4 h. ago Theresa May slaps down Robert Jenrick for turning judges into ‘villains’

The former prime minister also warned the Tories must stop chasing the Reform party

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17 h. ago Theresa May criticises Tory policy on net zero, judges and human rights

The former prime minister’s government committed the UK to reaching net zero by 2050.

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21 h. ago Independent inquiry will ‘help prevent further releases in error’ – Lammy

Former Met Police deputy commissioner Dame Lynne Owens will chair the probe and speak to victims about how Hadush Kebatu’s release impacted on them.

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21 h. ago David Lammy hits out at ‘brass neck’ of Robert Jenrick over mistakenly freed migrant sex offender comments

David Lammy has accused Robert Jenrick of having a “brass neck” over comments made about a mistakenly released migrant sex offender.

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23 h. ago Nigel Farage brands his own MP’s comments ‘ugly and wrong’ amid racism row

The Reform UK leader said he was ‘unhappy’ with what Sarah Pochin had said

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24 h. ago WATCH LIVE: Nigel Farage gives press conference amid Reform MP racism row

Nigel Farage is giving a press conference in London as pressure mounts on the Reform leader to suspend MP Sarah Pochin over comments about Black and Asian people

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25 h. ago Farage faces calls to remove whip from Reform’s Pochin amid racism row

Labour has written to Mr Farage calling him to suspend the MP, while the Liberal Democrats have sought to formally rebuke the remarks in Parliament.

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25 h. ago Nigel Farage under pressure to kick out Reform MP Sarah Pochin in racism row

Anna Turley, who chairs the Labour Party, has written to Nigel Farage saying his silence is 'deafening' and calling on him to withdraw the whip from Sarah Pochin today

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32 h. ago No shame, no opprobrium: racism is priced in now. Of all the right’s victories, this one has been critical | Jason Okundaye

In this age of Tory nativism and Faragist populism, the question isn’t ‘is this person a bigot?’ Now it is ‘does that matter at all?’Cast your mind back to the furore when the shadow justice secretary, Robert Jenrick, was revealed to have said that he “didn’t see another white face” in the Handsworth area of Birmingham. It was reported as if it would be of real consequence to his political future – but enough time has passed, I figure, to confirm that it was not. Why did some seriously consider this a turning point? Because Jenrick had said something genuinely explicit and unambiguous – no dog whistle, no gesture, no disguise, no metaphor. Though he claimed “it’s not about skin colour”, it was a naked reference to race and an evident rebuke to British communities where there was a predominance of people of colour.The lack of consequence, however, was unsurprising, because within the public sphere the question of racism has been rigged for quite some time and the rules around who get...

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4 d. ago 'Massive crimewave' is heading for Britain and the public WILL be in 'danger', Tories warn in wake of Labour's plans to lock up fewer criminals

Tory Robert Jenrick said an official report showed probation officers 'won't be able to cope' with huge numbers of criminals handed community punishments instead of jail.

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4 d. ago Badenoch declines to endorse Jenrick comments over Andrew’s living arrangements

The shadow justice secretary said on Tuesday that Andrew had ’embarrassed the royal family time and again’.

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5 d. ago Robert Jenrick 'should apologise' for attacks on judges, David Lammy says

David Lammy spoke out after warnings from the profession that they are facing death and rape threats amid an increasingly toxic atmosphere instigated by political attacks

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5 d. ago Oxford Union to vote on ousting second president amid 'racism' claims following Charlie Kirk row

Moosa Harraj, who is heading up the debating society until Christmas, is locked in a war of words with George Abaraonye, who was due to take over in January.

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5 d. ago Government says Attorney General was not involved in collapsed China spy case

Robert Jenrick had asked why Baron Richard Hermer had not provided evidence to stop the case collapsing.

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6 d. ago Tory leader Kemi Badenoch says full burqa ban 'not a priority' as she widens split with Robert Jenrick after shadow minister claimed Muslim veils SHOULD be outlawed

The Conservative leader dismissed shadow justice secretary Robert Jenrick 's suggestion that the Muslim face veil should be outlawed entirely.

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6 d. ago Trans 'racism' comparison sparked internal Scottish Government row

Documents show friction following the landmark Supreme Court ruling on the definition of a woman

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6 d. ago Calls grow for ‘embarrassing’ Prince Andrew to leave Royal Lodge

Senior Tory Robert Jenrick says it’s ‘about time Prince Andrew took himself off to live in private’ as ‘the public are sick of him’

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6 d. ago Four out of five Britons want Andrew to be formally stripped of his dukedom

A YouGov poll showed 80% of people want Andrew to have his Duke of York title officially removed amid calls for him to quit his Windsor mansion.

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6 d. ago Robert Jenrick accused of fomenting division by backing burka ban

The Tory shadow justice secretary said there was ‘a strong argument’ for a ban on the face coverings.

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6 d. ago Kemi Badenoch branded 'too weak' after Robert Jenrick 'burqa ban' demand

Tory leader Kemi Badenoch has been accused of being 'too weak' to stand up to Robert Jenrick after he called for the burqa to be banned

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