Police to get new powers in crackdown on repeat protests after hundreds arrested at Palestine Action rally Announcement comes hours after nearly 500 people were arrested in London The Independent UK · Oct 5, 2025
Pro-Palestine marches have become ‘carnivals of hatred’, Badenoch tells Tory conference – as it happened Party leader says Britain has allowed extremism to go unchecked The Guardian - UK · Oct 5, 2025
Four arrested over synagogue terror attack remain in custody Three men remain in hospital after the car and knife attack at the Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation Synagogue in Manchester. Evening Standard · Oct 4, 2025
Badenoch sets out Tory plans for US-style immigration crackdown A Removals Force will be given £1.6 billion and ‘sweeping new powers’ including facial recognition without warning to spot illegal immigrants. The Independent UK · Oct 4, 2025
Kemi Badenoch sets out Tory plans to deport 150,000 migrants a year with Trump-style immigration crackdown A Removals Force modelled on the ICE agency would be given £1.6 billion and ‘sweeping new powers’ including facial recognition without warning to spot illegal immigrants Evening Standard · Oct 4, 2025
Conservatives to pledge £1.6 billion ‘Removals Force’ to deport 150,000 a year The Removals Force will aim to deport 150,000 people every year The Independent UK · Oct 4, 2025
Tories to pledge to create immigration taskforce modelled on Trump’s Ice Proposed ‘removals force’ will be tasked with deporting 150,000 people a year in bid to tackle illegal immigration The Guardian - UK · Oct 4, 2025
Tories pledge UK version of ICE to detain and deport illegal immigrants The Removals Force will be expected to ‘integrate closely’ with the police. Evening Standard · Oct 4, 2025
‘Enough is enough’ says chief of Police Federation as ‘exhausted’ officers arrest 492 at Palestine Action protest Met Police said many of those arrested needed carrying away after they refused to walk from Trafalgar Square – but Amnesty International says arresting hundreds of people at the demonstration is ‘not the job of police’ The Independent UK · Oct 4, 2025
Police given permission to hold Manchester synagogue attack suspects until Wednesday Six people have been arrested on suspicion of commission, preparation and instigation of acts of terrorism after attack that left three dead The Guardian - UK · Oct 4, 2025
Badenoch insists she can turn Tory fortunes around on eve of conference Kemi Badenoch claimed the Conservatives were ‘the only party with a credible plan to deliver both a stronger economy and stronger borders’. Evening Standard · Oct 4, 2025
Mel Stride issues warning to Tory leadership plotters on eve of conference The shadow chancellor has spoken to The Independent ahead of the Conservative conference in Manchester The Independent UK · Oct 4, 2025
Four arrested over Manchester synagogue terror attack face further questioning Two other people arrested on connection with the attackj were released with no further action on Saturday night The Independent UK · Oct 4, 2025
Counter-terror police given more time to question suspects after synagogue attack Six people are under arrest on suspicion of preparing terrorist acts in connection with the fatal attack in Manchester. Evening Standard · Oct 4, 2025
The Independent UK · Oct 4, 2025 Badenoch is unknown to UK public and not trusted by voters, top pollster says Sir John Curtice says the Conservative leader managed to make no impression on much of the public
The Independent UK · Oct 4, 2025 Majority of Tory members oppose Kemi Badenoch’s net zero plans More than half of Tory members said they support Britain’s target of reaching net zero by 2050
The Guardian - UK · Oct 4, 2025 Next Tory leader? Rise of Katie Lam reflects rightward shift on migration Shadow Home Office minister who tweets in language of hard-right populism is talked of as future of conservatism
Evening Standard · Oct 4, 2025 Top London Tory defects to Reform and 'charismatic' Nigel Farage in blow to Kemi Badenoch on eve of party conference London Assembly member Keith Prince says Reform ‘has a vision’ - while the Conservative party ‘is not the party I joined 49 years ago’
The Independent UK · Oct 4, 2025 Tories deny mimicking Farage with plan to quit ECHR criticised by rights groups Critics say the move would strip UK citizens of fundamental human rights protections.
The Guardian - UK · Oct 4, 2025 ‘Like going to the in-laws’: Conservative conference to be steeped in apathy As Kemi Badenoch faces a make-or-break gathering her biggest challenge will be to make herself appear relevant
The Guardian - UK · Oct 3, 2025 Conservatives would take UK out of ECHR, Badenoch confirms Leader says move is is necessary ‘to protect our borders, our veterans and our citizens’
Evening Standard · Oct 3, 2025 Conservatives to take UK out of ECHR if it wins election, Badenoch announces Shadow attorney general Baron Wolfson of Tredegar KC tells Tory leader ECHR restricts Government policy but warns withdrawal is not a ‘panacea’.
The Independent UK · Oct 3, 2025 Conservatives to take UK out of European Convention of Human Rights if it wins election The declaration was made ahead of the party’s upcoming conference in Manchester
The Guardian - UK · Oct 3, 2025 The Guardian view on Conservative party conference: Kemi Badenoch’s last shot at relevance Editorial: The Tory leader’s warped analysis of why her party is unpopular has lead her into strategic misjudgments and terrible policy choices
The Independent UK · Oct 3, 2025 Michelle Mone hits out at Tory hypocrisy as she says she won’t return as Conservative peer High Court ruled PPE Medpro provided government with 25 million faulty surgical gowns during pandemic