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Dutch MEP jets into Britain and declares Islam ‘a bad religion’

16.10.09
Far-right Dutch MEP sparked angry protests outside Westminster as he declared that Islamic culture was inferior to Christanity... more

More than half of terror convicts will be freed in four years

13.05.09
More than half of recent terrorist convicts sent to prison will be free within five years despite continuing ministerial warnings about the risk of a new attack in Britain, official figures revealed... more

Ministers face legal battle over holding DNA data

07.05.09
Ministers were facing a legal battle and angry protests over new plans to retain the DNA profiles of innocent people for up to 12 years on the national database... more

Ministers face DNA database battle

07.05.09
Ministers face a legal battle and angry protests over new plans to retain the DNA profiles of innocent people for up to 12 years on the national database... more

Similar tale, just a different ending, as classic fizzles out

30.04.09
Football: Groundhog Night fell over the Champions League with a semi-final so eerily similar to the previous evening's in Spain that, but for John O'Shea's impertinence in scoring the only goal, I could have refiled my piece from yesterday with nothing changed but a few names... more

Facebook entries will be logged under new surveillance powers

27.04.09
Details of Facebook messages, texts and internet gaming activity of every person in Britain will be logged under proposed new laws unveiled by Jacqui Smith... more

Police ‘should be punished for covering up ID’

17.04.09
Met commissioner Sir Paul Stephenson was told he must discipline officers who have defied orders to identify themselves... more

Met chief acts over riot police attacks

15.04.09
Met chief Sir Paul Stephenson has bowed to massive pressure and ordered a full-scale review of riot policing at the G20 protests... more

We were wrong over CCTV, says police watchdog

14.04.09
The police watchdog investigating the attack on Ian Tomlinson minutes before he died at the G20 protests did a U-turn over claims there were no CCTV cameras where the assault took place... more

Police watchdog under fire for being too slow over Ian Tomlinson death

09.04.09
The Independent Police Complaints Commission faces mounting criticism over its handling of the investigation of the death of Ian Tomlinson... more

'This could ruin lives in the wrong hands'

31.03.09
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Residents ordered to carry ID to get past roadblocks

30.03.09
Hundreds of people living near the Excel centre have been told to carry photo identification as the Met steps up security ahead of the G20 summit... more

Privacy sacrificed in war on terror, says spy chief

25.02.09
A fresh privacy row erupted after a former security chief warned innocent people's rights may have to be sacrificed to fight terrorism... more

MoD smeared me by claiming I had affair with colonel to obtain secrets

06.02.09
A human rights campaigner has accused the Ministry of Defence of smearing her by claiming she had an affair with an Army colonel in Afghanistan... more

Brave gesture should have generated some fan power

12.12.08
For England, for once, it really isn't the winning that matters but the taking part ... more

Ordeal of MP's family as nine anti-terror officers raided home

28.11.08
Extraordinary details of the heavy-handed police operation against shadow immigration minister Damian Green have been revealed... more

Goodbye, Sir Ian Blair – we won’t miss you

27.11.08
The beleaguered Met Commissioner leaves office tomorrow. What we need in his place is a solid, reassuring figure who will talk about crime and get the public back on side... more

Smith is forced to scrap 7/7 inquest secrecy law

14.10.08
New laws which could have allowed parts of the 7/7 inquest to be heard in secret were dropped by ministers in a second dramatic U-turn over anti-terror legislation... more

Smith told not to 'panic' MPs into new terror law

14.10.08
Home Secretary Jacqui Smith was warned against trying to "panic" Parliament into fresh terror laws after a crushing Lords defeat of her 42-day detention plans... more

Society

08.10.08
Poverty, health, homelessness and racial tensions abound in a city awash with money. These are the people who are trying to do something about it. ... more

Law

08.10.08
London’s practitioners give the lead to the nation and by implication to the rest of the world in every field. ... more

Politics

08.10.08
The Tories are in the ascendancy and gaining influence. Already the key figures in Westminster and beyond are thinking about the post-Brown generation.... more

The gold Standard party

07.10.08
The most influential people in London gathered at the launch of the Evening Standard's glossy magazine The 1000: London's Most Influential People 2008... more

ID card scheme faces new stumbling block over fingerprinting

25.09.08
Jacqui Smith has admitted that it will be impossible to include fingerprints of some people on the Government's ID cards... more

Don’t cry for me Dame Marjorie

05.09.08
A report yesterday claimed the number of women in top jobs had fallen. But Antonia Cox argues not all women want to enter the corporate battlefield... more

Who's in and who's out

23.06.08
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Harman weighs into Liberty chief 'smears' row

20.06.08
Commons leader Harriet Harman has joined in the row over Shami Chakrabarti, saying the civil liberties chief should never have allied herself to David Davis... more

Liberty chief threatens to sue minister over Davis 'smears'

19.06.08
Civil liberties campaigner Shami Chakrabarti has threatened to sue Cabinet minister Andy Burnham over "smears" about her links to Tory David Davis... more

Drama as top Tory quits

12.06.08
Senior Tory David Davis drops a political bombshell by quitting as an MP to force a by-election... more

CPS drops case against Scientology protest boy

23.05.08
Prosecution lawyers have taken just a day to throw out a case against a 15-year-old who was facing possible legal action for holding up a placard which branded the Church of Scientology a "cult"... more

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