Charity calls for judge-only trials for rape and sexual offences cases

JUDGE-ONLY trials for rape and sexual offences cases should be piloted in a “radical” step to help increase convictions and clear court backlogs, a

Grenfell boss binned crucial inquiry notes

Survivors' group says such ‘indifference never fails to shock and enrage’

Young Labour chair candidate withdraws over comments about ‘incredibly good-looking’ Nazis

A CANDIDATE for the chair of Young Labour has withdrawn from the contest after posts emerged of her expressing her admiration for the physical attr

Labour MP Yasmin Qureshi hospitalised with pneumonia after catching Covid

LABOUR MP Yasmin Qureshi has been admitted to hospital with pneumonia after testing positive for Covid-19.

Majority of rape victims suffering in silence have no faith in justice system

New survey suggests fewer than 1 in 7 alleged victims feel confident they can obtain justice by making a police report

Manchester's Andy Burnham urges MPs to back him over Tier 3 funding by holding Commons vote

ANDY BURNHAM has urged MPs to intervene this week in a conflict between regional politicians and the government over funding for areas put under Ti

More job losses feared as 27 million people face tougher lockdowns

Dan Carden quits Labour front bench to vote against CHIS Bill ‘as a matter of conscience’

A LABOUR frontbencher resigned from the shadow cabinet yesterday to vote against the highly controversial Covert Human Intelligence Sources (CHIS)

Britain facing ‘period of destitution,’ former homelessness tsar warns

THE government’s former homelessness adviser warned today that Britain faces a “period of destitution,” with families struggling to afford food and

Labour urges government to impose "circuit-breaker" lockdown now rather than U-turn later

LABOUR urged the government today to impose a temporary national coronavirus lockdown, warning that more jobs will be put at risk if ministers wait