48 h. ago Campaigners seek legal action against those who failed to tackle grooming gangs

The #TheyKnew campaign is seeking to raise £125,000 to investigate whether they can bring legal proceedings against public bodies or individuals.

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4 d. ago Anger at police force's 'harmful' block on new white recruits

Home Secretary Yvette Cooper faced calls to stop West Yorkshire Police 's recruitment drive, which gives members of 'under-represented' ethnic groups priority to apply to be PCs.

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5 d. ago Never mind the officer's race, victims just want one to show up! Anger over police force's 'harmful' block on new white recruits

Home Secretary Yvette Cooper faced calls to stop West Yorkshire Police 's recruitment drive, which gives members of 'under-represented' ethnic groups priority to apply to be PCs.

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5 d. ago Yvette Cooper reverses Tory failure with vow to tackle knife crime and extremism

Home Secretary Yvette Cooper said schools have found it harder to get help with pupils because neighbourhood police teams were decimated under the Tories - and vowed to put that right

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5 d. ago Keir Starmer pledges 3,000 new neighbourhood police officers by start of 2026

The promise is part of a wider guarantee of 13,000 new neighbourhood officers by 2029.

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5 d. ago Keir Starmer confirms when first 3,000 new police officers will be recruited

Keir Starmer and Yvette Cooper will announce a huge boost to neighbourhood policing teams across the 43 forces in England and Wales after they were 'decimated' under the Tories

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5 d. ago Yvette Cooper insists local inquiries into grooming gangs WILL go ahead in five towns despite furious claims Labour has watered down its plans

The Home Secretary hit out at 'party political misinformation' as she said a 'framework is being drawn up at the moment' for the investigations.

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5 d. ago Home Secretary confirms grooming gang inquires will go ahead after allegations they had been scrapped

Yvette Cooper on Thursday blamed "party political misinformation" for claims that five local investigations into the scandals would not happen

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5 d. ago Home Secretary insists local reviews into grooming gangs will go ahead

Yvette Cooper was speaking amid accusations the plans were being watered down.

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6 d. ago PM to unveil plan for ‘putting thousands of bobbies back on the beat’

Town centres and crime ‘hotspot’ areas are expected to receive guaranteed patrols during forces’ busiest periods.

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8 d. ago Who is the chairman of the Southport Inquiry Sir Adrian Fulford?

He sat as a judge of the International Criminal Court from 2003 to 2012.

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8 d. ago Major inquiry into Southport murders launched as Yvette Cooper vows to unearth failings

Yvette Cooper said the public inquiry into the Southport murders at a Taylor-Swift themed dance class will probe failings that allowed Axel Rudakubana to commit 'horrendous attack'

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1 week ago Mother of Manchester Arena victim welcomes royal assent for Martyn’s Law

Figen Murray campaigned for the law change in memory of her 29-year-old son Martyn Hett.

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1 week ago Conservatives reiterate calls for national grooming gangs inquiry

Shadow home secretary Chris Philp has said that his party ‘will not stop fighting for justice’.

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1 week ago Misinformation being ‘whipped up’ over immigration cases – Attorney General

Lord Hermer, however, said it was ‘entirely right’ for the Home Secretary to conduct a review on the use of Article 8 in migration cases in the UK.

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2 w. ago Barrister: I asked Home Office ‘do you still want me?’ on grooming inquiries

Tom Crowther was named in January as someone who would help the Government with their work to tackle child sex abuse and grooming gangs.

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2 w. ago Fragmentation between authorities ‘open invitation’ to Channel gangs, says PM

Sir Keir Starmer said work was being done to better co-ordinate efforts to tackle people-smuggling gangs.

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2 w. ago Countries must not be pitted against each other over migration, Starmer to warn

Sir Keir Starmer will call on the 40 countries gathering in London for a summit to work together to stop people-smuggling gangs.

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2 w. ago Yvette Cooper vows to end 'jobs on tap' for illegal immigrants in gig economy with clampdown on fast food drivers and in beauty salons

The Home Secretary said those found to be illegally employing migrants who are blocked from working face up to five years in prison, huge fines or have their firms closed down.

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2 w. ago US tariffs could harm entire world’s economy, Yvette Cooper warns

The Home Secretary reiterated the Prime Minister’s message that ‘no option is off the table’ when it comes to responding to Donald Trump’s tariffs.

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