Lawyer news

• Father of youngest Manchester Arena victim plans to sue MI5

  05-03-2023 14:16
  
  Agency has ‘most of the blame’, says Andrew Roussos, whose eight-year-old daughter died in 2017 bombingThe father of the youngest victim of the Manchester Arena bombing has said he intends to sue MI5 as it has “most of the blame” for the attack.The security service’s director general, Ken McCallum, issued a public apology after the inquiry into the May 2017 atrocity found it might have been prevented if MI5 had acted on intelligence received in the months before. Co
  
  Read more

• Rishi Sunak to launch bill to stop people arriving on small boats claiming asylum

  05-03-2023 10:55
  
  Law will also place duty on home secretary to send anyone who arrives in UK on small boat to Rwanda or another third countryRishi Sunak is to announce new laws stopping people entering the UK on small boats from claiming asylum, with the prime minister saying: “Make no mistake, if you come here illegally, you will not to be able to stay.”The prime minister and his home secretary will launch the legislation this week, as part of the government’s drive to “tackle illegal mi
  
  Read more

Follow @Lawyer_UKnws on Twitter!