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More than 15k people write to MPs calling for EHRC trans guidance to be scrapped

MORE than 15,000 people have written to their MP urging them to reject the UK equalities watchdog’s draft code of practice on single-sex spaces.

The National (Scotland)

See the MPs trying to get UK equality watchdog's trans guidance scrapped

DOZENS of MPs have backed a bid to have the UK equalities watchdog’s code of practice excluding transgender people from single-sex spaces to be…

The National (Scotland)

Labour minister slammed for 'inflammatory' statement on single-sex spaces

A LABOUR minister has been slammed for giving an “extraordinarily inflammatory and dangerous” statement on guidance for single-sex spaces and…

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UK equalities minister ducks long-awaited debate on single-sex spaces guidance

BRIDGET Phillipson ducked giving a ministerial statement on the long-awaited publication of the UK’s equalities watchdog guidance on single-sex…

The National (Scotland)

Starmer accused of delaying law change on ethnic minority pay gap over fears of Farage backlash

A scathing letter from the Ethnicity Pay Gap Steering Committee has questioned why Labour have delayed legal changes for wage justice for six months

The Independent UK

Trump wants to destabilise European democracy. Where on earth is parliament?

You’d think MPs would be lining up to decry the US president’s support for far-right nationalists. Instead, only backbenchers and a few junior ministers bothered to turn up

The Guardian - UK

US engaging in ‘extreme rightwing tropes’ reminiscent of 1930s, British MPs warn

House of Commons calls on Keir Starmer to condemn Donald Trump’s ‘interference’ in European politics

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Minister orders immigration centre to remove ‘balloon craft’ job ads

Outsourcing firm Mitie listed several roles aimed at providing ‘safe and productive’ environment for detainees

The Guardian - UK

Balloon-craft and hairdresser jobs advertised for immigration centre

The job descriptions for floristry, hairdressing and painting tutors, have been posted online

The Independent UK

Minister orders ads for ‘unnecessary’ jobs at immigration centre to be ditched

Job descriptions for floristry, hairdressing and painting and decorating tutors, as well as a gym manager, have been listed online.

Evening Standard

Balloon craft and floristry classes for asylum seekers scrapped amid furious backlash from MPs

The Conservatives have accused Labour of ‘losing the plot’ amid a summer of discontent over taxpayer-funded migrant hotels

Evening Standard

Home Office minister praises joint EU operation to smash drug smuggler gangs

Operation White Sea has led to the seizure of cocaine worth £66 million from reaching the UK and EU.

Evening Standard

Immigration minister dismisses Reform immigration plans as ‘gimmicks’

Seema Malhotra says Government’s plans to speed up asylum applications will reduce need for hotels.

Evening Standard

Police deny 'bussing' claims after escorting counter-protesters to Epping migrant hotel demo 'for safety reasons'

The force said the protests began peacefully but ‘escalated to the point of disorder and criminal damage’

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Brexit has left City of London’s reputation at risk, Goldman Sachs chief warns

David Solomon warned Goldman Sachs is turning its attention towards the continent

The Independent UK

Windrush commissioner: Apprehension and suspicion remains towards Home Office

Clive Foster is a senior pastor at the Pilgrim Church in Nottingham and the son of parents who migrated to the UK from Jamaica in 1959.

The Independent UK

First Windrush Commissioner vows cultural change, accountability and action

Reverend Clive Foster is a senior pastor at the Pilgrim Church in Nottingham and is the son of parents who migrated to the UK from Jamaica in 1959.

The Guardian - UK

Blue Labour group urges ministers to ‘root out DEI’ to win over Reform voters

Faction influencing No 10 says government should legislate against DEI in hiring, sentencing and ‘wherever else’

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Evening Standard

Nurses, universities and some Labour MPs criticise Government's new immigration rules

The GMB union said plans to scrap care visas could be ‘catastrophic’ for the sector

Evening Standard

Minister defends PM’s ‘island of strangers’ claim amid Labour backlash

The Prime Minister used a Downing Street speech on Monday to lay out plans to ‘significantly’ reduce net migration.

The Independent UK

Home Office tackles mail-order dealers after huge amount of cannabis posted to UK

Over 15 tonnes of cannabis was detected by Border Force, with the support of Royal Mail, in the last quarter of 2024

Evening Standard

UK-Thai deal sees 90% reduction in cannabis smuggling by post, Home Office says

Extra checks are taking place in Thailand and Border Force have detected 1.5 tonnes of cannabis coming through the post in the first quarter of 2025.

The Guardian - UK

‘I didn’t trust the system’: lasting trauma of Windrush victim barred from UK for 10 years

Winston Jones, who for a decade was unable to return home from Jamaica, almost didn’t apply for compensation, fearing it was a trap

The Guardian - UK

Ministers try to encourage Windrush compensation claims with £1.5m fund

Government acknowledges that many victims have felt too nervous to engage with officials from Home Office

Evening Standard

Home Secretary rules out EU youth mobility scheme

Yvette Cooper was questioned on the scheme in the Commons.

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