Home Secretary

Wednesday, 09 October 2024

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Former UK home secretary James Cleverly eliminated from Conservatives leader race

The Irish Times 09 Oct 2024

Former home secretary Mr Cleverly was eliminated in Wednesday’s ballot of Tory MPs, following Tom Tugendhat who was knocked out on Tuesday ... READ MORE ... .

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Cleverly slams Home Secretary over Swift's special escort

The Spectator 09 Oct 2024

It transpires, after the Sun newspaper’s splash this morning, that Home Secretary Yvette Cooper personally intervened to ensure that Taylor Swift received a police convoy to her Wembley shows.

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British lawmakers urge home secretary to address racism in country’s immigration polices ahead of new legislation

Anadolu Agency 09 Oct 2024

A group of British lawmakers wrote to Home Secretary Yvette Cooper on Tuesday urging her to acknowledge the links between racism and the country’s immigration legislation as the government ...

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Marcos convenes Cabinet to tackle Middle East crisis

The Manila Times 09 Oct 2024

on Wednesday convened a meeting via Zoom with the concerned Cabinet Secretaries to discuss the situation in conflict-areas in the Middle East ... Present during the meeting were Executive Secretary Lucas ...

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Bad blood! Fury as Labour is accused of

The Daily Mail 09 Oct 2024

The Home Secretary and London mayor are facing growing anger today over claims they pressured police into giving Taylor Swift a blue-light escort to Wembley gigs - before using freebie tickets to watch the show.

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How top Labour politicians

The Daily Mail 09 Oct 2024

But Home Secretary Yvette Cooper and London Mayor Sadiq Khan reportedly stepped in to ensure the pop princess was guarded by the Special Escort Group, amid security fears over a failed suicide bomb plot at Swift's Austria gig in August.

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Kay Burley In Extraordinary Clash With Lisa Nandy Over Police Escort Given To Taylor Swift

Huffington Post 09 Oct 2024

I haven’t had a conversation with him or the home secretary, but what I can tell you is that neither prime minister or the home secretary or the mayor of London has the power to over-ride the police on this matter.”.

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Fact check: Crown Prosecution Service decides which cases to charge

AOL 09 Oct 2024

Decisions to prosecute are taken by the Crown Prosecution Service, not the Home Secretary ... The Party’s MPs also wrote a letter outlining their concerns about the case to the Home Secretary.

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No ‘undue influence’ from ministers over Taylor Swift police protection – Nandy

AOL 09 Oct 2024

The decision was made by senior officers but the Home Secretary and Mayor of London were involved in ...

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Final two Conservative leadership contenders to be announced

RTE 09 Oct 2024

Based on yesterday's voting, the Shadow Home Secretary James Cleverly is in the lead after receiving 39 votes, followed by former Minister Robert Jenrick with 31 votes and ...

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PMQs live: Keir Starmer faces questions over freebies

The Times/The Sunday Times 09 Oct 2024

Key moments ... 11.34am. Questions for home secretary. James Cleverly has written to Yvette Cooper, the home secretary, to ask whether she accepted tickets to Taylor Swift before or after she requested enhanced police protection for the singer ... UK. Politics.

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Nandy should keep ‘close eye’ on Europe challenge to UK film and TV, says shadow

AOL 09 Oct 2024

The shadow secretary of state continued. “We have gifted the Culture Secretary something to say, the Chancellor to back rather than tax, the Prime Minister another sparkling event to go to, and the Home Secretary a new police escort to fund ... She said ... .

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Fury as senior Labour politicians lobbied Met Police to give Taylor Swift

The Daily Mail 09 Oct 2024

But Home Secretary Yvette Cooper and London Mayor Sadiq Khan reportedly stepped in to ensure Ms Swift received an exemption from the force's Special Escort Group ... Home Secretary Yvette Cooper ...

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Robert Jenrick and Kemi Badenoch will go head-to-head for for Tory leadership after frontrunner...

The Daily Mail 09 Oct 2024

Former home secretary Mr Cleverly took a surprise lead in a vote yesterday, but slumped to third in a fourth and final round of Westminster voting this afternoon ... The shadow home secretary was also ...

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Taylor Swift: Labour denies forcing police to grant elite security

The Times/The Sunday Times 09 Oct 2024

... secretary has insisted. Lisa Nandy said it was “simply not true” that Yvette Cooper, the home secretary, had intervened to ensure Swift had the level of security used for senior royals and politicians.