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5 Things to Know If You’ve Been Charged with a Firearms Crime
Whether you are a gun owner facing accusations of improper storage or usage or have been charged with a more serious crime, such as assault with a deadly weapon, it is essential to understand your rights and options. In addition to the criminal justice system,...
7 Questions You Should Always Ask a Potential Lawyer
If you’ve found yourself in a situation that calls for legal representation, it’s obviously going to come at a price. You ought to know the appropriate questions to ensure you’ll find the best possible lawyer for your case. Whether you need an elder-law specialist for...
5 Tips for Starting a Women’s Political Party
If you’re planning on running for any government office, you’ve got a long road ahead of you. Let’s face it; there aren’t enough women in politics. One of the main reasons behind that is because there are so many more social inequalities that have to be overcome to...
Dear Joe Biden: Don’t Listen to Silicon Valley
Roger McNamee co-founded one of Silicon Valley’s most successful venture-capital firms and was an important early investor in Facebook. But he has soured on Big Tech, arguing that it now promotes hate speech, undermines democracy and profits at society’s expense....
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Key points from Starmer’s Mandelson statement
The prime minister has been back in the Commons after it emerged the Labour peer failed vetting. Article Attribution | Read More at Article Source [mwai_chat context="Let's have a discussion about this article:nnThe prime minister has been back in the Commons after it...
Chris Mason: PM facing awkward hours ahead as Mandelson questions remain
And yet, in the deluge of documents already published there is an email sent to Lord Mandelson at the beginning of February of last year, when he was beginning in the role, saying, on page 76, that the job "requires DV+STRAP" and so "a new STRAP application form will...
Reform pledges to review all asylum claims for past five years if it wins power
The current Labour government has already announced major crackdowns on immigration, including disrupting gangs. Article Attribution | Read More at Article Source [mwai_chat context="Let's have a discussion about this article:nnThe current Labour government has...
Five questions awaiting Starmer as he faces Commons over Mandelson scandal
The prime minister said he was "staggered" to find out last week that civil servants in the Foreign Office withheld information from him. Article Attribution | Read More at Article Source [mwai_chat context="Let's have a discussion about this article:nnThe prime...
Starmer would have blocked Mandelson over vetting failure, says Lammy
Dame Emily Thornberry, chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee, has said new revelations have "called into question" evidence Sir Olly gave to MPs in November, during which he did not disclose that the government's security vetting agency advised the Foreign Office to...
Starmer accused of ‘skulking’ and shunning Sarwar in Scotland
It is the first time the prime minister has been north of the border since the Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar called for him to step down in February. Article Attribution | Read More at Article Source [mwai_chat context="Let's have a discussion about this...
Why Starmer still can’t move on from the Mandelson mess
Step two: crucially after the prime minister had given the former Labour minister the job, there was a security check, known as developed vetting. As we reported in the autumn, that's a standalone confidential process, which involved an in-person interview, financial...
Senior official ousted over Mandelson security row to face MPs
Former Former Office chief Sir Olly Robbins is expected to be grilled by the Foreign Affairs Committee on Tuesday. Article Attribution | Read More at Article Source [mwai_chat context="Let's have a discussion about this article:nnFormer Former Office chief Sir Olly...
‘Staggering’ I was not told Mandelson failed vetting, says PM
The PM is facing calls to resign over the revelation that Lord Mandelson did not pass security checks. Article Attribution | Read More at Article Source [mwai_chat context="Let's have a discussion about this article:nnThe PM is facing calls to resign over the...
What we know about Mandelson’s vetting and security clearance
The process is designed to identify whether people applying for government jobs pose a security risk, either because they might seek to abuse their position, or because their personal lives make them a potential blackmail target - for example, if they are in high...
Top Foreign Office official to leave post after Mandelson vetting row
Calling for the PM to stand down earlier, Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch said: "It is either, he knew that Mandelson failed the security vetting and lied to us in Parliament, on TV repeatedly, or he didn't know, didn't ask and said he had passed the security...
Chris Mason: Mandelson nightmare haunts Starmer again
Sir Keir is, I understand, absolutely furious. Several figures we have spoken to who worked in No10 at the time insist they had no idea about all this. Friends of Morgan McSweeney, the prime minister's chief of staff at the time, say he didn't know either. Article...