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• EU agrees radical reforms on migration and asylum laws

  08-06-2023 22:29
  
  After years of infighting, 27-state bloc sets out new policies including charge of €20,000 a head for members that refuse to take refugees The EU has agreed radical reforms of its migration and asylum laws including charges of €20,000 per head for countries that refuse to host refugees.After almost 12 hours of intense negotiations in Luxembourg and years of fighting, interior ministers struck a deal on Thursday on what they described as a “historical” new approach to what o
  
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• Biden and Sunak hold press conference as new transatlantic deal unveiled – as it happened

  08-06-2023 21:34
  
  US president and UK prime minister announce plan to bolster economic security in response to China’s growing influenceThe North Sea oil and gas industry is in decline, the shadow business minister Seema Malhotra said, as she defended plans to block new drilling licences, a move criticised by trade unions. Aubrey Allegretti has the story here.MPs will hold a debate on Monday on proposals to ban members from the parliamentary estate if they are being investigated for a criminal offence and a
  
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• How Alabama discriminated against Black voters – visualized

  08-06-2023 20:58
  
  The state’s new congressional map had only one majority-Black district, even though they make up 25% of the populationThe US supreme court on Thursday ruled that Alabama discriminated against Black voters when it drew its seven congressional districts last year, in a major victory for the embattled Voting Rights Act.The case arose when the Republican-controlled legislature, like states across the US, most recently completed the once-a-decade process of redrawing the boundaries of congressi
  
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• Biden and Sunak hold press conference as new transatlantic deal unveiled – live

  08-06-2023 20:31
  
  US president and UK prime minister announce plan to bolster economic security in response to China’s growing influenceThe North Sea oil and gas industry is in decline, the shadow business minister Seema Malhotra said, as she defended plans to block new drilling licences, a move criticised by trade unions. Aubrey Allegretti has the story here.MPs will hold a debate on Monday on proposals to ban members from the parliamentary estate if they are being investigated for a criminal offence and a
  
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• Biden and Sunak hold press conference as US president says special relationship in ‘good shape’ – live

  08-06-2023 20:02
  
  US president and UK PM due to speak at around 6.30pm BSTThe North Sea oil and gas industry is in decline, the shadow business minister Seema Malhotra said, as she defended plans to block new drilling licences, a move criticised by trade unions. Aubrey Allegretti has the story here.MPs will hold a debate on Monday on proposals to ban members from the parliamentary estate if they are being investigated for a criminal offence and are deemed to pose a risk to other people.Last night the government w
  
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• Biden and Sunak to hold press conference as US president says special relationship in ‘good shape’ – live

  08-06-2023 19:14
  
  US president and UK PM due to speak at around 6.30pm BSTThe North Sea oil and gas industry is in decline, the shadow business minister Seema Malhotra said, as she defended plans to block new drilling licences, a move criticised by trade unions. Aubrey Allegretti has the story here.MPs will hold a debate on Monday on proposals to ban members from the parliamentary estate if they are being investigated for a criminal offence and are deemed to pose a risk to other people.Last night the government w
  
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• Joe Biden says US-UK special relationship in ‘good shape’ as he meets Rishi Sunak – live

  08-06-2023 18:10
  
  US president and UK PM due to held press conference at around 6.30pm BSTThe North Sea oil and gas industry is in decline, the shadow business minister Seema Malhotra said, as she defended plans to block new drilling licences, a move criticised by trade unions. Aubrey Allegretti has the story here.MPs will hold a debate on Monday on proposals to ban members from the parliamentary estate if they are being investigated for a criminal offence and are deemed to pose a risk to other people.Last night
  
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• Ex-owner's heartfelt message as entire support staff made redundant

  08-06-2023 17:42 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Knights acquired Cumbria firm and almost immediately announced job cuts for duplicated roles.
  
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• Man who ‘bombarded’ officials with abuse barred from applying for child contact

  08-06-2023 17:30
  
  Man targeted solicitor and court staff over months, says judge in what is believed to be first ruling of its kindA judge has banned a man from applying for contact with his child for a year after he “bombarded” court officials with abusive messages.The landmark ruling, thought to be the first of its kind, means the man, known as Mr B, can only make an application for a new hearing in the next 12 months if he first obtains permission from the judge. Continue reading...
  
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• Former cabinet secretary urges Sunak to drop Covid inquiry legal challenge – live

  08-06-2023 17:29
  
  Lord Butler says there is ‘strong public interest in the inquiry being carried out constructively’The North Sea oil and gas industry is in decline, the shadow business minister Seema Malhotra said, as she defended plans to block new drilling licences, a move criticised by trade unions. Aubrey Allegretti has the story here.MPs will hold a debate on Monday on proposals to ban members from the parliamentary estate if they are being investigated for a criminal offence and are deemed to p
  
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• Activists take Canada’s environment minister to court in fight to save northern spotted owl

  08-06-2023 17:15
  
  Advocacy group says continued destruction of critical habitat leaves it no choice but to take legal action against Steven GuilbeaultEnvironmental groups in Canada are taking legal action against the country’s environment minister, arguing his delay in protecting old growth forest is harming the critically endangered northern spotted owl.In February, Steven Guilbeault said he would recommend an emergency order after determining the species was facing “imminent threats” to its su
  
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• Lying solicitor struck off after he ‘abandoned’ client claim

  08-06-2023 16:22 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  North London practitioner made repeated assurances that the case was progressing.
  
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• Lord Morris of Aberavon obituary

  08-06-2023 16:17
  
  Veteran Welsh Labour MP who served for more than 40 years and became attorney general in the late 1990sThe former Labour attorney general John Morris, who has died aged 91 after a short illness, clocked up an extraordinary series of records during 64 years in the Commons and Lords. At the time of his death he was the longest-serving member of the privy council, to which he was appointed in 1970, and had sat in cabinet under three prime ministers, the last of whom, Tony Blair, was six years old w
  
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• Strasbourg injunctions 'raise five difficult legal questions', minister tells Lords

  08-06-2023 13:23 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Parliamentary debate highlights divided opinion over potential reform of rule 39 power to block deportation flights.
  
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• Gray's Inn 'hoax bomb' accused wrote letter about 'gravy train' probe

  08-06-2023 13:12 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Old Bailey jury hears that businessman subject to NCA proceedings was in ‘utter disbelief’ at his arrest.
  
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• High-profile defamation case dismissed by judge

  08-06-2023 12:40 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Claim brought by Conservative Party donor against former MP ‘fanciful and devoid of reality’, head of media list rules.
  
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• Unsecured creditor claims against Pure Legal top £40m

  08-06-2023 10:34 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Recoveries so low that even preferential creditors fear walking away with huge losses.
  
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• Ukraine and Myanmar make 2022 most violent year in a decade for medical staff

  08-06-2023 07:00
  
  Report demands accountability for war crimes and singles out Russia for ‘mind-boggling’ targeting of hospitals in Ukraine Russian attacks on medical facilities in Ukraine made 2022 the most violent year in a decade for hospitals and health workers operating in conflict zones, according to a new report by a coalition of humanitarian organisations.With 750 reported attacks in 2022, Russia set a 10-year record, according to the Safeguarding Health in Conflict Coalition, which includes H
  
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