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Volunteer police officers to be given Taser powers to boost defence

Priti Patel is expected to call for ‘higher standards’ in the police, arguing that the public are in ‘urgent need of reassurance’.

The Independent UK

Leaked Prevent review attacks ‘double standards’ on far right and Islamists

Exclusive: draft of Shawcross report calling for crackdown on Islamist extremism raises concerns it will try to ‘politicise counter-terrorism’

The Guardian - UK

Two in five police recruits are female

The gender balance of new hires varies by police force.

The Independent UK

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Private papers show extent of row between Patel and police leaders

Home Office plans have been described as a power grab by chief constables and crime commissioners

The Guardian - UK

Home Office must stop cruel deportations

Letters: We need a sympathetic immigration system, writes Diana Good, while Leatrice Bailey notes that the Home Office has the capacity to act quickly when it is at risk of being held to account

The Guardian - UK

Hundreds of passports lost by government courier as major backlog continues

The government issued more than a million fewer passports in 2020 and 2021, but lost passports skyrocketed

Liverpool Echo

Rachel Maclean’s foolish comments have exposed this government’s biggest weakness

Rachel Maclean will be wincing for weeks. The Home Office minister’s broadcast round this morning was the stuff of nightmares – for speaker and listeners alike. But the ensuing row caught light because of the failure of her political bosses.

Evening Standard

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What is Section 60 as Priti Patel lifts stop and search restrictions?

Home secretary Priti Patel has permanently lifted restrictions on stop and search powers.

Evening Standard

8 times Tories criticised for being 'out of touch' over cost of living crisis

Home Office Minister Rachel Maclean sparked a fresh row over cost of living as she said some Brits could get higher paid jobs or work longer hours to "protect" themselves from long term cost of living pressures

Daily Mirror

Tory minister admits 'I need another coffee' after stats struggle in awkward interview

Rachel Maclean was grilled over changes to stop-and-search powers by her boss Priti Patel - and gave the wrong figures before saying she didn't have them in front of her

Daily Mirror

Police fear ‘draconian’ new protest laws could increase danger to officers and damage public confidence

New bill would enable the suspicionless stop and search of peaceful protesters and make ‘locking on’ a crime

The Independent UK

Families risk missing holidays abroad due to hundreds of passports getting lost

Recruitment issues, massive backlogs and lost passports are causing chaos for families hoping to get away this summer

Manchester Evening News

Priti Patel set to give herself more powers to ‘intervene’ in policing

Proposed changes to protocol governing home secretary’s powers would ‘lower threshold’ for intervention

The Independent UK

‘Priti Patel’s Rwanda plan won’t stop us crossing’ — inside the migrant crisis escalating in the Channel

Critics deem it expensive and counter-productive — but is the Government’s new scheme even workable? Katie Strick reports

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The Independent UK

Home Office minister struggles to answer questions about stop-and-search changes

Rachel Maclean admitted she did not have a briefing paper in front of her for the interview.

Wales Online

Couriers lose hundreds of passports amid chaos for British holidaymakers

The number of key documents going missing has been revealed

Wales Online

Struggling Brits should work more hours or get better paid job as prices soar, says minister

Rachel Maclean, safeguarding minister in the Home Office, said it could be a solution to cost of living crisis for some households

Daily Mirror

Priti Patel lifts restrictions on controversial police stop-and-search powers

Stop-and-search powers are disproportionately used against black communities. In the year to March 2021, black people were 7x more likely to be stopped and searched than white people.

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The Guardian - UK

Rwanda president suggests UK extradite genocide suspects after asylum deal

Exclusive: Comments raise concerns UK will find it difficult to refuse requests from Kigali on sensitive issues

The Independent UK

Work more or get better paid jobs to afford rising prices, says minister

Safeguarding minister Rachel Maclean said a long-term solution to the cost-of-living crisis could involve taking on more hours at work.

Daily Mirror

Tory minister says Brits could work longer or get better paid jobs to cope with rising costs

Home Office Minister Rachel Maclean said the Government wanted people to be able to 'protect themselves better' from cost of living pressures in the long term

The Independent UK

Britons struggling with cost of living should get a ‘better job’, says minister

Home Office minister suggests people ‘take on more hours’ and make use of local job centres

Chronicle Live

Hundreds of passports lost in delivery amid shambles for British holidaymakers

Some 422 passports or "supporting documents" were lost "during delivery by courier" - 0.006%

Edinburgh Live

Ukrainian parents in Scotland beg Home Office to let them bring daughter to the UK

Two Ukrainian parents who were in Scotland when war broke out are begging the Home Office to let them bring their 12-year-old daughter to the UK

Daily Record

Ukrainian parents working in Scotland when war broke out beg Home Office to bring daughter, 12, to the UK

Inna Yarovaya and husband Serhii have waited two months for the necessary documents to fly to the Czech Republic to collect daughter, Victoria, 12.

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