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A protester lights a flare outside the Royal Courts of Justice as Palestine Action challenge proscription in a High Court hearing in London on 4 July. The ban, which critics have called draconian, will make it illegal to be a member of the group. (Picture: Leon Neal/Getty Images)

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Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer holds a press conference on immigration at Downing Street (Picture: Ian Vogler - WPA Pool/Getty Images)

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Immigration and border control signs at Edinburgh Airport. Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images

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A Scottish immigration system could allow people to live and work in Scotland, but not other parts of the UK (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell)

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A prison sentence is not the only punishment for crime (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell)

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Scotland would benefit from its own visa system for migrants, but the independence debate means Westminster is unlikely to agree to the idea. Picture: Oli Scarff/Getty Images

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There has been a surge in illegal working raids and arrests since Labour came to power, Home Office data shows. Picture: PA

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Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar called for an immigration system that recognises different demographics and different challenges in different parts of the country

Anas Sarwar reveals talks over bespoke immigration for Scotland

From left, Brunswick PACT chairman Brian Roberts, Home Secretary Yvette Cooper and policing minister Dame Diana Johnson at the Home Office discussing the NationalWorld campaign Silent Crime on November 21, 2024

Home Secretary Yvette Cooper pledges action on Silent Crime

Former Prime Minister Gordon Brown and his wife Sarah at a remembrance service at the Cenotaph memorial in central London in 2018

Gordon Brown reveals why he is opposed to assisted dying law

Protesters called for an end to the detention of asylum seekers in hotels after six people were injured in a knife attack at Park Inn Hotel in Glasgow in June 2020.

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Westminster denies looking at Scotland-specific immigration visa

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Protesters blocked an immigration van amid a 'stand off' over Home Office raid in Glasgow earlier this month.

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Joanne Hennessy is Partner and head of business immigration, TLT

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Tommy Robinson, whose real name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, is currently in Cyprus.

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(left to right from top) Angela Rayner, Ian Murray, David Lammy, Bridget Phillipson, Wes Streeting, Lisa Nandy, Ed Miliband, Yvette Cooper

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First Minister John Swinney speaking to the media at The Port of Leith Distillery in Edinburgh, following the landslide general election victory for the Labour Party. Picture: Jane Barlow/PA Wire

John Swinney to rethink independence strategy after disastrous election result

Home Secretary Suella Braverman is facing a backlash from her own MPs.

Pressure grows on Rishi Sunak to sack Suella Braverman over police article

It is reported that Mrs Braverman asked Home Office aides to help organise a one-to-one driving awareness course

Rishi Sunak declines to back Suella Braverman over speeding points allegations

Lancashire Police's Assistant Chief Constable Peter Lawson listens next to Detective Chief Superintendent Pauline Stables as she speaks at a press conference after Nicola Bulley's body was found in the River Wyre. Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images

Police confirm body found in river is Nicola Bulley

dangerous domestic abusers will be recorded on the violent and sex offender register under new government proposals (Photo: Adobe)

Domestic abusers could be added to violent and sex offender list

Flowers, and ribbons on a bridge over the River Wyre in St Michael's on Wyre, Lancashire, where police recovered a body on Sunday, which was found by members of the public close to where Nicola Bulley disappeared on January 27. Ms Bulley, 45, was last seen walking her dog nearby, on a footpath along the River Wyre, after dropping her daughters, aged six and nine, at school. Picture date: Monday February 20, 2023.

Nicola Bulley’s partner tells of ‘agony’ after body found in river

Shadow Home Secretary Yvette Cooper called for the documents to be released.

Labour demand details of security concerns over 'leaky' Suella Braverman

There is a “lack of proper standards” and “a lack of ethics” in Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s Government highlighted by the appointments of Sir Gavin Williamson and Suella Braverman, shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper has said.

Opposition hit out at "lack of proper standards” in Rishi Sunak’s Government

Home secretary Suella Braverman said Britain was suffering an 'invasion'. Picture: PA Images

Sunak distances himself from Suella Braverman 'invasion' comments

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Braverman steps down as home secretary and suggests Truss should quit

Contender to become the country's next Prime minister and leader of the Conservative party, foreign secretary Liz Truss, is greeted by supporters as she arrives to attend a Conservative Party hustings event in Perth. Picture: Andy Buchanan/AFP via Getty Images

Truss supporter says British 'hardest working in world' after 'more graft' leak

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A bystander walks past a fresco by street artist Seth depicting a girl with a Ukrainian flag walking on tanks in Paris. Picture: Joel Saget/AFP via Getty Images

UK Government refuses to waive visas for people fleeing Ukraine

People take part in a protest outside Downing Street in Westminster.

Long-awaited Afghan resettlement scheme grants leave to remain to first family

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New COVID variant: Labour MP calls for ‘immediate’ re-instatement of pre-travel ...

The Prime Minister said it was “barely 30 seconds” that he was not wearing a face-covering during the visit to Hexham General Hospital on November 8.

Boris Johnson apologises for not wearing mask on hospital visit

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Border failings led to Covid-19 spreading faster in the UK, say MPs

Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson answering questions from a Parliamentary Liaison Committee. Picture: Andrew Parsons/10 Downing Street/AFP via Getty Images

Boris Johnson says Dominic Cummings inquiry not ‘good use of official time’

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A poll suggests the majority of Labour party members want Keir Starmer to replace Jeremy Corbyn as leader.

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Senior MPs have expressed concerns over the UKs ability to work with European officials to combat people trafficking after Brexit. Picture: PA

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Labour MPs condemned the efforts to oust the deputy leader. Picture: Getty Images

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The steeple of the landmark Notre-Dame Cathedral collapses as the cathedral is engulfed in flames. Picture: Getty Images

Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris suffers ‘colossal damage’ in inferno

Pro-EU campaigners calliing for a Peoples Vote protest outside the Houses of Parliament. Picture: AFP/Getty

Brexit: Theresa May is setting a trap for Jeremy Corbyn – Ian Murray MP

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Labour's Yvette Cooper, one of the MPs behind a cross-party effort to stop a no-deal Brexit, said the UK could need its own Smith Commission to find a compromise

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Prime Minister Theresa May spoke to EU Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker on Sunday

Downing Street says Brexit vote will go ahead despite uncertainty

Labour Leader Jeremy Corbyn. Picture: SWNS

Corbyn referendum pressure after Labour’s Brexit plan defeated

Exiting the European Union Secretary Stephen Barclay leaving Downing Street, central London after Brexit talks. Picture: Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire

Brexit: Minister denies claim Government has ruled out no-deal

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Government clears way to rush through a last-minute Brexit deal

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