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UK politics: Labour has ‘no plans’ to send prisoners to Estonia to ease overcrowding, says No 10 – as it happened

Downing Street says plan to relocate prisoners from England and Wales was from previous Conservative administration

The Guardian - UK · Sep 6, 2024

Left’s presence at Labour conference will be diminished, say leftwing figures

Fringe festival for leftwing politics will not take place at party’s conference in Liverpool for first time since 2016

The Guardian - UK · Sep 6, 2024

Labour refuses to rule out sending prisoners to Estonia as jail population hits record high - UK politics live

Labour minister Angela Eagle said the Ministry of Justice is ‘considering anything’ to alleviate prison overcrowding

The Independent UK · Sep 6, 2024

Thursday briefing: What the Grenfell inquiry reveals about the incompetence and dishonesty that led to the fire

In today’s newsletter: Sir Martin Moore-Bick’s report lays out how to avoid a similar disaster from happening again. But the bereaved want to more than recommendations – they want prosecutions

The Guardian - UK · Sep 5, 2024

UK Government set to bring in bill to remove hereditary peers from Lords

THE UK Government will begin the process of removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords, as it introduces legislation to reform the upper…

The National (Scotland) · Sep 5, 2024

Union leader gets behind Starmer’s Brexit deal in bid save the UK’s car industry

Exclusive: TUC boss Paul Nowak urged new Labour government to deliver the ‘change’ the public voted for and to ‘start making a difference in their pockets and in their communities’

The Independent UK · Sep 4, 2024

Remorse over Grenfell is freely given now those responsible are far from view

For the 72 victims and their families, there must be hope that fine words in the commons will be backed up by finer deeds

The Guardian - UK · Sep 4, 2024

Police under pressure to accelerate criminal investigation into Grenfell fire

After inquiry finds all 72 deaths were avoidable, some bereaved and survivors express frustration over pace of investigation

The Guardian - UK · Sep 4, 2024

Grenfell Tower report: an expert explains why so many people have been blamed

Seven years after the fire in Grenfell Tower took 72 lives, the final report into the causes of the tragedy has been published. The inquiry’s findings place damning blame on companies, the government, bodies responsible for building regulation and emergency services. It concludes the victims were “badly failed” by those…

The Conversation · Sep 4, 2024

The Grenfell fire inquiry has ended with a damning report. So now what?

Now that an independent inquiry has completed its investigation into Britain’s deadliest residential fire since World War II, survivors and bereaved relatives are demanding that criminal charges be brought against those responsible for the blaze that killed 72 people in 2017

The Independent UK · Sep 4, 2024