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Lizzie Dearden

@lizziedearden

5 years

A 16-year-old boy has been charged with assault over the attack on a Syrian boy at Almondbury Community School in Huddersfield, West Yorks Police say The case is now active and sharing evidence is contempt, as is reporting information that can identify the child in proceedings

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Thank you to everyone for the messages of support, sorry I can't reply to them all The police have been very supportive and I and my partner are safe. And I'm not going to be intimidated out of doing my job

Tommy Robinson ‘threatened Independent journalist in bid to prevent publication of story’

EDL founder issued with interim stalking ban after warning he would falsely accuse reporter’s partner of being paedophile

www.independent.co.uk

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Breaking: Legal action has been launched over the Metropolitan Police’s alleged failure to “adequately investigate” Boris Johnson’s attendance at Downing Street Parties The @GoodLawProject has given the force two weeks to respond to its legal letter

Legal action launched over Met’s ‘failure to adequately investigate’ Boris Johnson

Former senior Met officer Lord Paddick demands Met re-opens Partygate investigation or explains reasoning

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Twitter has verified the (previously banned) far-right party Britain First as an "official organisation" and is giving blue ticks to anyone "affiliated" with it That will amplify their tweets to non-followers

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I asked a wide spectrum of people working across different areas of Home Office responsiblity about Priti Patel's legacy. The consensus? "The worst home secretary in living memory"

Priti Patel: Legacy of ‘worst home secretary’ who left Home Office morale in tatters

Ms Patel overpromised and underdelivered for the Tory right, while opponents attacked ‘brutal’ and unevidenced policies

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Breaking: The Home Office has admitted exercising an unlawful and secret policy of seizing mobile phones from all migrants crossing the English Channel Lawyers made admission at the High Court, while fighting legal action brought by three asylum seekers

Home Office admits unlawful secret policy to seize all Channel migrants’ phones

Asylum seekers had all possessions seized, despite committing no crime, amid Home Office ‘misunderstanding’ over law

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New: Liz Truss wants to impose targets to cut murders, serious violence and neighbourhood crime by 20% if she becomes prime minister One senior police source described the policy to me as "incoherent shit"

Liz Truss orders police to cut murders by 20% in policy dismissed as ‘incoherent’

Police sources hit out at ‘throwback to the incoherent ignorance of past politicians’ after 2015 review warned targets caused some crimes to be neglected

www.independent.co.uk

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3 years

Breaking: The RNLI has recorded a 2,000% increase in donations in a single day amid a surge in support over rescues of migrant boats Criticism by Nigel Farage and others sparked an unprecedented flood of donations, including over £200,000 yesterday alone

RNLI sees 2,000% daily increase in donations after criticism of asylum rescues in Channel

Charity receives over £200,000 in a day amid surge in support

www.independent.co.uk

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5 years

Tommy Robinson has characterised his case as an establishment crackdown, but his Facebook live posed a real threat to actual victims For the first time, The Independent can reveal how close he came to causing the Huddersfield grooming trials to collapse

How close Tommy Robinson came to causing collapse of Huddersfield grooming gang trial

Exclusive: Five defence lawyers applied for jury to be dismissed over Robinson’s Facebook Live video

www.independent.co.uk

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11 months

A significant amount of responses to this story are suggesting that I have been "briefed" by civil servants/political opponents, or that it's part of a "witch-hunt" It's not - it is the result of a six-month investigation by me, and only me

Revealed: Suella Braverman accused of new ministerial code breaches over Rwanda links

Exclusive: Home secretary was the director of a charity providing training to Rwandan government lawyers for five years

www.independent.co.uk

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The home secretary will be departing for Kigali on Friday evening, accompanied by media representatives from outlets including GB News, the Daily Mail, Times, Express and Telegraph The BBC, The Independent, The Guardian, Daily Mirror and i were not invited

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I'm sure I'm not the only woman who recognises the tone of this carefully crafted email The need to dress up a reasonable and urgent point in layers of self-deprecation, jokes, apologies and non-threatening punctuation (!) so your competency isn't perceived as aggressive

