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Police urged to double use of facial recognition software

Policing minister Chris Philp suggests target of more than 200,000 searches over next six months in England and Wales

The Guardian - UK

Policing minister urges forces to double use of facial recognition software

It comes despite a cross-party group of MPs and peers calling for the use of live facial recognition technology to stop immediately.

The Independent UK

Major UK retailers urged to quit ‘authoritarian’ police facial recognition strategy

Human rights campaigners say the Pegasus initiative wrongly criminalises people of colour, women and LGBTQ+ people

The Guardian - UK

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OPINION - Facial recognition vans: the case for and against

A minister and technology advocate go head-to-head over facial recognition technology

Evening Standard

Police pledge shoplifting crackdown with facial recognition to make ‘hostile environment’ for thieves

Policing minister declares zero-tolerance approach as shoplifting offences surge by 25 per cent in a year

The Independent UK

Under cover of a shoplifting panic, the Tories are pushing through a shocking expansion of facial recognition

This widespread use in shops would be a sudden and dramatic increase of government and police surveillance powers , writes Akiko Hart from Liberty

The Guardian - UK

Ministers say Hamas support in UK ‘repugnant’ and call for full force of law

Home Secretary Suella Braverman said she wants officers to use the full force of the law against ‘glorification of terrorism’.

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MPs and peers call for ‘immediate stop’ to live facial recognition surveillance

UK police forces and private firms urged to drop technology due to impact on human rights

The Guardian - UK

UK passport images database could be used to catch shoplifters

Civil liberty campaigners warn Chris Philp’s plans to integrate databases are an ‘Orwellian nightmare’

The Guardian - UK

Police minister Chris Philp is in anti-Ulez Facebook group that praises camera vandals

The Met previously said it recorded 510 crimes relating to the cameras from April 1 to the end of August

Evening Standard

HS2: Five Labour mayors to demand PM keeps project on track

On Tuesday, Home Office minister Chris Philp said Mr Sunak was reviewing how the cost of HS2 could be ‘controlled’.

The Independent UK

Labour’s Andy Burnham warns he could sue Sunak government if HS2 axed

‘We’re not going to take things lying down – they will be hearing from us,’ says Manchester mayor

The Independent UK

Why Sunak wants to scrap HS2 – project bosses wasting millions ‘like kids with golden credit card’

PM believes ‘ballooning bill is far worse than anyone knows’

The Independent UK

Home Secretary Suella Braverman faces storm over Chris Kaba shooting comments

Suella Braverman made a series of tweets after a Metropolitan Police officer was charged with the murder of Mr Kaba

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Suella Braverman criticised by Labour over ‘deeply divisive’ migration speech – as it happened

Home secretary argued that ‘uncontrolled’ migration poses ‘existential challenge for institutions of the west’

The Independent UK

Sunak trying to ‘control’ HS2 costs after they ‘tripled’, minister says

Home Office minister Chris Philp insisted no decision has been made on whether to scrap or delay the Manchester leg of the rail project.

The Guardian - UK

LGBT+ Conservatives patron accuses Braverman of ‘dog-whistle’ politics

UK home secretary will say in US that Britain should not grant asylum to people who simply express fear of discrimination for being gay

The Independent UK

Home Office minister says no plans to ‘interfere’ on drug consumption room pilot

Scotland’s Lord Advocate Dorothy Bain KC said prosecuting users of a facility for simple drugs possession charges would not be in the public interest.

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The Independent UK

Child Q: Police strip-search of 15-year-old schoolgirl ‘unacceptable behaviour’

The girl, who is black, was strip-searched while on her period with no appropriate adult present, at a London school in December 2020

Evening Standard

Police minister Chris Philp defends strip-searches of children in ‘limited circumstances’

The policing minister on Friday defended strip-searches of children in “limited circumstances” after it was confirmed that four Met officers face misconduct charges over the Child Q case.

The Independent UK

Ex-MPs must be ‘exceptionally cautious’ about Chinese recruitment, minister says

The Government said China has tried to ‘headhunt’ UK politicians, military personnel and civil servants to strengthen its influence.

The Independent UK

Child Q strip-search ‘unacceptable’ says policing minister

The girl, who is black, was strip-searched while on her period with no appropriate adult present, at a London school in December 2020.

The Guardian - UK

Animal welfare groups criticise American XL bullies ban, saying they’re ‘deeply concerned’ about lack of evidence – as it happened

PM says breed, responsible for series of attacks, will be banned once it has been properly defined

Evening Standard

Police minister Chris Philp slams anti-Ulez campaigners targeting enforcement vans

But the minister also criticised the Ultra Low Emission Zone expansion

The Independent UK

Laughing gas ban step closer as MPs vote to make nitrous oxide Class C substance

Dealers and users could face jail time and unlimited fines under new measures which are expected to come into force by the end of the year.

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