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• Rwanda ambassador: Suella Braverman ‘absolutely wrong’ on immigration

  30-09-2023 20:39
  
  The home secretary embarrassed after a covert sting operation filmed criticism of UK policy by a top officialThe home secretary, Suella Braverman, faces embarrassment over her immigration policy after the ambassador for Rwanda was filmed in an undercover sting claiming the UK government’s position is “absolutely wrong”.Johnston Busingye, high commissioner of Rwanda, backs the UK government’s plan to send asylum seekers to his country, but said ministers needed to examine
  
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• Senior UK judge given formal warning for ‘rude and hostile’ behaviour

  30-09-2023 17:11
  
  Lord Justice Clive Lewis, whose manner amounted to ‘judicial bullying’ in court, has apologised for behaviourOne of the most senior judges in England and Wales has received a formal warning for misconduct after an investigation found he had behaved in “a rude and hostile way” amounting to “judicial bullying” in court.Lord Justice Clive Lewis, one of the two judges who ruled in the high court that the home secretary had acted lawfully in her decision to send as
  
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• Most people prosecuted under joint enterprise from minority ethnic background

  30-09-2023 09:00
  
  Data shows black people are 16 times more likely than white people to be prosecuted under the doctrine, according to CPS figuresMore than half of people prosecuted under joint enterprise are from minority ethnic backgrounds and black people are 16 times more likely than white people to be prosecuted, according to data from the Crown Prosecution Service.Under the joint enterprise doctrine, an individual can be jointly charged with the crime of another if the court decides they foresaw the other p
  
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