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Helen MacNamara fmr dep cab sec emerging as one of the heroes of the pandemic. Her email to the then NHS England chief Simon Stevens on the issue of PPE for women (SS told her it wasn't a problem)

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Exclusive: Tommy Robinson has been accused of misusing supporters’ money, as he declares himself bankrupt despite receiving hundreds of thousands of pounds in donations and funding I have interviewed former employees and donors about where the money went

Tommy Robinson ‘misused’ donations from far-right supporters

Exclusive: EDL founder denies mis-spending donations received after appeals for cash

www.independent.co.uk

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While granting the Stalking Protection Order a judge found that Tommy Robinson's allegations against me and my partner were false He rejected Robinson's justifications and said he has "incited his followers" against me across various platforms since 2018

Tommy Robinson handed five-year stalking ban after turning up at journalist’s home

English Defence League founder hired private investigator

www.independent.co.uk

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Exclusive: Suella Braverman is facing fresh allegations of ministerial code breaches over her failure to formally disclose previous work with the Rwandan government She was the director of a charity training its lawyers for five years

Revealed: Suella Braverman accused of new ministerial code breaches over Rwanda links

Exclusive: Home secretary was the director of a charity providing training to Rwandan government lawyers for five years

www.independent.co.uk

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Durham Police have fined at least two people who travelled to the county from London, an FOI by the BBC has revealed The pair, who were from different households, journeyed to Peterlee about a week after Dominic Cummings' trip

Police fined at least two people who made same journey as Dominic Cummings from London to County...

Two were issued with penalties after travelling from London to Peterlee a week after Mr Cummings' trip

www.independent.co.uk

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A helpful parliamentary written answer from the Home Office summarising one of the key drivers of small boat crossings There is no visa or other form of permission for people wanting to travel legally to the UK for the purpose of claiming asylum, and it can't be done from abroad

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New: British officials repeatedly told the government not to strike a deal with Rwanda over asylum seekers, court documents have revealed It was “initially excluded from the shortlist of potential partner countries on human rights grounds”

Government officials told Priti Patel not to do deal with Rwanda, court hears

Court documents reveal that Home Office shared draft of document declaring Rwanda safe with country’s government

www.independent.co.uk

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Exclusive: Rishi Sunak is refusing to trigger an inquiry into Suella Braverman’s previous links to Rwanda It's the second time in a week the PM has stopped short of a full investigation into alleged breaches of the ministerial code

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🚨Breaking: The United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) has conducted a legal assessment of the UK government's new Rwanda treaty and bill - and concludes the scheme still violates international law🚨

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The Metropolitan Police used its powers to ban pro-Palestinian marchers, but not Cenotaph "defenders" and far right groups, from Whitehall today When asked why, the senior officer in charge of the operation said he thought they would "not cause serious disorder by themselves"

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5 years

The Queen's Speech included a law billed as a "crackdown on foreign criminals", which the home secretary claimed would make the UK safer It would apply to a current average of 10 people a year.

Conservatives’ ‘crackdown on foreign criminals’ would affect 10 people a year, figures show

Proposed law would give harsher punishments to foreign citizens who violate deportation orders, but few are convicted of crime

www.independent.co.uk

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3 years

The Met Police has changed its statement over a BBC journalist being chased at an anti- lockdown protest lts initial statement "suggested officers were not in the immediate vicinity of the incident" but footage showed them there and failing to intervene or help

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Exclusive: The government has been accused of an “outrageous” cover-up after refusing to reveal how much sending asylum seekers to Rwanda will cost It claims the secrecy is in the public interest because it needs a “safe space” to negotiate agreements

Government accused of ‘outrageous cover-up’ over Rwanda costs

Exclusive: Home Office claims it needs a ‘safe space’ for negotiations and that release would damage international relations

www.independent.co.uk

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I did not speak publicly about this case while it was ongoing, but James Goddard has now been convicted of threatening and abusive behaviour towards me He targeted me at a court hearing over his abuse of Anna Soubry at pro-Brexit 'Yellow Vest' protests

James Goddard given restraining order after calling Independent journalist ‘vile scum of the earth’...

