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Home Secretary is right to admit immigration mistakes

03.11.09

Former home secretary John Reid backs the man currently in the post and also admitted the Government had made mistakes over immigration... more

Figures show jump in violent crime by strangers

02.11.09

Proportion of violent crime committed by strangers has risen significantly since Labour came to power, a report shows... more

Those under scrutiny

12.10.09

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Party is at that magical Blairy place where it applauds anything

08.10.09

Here's one we tried earlier. William Hague arrived on the vast empty stage. “Let’s give a warm welcome to the shadow cabinet!” he cried. There followed an awkward moment, in which the shadow cabinet ambled on, looking splendidly ill-assorted, despite the best efforts of the stylists backstage. Eric Pickles had the lumbering walk of an alderman on school sports day... more

Chris Grayling falls off message

07.10.09

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Tory tax on cheap drink to stop 'binge Britain' louts

07.10.09

Conservative party conference: Tory government will declare war on 'binge Britain' with taxes to tackle cheap drink and a crackdown on late-night licensing... more

Now for the Tory crackdown on crime

07.10.09

There may be a sense of collective relief at the Tory conference today that the party's policy of a crackdown on alcohol sales announced by Chris Grayling would not be a blanket blitz... more

The week ahead at the Conservative conference

05.10.09

Today: Boris Johnson is guaranteed to boost morale as he kicks the week off. William Hague is drafted in to soothe fury about the Commons expenses scandal... more

Tories demand inquiry into Baroness Scotland ‘cover-up’

28.09.09

Home Secretary Alan Johnson urged to launch a new investigation into the Baroness Scotland case as the Tories accused ministers of engaging in a political cover-up... more

Britain is not like Baltimore

26.08.09

It's being so cheerful as keeps them going. The Conservative shadow home secretary Chris Grayling says parts of Britain are indistinguishable from The Wire, the blood-soaked cop drama set among the lowlife of Baltimore... more

Britain is as bad as The Wire, say Tories

25.08.09

Parts of Britain are so blighted by crime they resemble the streets of Baltimore in cult TV show The Wire, the Tories said... more

Employee crime wave hits businesses as recession bites

31.07.09

Workers in England and Wales carried out almost 1000 crimes a day against employers last year, according to police figures published ... more

UK 'has worst violent crime rate in Europe'

02.07.09

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Big push for Norwich seat

22.06.09

David Cameron has ordered a full-scale campaign to clinch the Norwich North seat after the local Labour MP Ian Gibson quit... more

We’ll cancel ID cards, Tories warn manufacturers

17.06.09

The Tories have warned firms contracted to produce ID cards they will scrap the scheme if they win power... more

Just one offender gets maximum sentence for carrying knife

28.05.09

Only one person was given the maximum sentence for carrying a knife last year, latest figures revealed... more

What they claimed: MPs expenses in full

12.05.09

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Jacqui Smith terror alert

20.04.09

A terrorist attack on Britain is “highly likely”, the Home Secretary told the Commons... more

DNA database brands people as criminals, says professor

15.04.09

The Government risks losing support for its national DNA database because it holds the details of "entirely innocent people", the inventor of genetic fingerprinting said... more

Senior Tory aims to stop young yobs

09.04.09

Shadow home secretary Chris Grayling has called for a clampdown on youth violence after the "grotesque" attack on two boys in Doncaster... more

Boys’ knife attack is proof of broken Britain, say Tories

06.04.09

Police were granted more time to interview two boys over an attack which left an 11-year-old boy fighting for his life and a nine-year-old seriously wounded... more

Cameron tells yobs: Watch out the Tories are about

23.02.09

David Cameron has warned young people that a Conservative government would impose curfews on yobs, axe cautions and lock up drunks... more

400,000 yob incidents 'blighting London lives'

04.02.09

Almost 400,000 incidents of anti-social behaviour were recorded by the Met Police last year, figures show... more

50 are chasing every vacancy in the capital

19.01.09

Fresh evidence of soaring unemployment emerged as new figures revealed that nearly 50 people are chasing every job vacancy in parts of London... more

Clarke’s back and promptly takes aim at Mandelson

19.01.09

David Cameron has radically reshuffled his shadow Cabinet and brought back Ken Clarke as shadow business secretary... more

'Three strikes and you're out' plan to combat benefits culture

30.09.08

Shadow work and pensions secretary Chris Grayling vowed today the Tories would end Britain's "benefits culture" as he confirmed hard-line plans to axe hand-outs to anyone who refused three job offers... more

True scale of joblessness is hidden, say Conservatives

18.09.08

Labour is hiding the true scale of unemployment in Britain, the Tories claimed... more

We can't reduce benefit fraud below £1.2bn, say ministers

08.07.08

Ministers were lambasted over benefit fraud after a top Whitehall mandarin said it was now "impossible" to get losses below £1.2 billion a year... more

This is a railway unfit for the 21st century

25.03.08

Once again commuters returning from holiday face rail delays - yet fares keep going up. Now only a radical shake-up will give us the service we need, says one transport expert... more

700,000 migrants want a job

20.03.08

New figures showing more than 700,000 foreigners a year are seeking work in Britain raised fresh doubts over the Government's immigration controls... more