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Ministers to spend extra £100m on stopping small boat crossings to UK

Home Office’s announcement follows growing number of protests outside asylum seeker hotels

The Guardian - UK · Aug 3, 2025

Home Office gives extra £100m for plans to smash people-smuggling gangs

Labour is seeking to bring down small boat crossings, which have topped 25,000 for the year so far.

The Independent UK · Aug 3, 2025

Social media ads for Channel crossings to be banned under new offence

Home Secretary Yvette Cooper has also said she plans to introduce a fast-track scheme to tackle the asylum backlog.

Evening Standard · Aug 2, 2025

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Social media ads promoting small boat crossings to UK to be banned

Change to border security bill will also make it a crime to advertise fake passports, visas and work opportunities

The Guardian - UK · Aug 2, 2025

Yvette Cooper’s fast-track asylum plan revealed after protests across UK

Tensions over asylum hotels have flared up in recent weeks, with a protest and counter-protest taking place on Saturday outside the Thistle City Barbican Hotel in north London

The Independent UK · Aug 2, 2025

Home Secretary to introduce fast-track scheme to tackle asylum backlog in 'major overhaul' of appeal process

The Government faces mounting pressure to cut how many asylum seekers are housed in hotels

Evening Standard · Aug 2, 2025

Cooper: Fast-track scheme to tackle asylum backlog coming

The Government faces pressure to cut how many asylum seekers are housed in hotels.

The Independent UK · Aug 2, 2025

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Crackdown on social media ads promoting small boat crossings to the UK

Individuals caught by the offence could receive a prison sentence of up to five years and a fine

The Independent UK · Aug 2, 2025

Plans for new offence to crack down on promoting Channel crossings online

Anyone advertising crossings or illegal working could face up to five years in prison and a large fine.

Evening Standard · Aug 2, 2025

‘I oppose genocide’: Meet the pensioners risking lengthy prison terms to support Palestine Action

Exclusive: The Independent spoke with half a dozen protesters arrested for supporting a terrorist organisation since the proscription of Palestine Action

The Independent UK · Aug 2, 2025

Police pay rise: Officers’ salary to increase 4.2% in England and Wales

It will apply to all ranks up to and including chief superintendent

The Independent UK · Aug 1, 2025

Ninja sword ban comes into effect across the UK

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The Independent UK · Aug 1, 2025

Yvette Cooper honours ninja sword victim as law in his name takes effect

Home secretary Yvette Cooper described seeing Ronan Kanda’s last moments with his mother before he was killed

The Independent UK · Aug 1, 2025

Knife-related robberies in high-risk areas have reduced, data shows

Home Secretary Yvette Cooper said this is a direct result of targeted police action

The Independent UK · Jul 31, 2025

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The Independent UK · Jul 31, 2025

Reduction in knife-related robberies in UK’s high-risk areas

Drones, knife arches and detection dogs are among the tactics being used in an attempt to bring down the number of incidents.

Evening Standard · Jul 31, 2025

Met plan to axe half its front desks branded ‘nail in the coffin’ for local policing

Scotland Yard budget cuts causing ‘significant worry’ for constituents, London MPs warn

The Guardian - UK · Jul 31, 2025

Hong Kong democracy campaigner accuses UK police of asking her to ‘self-censor’

Exclusive: Thames Valley police requested Carmen Lau ‘avoid public gatherings’ after neighbours received bounty letters

The Independent UK · Jul 30, 2025

Palestinian rights group wins a legal bid to challenge UK ban

The co-founder of a U.K.-based Palestinian rights organization that's outlawed by the British government has won a legal bid to challenge the decision to label the group a terrorist organization

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Evening Standard · Jul 30, 2025

Essex politicians call for meeting with Home Secretary over asylum-seeker hotel

Essex Police said 14 people have been charged in connection with protests at the site and there have been 23 arrests.

Evening Standard · Jul 30, 2025

Palestine Action co-founder wins High Court permission to fight government's terror ban

A judge has ruled Palestine Action’s co-founder can bring a High Court challenge

Evening Standard · Jul 30, 2025

Palestine Action High Court challenge can go ahead, judge rules

Membership of the direct action group is a criminal offence punishable by up to 14 years in prison.

Evening Standard · Jul 30, 2025

Decision due on whether Palestine Action legal challenge can go ahead

A High Court judge will give his decision on whether a full legal challenge can go ahead, at 2pm on Wednesday.

Evening Standard · Jul 28, 2025

Police boss demands meeting with Yvette Cooper to shut Epping asylum hotel

Roger Hirst said The Bell was a ‘totally inappropriate’ location after cost of policing incidents reached £100,000

The Guardian - UK · Jul 28, 2025

‘I shouldn’t have to fight for answers’: David Amess’s daughter on the MP’s murder and her fury at his friends and colleagues

Almost four years on, Katie Amess thinks she will never recover from losing her father. And she isn’t convinced anything has been done to prevent future tragedies

The Independent UK · Jul 26, 2025

Labour must speed up plans to shut all asylum hotels, says party’s red wall chief

Labour MP for Bassetlaw Jo White says there is a ‘huge sense of unfairness’ felt among her constituents about asylum seekers being put up in hotels at the cost of the taxpayer

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