Far-right activist handed fine and told not to contact correspondent following March 2019 incident

www.independent.co.uk

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2 years

Breaking: Asylum seekers who are intercepted while crossing the English Channel in small boats have not broken the law, the Court of Appeal has found Judges quashed the convictions of three men who were wrongly jailed for “assisting unlawful immigration”

Asylum seekers intercepted while crossing Channel have not broken law, court finds

Judges say Home Office and prosecutors misunderstood law and ‘legal heresy’ developed

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Here follows a story about how the government influences media coverage At 10am yesterday, journalists were sent a watchdog report finding the UK spent £3.5bn of aid money - 1/3 entire budget - on refugees and asylum seekers already here in 2022

Government spends a third of aid budget on asylum seekers in UK as hotel costs soar

Report finds estimated £3.5bn spent mostly on hotels in 2022 ‘limited UK response’ to international crises

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4 years

Breaking: A serving Metropolitan Police officer has been arrested on suspicion of terror offences "The arrest relates to suspected membership of a proscribed organisation linked to right-wing terrorism"

'Neo-Nazi' Metropolitan Police officer arrested on suspicion of terror offences

Constable accused of being member of banned terrorist group

www.independent.co.uk

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The Ukrainian war will trigger a new refugee crisis, and those fleeing will be justified in wanting to get out of the surrounding region The Nationality and Borders Bill is still going through parliament and will criminalise any asylum seeker arriving "without permission" in UK

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My job has been covering the Home Office for seven years and this is the first policy I couldn't believe was real when I read about it The home secretary appears to have confirmed it

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@SuellaBraverman

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The British people are compassionate. We will always support those who are genuinely homeless. But we cannot allow our streets to be taken over by rows of tents occupied by people, many of them from abroad, living on the streets as a lifestyle choice. 1/4

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I revealed value of the Home Office contract covering the Bibby Stockholm in June The Home Office accused me of being misleading because it covered more than barge (which story made clear) & when I asked for costs it refused Today we learn it's £22.45m

Revealed: Australian firm awarded £1.6bn contract for asylum barges and accommodation

Exclusive: Fury over astonishing sum to operate barges and run services to house asylum seekers in Britain

www.independent.co.uk

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Me @ the ref #ENGFRA

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5 years

I'm finding it difficult to believe that Twitter algorithms or chance brought Katie Hopkins to Donald Trump's attention, so how is it happening? How did he come to retweet Britain First leader Jayda Fransen in 2017? Why did his son tweet in support of Tommy Robinson last year?

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Breaking: Several asylum seekers selected by the government for transfer to Rwanda have been identified as potential trafficking victims - by the government's own official system But not until AFTER they were detained and told they would be deported

Asylum seekers selected for Rwanda removal identified as possible trafficking victims

All asylum seekers who launched legal challenges against Rwanda scheme released from detention

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Exclusive: Rishi Sunak has been accused of “cooking the books” to cut the asylum backlog as thousands of claims are removed from the system following his pledge More than 6,000 people were wiped off the list without being assessed in just 3 months

Revealed: How the government is ‘cooking the books’ to cut the asylum backlog

Exclusive: Number of applications ‘withdrawn’ by Home Office quadruples after Rishi Sunak’s pledge, with 6,000 removed from list in three months

www.independent.co.uk

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Breaking: Despite ongoing legal challenges being considered by the Court of Appeal, the UK government has rewritten the Rwanda deal to expand it to cover everyone crossing the Channel - including modern slavery victims - rather than just asylum seekers

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Breaking: Seven asylum seekers who were wrongly jailed for steering dinghies across the English Channel have had their convictions quashed The Court of Appeal threw them out because of the same “error of law” that saw 5 other cases overturned last year

