Anahita Hossein-Pour
Crime
First small boat pilots jailed for endangering others in Channel
Endangering others during a journey by sea to the UK is an offence that came into force in January.
10 Jun 2026
Politics
ECHR must be reformed to restore ‘fraying’ public confidence – Lord Chancellor
Shabana Mahmood told the Council of Europe in a speech in Strasbourg the ECHR ‘must evolve’ to respond to new realities.
18 Jun 2025
Politics
Report criticises ‘major failing’ to gather ethnicity data on grooming gangs
Baroness Louise Casey said questions about ethnicity had been ‘dodged for years’.
16 Jun 2025
Politics
Victims at front of my mind while carrying out grooming gangs review: Casey
Victims told her they are unable to live the lives they wanted and continued to see their abusers walk free.
16 Jun 2025
Politics
Grooming gang review finds ‘overrepresentation’ of Asian male suspects – Cooper
The Home Secretary said ‘we cannot shy away’ from findings which let the criminality of a minority of men to be used to marginalise whole communities.
16 Jun 2025
Crime
Al Qaida-inspired student who stabbed MP can be freed from prison – Parole Board
Roshonara Choudhry, then 21, was jailed for life for a minimum of 15 years for stabbing MP Sir Stephen Timms twice in the stomach in May 2010.
11 Jun 2025
Politics11 Jun 2025
Asylum seeker hotels to be scrapped by end of Parliament - Chancellor
Cost of asylum accommodation set to be more than three times higher than previously estimated - at £15.3 billion over 10 years
Politics
Migrants cross English Channel ahead of spending review announcement
New arrivals wearing life jackets were brought to shore in a Border Force boat in Dover, Kent, on Wednesday.
11 Jun 2025
Politics10 Jun 2025
Home Office minister has ‘clocked’ asylum accommodation break clause next year
Different options to provide asylum accommodation are being piloted ahead of a break clause in contracts next year.
Politics
Legal aid lawyers face chaos following cyber attack, says representative body
Chris Minnoch, of the Legal Aid Practitioners Group, said lawyers have called the representative body ‘in tears’ over the situation.
10 Jun 2025
Politics10 Jun 2025
Family visa income threshold 'should not rise to skilled worker level'
The Migration Advisory Committee said that approach would most likely conflict with international law.
Politics
Court problems ‘real danger’ to Britain’s reputation if not tackled – top judge
In criminal courts, the backlog for crown court cases hit a new record high by the end of last year at 74,651.
4 Jun 2025
Politics
Tories brand blaming weather ‘lazy’ as likely days for Channel crossings double
The Government published the statistics after a record number of daily arrivals, as the Conservatives hit out at ministers for blaming the weather.
3 Jun 2025
Politics
Nearly 300 historic child grooming gang cases to be looked at again – Cooper
Some 287 closed cases have been identified so far by police forces to be reviewed again by a national task force on child sexual exploitation.
3 Jun 2025
Politics
Number of likely days for Channel crossings double compared with previous years
The data publication comes just days after the highest daily total of arrivals was recorded this year so far.
3 Jun 2025
Politics
Criminal cases review body ‘must win back trust’ as interim chairwoman announced
Dame Vera Baird KC will carry out an urgent review into the running of the Criminal Cases Review Commission.
3 Jun 2025
UK
More than 30 arrests in Northern Ireland people-smuggling crackdown
It is the sixth operation of its kind to tackle criminals exploiting the common travel area.
23 May 2025
Politics
Legal body chief’s position ‘no longer tenable’, MPs warn
It follows ‘unpersuasive’ evidence from her on the CCRC’s challenges and response to public criticism in April, the committee said.
23 May 2025
Politics
Chemical castration of sex offenders to be piloted in 20 prisons, says Mahmood
The Government is exploring whether to enforce the chemical castration on offenders as mandatory, Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood told MPs.
22 May 2025
Politics
Chemical castration of sex offenders in regional pilot had ‘some success’ – POA
The Government has accepted a proposal in the independent sentencing review to explore further use of medication.
22 May 2025
Politics22 May 2025
Chemical castration of sex offenders ‘worthwhile’ exploring
The review led by former justice secretary David Gauke recommended reforms to overhaul the prisons system.