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by Steve Beasant on 26 August, 2017
Prisons could be effectively full within four years with the number of inmates predicted to hit a historic high. Imposing longer sentences could lead to nearly 92,000 behind bars – a record in the modern era. The figure was revealed in projections for England and Wales published yesterday by the Ministry of Justice. The move […]
Read more Leave a commentby Steve Beasant on 23 August, 2017
The government has produced a position paper without a clear position. No one reading this paper will have a clue what they actually want. Lib Dem Shadow Exiting the European Union; International Trade; First Secretary of State, Tom Brake Theresa May’s attempts to downplay the government’s climbdown over the European Court of Justice is a desperate attempt […]
Read more Leave a commentby Steve Beasant on 23 August, 2017
Liberal Democrats are clear: being in the European Union makes us safer and helps catch criminals. Lib Dem Shadow Home Secretary, Ed Davey An unpublished Home Office report showed that Britons could be more at risk of terrorism and crime after Brexit, The Times reports. Theresa May was Home Secretary when this report was drawn up […]
Read more Leave a commentby Steve Beasant on 22 August, 2017
The Conservatives are refusing to admit publicly that Europe will still require Britain to abide by their rules in nearly 50% of our trade, hard Brexit or not. Lib Dem Shadow Home Secretary Edward Davey Sir Paul Jenkins has called Theresa May’s Brexit strategy ‘foolish’ for hoping to distance the UK from the European Court of […]
Read more Leave a commentby Steve Beasant on 19 August, 2017
The Government must “get rid of the fantasy at the heart of the so-called war on drugs, which has been a stupid and catastrophic failure”, Norman Lamb argued in Parliament recently. Speaking in a debate on the government’s new drug strategy, Norman said that prohibition has been “a monumental failure of public policy”, and called for […]
Read more Leave a commentby Steve Beasant on 14 August, 2017
Indeterminate Sentences for Public Protection were abolished in 2012, but there are over 3,000 people in England and Wales still serving them. Lib Dem Shadow Lord Chancellor; Shadow Secretary of State for Justice, Jonathan Marks The Liberal Democrats have backed calls by the Chairman of the Parole Board, Nick Hardwick, for urgent action to address the […]
Read more Leave a commentby Steve Beasant on 11 August, 2017
Commenting on the news that the National Crime Agency estimates there are tens of thousands of victims of human trafficking and modern slavery in the UK, former Liberal Democrat leader Tim Farron said: “This shocking report shows that modern slavery is alive and well in 21st century Britain. “It’s a hidden national scandal. “People are […]
Read more Leave a commentby Steve Beasant on 8 August, 2017
It was reported this morning that Brexit secretary David Davis will allow UK judges to overrule requests made under the European Arrest Warrant system in an attempt to placate Conservative eurosceptics. Lib Dem Shadow Home Secretary Edward Davey The Liberal Democrats have warned that government plans to limit the scope of the European Arrest Warrant are […]
Read more Leave a commentby Steve Beasant on 6 June, 2017
Prime Minister under growing pressure on her track record Theresa May says “enough is enough” – but she forced through the cuts that lost us thousands of armed police and community officers. As Home Secretary, she even accused the police of crying wolf over the impact of her cuts – and their fears that the […]
Read more Leave a commentby Steve Beasant on 29 May, 2017
Nick Clegg has accused Theresa May of putting national security at risk by pursuing an extreme Brexit that will see Britain locked out of an EU police database used by UK police and security services 16 times a second. The Schengen Information System (SIS II) is an EU-wide database on organised criminal and terrorist suspects across […]
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