Convictions quashed for asylum seekers wrongly jailed for steering dinghies

Court of Appeal says same ‘error of law’ was seen in 12 cases quashed so far, as more asylum seekers fight convictions

www.independent.co.uk

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Exclusive: Britain’s most senior police officers were not consulted about Boris Johnson’s new plan to “beat crime” – or even aware it was being drawn up The media were sent a copy of the document before police chiefs received it this morning

Tories failed to consult police on new plan for tackling crime

Exclusive: Anger as media sent details of ‘beating crime plan’ before country’s most senior police officers

www.independent.co.uk

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Exclusive: Priti Patel has been accused of misleading the public by labelling all Channel crossings by asylum seekers “illegal” after a court confirmed they're not The Home Office has not publicly acknowledged the ruling despite admissions by its lawyers

Patel ‘misleading’ public by calling Channel crossings illegal after court ruling

Exclusive: Home secretary and ministers have continued to call crossings ‘illegal’ in parliament despite ruling

www.independent.co.uk

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4 years

Exclusive: The Conservative Party used disinformation tactics with a “new level of impunity” during last year’s general election, a report has found. Researchers from King’s College London warned campaign risked undermining public trust over coronavirus

Tories used disinformation 'with new level of impunity' during 2019 election, report finds

Exclusive: Researchers warn that tactics could undermine public trust in government messaging amid coronavirus pandemic

www.independent.co.uk

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The Home Office's own research on grooming gangs found “links between ethnicity and offending” could not be proven It was commissioned by Sajid Javid but kept secret initially, and published after this article I wrote triggered massive public pressure

Government refuses to release grooming gangs review because it is 'not in public interest'

Exclusive: Freedom of Information request refused so ministers have ‘safe space’ to discuss policy

www.independent.co.uk

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Exclusive: The Home Office set up a website targeting asylum seekers with “misleading” claims to deter them from journeying to the UK It created a fake organisation called On The Move, which claims to provide "free, reliable and important information”

Home Office set up fake website to deter asylum seekers from crossing Channel with ‘misleading’...

Exclusive: ‘On The Move’ website claims to offer ‘reliable information’ but does not disclose government affiliation

www.independent.co.uk

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The Met Police is facing demands for an explanation over how officers guarding Downing Street could have been unaware of the “BYOB” garden party Baroness Jones is to write to the force and IOPC to ask whether officers witnessed the event or reported it

Police face questions over how officers guarding Downing Street missed party

Baroness Jones to write to Scotland Yard demanding explanation and questioning whether officers ‘aided breach of law’

www.independent.co.uk

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Exclusive: An Australian travel firm has been quietly handed a £1.6bn contract covering the UK’s new asylum barges, as well as other accommodation and "travel services" The two-year contract was awarded directly without a competition

Revealed: Australian firm awarded £1.6bn contract for asylum barges and accommodation

Exclusive: Fury over astonishing sum to operate barges and run services to house asylum seekers in Britain

www.independent.co.uk

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Exclusive: The government has been ordered to publish its assessments on the impact of national lockdowns and Covid restrictions after resisting making them public Documents predicting how rules would affect different groups have so far been kept secret

Government ordered to release Covid lockdown impact assessments

Exclusive: DHSC attempted to keep documents secret and claimed release was ‘not in the public interest’

www.independent.co.uk

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Writing in 2011 under her maiden name, Ms Braverman said she was in a team of volunteer lawyers who “taught advocacy, legal drafting, negotiation and substantive law to judges, government lawyers...” She suggested Rwanda did not have a “properly functioning legal system”

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🚨Big story coming tomorrow🚨 We might need another -gate

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Exclusive: Home Office staff could strike if forced to implement the Rwanda deal and new small boats bill Many fear the measures are unlawful and could put them at legal risk, and say they are sick of “constant downwards political pressure”

Home Office staff could strike if forced to implement Rwanda asylum plan

Exclusive: Official says civil servants will not ‘sit back and take’ measures they believe are unlawful

www.independent.co.uk

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Absolutely stunning investigation on electoral fraud in Russia by Reuters. 'Officials at several polling stations were observed not keeping count..challenged with photos of the same people voting more than once, officials said that “they could be twins”.

