Government edges closer to landmark generational smoking ban despite Tory challenge The Tobacco and Vapes Bill will prevent anyone born on or after January 1 2009 from smoking legally The Independent UK · Feb 24
Martyn’s Law ‘might be used to curtail protests’, warns ex-Home Office minister Lord Murray of Blidworth warned ‘there is a risk that these measures might be used to curtail protest’. Evening Standard · Feb 12, 2025
Government crushes late-night challenges to secure passage of small boats law The Tory frontbench saw off further changes being sought by the Lords to the Illegal Migration Bill, including slavery safeguards. The Independent UK · Jul 18, 2023
Small boats bill ripped apart in Lords as peers say government living ‘in cloud cuckoo land’ Peer says aim of detaining and deporting small boat migrants ‘not based on reality’ as Lords add protections for pregnant women, children and LGBT+ people The Independent UK · Jul 3, 2023
Human traffickers will ‘thrive’ while victims ‘invisible’ under Illegal Migration Bill, Rishi Sunak warned The bill could ‘open up exploitation to a lot more severity then it is now’, a trafficking survivor warns Evening Standard · Jun 30, 2023
‘Rewriting rules’ on standards at migrant holding centre ‘like Soviet Union’ Regulations introduced in December created a new category of holding centre at Manston, Kent, that allows migrants to be held for up to four days. The Independent UK · Apr 18, 2023
Mothers of Manchester Arena victims say cold-hearted ministers have left them 'numb' The grieving families of teenage sweethearts Liam Curry and Chloe Rutherford want the government to change the law so they can register the deaths of their children Daily Mirror · Mar 3, 2023