Robert Jenrick backs PM with claim UK already an ‘island of strangers’ in some places
Keir Starmer has faced a backlash after he said the UK risked becoming an island of strangers if migration remained unchecked.
Mike Amesbury’s constituents deserve ‘new Labour MP’, says Cooper as by-election looms
The constituents of former Labour MP Mike Amesbury “deserve better representation”, the home secretary has said. Amesbury, the MP for Runcorn and Helsby, has been jailed for 10 weeks after punching a man in the street. He pleaded guilty to assault by beating of 45-year-old Paul Fellows in Main Street, Frodsham, Cheshire, in the early […]
Two-tier policing claim is ‘right-wing extremist narrative’, leaked Home Office report says
Accusations of two-tier policing reflect a “right-wing extremist narrative”, according to a leaked Home Office review. Civil servants reportedly found the claim, promulgated by several high-profile UK politicians and tech billionaire Elon Musk, as among a series of “damaging extremist beliefs”. Home secretary Yvette Cooper said in August she had directed the Home Office to […]
Cooper condemns ‘appalling’ Kemi Badenoch post shared by Labour MP
Yvette Cooper has condemned a post which described Kemi Badenoch as part of “white supremacy’s black collaborator class”.
‘Moral imperative’: Cooper defends bid to emulate right-wing Italian PM on migration
Italy has experienced a 60 per cent drop in illegal migration across the Mediterranean Sea in the past year.
Social media giants must take ‘some responsibility’ for riots, home secretary suggests
Social media companies must take responsibility for putting “rocket boosters” under riots, the home secretary has said.
Braverman accused of ‘grandstanding abroad’ as small boats crossings increase at home
The home secretary Suella Braverman will today give a speech to a centre-right think in the United States in which she will call for reform of the United Nations Refugee Convention. In a speech to the American Enterprise Institute, she will question whether the Convention is “fit for our modern age” and suggest that the […]
Cooper stresses fiscal restraint amid Labour row over two-child benefit cap
Yvette Cooper has this morning insisted Labour must be “clear about what we can fund” as a row grips the party over Sir Keir Starmer’s updated position on the two-child benefit cap. The Labour leader confirmed yesterday that a Labour government would keep the controversial policy, introduced under the Conservatives. The two-child limit prevents parents […]
Government plans to crackdown on grooming gangs completely ‘inadequate’ says Shadow Home Secretary
In response to the government’s plans to clamp-down on grooming, the shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper has branded the move as ‘completely inadequate’. The crackdown announcements include a push on data collection on the make-up of grooming gangs, including ethnicity. It will form part of the support for police forces so suspects “cannot hide behind […]
Suella Braverman denies ignoring legal advice about migrants