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New: Most of the asylum seekers so far housed on the Bibby Stockholm are not small boat migrants and arrived in the UK on legal flights But ministers have claimed the barge and use of military bases as accommodation would “deter” English Channel crossings

Most asylum seekers housed on ‘deterrent’ barge are not small boat migrants

Labour says it’s ‘frankly laughable’ to claim barge will reduce small boats when most residents flew to UK

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In more than a decade of court reporting, covering the most serious and high-profile cases in Britain, I have never felt so sick as today David Carrick's offending was unimaginable in its brutality and perversion and there are many details that are too graphic to report

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As a south-of-the-river person, I hereby gift everyone in the queue for the Queen's lying in state a map of all the decent pubs en route (or very close to it)

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If you are hearing about the 'yellow vests' who have been intimidating MPs, journalists and Remain protesters outside Parliament for the first time, here's a history of the group It's mostly made up of Tommy Robinson supporters, ex-EDL, Britain First and Pegida UK supporters

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I'm seeing a lot of people tweeting about the Cyprus case expressing shock that the woman was questioned for hours without a lawyer present This also happens in the UK, where there is no obligation for rape complainants to have legal support or advice during interviews

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Exclusive: Boris Johnson and government ministers have made dozens of false statements to parliament since the last general election - and failed to officially correct them An Independent investigation has found at least 27, not counting repetition

Revealed: Johnson and ministers made dozens of false statements to parliament

Exclusive investigation : Labour accuses government of ‘litany of lies and falsehoods’ as calls for corrections are ignored

www.independent.co.uk

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The incident happened after I sought comment for a story, but I have been suffering online abuse stemming from Tommy Robinson and his supporters since late 2017, and made my first police report relating to it in 2018 This is the story he tried to stop:

Tommy Robinson ‘misused’ donations from far-right supporters

Exclusive: EDL founder denies mis-spending donations received after appeals for cash

www.independent.co.uk

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Earlier this year, Priti Patel claimed most migrants crossing the Channel on small boats were "economic migrants" The Home Office's own data now shows that 94% have applied for asylum since 2018. Only 8% of those claims were refused

Only 21 ‘inadmissible’ asylum seekers deported from UK in 18 months

Government hopes to make Rwanda a ‘safe third country’ for asylum processing after losing EU deal in Brexit

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Breaking: An alleged far-right extremist has been charged with attempting to launch a terror attack on a solicitors' firm in London. Cavan Medlock, 28, is accused of planning to kill a lawyer from Duncan Lewis because of their work representing migrants

Man accused of far-right terror plot to kill solicitor at law firm that represented migrants

Cavan Medlock allegedly entered offices with a knife, handcuffs and Nazi flags

www.independent.co.uk

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Revealed: The UK has lost track of thousands of migrants by removing their asylum claims from the system But the Home Office's reliance on posted letters is causing chaos, and it is already having to reverse decisions and put cases back into the backlog

Inside the UK's asylum chaos: How officials lost track of thousands of migrants

Officials say deaths went unnoticed and migrants had claims removed in a 'rigged' system as the Home Office raced to clear asylum backlog

inews.co.uk

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Breaking: The government has been defeated in the House of Lords as peers moved to force Rishi Sunak’s small boats bill to comply with international law The amendment could be the first of several defeats this evening over the Illegal Migration Bill

Lords vote to stop trafficking victims being deported to Rwanda

Conservative peers among those attacking Illegal Migration Bill, which Rishi Sunak claims will ‘stop the boats’

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Breaking: Priti Patel must reconsider the Rwanda deal because it is not safe, parliament's human rights committee has said It warned that removing people to “another state where they face a real risk of serious human rights abuses” violates intl law

