Damian Green promises “smarter” border controls as research shows tens of thousands of migrants on student visas are still in the UK five years later... more
Police officer who led the investigation into allegations that government secrets were being passed to a Tory MP claims details of the case have been covered up... more
Hackney MP Diane Abbott is to offer advice to constituents on how to get their DNA profiles wiped from the national database after shadow immigration minister Damian Green won the battle to have his removed this week... more
THE DECISION of the Director of Public Prosecutions, Keir Starmer, not to press charges against the shadow immigration minister, Damian Green, is an embarrassment for the Government, the Home Office and the police... more
The Government has said it was trying to "bring students weak in English up to speed" after it emerged that one in seven primary school pupils does not have English as a first language... more
The police investigation into Tory MP Damian Green is being delayed because of a row over whether documents seized from his offices are covered by parliamentary privilege... more
Police have sent a new batch of evidence to prosecutors on the Damian Green case to help them decide whether to bring charges against the Tory MP... more
Prosecutors are still waiting for potentially crucial police evidence that could determine whether charges are brought against Tory MP Damian Green... more
Emergency! Another outbreak of foot -in-mouth at the Metropolitan Police. Never mind the terror threat, how to keep the crime figures down or our fears of "low level" (in reality, highly discomfiting) anti-social behaviour on the streets. Senior management in New Scotland Yard are once again preoccupied by the behaviour of one of their own top officers.... more
The chances of the Damian Green affair ever coming to court receded after fresh claims that both Scotland Yard and prosecutors have real doubts about the Tory MP's arrest... more
Police believe the civil servant at the centre of the Damian Green inquiry is responsible for only half of the Home Office leaks they are investigating... more
The statement by the Speaker of the House of Commons, Michael Martin, about the arrest of the Tory frontbencher, Damian Green last week, was not intended to turn into a full-blown debate... more
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