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The Guardian Politics3 Aug 2026

Apple launches legal challenge against UK government demand to access data

The Home Office has made a fresh request for ‘back door’ access to encrypted iCloud data belonging to British users Apple has launched a new legal challenge against a UK government demand to access its customers’ highly encrypted data, a year after the Home Office agreed to abandon its previous request. The US tech company launched the legal complaint last month at the Investigatory Powers Tribunal (IPT), an independent court that has the power to investigate claims that the UK intelligence serv

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Express Politics3 Aug 2026

‘Woke’ council slammed after ban on St George’s and Union flags

EXCLUSIVE: The founder of 'Operation Raise the Colours' has criticised officials after a High Court judgement.

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BBC Politics3 Aug 2026

Conservatives call for greater use of facial recognition from police

Conservatives have called for all images of suspects to be run through facial recognition software.

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BBC Politics3 Aug 2026

Conservatives call for greater use of facial recognition from police

Conservatives have called for all images of suspects to be run through facial recognition software.

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Conservative Home3 Aug 2026

Chris Philp: Restore the Home Secretary’s power to make police do basic work

The public expects clear evidence to always be followed up. Conservatives will always be on the side of the law-abiding majority and have a plan to restore the basics the public expect.  Because crime must have consequences. The post Chris Philp: Restore the Home Secretary’s power to make police do basic work appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Express Politics2 Aug 2026

1,500 foreign criminals are living in UK asylum homes – and you're paying the bill

EXCLUSIVE: The astonishing scandal can be revealed for the first time after the Daily Express forced the Home Office to disclose the numbers.

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The Guardian Politics2 Aug 2026

Burnham to focus on keeping child rapists in prison as release scheme talks enter final day

Review goes down to the wire after ministers speak with victims’ representatives and support services Andy Burnham is focused on preventing the release of child sexual abuse perpetrators as part of the government’s early release scheme, as urgent talks on which serious criminals could be exempted go down to the wire. Government ministers are understood to have 24 hours to assess which criminals can be released early to free up prison space, with every exemption weighed up against the threat of t

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Express Politics2 Aug 2026

High Court bans Brits from hanging Union and St George’s flags on lampposts in 1 UK county

Brits have been hanging flags on public property as part of "Operation Raise the Colours".

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Express Politics1 Aug 2026

Chris Philp reveals what French police told him on Channel beach

Exclusive: Chris Philp confronted French police who stood and watched migrants board dinghies for England - and what they told him was extraordinary.

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Express Politics1 Aug 2026

I spent two days in Northern France - what I saw was extraordinary

Large groups of migrants running down the beach, young men pushing women off the boats and back into the water - the French police did nothing.

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Express Politics1 Aug 2026

Badenoch pledges 1,000 new rural police to tackle countryside crime

Exclusive: Kemi Badenoch has pledged 1,000 new dedicated rural police officers to tackle an epidemic of countryside crime that Labour has written off entirely.

Crime
The Guardian Politics1 Aug 2026

‘The lead singer is unavailable’: Is Nigel Farage spending his summer in hiding?

The Reform UK leader is keeping a low profile and his approval ratings have sunk since Burnham took office. What’s the outlook for the Clacton byelection? This time last year, Nigel Farage was making the political weather. His freewheeling weekly press conferences filled a sparse news agenda, setting out eye-catching policies on areas such as crime and immigration. This year? Less so. The Reform UK leader is expected to hold a press conference in London next week. If so, it would be just his thi

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