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Starmer announces counter-extremist review after Southport murders

Gregor Poynton MP for the Livingston Constituency

Gregor Poynton MP challenges social media giants on responsibility for violent o...

Three girls – Bebe King, Elsie Dot Stancombe and Alice Dasilva Aguiar – were fatally stabbed

Teenager Axel Rudakubana pleads guilty to Southport murders

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.

Exclusive Home Office urged to bring 'immediate end' to Glasgow asylum hotels

Westminster denies looking at Scotland-specific immigration visa

Silent Crime: Violence against shop workers 'demands action now'

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

Labour’s current business immigration review may reshape working landscape

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

Explainer Could Tommy Robinson legally attend Scotland rally?

Tributes pour in for girls killed by holiday club knife attacker

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

Who has Sir Keir Starmer picked to be in his Cabinet?

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

Suella Braverman has reportedly stepped down as Home Secretary.

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

Crime writer Val McDermid PIC: KT Bruce

Festival review: Borders Book Festival, Melrose

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

Yvette Cooper (Photo by Hollie Adams/Getty Images)

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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PM has said tougher restrictions on cross-channel travel may be needed

A passenger wearing a face mask as a precaution against the novel coronavirus arrives at Heathrow airport

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’

UK Government considered imposing ‘London-specific' coronavirus lockdown

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

Keir Starmer the front-runner to replace Jeremy Corbyn says poll

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

Surge in Scottish exploitation cases as MPs raise fears over European co-operati...

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

Labour deputy leader Tom Watson survives attempt to oust him - but post will be ...

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

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

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

Brexit: UK needs a Smith Commission to find compromise, MP says

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

Downing Street says Brexit vote will go ahead despite uncertainty
A Brexit vote will go ahead in the Commons on Tuesday, but Downing Street was unable to say whether MPs would be deciding whether to formally approve Theresa Ma...

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

Theresa May gives gives a statement about progress on Brexit talks to MPs in the the House of Commons yesterday. She has appealed for more time to renegotiate her deal with Brussels. Picture: Getty

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

The group includes Labour MP Yvette Cooper (pictured) and Conservative former ministers Sir Oliver Letwin and Nicholas Boles. Picture: Getty

Brexit: MPs sets out plans to prevent UK leaving EU in “accidental” no-deal

Prime Minister Theresa May. Picture: PA Wire

Brexit analysis: Vote on ‘Plan Bs’ could deepen deadlock

Theresa May faces yet another crucial vote on Brexit in the Commons

Vote on Brexit ‘plan Bs’ could lead to deeper deadlock - Paris Gourtsoyannis

Yvette Cooper on the BBC's Andrew Marr show.

Something has to give if Brexit is going to be delivered - Brian Monteith

Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon. Picture: Dominic Lipinski/PA Wire

Nicola Sturgeon backs Yvette Cooper’s Article 50 amendment

The TUC's Frances O'Grady leaves 10 Downing Street, following talks with the Government over Brexit. Picture: Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire

Union repeats warning to Theresa May to scrap no-deal Brexit option

Theresa May and her husband Philip May attend a Sunday church service yesterday in Aylesbury. A group of MPs are expected to present a bill on Monday which could allow Brexit to be delayed if Parliament does not approve an EU withdrawal agreement. Picture: Getty

Theresa May unwilling to give ground on Brexit plan

Jeremy Corbyn speaks at St Mary in the Castle during a visit to Hastings in East Sussex yesterday, where he said his party was determined to get a deal. Picture: Gareth Fuller/PA Wire

Last chance for MPs to steer Brexit as May and Corbyn refuse to talk

Yvette Cooper listens during Prime Minister's Questions in the House of Commons.
Picture: PA

Dani Garavelli: Lost leader gives Corbyn cause to cringe

Cross-party MPs attempt to block a No Deal Brexit

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Strictly Come Dancing sensation Ed Balls on his newest TV show

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Scotland has failed to meet its latest target for reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, the latest official figures show. Picture: John Giles/PA Wire

Fail: Scotland misses climate target

Pro-independence protesters with Scottish Saltire flags (top) march for Scottish independence. Picture: Andy Buchanan/AFP via Getty Images

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