Home Office asks for emergency £2.6bn after asylum seeker hotels overspend Select committee chair has questioned why cost of housing asylum seekers was not included in department’s original estimates The Guardian - UK · Feb 1, 2024
More than 30,000 UK asylum seekers on bail under Rwanda deportation threat Home Office reveals 33,085 will not have claims examined while government tries to remove them The Guardian - UK · Jan 31, 2024
Rishi Sunak accused of pettiness for denying MPs chance to pay respects to speaker Betty Boothroyd Exclusive: Government refuses requests to delay parliament’s start time so MPs can attend Baroness Boothroyd’s memorial service The Independent UK · Jan 14, 2024
Rishi Sunak must now compensate infected blood scandal victims, politicians demand After the prime minister acted to help hundreds of postmasters wrongly prosecuted by the Post Office, he has been told to roll out compensation to victims of the infected blood scandal The Independent UK · Jan 13, 2024
No 'Firm Date' For Stopping The Boats, Admits British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak Sunak's strategy to cut this figure is centred around sending migrants to Rwanda – but this plan was blocked by the Supreme Court last month. International Business Times UK · Dec 19, 2023
Rishi Sunak’s olive branch to Tory MPs to stave off rebellion over Rwanda Ahead of a vote on the bill on Tuesday government sources say they are ‘happy to have conversations’ with rebel MPs The Independent UK · Dec 8, 2023
How did my MP vote on speeding up compensation for victims of infected blood scandal? MPs pass amendment calling for creation of a compensation body to be set up by the end of the year The Independent UK · Dec 5, 2023
Ministers hiding soaring costs of Rwanda deportation plan, says MP Committee head says report of £15m being paid on top of £140m already spent shows ‘total disregard’ for parliamentary scrutiny The Guardian - UK · Dec 3, 2023
Labour accuses new antislavery watchdog of being ‘Conservative patsy’ Commissioner role was vacant for 18 months and is now set to be filled by former Boris Johnson adviser The Guardian - UK · Oct 11, 2023
MPs call for magic mushrooms and psychedelic drugs to be downgraded Cross-party committee also backs wider use of cannabis for medicinal use and drug ‘consumption rooms’ The Independent UK · Aug 31, 2023
Almost 50 years and no justice on contaminated blood. Is that really ‘at pace’, Rishi Sunak? The government is nearly out of time as it dithers over compensation. So no more platitudes, no more delays, says MP Diana Johnson The Guardian - UK · Jul 29, 2023
UK police accused by MPs of ‘cosying up’ to ‘pimping websites’ Home affairs select committee members criticise policy of working with businesses such as Vivastreet The Guardian - UK · Jul 5, 2023
Rish! finds the liaison committee forgiving under Bernard’s watch Committee chair Bernard Jenkin ensures attempts to grill the prime minister never get very far The Guardian - UK · Jul 4, 2023
Sunak doubles down on controversial Rwanda plan and vows ‘vigorous’ fight ahead PM insists his plan to stop the boats was not on hold The Independent UK · Jul 4, 2023
Daily Mirror · Jul 4, 2023 7 highlights from Rishi Sunak mega-grilling on small boats, cost of living and inflation The PM often looked uncomfortable as he was quizzed by senior backbenchers on issues such as a rise in migrant crossings by small boat across the Channel, the cost of living crisis and inflation
The Guardian - UK · Jul 4, 2023 Rishi Sunak angrily defends Commons absences in session with MPs Prime minister accused at liaison committee hearing of not turning up to PMQs and avoiding sensitive votes
The Guardian - UK · Jun 15, 2023 England and Wales abortion law has been settled, minister tells Commons Edward Argar says government does not intend to change law after case of woman jailed for late abortion
The National (Scotland) · Jun 14, 2023 UK could deport trafficked women under migration bill, Suella Braverman concedes Home Secretary Suella Braverman has conceded that women trafficked into the UK for sexual exploitation could be deported under measures to tackle…
The Independent UK · Jun 14, 2023 Trafficked women could be removed under migration Bill, Braverman concedes The Home Secretary said there are no ‘blanket exclusions’ but said such women could be protected if they co-operate with a police investigation.
The Guardian - UK · Jun 14, 2023 No 10 criticises Nadine Dorries for delaying her resignation – as it happened PM’s office says Mid Bedfordshire deserves ‘proper representation’ and delay to resignation ‘obviously unusual’
The Independent UK · Jun 13, 2023 No plans for abortion law reforms following backlash over jailed mother Carla Foster was given a 28-month sentence after using abortion pills when she was between 32 and 34 weeks pregnant.
Al Jazeera · Jun 13, 2023 As a woman is jailed, UK urged to reform ‘outdated’ abortion laws Public anger rises after a judge decided to prosecute a woman who secured pills for a late-term abortion.
The Guardian - UK · May 30, 2023 How to hold the government to account on public inquiries Letter: Select committees are well-equipped to scrutinise the response to inquiries such the one on child sexual abuse, says Diana Johnson, the chair of the home affairs select committee
The Independent UK · May 10, 2023 MPs to probe Met Police’s handling of anti-monarchy coronation arrests after backlash Home Affairs Committee chairwoman Dame Diana Johnson said there are ‘real questions’ to be asked about how law was applied
The National (Scotland) · May 10, 2023 MPs to investigate policing of coronation protesters after anti-monarchist arrests A GROUP of MPs will investigate the arrests of anti-monarchy protesters during the coronation, it has been announced.