Phil Woolas

The multimillion pound 'bribe' to send foreign criminals home

The taxpayer is having to fund millions of pounds a year to "bribe" foreign murderers, rapists and other prisoners to go home after a 60 per cent jump in cases. In 2008, some 1,350 foreign criminals took advantage of the...

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Report of Edinburgh protest against NATO on Saturday 14th November 2009

Here is detailed report of the demonstration against NATO in Edinburgh last weekend. Report of protest against NATO on Saturday 14th November 2009 There was a five day NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organisation) conference in...

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Churches call for end to detention of child asylum seekers

Methodist Baptist and United Reformed Church leaders have called on people to send an extra card this Christmas to Immigration Minister Phil Woolas MP asking him to end the detention of children in the asylum system

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Your comments on the latest Question Time

Question Time, the BBC's premier political debate programme was broadcast from Leicester on Thursday 19 November. The panel included the Immigration Minister Phil Woolas MP, the shadow home secretary Chris Grayling, the Liberal...

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Plea over asylum family detention

The Mhangos are being held at the Dungavel detention centre A Glasgow MSP has written to the UK Immigration Minister to complain about the detention of an asylum seeker and her daughter at Dungavel, Lanarkshire. Florence and...

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Britain's soaring population on course to hit 74million

Britain's population may grow to 74million over the next 20 years, according to official estimates. The Office for National Statistics said that if immigration continues at high levels the population will swell by more than a...

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Preston and Manchester to 'share' football museum

Watch a slideshow of the National Football Museum in Preston Published Date: 18 November 2009 The National Football Museum is to be 'shared' between Preston and Manchester. The sporting attraction's 13 trustees failed to make a...

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‘We don’t want Glitter in our gang’

Angry villagers have launched an internet campaign against a disgraced pop star planning to house-hunt in Saddleworth. It is claimed that Gary Glitter, a convicted paedophile, is flying into the borough this week to find a...

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Immigration system is hostile and divisive

As the government panders yet again to right wing lies on migration, Siân Ruddick looks at the reality of the brutal structures already in place Labour has presented its points-based immigration system for people coming to live...

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Tories bash Manchester ID card launch

Parliamentary reporter, Computing , Tuesday 17 November 2009 at 11:40:00 Damien Green urges Mancunians not to bother Mancunians have been urged by the Tories to ignore the government's launch of its ID cards pilot at the end of...

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