Keith Vaz

Keith Vaz Calls For Cross Party Talks On Immigration

PA/The Huffington Post UK | Posted 30.03.2013 | UK Politics

Party leaders should hold cross-party talks on immigration to avoid a dangerous "arms race" towards tougher policies, the chair of the Commons home af...

Pressure On Home Secretary Over Afghanistan Veteran's Extradition To USA

PA | Posted 25.03.2013 | UK

Pressure has increased on the home secretary to intervene in the case of a former soldier who is facing extradition to America over fraud allegations ...

'Catastrophic Leadership Failure' Civil Servant Promoted To £180,000 Job

Posted 25.03.2013 | UK

An influential group of MPs has launched a scathing attack against the head of Britain's tax office for her "catastrophic leadership failure" when she...

MPs Call For Urgent Review Of Undercover Policing

PA/The Huffington Post UK\ | Posted 01.03.2013 | UK Politics

MPs have raised serious concerns about the use of undercover policing - saying they could be infiltrating the lives of ordinary members of the public....

Is Enough Being Done To Tackle Anti-Social Behaviour?

The Huffington Post UK/PA | Tom Moseley | Posted 15.02.2013 | UK

Low-level anti-social behaviour "crushes lives" and "breeds criminality", MPs have warned. The Home Affairs Select Committee said the government's ...

Vaz Accused Of Sexism After Home Secretary 'Diet' Remark

PA/The Huffington Post UK | Posted 13.02.2013 | UK Politics

A senior Labour backbencher has been accused of sexism after suggesting Cabinet minister Theresa May was "looking a bit thin". Keith Vaz, chairman ...

Police Refuse To Apologise Over Children's Stolen IDs

The Huffington Post UK/PA | Posted 05.02.2013 | UK

One of the country's most senior police officers has refused to apologise to the parents of dead children whose identities have been allegedly used by...

UK Border Force Attacked Over 'Backlog' Of 16,000 Immigration Cases

PA/Huffington Post UK | Posted 24.01.2013 | UK

An "unacceptable" backlog of more than 16,000 immigrants waiting to hear whether they can stay in Britain has been discovered in a fresh investigation...

Police 'Suffering A Crisis'

Huffington Post UK/PA | Posted 30.12.2012 | UK Politics

The police is suffering a crisis and public confidence as well as officers' morale is at an all time low, Labour MP Keith Vaz has warned. Recent co...

The Curious Case of the Home Affairs Select Committee's Drugs Policy Report

Jason Reed | Posted 08.02.2013 | UK Politics
Jason Reed

The last time a Royal Commission was called for on drug policy was that of the 9 March 2011; Lord Norton of Louth raised the issue in a question for short debate - the call for an evidence lead policy was to such an extent that the word evidence was used 42 times in only an hour.

Even Tighter Controls Won't Fix Our Broken Immigration System

Don Flynn | Posted 09.01.2013 | UK Politics
Don Flynn

Counting all the migrants in and then counting them all out seems to be something we can't do at any cost that is proportionate to what the tax-payer is likely to want to cough up. Decent economic and social policies which are aimed at ensuring that immigration turns into decent jobs, better public services and fairer outcomes for all hasn't even been tried yet. It's high time it was.

Immigration Backlog 'The Size Of Iceland' Could End Up As Amnesty

PA/Huffington Post UK | Posted 08.01.2013 | UK

MPs have warned that attempts by the UK border agency to close a backlog of cases "the population of Iceland" could lead to a significant number of im...

Number Of Forged Passports At British Borders Halves, But Are Criminals Just Cleverer?

PA/Huffington Post UK | Posted 05.08.2012 | UK

The number of forged passports spotted at British ports and airports has fallen by almost half over the past five years, it was revealed today. Som...

G4S Shares Plunge After Olympic Security Shambles

PA/The Huffington Post UK | Posted 18.07.2012 | UK

G4S faces continued pressure today over the Olympics security debacle, as share prices fell. Yesterday bosses at the private security firm insisted...

G4S Boss: We've Totally Messed Up But Will Still Take The £57m Fee

The Huffington Post UK | Chris Wimpress | Posted 17.07.2012 | UK

The boss of G4S, the firm at the centre of the Olympics security fiasco, has admitted that not paying staff for training coupled with a failure of his...

G4S Boss: We've Totally Messed Up But I'm Still Taking My £57m Fee

The Huffington Post UK | Chris Wimpress | Posted 17.07.2012 | UK Politics

The boss of G4S, the firm at the centre of the Olympics security fiasco, has admitted that not paying staff for training coupled with a failure of his...

G4S Chief To Face MPs Over Olympic Security Shambles

PA/The Huffington Post UK | Posted 17.07.2012 | UK

The head of G4S is under pressure to quit his £830,000-a-year job as he prepares to face questions from MPs over the Olympics security debacle. Ni...

Theresa May Deflects Claims Of Olympics Security Shambles

PA/The Huffington Post | Posted 12.07.2012 | UK

Theresa May has told MPs angry over the Olympics "security shambles" that the government was only made aware of gaps in the number of guards provided ...

Border Staff With Little Immigration Experience 'Being Used To Cut Queues At Heathrow'

PA | Posted 12.07.2012 | UK

Border staff with only basic training and little immigration experience are being used to cut queues at Heathrow Airport during the Olympics, a watc...

Keith Vaz Slams 'Appalling' Heathrow Queues Ahead Of Olympics

PA/The Huffington Post | Posted 08.09.2012 | UK Politics

Damian Green must explain why half the immigration desks at Heathrow Airport were closed today despite long queues of passengers waiting to enter the ...

Milly Dowler Phone Hacking 'Tip Of Iceberg'

PA/Huffington Post UK | Posted 06.07.2012 | UK

Phone-hacking is merely the tip of the iceberg of a substantial black market in personal information, MPs have said. A year after the Milly Dowler ...

UK Border Agency: We've Lost Track Of 150,000 Migrants

PA/The Huffington Post UK | Posted 05.07.2012 | UK

At least 150,000 migrants have been refused permission to stay in the UK but the authorities do not know how many have left, a watchdog said today. ...

Tom Winsor Confirmed As Chief Inspector Of Constabulary

PA | Posted 03.09.2012 | UK Politics

Home Secretary Theresa May's controversial choice of a lawyer as the next Chief Inspector of Constabulary has been confirmed. Tom Winsor, who becom...

Border Agency Staff Given £10,000 Bonuses 'In The Midst Of Failures'

The Huffington Post UK | Dina Rickman | Posted 01.06.2012 | UK Politics

Senior staff at the troubled UK Border Agency were paid bonuses of up to £10,000 last year despite delays in immigration, border control scandals and...

Olympic-Sized Queues At Heathrow 'Need To Be Sorted' In Time For Games

PA/Huffington Post UK | Posted 28.04.2012 | UK

The long queues at Heathrow have now cleared, but with the Olympic games on the horizon, questions are being asked about the airport's ability to cope...