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BBC Politics18 Jun 2026

MP Cameron Thomas suspended amid police investigation

It is understood the MP was arrested by Gloucestershire Police on Wednesday.

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BBC Politics18 Jun 2026

MP Cameron Thomas suspended amid police investigation

It is understood the MP was arrested by Gloucestershire Police on Wednesday.

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Express Politics18 Jun 2026

Grooming gang survivor's utter fury as rapists and paedophiles to be let out early

Grooming gang survivor Fiona Goddard blasted Labour's sentencing reforms, warning "everyone" in the UK is being put in more danger.

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Express Politics18 Jun 2026

Kemi Badenoch: Labour's betrayal of grooming gang survivors is 'mockery of justice'

'Survivors of rape, child grooming, sexual assault and violence have woken up to letters saying the men responsible could be walking out of prison early'

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Express Politics18 Jun 2026

Fury after civil servants paid to play Grand Theft Auto video game

Civil servants were paid to play violent video game Grand Theft Auto in what critics branded a 'perfect microcosm of everything broken about the civil service.'

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Guido Fawkes18 Jun 2026

Two Men Jailed for Spying for China

Bill Yuen was sentenced to eight years in prison after being convicted of assisting a foreign intelligence service in the UK under the National Security Act 2023. Peter Wai received a 10-year sentence for the same offence, as well as misconduct in public office relating to his role as a UK Border Force officer. The…

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Conservative Home18 Jun 2026

Emma Revell: The tribunal system has morphed from escape valve for the courts into a grievance machine

The entire system has become swollen, costly and damaging to growth and contains a fundamental mismatch of incentives. Indeed, even the judges themselves haven’t held back from expressing their frustration with the system. The post Emma Revell: The tribunal system has morphed from escape valve for the courts into a grievance machine appeared first on Conservative Home.

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Express Politics18 Jun 2026

Andy Burnham bombshell as he's reported to police on eve of key Makerfield by-election

The Labour leadership challenger has described the allegations over covid lockdown breaches as "desperate".

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Conservative Home18 Jun 2026

Rhys Hurley: Britain is pricing smokers into the black market

Excessive regulations and taxes have only pushed more people into the black market and increased the money going into crime instead of to the Treasury. The post Rhys Hurley: Britain is pricing smokers into the black market appeared first on Conservative Home.

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The Guardian Politics17 Jun 2026

French police in £660m deal with UK authorised to use water cannon on asylum seekers

Refugee charity says decision to let officers request the devices as part of public order powers is ‘sickening’ French riot police deployed in northern France under a £660m deal with the UK are authorised to use water cannon against asylum seekers, the Guardian has been told. Two specialist policing units, including a 50-officer riot squad, have begun working to prevent asylum seekers and people smugglers from launching small boats under the landmark UK-France deal in time for the summer months.

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The Guardian Politics17 Jun 2026

‘Petrol on the fire’: Sikhs in UK reconsider Reform support over response to Henry Nowak murder

Recent success among Sikh voters in doubt after party’s proposed kirpan ban adds to sense of racist scapegoating “There’s a genuine battle going on between Reform UK and Labour for Sikh voters,” says Dabinderjit Singh, of the Sikh Federation. Until the case of Henry Nowak, the 18-year-old stabbed to death by Vickrum Digwa, a British Sikh, hit headlines across the country, traditional support for Labour among British Sikhs was slumping, while support for Reform was rising from a low base. But now

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Express Politics17 Jun 2026

People smugglers dealt huge blow as they switch tactics in new police battle

Criminals are importing ‘bulk' orders of equipment from countries like China and Turkey and storing them in German warehouses to prevent detection from French police

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