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Minister orders police not to ignore shoplifters just because they are starving

Police forces had been advised to use discretion on whether to prosecute people during the cost of living crisis

Wales Online

Don’t ignore shoplifters, minister says, after watchdog urges ‘discretion’

Policing minister Kit Malthouse says officers should not turn a blind eye to stealing during the cost-of-living crisis.

The Independent UK

Minister says don’t name rape MP as it ‘puts enormous strain on them as individuals’

The policing minister has suggested the name of the MP arrested on rape allegations should be kept secret to protect those accused of sex crimes.

Evening Standard

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Don’t let people off if they steal food in desperation, minister tells police

Kit Malthouse says police watchdog’s suggestion that cost of living will trigger more crime is ‘old-fashioned’

The Guardian - UK

Minister rejects chief inspector’s call for police to use ‘discretion’ with desperate shoplifters

Kit Malthouse argues ‘the law should be blind and police officers should operate without fear of favour’

The Independent UK

Tory minister rejects drug consumption rooms in Scotland despite 'compelling evidence' they save lives

Policing Minister Kit Malthouse said both the Scottish and UK Governments need to work together on a strategy to combat the number of drugs deaths across the country.

Daily Record

Tory police minister slaps down chief's plea for cops to spare shoplifters stealing to eat

Police Minister Kit Malthouse said poverty 'doesn't cause crime' as he rejected the Chief Inspector of Constabulary's plea for cops to show 'discretion' in the cost-of-living crisis

Daily Mirror

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Minister opens door to windfall tax on energy companies

A minister has opened the door to a windfall tax on energy companies to help fund further support for struggling families facing a cost of living crisis.

Evening Standard

Football fans taking cocaine at matches face five-year bans

Move comes in response to significant increase in disorder at games, much of which, police say, is driven by class A drugs

The Guardian - UK

Cocaine-fuelled football hooligans to be given five-year match ban, government announces

Police are increasingly finding class A drugs ‘at heart of disorder’ at games, minister says

The Independent UK

'Middle-class' football cocaine users to get five year bans amid crackdown

Govenment announces new rules to crack down on rising disorder and violence at games

Chronicle Live

'Middle-class coke heads' taking drugs at football grounds face five-year bans

The Government wants to tackle violence and crime at football matches

Wales Online

8 times Tories criticised for being 'out of touch' over cost of living crisis

Home Office Minister Rachel Maclean sparked a fresh row over cost of living as she said some Brits could get higher paid jobs or work longer hours to "protect" themselves from long term cost of living pressures

Daily Mirror

Michael Gove causes havoc on breakfast TV – but at least he’s not Priti Patel

While the Govester airs his silly voices on news media, the home secretary picks a vicious fight in the Commons

The Guardian - UK

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The National (Scotland)

Keir Starmer's resignation would not force Boris Johnson to quit, Tory minister says

KEIR Starmer’s resignation would not necessitate the exit of the Prime Minister from Downing Street, a Tory minister has insisted.

The Independent UK

New measures to ‘dynamise’ the economy in Queen’s Speech, says Government

The Prince of Wales will read the Queen’s Speech for the first time as the monarch misses the State Opening of Parliament.

The Independent UK

Starmer resignation would not mean Johnson should follow suit – minister

Labour has sought to contrast Sir Keir Starmer’s actions with those of Boris Johnson, who has refused to quit after being fined by the Met Police.

The Guardian - UK

PM should not have to copy any Starmer resignation, says minister

Policing minister Kit Malthouse says Labour leader has to ‘set his own standards’

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The Independent UK

‘Above my paygrade’: Emergency budget to tackle cost-of-living crisis not ruled out by minister

Kit Malthouse says decision ‘above my pay grade’

Evening Standard

Labour MP ‘confident’ Keir Starmer didn’t break Covid rules

Shadow education secretary backs Labour leader’s gamble to place his political future in the hands of Durham Police

Daily Mirror

6 times Tories were branded 'out of touch' as minister tells poor Brits to buy value goods

Environment Secretary George Eustice was the latest to come under fire for saying hard-up families should buy supermarket own-brand products to cope with the cost of living squeeze

The Independent UK

Peers defeat government over ‘repugnant’ threat to election watchdog’s independence

Lords votes against plan to give ministers powers to set Electoral Commission’s priorities

The Independent UK

How did Boris Johnson get to Kyiv? PM took secret train trip into Ukraine

PM thanks ‘iron people’ of the railway for helping arrange journey from Poland

Manchester Evening News

Greater Manchester faces new drugs crisis as patients living in agony wait years for surgery, doctors warn

'It's a new addiction and it has become a crutch for a lot of people to get through their lives'

Manchester Evening News

'We will meet in heaven': Ukraine girl, nine, pens heartbreaking letter to her mum killed in Russian attack

It's understood the youngster's mother was killed when a car they were in together was shelled - an MP has shared details

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