Priti Patel must reconsider Rwanda asylum deal, committee says

MPs and peers raise ‘fundamental concerns’ over compliance with international law

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Listening to Priti Patel claim the government has been "consistently ahead of the curve" on coronavirus and thinking about a Home Office drinks reception on 9 March, where her staff actually made fun of me for asking about the protocol for shaking hands

The Independent

@Independent

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Priti Patel claims government has been ‘consistently ahead of the curve’ in Covid pandemic

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Breaking: The Met Police has launched a new investigation into alleged breaches of Covid laws at Downing Street, Chequers, inside parliament and at CCHQ It said "a number of other events" have been referred since original Partygate probe

Met Police launch new Partygate investigation into more gatherings

Officers investigating new evidence including video of ‘Jingle and Mingle’ Christmas party at Tory headquarters

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It was “impossible to expect” the police officer who witnessed Downing Street’s notorious Christmas party to realise Covid laws were being broken, the acting head of the Metropolitan Police has claimed Interesting, given that's how Covid fines worked

‘Impossible’ for police to know No 10 party was illegal, says Met chief

Lawyers say officers had no difficulty deciding when the general public had broken Covid rules

www.independent.co.uk

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Breaking: UK police and law enforcement will lose access to key EU databases even if a security deal is struck before Brexit, officials have confirmed Letters published today warn of a 'major operational impact', even with contingency plans in place

Police warn of ‘major operational impact’ after Brexit

Key information systems will be lost even if a security deal is struck before 31 December, National Crime Agency says

www.independent.co.uk

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After David Carrick entered his first guilty pleas, the Metropolitan Police started searching its own records for officers and staff who had also been accused of sex offences or domestic abuse in the past, but remained in service They have found 1,071

1,000 serving Met officers and staff accused of domestic abuse and sex offences

Review sparked by prosecution of serial rapist David Carrick who remained in force after multiple allegations

www.independent.co.uk

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When the government talks about asylum seekers "flouting our laws", it's worth remembering that crossing the English Channel in a small boat to claim asylum wasn't a crime until the government changed the law specifically to make it one on 28 June 2022

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The chair of the Home Affairs Committee, Diana Johnson, called the refusal to attend Wednesday’s evidence session “wholly unacceptable” She said the reason given - changes in the Home Office ministerial team - "does not make sense as it was the home secretary giving evidence"

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For 3 days this week, the National Conservatism Conference filled a large venue across the road from the Home Office, attracting an array of ministers and MPs But it has no links to the Tories, and is run by a US group concerned for “Western civilization”

The ultra-conservative American radicals infiltrating the Tory party

The National Conservatism Conference, which starred Suella Braverman and Michael Gove this week, was disowned by the Tories only three years ago, Lizzie Dearden writes

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The 'loverboy method' described here by Romanian police RE Andrew Tate's arrest is commonly used by UK grooming gangs (also known as the 'boyfriend model') But British far right activists who claim to defend grooming victims are jumping to his defence

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Britain First is urging its supporters to join the Conservative Party in order to “make Boris Johnson‘s leadership more secure” The far-right group sent an email to subscribers claiming “thousands” of its activists were becoming members of the Tories

Britain First urges supporters to join Conservative Party 'to make Boris Johnson's leadership more...

Far-right group’s chief of staff is among extremists who claim to have become Tory members

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This video is doing the rounds on far-right networks, claiming to show Muslim worshippers violating UK's coronavirus lockdown But in the video, it is clearly raining. It's been wall-to-wall sunshine in London since the new measures came into force. Don't fall for it.

