Sex offenders will be prevented from changing their names in “certain circumstances”, the Home Secretary has said. James Cleverly (pictured) said the Government intends to amend the Criminal Justice Bill
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Matt Hancock knew Tier 3 restrictions would not work when he imposed them on Greater Manchester, the Covid inquiry has heard. Andy Burnham, the Mayor of Greater Manchester, accused the
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Sadiq Khan has accused the Government of failing to keep him informed about the severity of Covid-19 in early 2020, saying “lives could have been saved” if he had been
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Rishi Sunak has conceded that net migration levels are “too high” after one of his senior ministers said it was “unacceptable” that there were a record number of arrivals last
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James Cleverly has apologised for using “unparliamentary language” after calling a Labour MP “shit”, a source close to the Home Secretary said. Mr Cleverly (pictured) has been under pressure to
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Penny Mordaunt has claimed young Scots will have “somewhere safe and warm to take heroin” as a result of the SNP’s “appalling legacy”. The Commons Leader (pictured) took aim at
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The Government’s failure to act quickly in response to warnings about rising Covid-19 cases in autumn 2020 led to preventable deaths, the nation’s chief scientific adviser has said. Professor Dame
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Suella Braverman has joined Tory MPs in piling pressure on Rishi Sunak over net migration, after figures showed it hit a new record of 745,000. The Prime Minister is facing
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Jeremy Hunt has gone from “hero to zero on social care”, according to campaigners who branded the absence of any new funding commitments to the struggling sector “shameful”. The only
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Michael Matheson has said he is “confident” in his record as Health Secretary, as Scottish Conservatives continue to push to hold a vote of no confidence in him after he
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