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Notting Hill Carnival faces scrutiny as police deploy invasive surveillance tactics amid growing concerns over civil liberties

The Notting Hill Carnival once again reveals the sorry state of Britain’s approach to public events ...

Politics category • 2025-08-23 21:18

UK protests expose rising backlash against hotel housing for asylum seekers

Protests against the use of hotels for housing asylum seekers have erupted across the UK, exposing t...

Politics category • 2025-08-23 16:08

Westminster expands visible policing with £3m investment and nine new PACT officers in Victoria

Westminster’s policing approach is no longer just a talking point but a tangible expansion of local ...

Politics category • 2025-08-22 12:42

Notting Hill Carnival to be policed under a security-led plan featuring live facial recognition

Notting Hill Carnival is being yoked to a heavy, intelligence-led policing thrust that critics say m...

Politics category • 2025-08-22 11:35

Arsenal close in on Eze as deal edges toward £67.5m in high-profile recruitment push

Arsenal’s bid for Crystal Palace’s Eberechi Eze appears poised to move from negotiations to sealing ...

Politics category • 2025-08-22 08:36

RMT strikes add travel chaos as Liverpool weigh €35m Frimpong move amid injury doubts

The capital’s transport network is again testing nerves as the RMT announces a week of rolling walko...

Politics category • 2025-08-21 15:30

London braced as RMT threatens rolling seven-day Tube strikes over pay and fatigue

London is again braced for disruption after London Underground staff, represented by the RMT union, ...

Politics category • 2025-08-21 14:15

Security beefed up at Selhurst Park as Palace–Forest clash becomes flashpoint after CAS ruling

Security tightens around Selhurst Park as Palace-Nottingham Forest clash looms amid protests over Fo...

Politics category • 2025-08-21 13:49

RMT to stage week of rolling Tube and DLR walkouts in early September, threatening fresh disruption

Commuters in London face fresh travel disruption as the RMT union announces a week-long round of ind...

Politics category • 2025-08-21 13:13

Ministers tie TfL funding to RPI+1 fare rises, leaving Londoners to underwrite upgrades

Londoners face a tube fare package that is explicitly tied to a government funding settlement for Tr...

Politics category • 2025-08-21 10:09

Greenwich's inclusive language guide sparks national row over advisory rules

Greenwich council’s advisory inclusive-language guide has become the latest sign in a widening polit...

Politics category • 2025-08-20 06:02

Flags and painted crosses spark row over patriotism and intimidation in Birmingham and Tower Hamlets

Images of St George’s Crosses and Union Jacks suddenly appearing across streets in English towns hav...

Politics category • 2025-08-20 05:57

London faces surge in residents with no credible housing plan, Standard warns

The Evening Standard’s latest commentary makes a stark case: London is being asked to absorb a surge...

Politics category • 2025-08-20 05:54

Met tells officers not to dance at Notting Hill Carnival as policing tightens after violence

The Metropolitan Police has warned officers not to dance with revellers at this weekend’s Notting Hi...

Politics category • 2025-08-20 05:51

Met to test live facial recognition at Notting Hill as legal battle reignites over bias and oversight

The Metropolitan Police’s plan to use live facial recognition at Notting Hill Carnival has sparked f...

Politics category • 2025-08-20 05:45

Councils’ inclusive‑language guides prompt rows over advisory tips, not bans

Council staff in the Royal Borough of Greenwich have been handed an advisory inclusive-language guid...

Politics category • 2025-08-19 20:11

Westminster plans PSPO extension and expanded CCTV to tackle midnight car meets in Soho and Mayfair

According to the Evening Standard, Westminster City Council is proposing to broaden a Public Space P...

Politics category • 2025-08-19 09:51

Give councils real power over gambling licences to protect high streets, not more Whitehall rules

Walking down Britain's high streets today, the familiar corner shop or butcher is increasingly repla...

Politics category • 2025-08-19 09:50

TfL figures reignite fight over who should pay for London travel

TfL’s own figures have become the fulcrum of a fresh debate about who should pay for travel in Londo...

Politics category • 2025-08-19 09:47

Westminster’s bid to curb noisy car meets sparks row as Reform UK backs tough action with surveillance caveats

Westminster City's bid to extend a nuisance-vehicle Public Spaces Protection Order into Soho and May...

Politics category • 2025-08-19 09:45

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