Home Office fears PM views aggressive targeting of women and girls as ‘mere wolf whistling’ amid moves to create specific offenceBoris Johnson has infuriated the home secretary by overruling attempts to make public sexual harassment a crime. This has p…
‘Send us home,’ beg Afghan refugees stuck in UK hotels
Thousands who fled Taliban are living in hotels with inadequate healthcare in Operation Warm Welcome Afghans who recently arrived in the UK after fleeing the Taliban takeover have asked to be sent back, casting doubt over the success of Operation Warm …
Only noisy protest makes politicians take action to avoid climate catastrophe | Fatima Ibrahim
From the Suffragettes to the anti-apartheid movement, people taking disruptive action have been on the right side of historyFatima Ibrahim is co-founder of Green New Deal RisingThe home secretary, Priti Patel, announced a string of new measures this we…
And we don’t care! Tories operate in their own little bubble in Manchester
Home secretary parades failures as successes to party hopelessly complacent and out of touchIt wasn’t exactly a U-turn. But it was a close run thing. Ever since Wayne Couzens was convicted of the abduction, rape and murder of Sarah Everard, just about …
Priti Patel faces demands for statutory inquiry into murder of Sarah Everard
Labour and SNP say investigation into ‘failures’ of Met police announced by home secretary lacks legal powersPriti Patel is facing demands from opposition politicians to announce a statutory inquiry into failings that allowed a serving Metropolitan pol…
The Guardian view on Insulate Britain: the art of protest | Editorial
Priti Patel’s plans to restrict civil liberties make it all the more important that activists keep the public on their sideA draconian police and crime bill is making its way through parliament, and on Tuesday the home secretary, Priti Patel, told her …
Civil liberties groups criticise Priti Patel’s plan to criminalise protest
Home secretary plans to use policing bill to grant new powers to police to crack down on activistsCivil liberties groups have reacted with dismay to Priti Patel’s plan to criminalise protest groups, saying demonstrations are a “core pillar of any healt…
Sarah Everard’s murder puts policing and misogyny under the spotlight | Letters
David Taylor, who was a police officer for 30 years, offers an insight into the handling of ‘minor’ crimes, while Ann Kelly and Caroline Ley reflect on the language used by ministers and the media Having been a police officer for 30 years, serving as a…
UK asylum seekers in hotels should have been given money for phone calls, judge rules
High court decision could cost Home Office millions in back-paymentsA Home Office decision not to give thousands of asylum seekers money to make calls to friends and family during the pandemic has been ruled unlawful by the high court.The government co…
Evidence of ‘vulgar and sexist’ WhatsApp texts ignored, says ex-Met detective
Paige Kimberley claims she wrote to Priti Patel and Cressida Dick about messages, but they did not respondA retired Metropolitan police detective has accused both Priti Patel and Cressida Dick of ignoring evidence of “vulgar and sexist” WhatsApp group …