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BBC Politics19 Mar 2026

Police investigating bailout email from Mandelson to Epstein

Met chief Sir Mark Rowley says police are looking at whether the email was a criminal offence.

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BBC Politics19 Mar 2026

Police investigating bailout email from Mandelson to Epstein

Met chief Sir Mark Rowley says police are looking at whether the email was a criminal offence.

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The Guardian Politics19 Mar 2026

Ministers announce huge expansion of electronic tagging in England and Wales

Most dangerous offenders on probation will now be watched more closely than ever before, says government Tens of thousands of offenders will be released from prisons in England and Wales wearing tags that track their location in real time as part of the biggest expansion of electronic tagging in British history, ministers have announced. The prisons minister, James Timpson, said a new pilot scheme would track domestic abusers and stalkers, alerting authorities if they approached their victims, w

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BBC Politics19 Mar 2026

House of Lords backs bid to decriminalise abortion

Abortion is a crime in England and Wales, unless under strict circumstances, under a 164-year-old law.

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BBC Politics19 Mar 2026

House of Lords backs bid to decriminalise abortion

Abortion is a crime in England and Wales, unless under strict circumstances, under a 164-year-old law.

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The Guardian Politics19 Mar 2026

Charlotte Nichols MP on her rape trial ordeal – podcast

MP for Warrington North shares her experience as a complainant in a rape trial where the man she accused was acquitted Standing up in parliament last week, Charlotte Nichols MP waived her right to anonymity as a complainant of sexual offences. “I care profoundly about rape victims facing intolerable delays for their day in court,” she said, in a debate about jury trials. Continue reading...

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The Guardian Politics18 Mar 2026

Gerry Adams tells high court he was stunned by 1996 Docklands bombing

Former Sinn Féin leader, who is being sued for symbolic damages, also denies any prior knowledge of the attack Gerry Adams has told the high court he was stunned by the 1996 Docklands bombing as he denied being at the nerve centre of the IRA’s operations. The former Sinn Féin leader also denied having any prior knowledge of the bombing of the commercial district of east London, which shattered a 17-month old ceasefire. Continue reading...

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The Guardian Politics18 Mar 2026

Farage called for release of Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs and praised effort to free drug trafficker

Reform UK leader was paid to make remarks about imprisoned rapper and ex-Honduran president in Cameo videos Newly unearthed Nigel Farage videos reveal support for rioter, neo-Nazi event and far-right slogans Nigel Farage called for the release of the imprisoned rapper Sean “Diddy” Combs and commended the efforts to free a former Honduran president jailed in the US for drug trafficking. The Reform UK leader was paid to make the remarks on the personalised video platform Cameo, which allows user

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Guido Fawkes18 Mar 2026

Ex-Tory MP Crispin Blunt Charged With Drug Offences

Crispin Blunt has been charged with four drug offences, including the possession of meth and cannabis. The ex-justice minister is due in Westminster Magistrates’ Court on 25th March…

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Express Politics18 Mar 2026

This Home Office confession on Britain's migrant crisis will shake you to your core

Exclusive: Officials have conceded there are alarming gaps in data, prompting warnings of crime and increased pressure on social services which are not properly funded.

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The Guardian Politics18 Mar 2026

Lords urged to ensure women criminalised for abortion are ‘not left behind’

House to consider amendment that would pardon women in England and Wales affected by prior ‘unjust’ laws Women who have been arrested, investigated and convicted under abortion legislation in England and Wales “must not be left behind” if the law is changed to prevent women being criminalised in future, campaigners have said. Last summer, the House of Commons voted to end the criminalisation of women who terminate their pregnancies outside the legal framework, through a new clause in the crime a

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Sky News Politics17 Mar 2026

Government prepares to sue Abramovich after he missed deadline to release £2.5bn from Chelsea sale

The UK government is preparing a possible court case against former Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich after he missed a deadline to release £2.5bn he raised from the sale of the club.

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