Home Office fails in bid to jail 'terror' suspect
News Article 7 February 2005
Charles Clarke has failed to have a bailed international terror suspect returned to jail.
Howard calls for 'common sense' sentences
Press Review 7 February 2005
Michael Howard will today call for common sense and honesty in sentencing through the introduction of US-style mandatory minimum sentences and an increase in the number of prisons.
Commons considers householder protection bill
News Article 4 February 2005
Tory MP Patrick Mercer has called on the Commons to back his bid for a new law protecting the public when defending their homes.
Human rights warning on ID cards
Press Review 3 February 2005
Plans to introduce compulsory identity cards could breach human rights, a parliamentary committee has warned.
No10 stands by anti-terror law
Press Review 3 February 2005
Number 10 has said the government will press ahead with its latest anti-terrorism laws, even though Tony Blair has said he will meet with the Conservative leader to discuss possible alternatives.
PM hints at compromise on terror laws
News Article 2 February 2005
Amid growing indications that the government will struggle to get its new anti-terror laws through parliament, Tony Blair has said he will look for ways to co-operate with opposition parties.
Terror laws give Clarke a headache
Press Review 2 February 2005
Charles Clarke came under mounting pressure yesterday following the unexpected release of a foreign terror suspect who had been held without charge since December 2001.
Terror suspects 'choose jail over house arrest'
Press Review 1 February 2005
The 11 terror suspects currently detained without trial under emergency legislation may refuse to leave jail rather than live under strict house arrest, their lawyers have revealed.
Hewitt at odds with Home Office over animal activists
News Article 31 January 2005
The government has unveiled plans for tougher sentencing for animal rights activists who terrorise scientific researchers amid contradictions among ministers.
'Police state' fears rejected
Press Review 31 January 2005
Lord Falconer has said the government is not about to create a "police state" in the UK.
Anti-terror plans 'won't create police state'
News Article 30 January 2005
Lord Falconer has defended the government's latest anti-terror plans despite reports that they could be ruled illegal by senior judges.
Clarke targets families of terror suspects
News Article 28 January 2005
Families of suspected terrorists could be treated as possible suspects themselves, the home secretary has said.
Watchdog praises action on car crime
News Article 28 January 2005
The National Audit Office has said that government action has helped to cut car crime by almost a third since 1999.
House arrest
Policy Consultation 27 January 2005
Comments from the Home Office, Liberal Democrats and the Law Society
Knife culture needs tackling, Met chief warns
News Article 27 January 2005
Knife culture is becoming one of London's worst crime problems, outgoing police chief Sir John Stevens has warned.
