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Martin Bentham is Home Affairs Editor at the Evening Standard and is based in London

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 Peter Virdee

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Crime

Former Tory and Labour donor charged with bribing foreign politician

Peter Virdee, 50, allegedly bribed Asot Michael from January 2015 to July 2017 when he was the minister for tourism in Antigua and Barbuda

23 May 2024
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Crime

Nearly 60 people and 19 firms face possible charges over Grenfell fire

Scotland Yard warns it will take until the end of 2025 at the earliest to hand over ‘evidential files’ to the CPS

22 May 2024
<p>Facial recognition cameras are being used in London</p>
Politics

'Double rapist' among 100 caught by Croydon face recognition cameras

Use of the cameras in the London borough town centre also led to people wanted for firearms, drugs and knife offences being arrested

15 May 2024
<p>Policing minister Chris Philp is asking the Met to increase the use of stop and search </p>
Crime

Increase stop and search to tackle knife crime, minister tells Met

Chris Philp says tactic ‘can save lives’ after 20 per cent rise in knife offences in London

15 May 2024
<p>(Chris Ison/PA)</p>
UK

'Foreign students keep universities afloat - don't cut visas'

‘The fees that these students pay helps universities to cover the losses they make in teaching British students and doing research’ - Migration Advisory Committee chair Professor Brian Bell

14 May 2024
<p>Boys watch smoke billowing during Israeli strikes east of Rafah</p>
UK

War in Gaza ‘fuelling more radicalisation than birth of IS caliphate'

National Crime Agency warns of impact of ‘misinformation and disinformation’ over conflict

13 May 2024
<p>Online safety charity Internet Matters’ survey found parents have concerns about children’s digital habits (Alamy/PA)</p>
UK

League tables to show tech firms’ child safety record

Ofcom say reforms in new online safety code will ensure children are protected - but some campaigners say measures do not go far enough

8 May 2024
<p>Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has made stopping the boats a key pledge</p>
Comment

Whisper it, but Rwanda could work for Rishi Sunak

Critics continue to point too at the hundreds of millions of pounds already spent even before the first plane has left

2 May 2024
<p>Sir Mark Rowley</p>
London

Stop and searches in London to increase, Met Commissioner says

Sir Mark Rowley said it was necessary to give blade carriers ‘a fear of being caught’

1 May 2024
<p>Teachers warned to be on lookout for victims of sextortion in UK schools</p>
Crime

Sextortion alert issued as number of young people targeted surges

Teachers warned to be on lookout for victims of blackmail in UK schools

29 Apr 2024
<p>14,626 knife offences were recorded by police in the capital over the 12 months to the end of December (PA)</p>
Crime

London's violent crime wave exposed as knife and gun offences leap 20%

Numbers will prompt significant concern with the rise in knife offending driven by a 34 per cent increase in blade robberies

25 Apr 2024
<p>Sarah Everard’s killer could have been stopped if previous flashing crimes were properly pursued</p>
Crime

Voyeurism claims: Just one in 10 reports in London led to charge

The low charge rate comes despite evidence that Sarah Everard’s killer could have been stopped if previous flashing crimes were properly pursued

24 Apr 2024
<p>Baroness Doreen Lawrence </p>
Crime

Rowley apologises to Doreen Lawrence after ‘another shocking failure'

Deputy Assistant Commissioner Matt Ward had promised to write to Baroness Lawrence with an explanation after new suspect was named in case

22 Apr 2024
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Politics

Met chief under pressure over London Gaza marches and Lawrence failure

Minister calls for better leadership as Campaign Against Antisemitism’s chief executive tells how officers ignored ‘Nazi scum’ chants

22 Apr 2024
<p>Zamira Hajiyeva </p>
London

Jailed banker 'causing trouble'from prison to disrupt jewels seizure'

National Crime Agency in four-year effort to seize jewellery collection belonging to wife of Jahangir Hajiyev

21 Apr 2024
<p>Bill Browder was the largest international investor in Russia until being declared a threat to its national security </p>
UK

Giving frozen Russian assets to Ukraine would be 'total game changer'

Bill Browder, known as the Kremlin leader’s ‘number one enemy’, says handing assets to Ukraine would allow it to ‘fight off the Russians’

17 Apr 2024