Archive: Theresa May
Damning parliamentary report threatens to blow doors off detention regime
Britain's immigrant detention system facing what could be its greatest ever crisis, after a damning report by MPs and peers was released amid a continued scandal over racism and violence at Yarl's Wood
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NARPO "surprised" by Theresa May's choice of candidate for HMCIC
The National Association of Retired Police Officers (NARPO) has been watching with interest the recent developments in policing and was surprised not only at the Home Secretary’s choice of candidate for Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Constabulary (HMCIC) but also at the comment that he was head and shoulders above any other candidate.
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Unite: G4S civilian investigators should send shock waves across the country
Unite the union, which represents police staff has demanded that home secretary, Theresa May steps in to halt police privatisation as the disgraced security company G4S advertises for civilian investigators to work for Warwickshire police.
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BHA: Scrapping the Human Rights Act would be 'an international embarrassment' for the UK
Scrapping the Human Rights Act 1998 (HRA) would be an international embarrassment for the UK, the British Humanist Association (BHA) has said as it urged parliamentarians from across the political spectrum to defend the law.
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The horror in detention centres won't be fixed by a narrow review
As they Home Office announces a review of detention centres, we reveal the horror behind the barbed-wire walls
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Home Office clings to the raft as international drug consensus crumbles
As the US finally starts to accept defeat in the war on drugs, the Home Office hides in the shadows
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Without due process: How Britain deported 50,000 students
Tens of thousands of students are being removed from Britain for supposedly fraudulent test results - but why won;t the Home Office show them the evidence against them?
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Without due process: How Britain deported 50,000 students - part two
Tens of thousands of students are being removed from Britain for supposedly fraudulent test results - but why won;t the Home Office show them the evidence against them?
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May's 'extremism Asbos' could lock up Muslims for thought-crime
We need an inclusive policy to defeat Isis, not a western government outlawing ideas it barely understands
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Norman Baker: 'Genie is out the bottle' on drug reform
Westminster has finally reached a tipping point in the drug debate and radical change is now becoming possible, Home Office minister says
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Living in the shadows: When Brits are made illegal
Brits who have been in the country their entire lives are suddenly finding themselves illegal after the Home Office denied their status
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Bricking news: Boris fails to steal the show
Boris Johnson's buffoonery finally met its match at the Conservative party conference this year. It turns out waving a brick around and cracking jokes is no match for a hardline approach against extremism.
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Could Theresa May's 'extremism Asbo' ban the Socialist Workers Party?
Severe new legal sanctions could include Communists, anti-abortion groups and Christian preachers
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Britain secretly decriminalised cannabis – and it's a disaster
How a bit of under-the-table liberalism sucked even more young black and Asian kids into the criminal justice system
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Rotherham child sexual exploitation: 'Culture of disbelief' warning as scapegoating continues
Mandatory reporting of all child sexual exploitation is needed to end the "culture of disbelief" revealed in Rotherham, Keir Starmer has insisted.
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Part two: The Home Office's campaign of lies and intimidation against a mother
Detained, bullied, harassed and lied about: How the Home Office treated one visitor to Heathrow
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The Home Office's campaign of lies and intimidation against a mother
Detained, bullied, harassed and lied about: How the Home Office treated one visitor to Heathrow
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Comment: The loophole which allows police to treat 17-year-olds as adults
How many more have to die before Theresa May turns her condolences into action?
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The price on love: Families' hopes dashed as court sides with May
Thousands of British families will be kept apart following a court decision which ruled it was legal to put an income requirement on people bringing foreign spouses to the UK
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The invisible report: The grim reality of the Home Office's sex abuse investigation
An anonymous investigator and an unread report: Exactly what did the Home Office do right in the sex abuse allegation case?
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No public inquiry into child sex abuse… for now
Theresa May reacts to growing public concern over allegations of a Westminster paedophile ring with an inquiry which falls short of being full and public - but retains the power to do so if its chairman demands it
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Gove smothers May with praise - while retreating from his extremism apology
Michael Gove fell over himself to praise Theresa May this morning - while subtly retreating from his apology over her handling of extremism.
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Legal ruling proves the Home Office broke its promise on torture victims
The Home Office has broken its own promise on torture victims and it's admitted it in court
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Khat ban comes into force despite fears Somali community will be criminalised
The long-awaited ban on khat comes into force at midnight, despite fears the move will criminalise communities from the Horn of Africa
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In chaos & running out of time: Passport boss apologises for ruined holidays
The head of the Passport Office apologises to those who could miss their summer holidays due to delays in processing their documents
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Boris Johnson buys water cannon in defiance of Theresa May
London mayor thought to have grown impatient with the home secretary.
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Questions remain after May statement to the Commons
Questions about Theresa May's public spat with Michael Gove remain, even after an aggressive Commons performance from the home secretary
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Putting a price on love: Half of Brits banned from living with a foreign partner
Nearly half of Brits working in the UK are banned from living with a spouse from outside the EU under the coalition's tough new anti-immigration law, new research reveals
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