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Anyone who cares so fervently for TfL's rules should surely turn themselves in for unauthorised photography

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imagine being the absolute dweeb dobbing in Diane Abbott for drinking a can on the train

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Exclusive: Priti Patel “misled parliament” with a series of false statements on Channel migrants – but is not being investigated for a breach of the ministerial code They were made during the passage of laws that criminalised small boat crossings

Priti Patel ‘misled parliament’ on Channel asylum seekers

Exclusive: Home secretary refuses to correct record after claiming most boat migrants are ‘economic migrants’ when 94 per cent are asylum seekers

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This is the second court case over a far-right extremist's actions towards me, after James Goddard was given a restraining order last November I wrote this at the time. I am just one of too many journalists being threatened and harassed over their work

Abuse has become the price I pay for being a journalist

A far-right activist has been convicted over a confrontation with The Independent’s Lizzie Dearden. But the incident, she writes, is just one flashpoint in an endless torrent of vitriol she receives...

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Britain First was banned by Twitter in December 2017 and by Facebook the following March, after its leaders were jailed for religiously-aggravated harassment The loss of its previously huge reach crushed its public visibility, membership and fundraising

Facebook deletes Britain First pages after its leaders are jailed

Facebook says posts 'crossed line and became hate speech designed to stir up hatred against groups in our society'

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Here it is: Suella Braverman is facing fresh allegations of ministerial code breaches over her failure to formally disclose previous work with the Rwandan government She was the director of a charity training its lawyers for five years

Revealed: Suella Braverman accused of new ministerial code breaches over Rwanda links

Exclusive: Home secretary was the director of a charity providing training to Rwandan government lawyers for five years

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It's not a borderline case. Now- verified leader Paul Golding has been convicted of a terror offence Britain First was formed out of the fascist British National Party and became known for launching so-called Christian patrols, mosque “invasions”, anti-immigration and Islam

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The men, from Iraq and Iran, were all arrested on arrival in UK despite committing no crime & were stripped of their possessions Authorities kept their mobile phones for months, leaving them unable to contact their loved ones. One man feared his wife and daughter had been killed

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A Brexit supporter has been jailed for sending MPs death threats Jarod Kirkman told female MPs their "days are fucking numbered bitch" and "expect it soon". He sent David Lammy racist abuse The emails were headed "Brexit traitor"

Brexit supporter jailed for sending MPs death threats and racist abuse

Jarod Kirkman tells police he was ‘just being a stupid idiot over Brexit’

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New: Shamima Begum's lawyer tells me she only held British nationality and 'has never had a Bangladeshi passport' meaning she is stateless The government was found to have acted unlawfully in two cases involving Islamists of Bangladeshi heritage last year

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Shamima Begum has been stripped of her British citizenship, letter to her family obtained by ITV News shows The family's lawyer say they will be appealing the decision, following warnings that she could not be made stateless under international law

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James Cleverly has got off on the right foot with Home Office civil servants Yesterday afternoon, he gave a speech from the atrium of the department's Marsham Street headquarters that was broadcast to all staff, and went down very well Here's what he said:

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Almost 2/3 of British people want the government to resettle Ukrainian refugees, poll has found as ministers refuse to set up a scheme Research carried out by YouGov following Russian invasion found that 63% of Britons would support and only 18% opposed

Two thirds of Brits want Ukraine refugee resettlement scheme, poll shows

Government to back law criminalising asylum seekers arriving in UK ‘without permission’ in parliament next week

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A teenage neo-Nazi has been convicted of planning terror attacks as part of what he believed was an upcoming "race war" The 16-year-old boy had plans to firebomb synagogues in Durham area and searched for targets He had also written his own manifesto

Teenage neo-Nazi convicted of planning terror attack targeting synagogues

Police warn others may be ‘susceptible to his influence’ from posts on fascist forums

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Exclusive: Striking barristers are not responsible for a “disaster of justice” facing Britain, the head of Rape Crisis has said She says barristers "are boldly taking a stand to push for ...a justice system that is functioning and intact and effective”

Barristers’ strike not responsible for ‘justice disaster’, head of Rape Crisis says

Exclusive: Rape has already been ‘effectively decriminalised’, charity says after Dominic Raab accuses barristers of harming victims

