

Activists allegedly filmed themselves breaking into Instro Precision in Sandwich in the early hours of June 17, 2024, throwing stock to the ground and smashing computers with a crowbar.

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1 week ago Tagged shoplifters will set off alarms when entering banned areas amid crackdown on record retail theft

Police will receive alerts if they enter a banned area, which could cover specific shops, streets or even whole towns. A pilot is being launched in Sussex.

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2 w. ago Hegseth sends home overweight National Guard troops after viral photo

Photos showed seemingly overweight members of the Texas National Guard arriving in Chicago as part of President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown — despite Hegseth’s longstanding campaign against ‘fat troops’

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2 w. ago Hegseth touts ‘standards’ after Texas removes troops who did not meet physical requirements following viral photo

Photos showed seemingly overweight members of the Texas National Guard arriving in Chicago as part of President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown — despite Hegseth’s longstanding campaign against ‘fat troops’

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2 w. ago SNP demands MORE immigration: John Swinney says Scottish Government will sponsor visas for foreign care workers

The First Minister and SNP leader set out his 'solution' to the UK Government's immigration crackdown, which he claimed had left care homes 'crying out for staff'.

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2 w. ago China launches biggest crackdown on Christians for years as dozens of pastors are rounded up in 'new wave of religious persecution'

Police in China detained dozens of pastors of one of its largest underground churches over the weekend,in the biggest crackdown on Christians since 2018.

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2 w. ago HMRC's football tax evasion crackdown nets £90m for Treasury

The amount of extra tax reclaimed by HM Revenue & Customs from Britain's professional football industry is growing rapidly, data shows.

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2 w. ago Brits could be banned from holiday homes for ten years and hit with heavy fines for flouting EU's 90

The EU has ordered member states to apply the 90/180-day rule 'rigidly', meaning Brits who overstay could be hit with hefty fines of up to £8,700 and even ten-year bans from entering the bloc.

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3 w. ago Voices: ‘Undemocratic and unlawful’: Readers react to police crackdown on repeat protests

Most readers condemned the government’s move to bolster restrictions on protests, arguing it is conflating Palestine Action demonstrations with antisemitism

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3 w. ago Civil liberty groups express concern over plan for more anti

Home secretary says police can consider ‘cumulative impact’ of demonstrations as Palestine Action ban opponents vow ‘escalation’Civil liberty groups have expressed concern over government plans to hand police greater powers to restrict protests as organisers of mass demonstrations against the banning of Palestine Action pledged a “major escalation” of their campaign.Shabana Mahmood said on Sunday that repeated large-scale demonstrations over Gaza had caused “considerable fear” for the Jewish community in the wake of a fatal terror attack on a synagogue last week. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Police to be given more powers to restrict protests after Palestine Action demo

Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood said forces will be able to factor in the "cumulative impact" of repeat protests, giving them more power to restrict demonstrations

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3 w. ago Palestine Action protest ‘almost gloating over Yom Kippur attack’, demo hears

Communities have gathered to mark the second anniversary of the October 7 attacks in Israel.

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3 w. ago Protesters backing Palestine Action vow ‘major escalation’ in campaign amid crackdown

Defend Our Juries brand home secretary’s plan to give police greater powers to restrict protests an ‘extraordinary new affront to democracy’

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3 w. ago Palestine Action protesters carried off by police during London demonstration

Protesters were carried off by police officers during demonstrations in support of Palestine Action, a proscribed terror group, on Saturday (4 October).

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3 w. ago Police to get new powers to crack down on repeated protests, says Home Office

Move follows arrest of almost 500 people at latest pro-Palestinian demonstration in London on SaturdayMinisters are to give police new powers to target repeated protests, aimed particularly at cracking down on demonstrations connected to Gaza, the Home Office has said.The announcement, made the morning after almost 500 people were arrested in London for expressing support for Palestine Action, a proscribed organisation, could allow police to order regular protests to take place at a different site. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Police to get new powers in crackdown on repeat protests after hundreds arrested at Palestine Action rally

Announcement comes hours after nearly 500 people were arrested in London

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3 w. ago ‘Enough is enough’ says chief of Police Federation as ‘exhausted’ officers arrest 492 at Palestine Action protest

Met Police said many of those arrested needed carrying away after they refused to walk from Trafalgar Square – but Amnesty International says arresting hundreds of people at the demonstration is ‘not the job of police’

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3 w. ago London Palestine Action protest: Met Police make nearly 500 arrests

London Palestine Action protest: Met Police make nearly 500 arrests  BBCLondon police arrest hundreds at protest against ban on Palestine Action  ReutersPolice make almost 500 arrests at Palestine Action protest in London  The Guardian

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