36 h. ago Ministers urged to intervene in deadline row over Borders wind farm

Communities and energy officials are in dispute over whether a public inquiry is to go ahead.

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4 d. ago Mum of murder victim Emma Caldwell fears inquiry into police probe will be whitewash

Margaret Caldwell fears the planned public inquiry into one of Scotland’s biggest justice scandals will be worthless if restricted to the initial probe into Emma Caldwell's death in 2005.

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8 d. ago Police officer in spycops scandal deceived two women at same time, inquiry told

Mark Jenner began five-year relationship with Alison, a leftwing activist, while under cover spying on political campaignersAn undercover police officer deceived two women at the same time over many years in a sustained betrayal of both of them, the spycops public inquiry has heard.Mark Jenner had a relationship with a leftwing activist, known as Alison, for five years without disclosing to her that he was in reality an undercover officer who was spying on political campaigners. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago Mum of murdered Emma Caldwell fears police 'could avoid accountability' at public inquiry

An inquiry into the 2005 murder of Emma, 27, by serial rapist Iain Packer officially starts work today.

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9 d. ago Former children’s commissioner to lead grooming gangs inquiry

A former children’s commissioner will chair the national inquiry into grooming gangs after months of delays.Baroness Anne Longfield will lead the inquiry over three years with a budget of £65 million.Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood set out the appointment and the inquiry’s terms of reference in the Commons on Tuesday.Of her appointment, Baroness Longfield said: “The Inquiry owes it to the victims, survivors and the wider public to identify the truth, address past failings and ensure that children and young people today are protected in a way that others were not.“The Inquiry will follow the evidence and will not shy away from difficult or uncomfortable truths wherever we find them.”There has been mounting pressure on the Government to move forward with the inquiry, first announced by the Prime Minister in June.In October, the final two candidates to chair the inquiry dropped out of the process which led to concerns it could take months to get someone in post.Five women also resigned ...

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1 week ago Why SNP's £250 million public inquiry bill could have been a lot smaller

Some public inquiries are essential, but they should be a last resort and subject to time and cost limits

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2 w. ago Family of Salisbury Novichok victim Dawn Sturgess condemn inquiry's 'unanswered questions' as it finds Vladimir Putin ordered attack on Sergei Skripal 'to show Russian power'

Former Russian spy Sergei Skripal, pictured here with daughter Yulia, was poisoned by Novichok at his home in Salisbury. A report today found Putin authorised the hit as a show of Russian strength.

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2 w. ago Salisbury novichok latest: Putin is ‘active threat’ to public, Britons warned after poisoning death inquiry

Dawn Sturgess inquiry finds Putin ordered poisonings in 'public demonstration of Russian power'

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2 w. ago Salisbury novichok latest: Putin ordered poisonings in show of ‘Russian power’, Dawn Sturgess inquiry finds

Public inquiry to publish findings on Russian Novichok poisonings

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2 w. ago Vladimir Putin was 'morally responsible' for death of Dawn Sturgess in Salisbury Novichok poisonings after authorising attack as a 'public demonstration of Russian power', inquiry finds

Former Russian spy Sergei Skripal, pictured here with daughter Yulia, was poisoned by Novichok at his home in Salisbury. A report today found Putin authorised the hit as a show of Russian strength.

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2 w. ago Salisbury novichok latest: Putin ‘morally responsible’ for spy poisoning death of Dawn Sturgess, says inquiry

Public inquiry to publish findings on Russian Novichok poisonings

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2 w. ago Salisbury Novichok latest: Dawn Sturgess inquiry to reveal findings over Russian spy poisoning

Public inquiry to publish findings on Russian Novichok poisonings

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2 w. ago Novichok public inquiry to reveal findings in Dawn Sturgess poisoning case

Dawn Sturgess, 44, died after being exposed to the chemical weapon which was left in a discarded perfume bottle in Amesbury, Wiltshire, in July 2018

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2 w. ago Scots grooming gangs evidence to be probed by experts before public inquiry decision

SCOTLAND's grooming gangs evidence is to be probed by experts before a decision is made on whether to hold a public inquiry. It was announced today that a review will be carried out by an independent expert and used to inform future decisions on whether to hold a Scottish public inquiry into grooming gangs. The...

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2 w. ago Government has spent more than £100m so far responding to Covid inquiry

Transparency data from the Cabinet Office shows the staff and legal costs associated with responding to the public inquiry.

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2 w. ago Disgraced Andrew's Royal Lodge rental agreement launches inquiry into royal home leases

The Public Accounts Committee, Parliament's spending watchdog, will launch an inquiry into the Crown Estate after details emerged about Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor's Royal Lodge lease.

Society

2 w. ago Grooming gangs expert calls on SNP Government to launch urgent child sexual exploitation review

Professor Alexis Jay said a review could be a "precursor" to a public inquiry.

Politics

2 w. ago Russian interference in UK politics: Why more than 100,000 people want a public inquiry

It is clear that Russia is trying to undermine democracy in this country, but we need to know the size of the threat

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2 w. ago Two Met officers running spycops unit were ‘incredibly racist’, inquiry told

Undercover unit monitored Stephen Lawrence’s family, as well as thousands of mainly leftwing political activistsTwo senior officers who supervised an undercover Scotland Yard unit spying on political campaigns were “horribly and incredibly” racist, a whistleblower has told a public inquiry.Peter Francis, a former member of the unit, testified that one regularly used the “N-word”, while the other used a repertoire of explicit racist slurs. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago John Swinney sets deadline on Scotland grooming gangs inquiry final decision

John Swinney has revealed when he will confirm whether Scotland will hold a public inquiry into grooming gangs

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