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3 October 2024
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The Government is refusing to publish data on crime and welfare claims by immigration status or nationality, making it impossible to ascertain the impact of immigration on society and the economy, says Matt Goodwin.
Children have been turned feral by lockdown and are leaving the rest of us living in fear, says Camilla Tominey, as she notes an alarming 16% rise in criminality amongst under-18s since 2020.
Violence marred the opening 'Family Day' of this year's Notting Hill Carnival, with three people stabbed, including a 32 year-old woman in a life-threatening condition, 15 officers assaulted and 90 arrests made.
A quick-thinking Muslim security guard has described how he disarmed a knifeman after an 11 year-old girl and her 34 year-old mother were stabbed in London's Leicester Square.
Conspiracy theories swirl around Lucy Letby, the ex-nurse convicted of killing seven babies, but experts from neonatology to statistics are also questioning the convictions, say Tom Ball and Tom Whipple in the Times.
Guilty and about to face the consequences, two Just Stop Oil activists who hurled tomato soup at a Van Gogh masterpiece have been told to prepare for prison.
Labour was accused of "gambling with public safety" as it unveiled a plan to free prisoners after just 40% of their sentence and a Minister suggested jail terms should be shorter still.
Labour's Prisons Minister claims that "we're addicted to punishment", as the party considers releasing prisoners after they've served only 40% of their sentences. This is a recipe for more crime, argues Noah Carl.
Ex-Labour MP Stella Creasy has had her office vandalised, with smashed windows and "Labour child bombing liars" graffitied on the pavement outside.
Regardless of how much your house is worth or where you live, you can still fall victim to a thug wielding a zombie knife. How delightfully egalitarian Britain has become, says Sallust.
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