@dannyshaw.bsky.social
Journalist, specialising in policing, crime, justice, prisons, security & immigration. Ex-BBC home affairs correspondent & former adviser to Yvette Cooper MP. These are all my views!
NEW As MPs debate the collapse of the China 'spying' case, we need a full explanation...
...but it needs to come from the Crown Prosecution Service & Director of Public Prosecutions, Stephen Parkinson.
My thoughts - no fee or subscription needed:
www.dannyshaw.net/post/china-c...
NEW As MPs debate the collapse of the China 'spying' case, we need a full explanation...
...but it needs to come from the Crown Prosecution Service & Director of Public Prosecutions, Stephen Parkinson.
My thoughts - no fee or subscription needed:
www.dannyshaw.net/post/china-c...
NEW Parole hearing for David Norris, one of the men who murdered Stephen Lawrence, taught us 2 things:
1 Norris is nowhere near ready to be released
2 Support for victims remains poor in comparison with the efforts to help prisoners secure their freedom:
www.spectator.co.uk/article/the-...
NEW Parole hearing for David Norris, one of the men who murdered Stephen Lawrence, taught us 2 things:
1 Norris is nowhere near ready to be released
2 Support for victims remains poor in comparison with the efforts to help prisoners secure their freedom:
www.spectator.co.uk/article/the-...
Here's the link to the hate crime figures:
www.gov.uk/government/s...
Race hate up 6% to 82,490 offences, near-record levels
Asian victims 33%
White 30%
Black 23%
Mixed race 8%
(Where ethnicity is known)
Hate crime data comparing 2024/25 with previous years exclude Met Police because counting methods changed.
Analysis of 2024/25 includes Met data
Source:Home Office
Police-recorded religious hate crime figures show that Jews are more likely to be victims than any other religious group: 106 crimes per 10,000 Jews. Muslims next: 12 per 10,000 Muslims.
Source: Home Office
NEW Religious hate crime in England/Wales increased by 3% to record 7,164 offences, in 2024/25.
* Police figures from Home Office show 19% rise in anti-Muslim crime.
* Muslims & Jews are targets of 74% of religious hate.
* Jews are targeted more than any other religious group, proportionately.
I've responded to Robert Jenrick's vile comments in @thetimes.com
www.thetimes.com/life-style/c...
NEW Intrusive supervision.
BBC Panorama filming at Charing Cross police station shows it was sorely lacking - but it’s a lesson the Met Police & Sir Mark Rowley must apply fast.
Free to read, my latest thoughts:
www.dannyshaw.net/post/what-ro...
NEW Gross misconduct inquiry launched into 11 police officers/staff who worked at Charing X police station, says
polie watchdog, IOPC.
One officer criminally investigated for perverting course of justice.
Follows undercover BBC Panorama filming.
But it's too late for common assault charges...
A reminder: Feb 2022 after IOPC report into discriminatory WhatsApps between Charing X officers,
Met Police launched 16-point Action Plan, ‘Not in my Met’ campaign to encourage officers to speak out, a culture-change programme & there was the Casey Report, too.
Yet, 3 years on, here we are again.
In advance of Wednesday's BBC Panorama programme, Met Police has also:
* suspended 9 officers
* begun leadership review at Charing X police station
* started shake-up of London custody suites
Greater custody staff rotation being considered to avoid cliques & poor cultural issues developing...
Allegations include "excessive use of force, making discriminatory & misogynistic comments, failing to report or challenge inappropriate behaviour", says IOPC.
On & off duty, Aug 24-Jan 25.
In response:
Met Police has replaced entire 60-strong Charing X custody team...
NEW Gross misconduct inquiry launched into 11 police officers/staff who worked at Charing X police station, says
polie watchdog, IOPC.
One officer criminally investigated for perverting course of justice.
Follows undercover BBC Panorama filming.
But it's too late for common assault charges...
NEW What will Labour's plan for a Brit Card look like & will it work?
Likely to be modelled on Labour Together's plan for a digital card downloaded onto smartphones which can be instantly checked by employers & landlords using a free verifier app.
1/5
Why Brit Card?
The reason is clear.
Labour Together says it would send a "clear signal to international partners especially France...the UK is doing all it can to prevent illegal migrants disappearing into the economy."
Lack of UK digital ID is widely seen by foreign govts as a weak point .
5/5
Costs of Brit Card & infrastructure needed:
Labour Together reckons £140-£400m.
Experience says Govt IT projects go over budget, so this is probably an under-estimate.
Users wouldn't pay for their card - but wouldn't a modest fee help cover costs?
4/5
How would a Brit Card work?
Labour Together says it would "allow the Home Office to build a canonical record of where & when checks have been successfully completed... cross-checked against administrative datasets - like PAYE records & forthcoming National Landlord Database."
3/5
Brit Card benefits:
Labour Together says it would help enforce migration rules.
Around 1 million people are thought to live in UK without permission - but LT admits Brit Card is not a "silver bullet"
It could also be used for controlling access to services, eg welfare
2/5
NEW What will Labour's plan for a Brit Card look like & will it work?
Likely to be modelled on Labour Together's plan for a digital card downloaded onto smartphones which can be instantly checked by employers & landlords using a free verifier app.
1/5
Full details here:
www.gov.uk/government/s...
Cases in magistrates' courts also at record levels.
At the end of June there were 361,027 outstanding cases, up 6% on March & 25% up on the year before.
However hard judges & lawyers work to clear the Crown Court backlog, cases from magistrates courts keep coming...
Here's a chart from Minstry of Justice showing that victims are waiting almost 2 years for justice, on average (using the mean).
Some cases take 3 or 4 years, with trials not listed until 2028 and 2029.
The record Crown Court backlog - at the end of June - was 2% up on March & 10% on June 2024.
Biggest yearly rise was sexual offences, up 18% & violence, up 15%.
On average, how long does it take for a case to conclude after the crime?
23 months (mean)
11 months (median)
BREAKING The backlog of cases in Crown Courts in England and Wales has reached a record high of 78,329.
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NEW. Home Office confirms the first asylum seeker has been flown back to France from UK under one-in, one-out returns deal.
He's an Indian man who arrived in Britain by small boat last month.
Statement:
BREAKING: The first asylum seeker has been returned to France, under UK Govt's one-in, one-out deal.
The Indian man arrived on an Air France flight this morning; another migrant is expected to arrive later.
A reciprocal flight will come to the UK on Saturday:
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/09...
NEW Over 1,600 people have been arrested for showing support for Palestine Action, since it was banned in July.
Has the Government badly misjudged this?
Should the Met Police take a different approach?
I’ve been exploring the arguments for the Telegraph:
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/09...
NEW Why Shabana Mahmood got the job as Home Secretary - and what she needs to do to make it a success.
My latest blog - free to read, no subscription required.
www.dannyshaw.net/post/gulp-it...
