Popular Bonfire Night event cancelled again over health and safety costs The event needed to meet strict measures to protect against terrorist attacks The Independent UK · Sep 24
‘Hatred has to stop’: Terror attack survivors issue plea after Golders Green attack Terror survivors and victims’ families sign open letter in support of Jewish people after spate of recent attacks in Britain The Independent UK · May 5
Islamic and right-wing extremism remain UK’s ‘biggest threats’, says Cooper The Home Secretary was speaking ahead of the 20th anniversary of the July 7 bombings in London. Evening Standard · Jul 6, 2025
‘Biggest threat’ to UK is extremism, says Home Secretary ahead of 7/7 anniversary The Home Secretary was speaking ahead of the July 7 anniversary The Independent UK · Jul 6, 2025
Mother of Manchester Arena victim welcomes royal assent for Martyn’s Law Figen Murray campaigned for the law change in memory of her 29-year-old son Martyn Hett. The Independent UK · Apr 3, 2025
Martyn’s Law given royal assent to officially become statute The Bill was first laid before Parliament in September. Evening Standard · Apr 3, 2025
Martyn’s Law moves a step closer to statute book Figen Murray campaigned for the law change after her 29-year-old son Martyn Hett was killed, with 21 other people, in the Manchester Arena bombing. Evening Standard · Mar 25, 2025
Martyn’s Law set to protect events from terror attacks as Lords give green light The Terrorism (Protection of Premises) Bill has passed the report stage in the House of Lords and is ready for its third reading. Evening Standard · Mar 4, 2025
New Orleans shows UK ‘must not get complacent’ to terrorist threat – Theresa May Baroness May of Maidenhead welcomed a new law, known as Martyn’s Law, that aims to help prevent and reduce the harm of terror attacks at event venues. The Independent UK · Jan 7, 2025
Martyn’s Law clears Commons as minister declares ‘it is time to get this done’ Figen Murray campaigned for the law after her 29-year-old son Martyn Hett died in the Manchester Arena bombing. The Independent UK · Dec 9, 2024
Venues and clubs to face fines up to £18 million as part of new anti-terrorism measures UK venues and events with a capacity of more than 200 people will be required to take steps to prepare for an attack The Independent UK · Sep 12, 2024
Martyn’s law to require terror safety plans at venues with 200-plus capacity Bill is laid before parliament after years of campaigning by mother of Manchester Arena bombing victim The Guardian - UK · Sep 12, 2024
The cancellation of Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour shows is the latest incident in a long history of concert terrorism Taylor Swift’s Eras’ Tour concerts in Vienna, scheduled for August 8–10, have been cancelled due to a foiled terrorist plot. The events were expected to draw around 65,000 attendees each night. The Conversation · Aug 8, 2024
Labour promises to counter ‘snake oil charm of populism’ in packed king’s speech Speech to set out 40 bills, from planning and infrastructure to employment rights The Guardian - UK · Jul 17, 2024
The Guardian - UK · Jul 13, 2024 Housebuilding, railways, Lords reform: what to expect in the king’s speech More than 30 bills expected as Labour government sets out its legislative agenda for this session of parliament
The Guardian - UK · Jul 11, 2024 UK ministers preparing king’s speech containing at least 30 bills Exclusive: Programme to include devolution, housebuilding, crime, transport, AI and green energy
The Independent UK · Jun 19, 2024 Rishi Sunak dubbed ‘pound shop Farage’ during hour-long LBC mauling The prime minister faced a grilling from callers furious at the Conservatives’ 14-year record on the state of the NHS and housing - as well as the party’s decision to accept millions from controversial donor Frank Hester
The Independent UK · May 24, 2024 Manchester Arena bombing victim’s mother ‘feels misled’ after Sunak meeting The Prime Minister promised Martyn Hett’s mother he would pass a bill in Martyn’s honour just hours before he called the snap general election
The Guardian - UK · May 23, 2024 Rishi Sunak shelves flagship Rwanda and smoking policies before election Keir Starmer says Tory plans ‘up in the air or in the bin’, with proposals to end no-fault evictions also likely to be dropped
Evening Standard · Apr 17, 2024 What is Martyn's Law? Manchester Arena bombing victim's mum to walk to Downing Street Figen Murray tragically lost her son, Martyn Hett, when a terrorist detonated a suicide bomb after an Ariana Grande concert in 2017
The Guardian - UK · Mar 29, 2024 Friday briefing: One year on from the Guardian’s look at its historic connections to slavery In today’s newsletter: What the Legacies of Engagement programme has achieved in its first year – and what’s still to do
The Guardian - UK · Nov 7, 2023 What policies will be in king’s speech and what will be left out? About 20 bills are expected to be included as Rishi Sunak tries to open key dividing lines with Labour
The Guardian - UK · Nov 6, 2023 Rishi Sunak’s king’s speech to include hardline criminal justice measures PM to announce tougher sentences for rapists and killers with general election looming
The Independent UK · Sep 25, 2023 Mother of Manchester terror attack victim urges PM to deliver Martyn’s Law Rishi Sunak has been told to introduce the law without further delay to help safeguard the public from terror attacks.
The Independent UK · Aug 14, 2023 Rishi Sunak under mounting pressure to speed up law to protect venues against terror attacks Exclusive: Mother of Manchester bombing victim tells prime minister delay risks ‘another successful attack against a premises that could have been protected’