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Tories to seek support for new child grooming inquiry in Commons vote

Home Office minister Jess Phillips has meanwhile said she faced increased risk to her safety since Elon Musk called her a ‘rape genocide apologist’

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Musk ‘knows absolutely nothing’ about grooming gangs, Jess Phillips says

The minister suggested her life had been turned upside down after Mr Musk used his X platform to accuse her of being a ‘rape genocide apologist’.

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London people traffickers jailed after attempting to smuggle Indian migrants into UK

Shafaz Khan, from Feltham, and Choudhry Rashied, from Southall, hid four people behind a stack of dirty tyres in the back of a hire van

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Fact check: Home Office memo advised police how to deal with vulnerable children

The Home Office circular did not contain the quote, or sentiments, that online users have attributed to it.

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UK’s new ETA travel permit scheme begins for non-Europeans – here’s what you need to know

The digital permit scheme to enter the UK will extend to all travellers from 2 April

The Independent UK

Non-Europeans visiting UK without visa will need digital permits from Wednesday

The Home Office is extending the electronic travel authorisation (ETA) system, which was first introduced in November 2023.

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Time for 'less talk and more action' on grooming gangs, say victims minister and child abuse inquiry chair

Senior Conservative MPs have called for a national inquiry into the sexual abuse of young girls in towns across Britain

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This is how the grooming scandal is being weaponised – and this is what Starmer must do

There is a nagging sense that justice still has not been done. At a Reform rally, I watched Nigel Farage exploit that, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff

The Guardian - UK

Why is Elon Musk attacking Keir Starmer over the grooming scandal?

Owner of social media platform X has shared a series of posts about the British PM and other senior politicians

The Guardian - UK

Curb extremism now or face new terrorist threats, Labour warned

Experts say measures announced so far are not enough to turn the tide

The Guardian - UK

Home Office accused of spending £10,000 on lavish dinner at Searcys in The Gherkin

Civil servants reportedly received special permission to use the government’s Procurement Card to host the lavish gala for their Italian counterparts in November

Evening Standard

UK rollout of eVisas could leave non-EU migrants ‘vulnerable’

Home Office is issuing digital visas without completing necessary checks, Freedom of Information quest reveals

The Guardian - UK

About 280 contractor jobs cut after Labour ends Rwanda asylum scheme

Redundancies follow abandonment of previous government’s plans to send asylum seekers to east Africa

The Guardian - UK

Why are Elon Musk and Kemi Badenoch calling for a grooming scandal inquiry and why is Labour rejecting it?

The background to the inquiries that have been done and why the Home Office Minister has refused calls for a fresh investigation into historic child sexual abuse

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Ministers hit back at Elon Musk as tech billionaire steps up attack on Keir Starmer over grooming gangs

Health minister Andrew Gwynne said the Tesla tycoon should focus on US politics as row over inquiry intensifies

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Elon Musk calls on King to dissolve Parliament over grooming gangs

The tech billionaire has continued his social media criticism of Sir Keir Starmer for the Government’s handling of the UK’s ‘rape gangs scandal’.

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Lib Dems call for better community policing to reduce unsolved car theft cases

The party said an analysis of the latest Home Office figures shows on average 78.5% of all car thefts go unsolved.

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Elon Musk Says Labour Minister Jess Phillips Should Face Prison Over Grooming Gang Inquiry Block

Tesla CEO Elon Musk has said that Jess Phillips, a Labour Home Office minister, deserves to be in prison after it was reported that she blocked requests for a public inquiry into sexual grooming gangs in Oldham.

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Home Office unveils new 'smash the gangs' measures as migrant Channel crossings up 25%

Almost 37,000 people crossed the Channel in small boats in 2024 - up by a quarter on the previous year

The Guardian - UK

Suspected people smugglers to face travel curbs and social media bans under bill

Critics say border security bill for England and Wales likely to have minimal effect as record number of people cross Channel illegally

The Independent UK

Suspected people smugglers to face travel and phone bans under new laws

Court orders to restrict the activity of people-smuggling suspects will be strengthened as part of draft legislation, the Government has said.

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Channel crossings by migrants in 2024: Key numbers

Total arrivals are up 25% on 2023 but down 20% on 2022.

The Independent UK

Mapped: Refugee homelessness on the rise in nearly 100 UK councils

Exclusive: ‘Frightening acceleration’ of refugee homelessness in some parts of the country, figures reveal

The Guardian - UK

Labour government discussed Tanzania asylum camp plan in 2004, files show

Newly released files show proposals to divert £2m – earmarked to prevent conflict in Africa – to fund scheme

Evening Standard

Small boat Channel crossings continue after migrant total reaches 150,000

More than 1,100 people have crossed the Channel in small boats over the Christmas period.

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