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The party has said it cannot end the use of the vessel immediately if it wins the election, but that it wants to end the need for barges and hotels ‘as fast as possible’

Home Office minister Michael Tomlinson made the admission as the Tories seek to shift election focus from poll date betting scandal onto immigration

Shadow Home Secretary Yvette Cooper has pledged an overhaul of the way violent crimes against women and girls are policed

It is a statement both welcome and one that raises the question of how it could not already be the case. Shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper has today vowed that a Labour government would treat violence against women as a “national emergency”, pledging an overhaul of the way in which…

Exclusive: Figures obtained by The Independent show police forces received 738 reports of people carrying knives or sharp instruments in schools last year

Having won with Tony Blair in 1997, the Labour frontbencher wants party back in No 10

Exclusive: In a wide-ranging interview with The Independent, former soldier Mike Tapp said he wants to help Sir Keir Starmer tackle the small boats crisis and end the chaos at the Port of Dover

Sir Keir Starmer’s party is pledging a crackdown on antisocial behaviour on Britain’s streets.

Labour accuses the Tories of ‘turning blind eye to widespread exploitation’ of migrant workers