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Proposal, attacked by homelessness charities as dehumanising, had provoked threats of revolt among MPs
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The government will drop plans to criminalise rough sleepers for being deemed a nuisance or having an excessive smell, after Tory MPs threatened a revolt over the proposals.
The plans originally announced by the then home secretary, Suella Braverman, had been condemned by homeless charities as dehumanising. Continue reading…
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UK News: Officer taken to hospital and later released while suspect, 54, hospitalised under supervision after being shot by police in High Wycombe
A man was shot by police and arrested after an officer was shot in the leg with a crossbow in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, Thames Valley police said.
Police attended School Lane, Downley, at about 6pm on Friday after a man in his 60s suffered a stab wound. Continue reading…
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Tory former minister says he made error over tax paid on sales of YouGov shares after previously saying he was being ‘smeared’
Nadhim Zahawi has admitted for the first time he paid nearly £5m to the tax authority to settle his tax affairs, despite previous denials about the figure involved and accusations that he was being “smeared” by journalists who first revealed the issue.
The former chancellor told the BBC on Sunday he had paid HMRC just under £5m after making what he called a “careless mistake” with the tax he paid on the sales of shares in YouGov, the polling company he helped found. Continue reading…
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UK News: Malwattege Peiris had been told to leave despite court ruling that family had right to be together under settlement scheme
A woman threatened with deportation and separation from her husband and 10-year-old son is celebrating after a Home Office U-turn allowing them to stay together.
The Home Office previously told Malwattege Peiris to leave the UK despite a court ruling that the family have the right to live together in the UK. Continue reading…
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Officer taken to hospital and later released while suspect, 54, hospitalised under supervision after being shot by police in High Wycombe
A man was shot by police and arrested after an officer was shot in the leg with a crossbow in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, Thames Valley police said.
Police attended School Lane, Downley, at about 6pm on Friday after a man in his 60s suffered a stab wound. Continue reading…
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