Refugee Council says ‘many refugees themselves could also be prosecuted’ under proposals
Reeves says she will release her tax return, because she did not know past chancellors had when she ruled it out yesterdayPeople seeking asylum on small boats who refuse to stop for the French authorities could receive sentences of up to five years under a new bill meant to disrupt irregular Channel crossings thatA bill introduced to parliament will also allow people smugglers to be jailed for up to 14 years for handling small boat parts and strengthen police powers to seize laptops, financial...
Criminalising men, women and children who have fled conflicts in countries such as Sudan does not disrupt the smuggling gangs’ business model. When a refugee is clambering into a boat with an armed criminal threatening them, they are not thinking about UK laws but are simply trying to stay alive. Where someone is suspected of selling or handling small boats parts or sharing suspect information online, officials believe the new bill will allow them to apply these offences against people smugglers and make an arrest.
Criminalising men, women and children who have fled conflicts in countries such as Sudan does not disrupt the smuggling gangs’ business model. When a refugee is clambering into a boat with an armed criminal threatening them, they are not thinking about UK laws but are simply trying to stay alive. Where someone is suspected of selling or handling small boats parts or sharing suspect information online, officials believe the new bill will allow them to apply these offences against people smugglers and make an arrest.Campaigners have continued to criticise Rachel Reeves, the chancellor, for claiming that sustainable aviation fuel is a “game changer” that means a third runway at Heathrow can go ahead without climate targets being breached.
Assisted dying campaigners are to look at dropping a requirement for a High Court judge to decide whether people should be allowed to end their own lives, amid concerns about the impact on Britain’s struggling court system. There were suggestions during the oral evidence this week that a multi-disciplinary panel of some kind could bring in other experts like social workers and psychiatrists where necessary which the committee would look at if a proposal was tabled but Kim would not support anything that removed the judicial element. So, in short, if it strengthens the bill it might be acceptable to Kim but if not then she wouldn’t support it.
Crime against individuals and households has generally decreased over the last 10 years with some notable exceptions, such as sexual assault. The latest Crime Survey for England and Wales estimated 9.5 million incidents of headline crime in the survey year ending September 2024. This was 12% higher than last year’s survey , mainly because of a 19% rise in fraud . This was similar to levels of fraud estimated in YE March 2020.
Commenting on Reeves’ announcement of support for construction of a third runway at Heathrow, @colin-walker.bsky.social, @eciu.net said: Amazingly, I appear to agree with Ryanair’s Michael O’Leary, who called the Heathrow a “dead cat” He said: “Talking about a 3rd runway gives the impression she’s doing something about growth, when she knows the runway will not be delivered for 15-25 years”claimed that sustainable aviation fuel was a “game changer” in the debate about whether it is possible to expand airports without breaking carbon targets.
I wasn’t aware that previous chancellors had released their tax return. I’m very happy to release my tax return in accordance with what’s happened in the recent past and I’ll be doing that alongside the prime minister in due course.when he was Labour leader, and yesterday his spokeperson said he would continue to do that as PM, as Sunak also did when he was PM.is now being interview on GB News.
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