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Cooper says law on rape being tightened so adults cannot use consent as defence against charge of raping child under 16 – as it happened

Yvette Cooper tells parliament that Louise Casey audit found some cases were downgraded from rape to lesser charges ‘because 13- to 15-year-old is perceived to have consented’

The Guardian - UK

Keir Starmer makes U-turn mid-air over grooming gangs inquiry

PM forced to cave in to clamour for statutory inquiry despite earlier dismissing them as amplifying far right demands

The Guardian - UK

Fact check: Do foreigners occupy nearly half of London’s social housing?

Key context missing from widely-shared online claim about the proportion of social housing that foreign-born residents occupy, analysis finds

Evening Standard

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Family visa income threshold should not rise to skilled worker level – review

The Migration Advisory Committee said that approach would most likely conflict with international law.

Evening Standard

Badenoch says organisations should be able to decide if staff can wear burkas

Kemi Badenoch also said people who come to her constituency surgeries must remove their face coverings.

Evening Standard

Labour struggling to slash 'unsustainable' foreign aid spending on asylum hotels, despite vow to end practice

The Government is spending £2.2 billion of overseas development funds to house migrants

Evening Standard

Tories brand blaming weather ‘lazy’ as likely days for Channel crossings double

The Government published the statistics after a record number of daily arrivals, as the Conservatives hit out at ministers for blaming the weather.

Evening Standard

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Number of likely days for Channel crossings double compared with previous years

The data publication comes just days after the highest daily total of arrivals was recorded this year so far.

Evening Standard

UK pressures France to crack down on small boat crossings

Opposition politicians in Britain say that smugglers are exploiting a French law that bars police from acting once migrants are in the water.

Euronews

Starmer faces further calls to sack his Attorney General

Shadow home secretary Chris Philp argued Lord Richard Hermer should be fired for having ‘appalling judgment’.

Evening Standard

Visual guide to how the Liverpool parade collision unfolded

Driver of car in Liverpool parade collision may have tailgated ambulance into pedestrian area

The Guardian - UK

Tories: Migrants would not be dying in Channel if Rwanda scheme had gone ahead

Chris Philp told that MPs immigration has created ‘social fractures’ and listed nationalities he claimed have high ‘levels of criminality’.

Evening Standard

Survey reveals employees’ top peeves at work

Workplace frustrations can escalate if left unresolved

The Independent UK

Tories only realised Brexit impact on small boats ‘just before’ leaving EU, admits senior MP

Chris Philp says in leaked audio that Tories ‘ran some checks’ just prior to Brexit and realised ‘around half’ of small boat arrivals could have been returned under EU law

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Evening Standard

Flagship immigration reforms closer to law following MPs’ vote of support

MPs voted 316 to 95, majority 221 at third reading in support of the Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill.

The Independent UK

Government set to close care worker visa for overseas recruitment

The Home Secretary said the system will change to ‘prevent it being used to recruit from abroad’

Evening Standard

Government to close care worker visa for overseas recruitment, says Cooper

Ministers are due to publish their Immigration White Paper on Monday.

Evening Standard

Arrivals may need better English as part of migration crackdown, suggests No 10

An immigration White Paper is expected to be published next week and is likely to include measures aimed at reducing net migration into the UK.

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EU Humiliates Keir Starmer, Rejects Plea to Tackle Small Boat Crossings

In an awkward twist for Labour’s Brexit ambitions, Brussels has flatly turned down the UK’s request for access to EU migration data.

Evening Standard

Tories to publish ‘Deportation Bill’ as party hits out at Labour and Reform

The Conservatives have called for automatic deportation for people entering Britain via unauthorised routes, and an annual cap on migration.

The Independent UK

Labour minister urged to quit over ‘dog whistle’ remark on grooming gangs

The Commons leader has apologised after suggesting on BBC ‘Any Questions?’ that raising concerns over Asian grooming gangs was ‘dog whistle’ politics

The Fashion Central

New Deportation Crisis Erupts—Starmer Blasted for 'Hollow Words' as ECHR Clash Sparks Public Fury

The Government’s latest promise to stop foreign s*x offenders from claiming asylum in the UK is already facing heavy backlash.

Evening Standard

Fury as armed officer who shot Chris Kaba to face disciplinary hearing

Martyn Blake, 41, was cleared of murder in October but will have to face misconduct proceedings over the shooting.

Evening Standard

Jarvis urges Glastonbury to think carefully about line-up after Kneecap comments

Conservative former minister Mark Francois said it would be ‘unconscionable’ for the Irish rap trio to perform at the festival.

The Independent UK

Plans to publish nationalities of foreign criminals data by end of year

The Home Office announced work is being done to improve data processes on the group of offenders before it can be used for statistics.

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