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Farage's £5m Gift Probe Widens, Deepening Questions Over His Fitness for PM

Nigel Farage faces a formal investigation over a £5 million gift from a crypto investor, raising questions about his financial transparency as he aims for the prime minister's office.

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Nigel Farage Denied Schoolboy Racism Allegations, Refers To It As 'Playground Banter'

The Guardian reported that over a dozen former classmates and a teacher recalled Farage's alleged racist behaviour as a teenager. In a recent interview, he dismissed the claims as 'playground banter.'

International Business Times UK

Child sexual abuse victim criticises ‘smug’ Badenoch over grooming inquiry

Liberal Democrat MP Josh Babarinde told the Commons he was ‘disgusted’ by the Conservative leader’s ‘party political assault’.

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Plans to use mandatory chemical castration on serious sexual offenders after prison review

Long-awaited review by former Tory justice secretary David Gauke says government must stop ‘overreliance’ on jail time to tackle overcrowding

The Independent UK

Lib Dems determined to drive change on domestic abuse law, says MP at conference

Josh Babarinde has spoken in the past about how his mother and he were subject to abuse from her ex-partner when he was a child.

Evening Standard

Need for domestic abuse offence is ‘national emergency’, says MP in Commons call

Domestic abusers might be able to ‘explain away’ past violence as pub brawls under the current system, Josh Babarinde warned.

Evening Standard

Only one in three women fleeing domestic abuse can be helped by refuges as services on ‘brink of collapse’

‘We have no way of even beginning to address this issue’, the chief executive of Women’s Aid warned

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MP subject to abuse as child ‘appalled’ by members ‘weaponising’ grooming

Liberal Democrat Josh Babarinde said the discussion around a national investigation into child sexual abuse is being used as ‘political football’.

Evening Standard

MP calls for specific domestic violence offence in England and Wales

Exclusive: Josh Babarinde pushing for change in law after some abusers were part of autumn early release from prison

The Guardian - UK

Prisons in crisis as 74 attacks take place every day behind bars

With prisons stretched to maximum capacity and staff struggling to cope, there were 26,912 assault incidents in English and Welsh prisons in 2023

The Independent UK

MP’s bid to finally have all forms of domestic abuse recognised in law

Eastbourne’s MP Josh Babarinde, the Liberal Democrat’s justice spokesperson, has tabled a bill that would create a specific set of domestic abuse aggravated offences in the law for the first time.

The Independent UK

Extra prison capacity will likely last until autumn 2025, MPs told

The Justice Committee heard from prisons minister Lord Timpson that the early release scheme had bought 5,500 extra jail spaces.

The Independent UK

‘I won’t be dancing in the streets’: views on Tories’ first black leader

Kemi Badenoch’s election is evidence of strong meritocracy, say some activists and public figures, while others question her ideology

The Guardian - UK

We are in all-new territory now. The cultural loyalties that defined British elections have gone

The anti-Tory tide sweeping the country has much to tell us about the volatility of voting since Brexit, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr

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Evening Standard

Whip round saves the music at Lib Dem conference karaoke

Meanwhile Lib Dem leader Ed Davey capsized in a kayak in a stunt against sewage

The Guardian - UK

‘This is bigger than potholes’: Lib Dems tap into voter anger over sewage

Party is striking chord with ‘blue wall’ voters by championing a classic environmental issue

Daily Mirror

10 election target seats where Lib Dems could topple Tories in 'Surrey shuffle'

Insiders in Sir Ed Davey's party believe they have identified a phenomenon where Labour-supporting voters moving out of London to the shires and suburbs switch to the Lib Dems

Daily Mirror

Police should use 'discretion' on shoplifters amid cost of living crisis

Andy Cooke, HM chief inspector of constabulary, said petty crime fuelled by the cost-of-living crisis would pose a challenge for policing as more people fall into poverty

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Town is first to declare UK cost of living EMERGENCY as foodbank use surges

Eastbourne Foodbank has this year distributed more parcels per head than any other as the cost of living crisis deepens, prompting them to issue an emergency declaration, the Trussell Trust network says

The Independent UK

Eastbourne council becomes first council to declare ‘cost of living emergency’

Exclusive: Lib Dem-run authority will pass motion to give Tory government ‘wake-up call’ and help local charities

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