Government-backed plans to criminalise upskirting have been derailed after being opposed by a Conservative grandee. There were cries of “shame!” as Sir Christopher Chope (pictured) dealt a blow to campaigners
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Scotland would face “austerity until doomsday” if the country became independent, former prime minister Gordon Brown has said. He issued the warning as he called for politicians north and south
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Reforms to mental health units have stalled after a Tory MP delivered one of the Commons’ longest speeches in recent years. Cries of “shame” were heard in the chamber as
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The devolved administrations in Scotland and Wales have united to raise serious concerns about the status of European citizens after Brexit. In a letter to Home Secretary Sajid Javid, ministers
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The Government has lost a legal battle arising out of a data breach when personal details of almost 1,600 immigrants were published online. Leading judges in London were asked to
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Issuing identity cards would help avert a larger Windrush-style scandal post-Brexit, ministers have been told. Leading academic Baroness O’Neill of Bengarve argued of the need for “robust identification documents”, demonstrating
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The SNP have called for all MPs to have suicide awareness training after an alleged Tory jibe. The call came following Wednesday’s Brexit bill debate in which it was alleged
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Lawyers for two severely disabled men who won a High Court declaration that they had been unlawfully discriminated against have called on the Government to halt the roll-out of the
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Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has called on the Home Office to “urgently review” the case of a 10-year-old orphan who is facing deportation. Ms Sturgeon has called on the
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The NHS is to be able to recruit thousands more medical staff from abroad, after the Government announced a relaxation on visas. Doctors and nurses are to be excluded from
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