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Jonathan Hall KC, the independent reviewer of state threat legislation, is expected to report this week on the application of counter-terrorism laws against state interference.

Keir Starmer and Yvette Cooper announced a huge boost to neighbourhood policing teams across the 43 forces in England and Wales after they were ’decimated’ under the Tories

Possessing a ninja sword is to be banned in the UK and carry a penalty of up to six months in jail, the British government said on Thursday, in a bid to curb what it has called a "national" knife crime "crisis."

Sex offenders will no longer be able to change their name and hide from the consequences of their crimes under new measures to be introduced by the government today.

Home Secretary Yvette Cooper states that a series of new laws will help ’take back our town centres’ as she introduces the much-anticipated Crime and Policing Bill, which includes measures on knife crime, stalking, and thefts.

Police could soon have the ability to enter homes where stolen phones have been tracked, without needing prior court approval.

Stricter rules for retailers selling knives online - and tougher penalties for those who break them - are to be introduced in the spring.

Terror-style laws could see people smugglers jailed for up to five years — just for looking up the Channel weather forecast.

The government has been facing pressure to launch a new national inquiry into grooming gangs but ministers have said one was already carried out.

Justice Minister Heidi Alexander said thugs taking part in disorder have a ’prison place waiting for them’ and could face the maximum 10 year sentence for taking part in riots

Home secretary describes Tory policy that Labour has axed as ‘the biggest waste of taxpayer money I have ever seen’

David Neal was sacked after claiming that hundreds of private jet passengers were allowed into the UK without going through proper checks, which he branded a "scandal"

New analysis found the total number of arrivals since Sunak took office had risen to 38,668 - over a third of the 115,927 who have crossed the Channel since the crisis began

The Community Security Trust's chief executive Mark Gardner described the "explosion in hatred" against the Jewish community as "an absolute disgrace"

Tories have been accused of 'busting the budget' after Home Secretary James Cleverly said he needed an extra £2.6billion to plug a Home Office budget black hole

Shadow Home Secretary Yvette Cooper warned unnecessary bureaucracy is hampering efforts to tackle knife crime as she claimed the Home Office under the Tories 'isn't doing its job properly'

Tory immigration ministers Tom Pursglove and Michael Tomlinson admitted they don't know where nearly a third of people whose asylum applications were withdrawn are

The Tory MP attempted to scold Yvette Cooper over Rwanda, saying the Shadow Home Secretary couldn't 'get the name of the country right' after referring to Kigali - the capital

Labour Shadow Home Secretary Yvette Cooper estimated that the Government has pledged almost £400million to Rwanda, with additional payments of around £200,000 per person sent there

The papers reportedly suggest Rishi Sunak was not convinced by the Rwanda plan when it was being drawn up. Now Labour has called on the PM to publish the papers

Home Secretary James Cleverly was forced to apologise after we revealed he joked about drugging his wife, saying 'a little bit of Rohypnol in her drink every night' was 'not really illegal if it's only a little bit'

Prime Minister RIshi Sunak is under pressure to denounce the Home Secretary's remarks after James Cleverly joked about giving his wife a date-rape drug

Home Secretary James Cleverly - who is facing calls to resign after he joked about giving his wife a date-rape joke - has been branded 'Colonel Calamity' by Tory MPs