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Prime minister Keir Starmer and justice secretary David Lammy Take responsibility for the mistake that led to the wrongful release from prison of a former asylum seeker who sexually assaulted a woman and a young girl, Epping Forestthe Tory MP said on Saturday.
Ethiopian refugee Hadush Gerberslasie KebatuThe 38-year-old was jailed for sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl, a crime that sparked protests in court. bell hotel inside epping Where was he?
Member of Parliament for Epping Forest Neil Hudson He told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme:
This seems like an operational error, but responsibility has to lie somewhere; It needs to stop at the top, the minister of justice, the minister of interior and the prime minister.
They said they were angry and horrified. Yes, quite true, they must have been angry and horrified. But this is not enough and the Labor government needs to address this issue.
They need to arrest this guy, but they need to deal with this, and that’s what my constituents, who are deeply distressed and upset, are saying.
In case you missed it, in this previously published article from the Guardian Bridget Phillipson And Lucy Powell He answered reader questions about wealth taxes, Brexit, the climate crisis and the far right:
today’s agenda
According to the PA news agency programme, today’s political agenda is as follows:
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10am: Labour’s new deputy leader will be announced in central London. The winner of the competition and the prime minister are expected to speak later.
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13:00: Protesters from opposing groups are expected to flock to different parts of London after police banned Ukip supporters from gathering in Whitechapel, an area of the capital with a large Muslim population, due to what officers called “a realistic prospect of serious disorder”. Ukip supporters are expected to gather in west London at 1pm.
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Saturday: Counting will begin today to find out who the Irish people voted for as the next president.
Epping Forest Deputy Neil Hudson On the Conservatives’ morning media tour.
Labor’s new deputy leader will be announced today as polls put Powell ahead of Phillipson
New deputy leader of the Labor Party It will be announced today, according to the survey Lucy Powell’s gained a healthy lead over the education minister Bridget Phillipson Voting ended on Thursday, the PA news agency reported.
During the campaign, Powell frequently cited “mistakes” the party made on issues such as winter fuel assistance. And in my final message to supporters this week Member of Parliament for Manchester Central He appeared to criticize the “command and control” culture within the government and suggested that “blindly following” was “neglecting our duty to defeat the politics of hatred and division”.
If Powell triumphs, the result will likely be seen as a rebuke. Keir StarmerAccording to the PA news agency, it is stated that the party’s leadership consists of Labor members and more than half of them now believe that the party is heading in the wrong direction.
The Prime Minister has already had a difficult week, dominated by disagreements over the grooming gangs investigation, which ended in a defeat. Senedd in Caerphilly by-electionIt’s a seat that Labor has held for a century.
Labour’s struggle at the polls has already raised questions among backbenchers about Starmer’s leadership of the party.
Powell stressed that he wanted to “help Keir and our government succeed” but also told supporters that the party “needs to change the way we do things to turn things around”.
Meanwhile, Phillipson is seen as Nnumber 10The preferred candidate for deputy leader emphasized unity and warned that voting for his rival would lead to “internal debates and divisions that will lead us back into opposition”.
The results of the parliamentary election are expected to be announced on Saturday. 10:00 BST. I will keep you updated on the results and reactions as they become available.
Here are some headlines from British politics:
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MPs have warned the Chancellor that cutting the annual cash Isa allowance will not encourage many savers to switch to shares but could increase mortgage costs. Earlier this year Rachel Reeves paused plans to cap the cash Isa allowance but in the run-up to next month’s budget speculation has re-emerged that the amount could be cut to £10,000 in a bid to support growth.
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A wipeout of Labor in next May’s local elections would mean the end of Keir Starmer’s premiership, MPs have said, after the party suffered a crushing defeat in its traditional heartland of Wales. Although Plaid Cymru defeated Reform UK to capture the Senedd seat in Caerphilly, the result revealed a dramatic collapse in Labor votes and led to fears in Westminster that Labor could fall into third place in Wales; This was a loss that would make the leader’s position unrecoverable.
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Rishi Sunak was the only politician to be sent a witness statement by his deputy national security adviser at the center of the controversy over the collapse of the case against two British men accused of spying for China. According to letters sent to the joint committee on national security strategy, Matthew Collins’ statement sent to the then prime minister and his advisers in December 2023 did not describe China as an enemy, another key element of the case.
