Posts Tagged ‘home-secretary’

Checks were relaxed at 28 ports

Monday, November 14th, 2011

The home secretary has revealed her pilot scheme to reduce passport checks was used at 28 ports and airports.

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Checks were relaxed at 28 ports

Labour to establish police review

Tuesday, September 27th, 2011

Shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper says Labour will set up an independent commission to review policing in England and Wales.

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Labour to establish police review

Home secretary bans EDL march

Friday, August 12th, 2011

The home secretary bans an English Defence League march which was to take part through a Shropshire town on Saturday.

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‘Complacency’ on campus radicals

Monday, June 6th, 2011

The home secretary accuses universities of “complacency” in tackling radicalisation and Islamic extremism on campus.

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‘Complacency’ on campus radicals

May warns demo’s ‘mindless thugs’

Monday, March 28th, 2011

The home secretary condemns the “mindless thugs” who attacked police and smashed property in London on Saturday, and warns of more arrests to come.

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May warns demo’s ‘mindless thugs’

Cooper criticises lack of draft 28-day powers

Monday, January 24th, 2011

Shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper has criticised the government for failing to publish draft emergency legislation enabling the pre-charge detention of terror suspects for more than 14 days.

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Cooper criticises lack of draft 28-day powers

Straw and Davis prison vote bid

Tuesday, January 18th, 2011

Ex-Home Secretary Jack Straw is joining forces with ex-shadow home secretary David Davis in an attempt to block plans to give thousands of prisoners the vote.

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Straw and Davis prison vote bid

Are white girls "easy meat" for sex abuse?

Saturday, January 8th, 2011

Former home secretary Jack Straw has said he believes some Pakistani men in Britain see white girls as “easy meat” for sexual abuse.

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Are white girls "easy meat" for sex abuse?

Are white girls "easy meat" for sex abuse?

Saturday, January 8th, 2011

Former home secretary Jack Straw has said he believes some Pakistani men in Britain see white girls as “easy meat” for sexual abuse.

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Are white girls "easy meat" for sex abuse?

Sex abuse case prompts Straw plea

Saturday, January 8th, 2011

Former home secretary Jack Straw says he believes some Pakistani men in Britain see white girls as “easy meat” after two men were jailed for running a grooming gang.

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Sex abuse case prompts Straw plea

Labour ‘may back’ detention cut

Sunday, November 21st, 2010

Shadow home secretary Ed Balls says Labour may be ready to back coalition moves to cut the pre-charge detention period for terror suspects to 14 days.

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Labour ‘may back’ detention cut

U.K. official: Aircraft was likely target of attack

Saturday, October 30th, 2010

A package discovered at a U.K. airport had “viable explosives” and could have brought down an aircraft upon detonation, Britain’s home secretary said today.

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U.K. official: Aircraft was likely target of attack

Suing police too easy – Met chief

Monday, October 11th, 2010

Britain’s most senior police officer asks the home secretary to help cut the amount of legal action taken against his force, reports say.

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Suing police too easy – Met chief

Plea to home secretary over Gamu

Saturday, October 9th, 2010

The home secretary is urged to take a “personal interest” in the case of X Factor singer Gamu Nhengu, who faces deportation.

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Plea to home secretary over Gamu