David Barrett

Home Affairs Editor, Daily Mail Views are my own.

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Age of criminal responsibility may be raised from 10, government review suggests, in wake of series of 'soft justice' measures by Labour …. Read the full story here… https://t.co/oNUmAnkYkg

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The Channel small boats crisis is on the cusp of a grim milestone - 200,000 arrivals in total. Story here… https://t.co/7F3sFSEdCO

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Britain has secured a new deal with the Nigerian government which will make it easier to deport thousands of failed asylum seekers and criminals. Story here… https://t.co/tdOZuASoR3

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Migrants sprinted across a French beach to reach UK-bound dinghies today, undeterred by Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood’s new asylum reforms unveiled less than a day earlier. Full story here… https://t.co/7tEjCVbAMP

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Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood’s office received an early morning call from cops to brief them in advance of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor arrest. Full story here… https://t.co/ls2HwlE8Xj

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Labour frees nearly 50,000 criminals from jail early in first year of its ‘soft justice’ scheme. Full story here… https://t.co/xWiLnHs9X9

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Latest: 1,075 small boat migrants arrived yesterday. Report here… https://t.co/SYtFvepzEb

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Court backlog figures, just published, show it’s hit a massive new high. Crown court has 78,329 cases awaiting trial (up more than 7,000 since Labour came to power), and magistrates’ courts push past Covid peak for first time, to 361,000. Total backlog 439,356 in Eng & Wales

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Deporting a ‘growing backlog’ of foreign criminals will ‘take decades' for some nationalities at current rates, a new analysis shows. Full story here… https://t.co/0kpsbZWzyY

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UK Border Force officers could’ve been hit with a massive compensation bill when they decided to cut open several generators which arrived at London Gateway port from South America. That is, if it had been a genuine shipment… Full story here! https://t.co/3ZTYn7wAo4

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In its rush to blame the deepening Channel crisis on the weather, the Government has perhaps overlooked how its latest figures on small boats appear to indicate the Rwanda scheme had a marked impact. Shows lower arrivals even on calm days in the Channel… https://t.co/F2FL6uPJh3

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The potential impact of Labour’s soft-justice masterplan: up to 43,000 criminals a year who are currently handed jail sentences could instead walk free from court with a ‘slap on the wrist’. Story here: https://t.co/xnkJ1YUM0Z

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@HillyFoz ‘On Friday 16 May we discovered the attack was more extensive than originally understood and that the group behind it had accessed a large amount of information relating to legal aid applicants,’ a LAA spokesman said today.

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BREAKING: Legal Aid Agency has been targeted by a cyber attack which led to applicants’ data being compromised, spokesman says

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‘This data may have included contact details and addresses of applicants, their dates of birth, national ID numbers, criminal history, employment status and financial data such as contribution amounts, debts and payments.’

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‘We believe the group has accessed and downloaded a significant amount of personal data from those who applied for legal aid through our digital service since 2010.’

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Foreign criminals should be deported immediately after conviction or after serving a fraction of their jail sentence, says Labour review https://t.co/kmcN22IsHc

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Assisted dying laws to save the NHS up to £60million a year, with an estimated 12 people a day ultimately taking their own lives under the new measures, official documents show https://t.co/jbgIvuyHHd via @MailOnline

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Illegal migrants could remain indefinitely under new sentencing plan, @RobertJenrick warns https://t.co/6rEyaR6wTt via @MailOnline

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More than 150,000 migrants have reached Britain since the start of the Channel small boat crisis after a further 407 arrivals on Boxing Day, latest data from the Home Office shows. That’s 35,898 arrivals since the start of this year, including 22,324 since the general election