What did Andy Burnham actually claim? Speaking on The Rest is Politics podcast, UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham stated that Russia did interfere with the 2016 Brexit referendum. He described asking intelligence officials upon entering Downing Street whether such interference…
A Breach of Public Trust Inside HMP Wandsworth A nurse employed at HMP Wandsworth has admitted to conducting an “inappropriate personal relationship” with a convicted killer held at the same institution, entering a guilty plea at Kingston Crown Court on…
The moment a prisoner walks through the gates and back into the world is, for many victims, the moment their anxiety begins. They have been told there are safeguards. They have been assured that surveillance will follow the offender from…
What happened, and how was it proven? In 2023, Ryan Theaker — then a serving constable with Merseyside Police — raped a woman in a Liverpool hotel room following a night out. The assault lasted 82 minutes. During that time,…
A Sailor, a Security Clearance, and the Dark Web A Royal Navy sailor holding high-level security clearance appeared at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Thursday, charged with offences under the National Security Act 2023, after allegedly using the dark web to…
A Compliance Failure Years in the Making The Gambling Commission’s £5 million settlement with three subsidiaries of Rank Group PLC — Grosvenor Casinos Limited, Grosvenor Casinos (GC) Limited, and Gaming Group Limited — is not simply a regulatory fine. It…
A disciplinary panel at Sussex Police headquarters in Lewes has dismissed two officers — PC Stephen Smith and PC Rachel Comotto — after finding they subjected a 92-year-old single-leg amputee with dementia to unjustified and excessive force while he sat…
The warning signs had been accumulating for nearly a decade before a coalition of organisations finally put them in writing to the government. In 2016, a parliamentary inquiry by the women and equalities committee established that sexual harassment and violence…
The British government’s announcement of new refugee resettlement routes for Afghan women and girls, unveiled in late September, has been received in some quarters as a belated act of conscience. It is, on closer examination, something rather more troubling: a…
The alleged plot to attack Jewish sites in Manchester on the eve of Yom Kippur represents, if the charges are proven, a deliberate act of antisemitic terrorism coordinated through encrypted communications and preceded by systematic reconnaissance — a pattern of…