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What’s needed to reform the Met Police?
Watchdogs have highlighted a series of failings by Britain's biggest police force which they say have damaged public confidence in the force, revealing they have had "substantial and persistent concerns" about the Met Police for "a considerable time"...


UK will miss net-zero targets to curb carbon emissions, say government climate advisers
They might have set the goal, but not the means to achieve it. 


Cost of living crisis: The households facing benefit cuts over unexplained overpayments
Millions of the country's lowest income households are going without food or other essentials because they don't have enough money to make ends meet - that's according to debt advice charity StepChange whose data has been shared exclusively with this...


Ben Wallace calls for higher defence spending
Defence Secretary Ben Wallace has described Russia as "very, very dangerous on the world stage" - as he called for the UK to raise defence spending by the middle of the decade.


Ukraine war: Nato declares Russia ‘direct threat’ to security
In Madrid, the priority has been to show a united front and even before the doors opened on this massive exhibition hall, Turkey had been persuaded to drop its veto for Sweden and Finland joining Nato.


The Met are ‘papering over the cracks’ says mother of murdered sisters
We spoke to Mina Smallman who has been campaigning for an end to the ‘toxic culture’ within the Met following the murder of her two daughters. Two police officers were later jailed for sharing photographs and highly offensive comments abo...


‘Toxic’ Metropolitan police put into special measures
The Metropolitan Police has been placed in ‘special measures’ by the police watchdog after a series of scandals, from the way it handled the Sarah Everard murder case, to offensive messages and photos shared by officers and the failure to...


‘We’re not going away’: SNP say they have mandate for second independence referendum
We hear from the Scottish Government’s Cabinet Secretary for the Constitution, External Affairs and Culture, Angus Robertson, on Nicola Sturgeon’s plans for a second independence referendum.


Is Scotland heading for UK exit after new independence vote plan?
Scotland’s first minister Nicola Sturgeon has set out plans to unilaterally call a second independence referendum in October 2023 but only if she can persuade the Supreme Court that it is legal. Nicola Sturgeon said she accepted that calling a ...


Roe v Wade: Are women’s rights under attack?
Glastonbury has always been political, and this year was no different. 


Infected blood inquiry: Victims suffered ‘incredibly bad luck’, says former PM
Thousands of victims of the infected blood scandal suffered "incredibly bad luck", according to the former prime minister Sir John Major.


Women accessing abortion care should not face harassment, says Scottish women’s health minister
We were joined from Edinburgh by Maree Todd, the minister for women's health in the Scottish government.


Police name woman killed in ‘stranger attack’
A 29-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of murdering a woman who was attacked in the street in east London during the early hours of Sunday morning.


Junior barristers unable to make a living, says former criminal bar association chair
We were joined by Caroline Goodwin QC, who was the chair of the Criminal Bar Association in 2019 and 2020 and is head of criminal practice at Trinity Chambers.


Criminal barristers go on strike over pay
Criminal barristers are taking strike action across England and Wales in their dispute over pay and conditions.



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