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Hundreds of conspiracy theorists have been protesting in Trafalgar Square again today, including anti-vaxxers, 5G, QAnon and claims coronavirus is a hoax Police just announced they will be dispersing demonstrators and "those who remain may get arrested"

Conspiracy theorists clash with police at anti-lockdown protest

Crowd cheers as speaker claims that coronavirus is ‘made up’ as cases rise

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Exclusive: The British far right is becoming more openly racist in the wake of a backlash against international Black Lives Matter protests, a new report has warned There are signs of a "shift" from previously dominant anti-Islam to white nationalism

British far right ‘becoming more racist’ after Black Lives Matter protests, report finds

Exclusive: Growth of new Patriotic Alternative group suggests ‘shift towards more openly racial politics’

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@JofArnold @travisfrain Level 2:

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After I put questions about the website to the Home Office, the first line of its response was: "The Independent’s claims are wrong and misleading" They hadn't seen my article, I hadn't even written it

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Exclusive: The Home Office set up a website targeting asylum seekers with “misleading” claims to deter them from journeying to the UK It created a fake organisation called On The Move, which claims to provide "free, reliable and important information”

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Exclusive: Police officers are being “repeatedly exposed to trauma” as they are increasingly called to homes where people who have died during the coronavirus outbreak One officer recently responded to 15 deaths in the space of 24 hours

Exclusive: Police trauma warning after one officer called to 15 Covid-related deaths in 24 hours

Exclusive: Police officers being called to 'more and more' coronavirus deaths in houses and care homes

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Guess who else was on Suella Braverman's first trip to Rwanda teaching government lawyers 👀 Story coming later today

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A plea for everyone to stop regurgitating the government's language around "addressing the Supreme Court's concerns" with the Rwanda deal It didn't have "concerns", it ruled the agreement unlawful based on exhaustive consideration of the facts and evidence. Ludicrous framing

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Breaking: All prosecutions under the new Coronavirus Act have been unlawful, a review has found. The Crown Prosecution Service revealed that all 44 charges it had so far checked had been withdrawn or overturned

All prosecutions under new Coronavirus Act unlawful, review finds

Vast majority of charges under separate Health Protection Regulations were correct, CPS says

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Tommy Robinson has been jailed for 13 months for breaking contempt of court laws The punishment can be legally reported for the first time after The Independent challenged a reporting restriction imposed on the case at Leeds Crown Court

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The Suella Braverman v Holocaust survivor saga isn't the first time the Home Office has picked an ill-advised fight on Twitter In January 2021, they tweeted this about a completely accurate article I'd written

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. @Independent This is not true. @PoliceChiefs made clear they have power to remove a person if they breach the rules. Holiday travel is not allowed. Police can fine anyone trying to do so, direct them to go home and, if necessary, use powers of arrest.

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In September, Suella Braverman praised Douglas Murray in parliament for his "mainstream, insightful and perfectly decent political views", accusing counter-terror bodies of "disparaging" him Here's his latest article, saying Nazis actually felt really bad about the Holocaust

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Incredible for this is happening on the day the Daniel Morgan report found that "concealing or denying failings for the sake of an organisation’s public image is dishonesty for reputational benefit, and constitutes a form of institutional corruption"

Met Police ‘institutionally corrupt,’ report into private detective’s murder says

Panel criticises commissioner Dame Cressida Dick after eight-year probe repeatedly delayed

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Police officers who stopped two black athletes as they drove through London with their baby in the car are under investigation for misconduct A watchdog revealed that after the incident, officers put their three-month old son on a police database

Police who stopped black athletes' car investigated for misconduct

Watchdog investigating whether Bianca Williams and Ricardo Dos Santos were ‘treated less favourably because of their race’

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Priti Patel has refused to attend a planned session giving evidence to parliament’s Home Affairs Committee She was due to answer questions this morning on issues including the Rwanda migrant deal, violence against women, policing and passport delays

Priti Patel refuses to attend Home Affairs Committee

Reason given by home secretary for ‘unacceptable’ decision ‘does not make sense’, committee chair says

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