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| Theresa May statement on deportation and human rights: Politics live blog | Theresa May statement on deportation and human rights: Politics live blog |
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| 12.30pm: The Labour party has just posted this on Twitter. | |
| Treasury ministers to be forced to answer urgent Commons question on Budget u-turns at 3.30pm | |
| — EdMPress (@EdMPress) June 11, 2012 | |
| 12.21pm: The BBC have just posted this on Twitter. | 12.21pm: The BBC have just posted this on Twitter. |
| Martin McGuinness to stand down as an MP to concentrate on being Northern Ireland's deputy first minister. More soon. bbc.in/Lfdpwb | Martin McGuinness to stand down as an MP to concentrate on being Northern Ireland's deputy first minister. More soon. bbc.in/Lfdpwb |
| — BBC Breaking News (@BBCBreaking) June 11, 2012 | — BBC Breaking News (@BBCBreaking) June 11, 2012 |
| 12.02pm: Michael Gove, the education secretary, has today published draft primary national curriculum programmes for English, maths and science. The Department for Education's news release about the plans is here and here is the story by our education editor, Jeevan Vasagar, saying that all children will be taught a foreign language from the age of seven. Other reports have focused on the fact that children will be made to learn and recite poetry. | 12.02pm: Michael Gove, the education secretary, has today published draft primary national curriculum programmes for English, maths and science. The Department for Education's news release about the plans is here and here is the story by our education editor, Jeevan Vasagar, saying that all children will be taught a foreign language from the age of seven. Other reports have focused on the fact that children will be made to learn and recite poetry. |
| Christine Blower (pictured), the National Union for Teachers general secretary, has now issued a response. Here's an extract. | Christine Blower (pictured), the National Union for Teachers general secretary, has now issued a response. Here's an extract. |
| Much of what is in the proposals can already be seen in schools. Children learn poems, do mental arithmetic and learn grammar. By making this prescriptive along with a whole raft of other requirements, Michael Gove's cries for 'freedom' and 'choice' in the way teachers teach are ringing increasingly hollow. | Much of what is in the proposals can already be seen in schools. Children learn poems, do mental arithmetic and learn grammar. By making this prescriptive along with a whole raft of other requirements, Michael Gove's cries for 'freedom' and 'choice' in the way teachers teach are ringing increasingly hollow. |
| Languages have been in and out of the primary curriculum over the past ten years. As a consequence there is a significant shortage of qualified teachers in this area. For languages to be taught successfully in primary schools we need to see proper investment in training and support both in schools and initial teacher training. | Languages have been in and out of the primary curriculum over the past ten years. As a consequence there is a significant shortage of qualified teachers in this area. For languages to be taught successfully in primary schools we need to see proper investment in training and support both in schools and initial teacher training. |
| 11.52am: At the GMB conference the union has put out a report (pdf) about the blacklisting of potential employees. It focuses on Carillion, a services firm. Paul Kenny, the GMB general secretary, said: "This report pulls back the curtain of secrecy to give a glimpse as to the way employers like Carillion have illegally used their power and money to blacklist citizens and to deny them their rights to employment." | 11.52am: At the GMB conference the union has put out a report (pdf) about the blacklisting of potential employees. It focuses on Carillion, a services firm. Paul Kenny, the GMB general secretary, said: "This report pulls back the curtain of secrecy to give a glimpse as to the way employers like Carillion have illegally used their power and money to blacklist citizens and to deny them their rights to employment." |
| Carillion has put out a statement in response. | Carillion has put out a statement in response. |
Carillion does not condone or engage in blacklisting. It is not against unions and recognises trade unions for some of its workforce nationally. These allegations of blacklisting are believed to concern matters that took place many years ago and relate to businesses acquired by Carillion. The law has changed significantly in the intervening period. Nonetheless, Carillion takes any allegation of this nature very seriously and is investigating. | Carillion does not condone or engage in blacklisting. It is not against unions and recognises trade unions for some of its workforce nationally. These allegations of blacklisting are believed to concern matters that took place many years ago and relate to businesses acquired by Carillion. The law has changed significantly in the intervening period. Nonetheless, Carillion takes any allegation of this nature very seriously and is investigating. |
| 11.39am: William Hague is making a statement in the Commons at 3.30pm on Syria. That means Theresa May's statement on deportation and human rights will not start until about 4.30pm. | 11.39am: William Hague is making a statement in the Commons at 3.30pm on Syria. That means Theresa May's statement on deportation and human rights will not start until about 4.30pm. |
| 11.30am: You can read all today's Guardian politics stories here. And all the politics stories filed yesterday, including some in today's paper, are here. | 11.30am: You can read all today's Guardian politics stories here. And all the politics stories filed yesterday, including some in today's paper, are here. |
| As for the rest of the papers, here are some stories and articles that are particularly interesting. • Nigel Morris in the Independent says a "poll of polls" gives Labour its biggest lead since the general election. | As for the rest of the papers, here are some stories and articles that are particularly interesting. • Nigel Morris in the Independent says a "poll of polls" gives Labour its biggest lead since the general election. |
Labour has opened its biggest opinion poll lead since the general election as the Conservatives struggle to recover from the aftershocks of the much-criticised Budget, according to the latest "poll of polls" for The Independent ... | Labour has opened its biggest opinion poll lead since the general election as the Conservatives struggle to recover from the aftershocks of the much-criticised Budget, according to the latest "poll of polls" for The Independent ... |
| Labour's support rose to an average of 42 per cent last month, with the Conservatives on 34 per cent and the Liberal Democrats on 10 per cent. | Labour's support rose to an average of 42 per cent last month, with the Conservatives on 34 per cent and the Liberal Democrats on 10 per cent. |
| An eight-point lead would be enough to deliver a handsome Commons majority of 80 for Mr Miliband in an election fought on the proposed new constituency boundaries. | An eight-point lead would be enough to deliver a handsome Commons majority of 80 for Mr Miliband in an election fought on the proposed new constituency boundaries. |
| By contrast, the Liberal Democrat parliamentary party would come close to being wiped out, holding on to just 10 of its 57 seats. | By contrast, the Liberal Democrat parliamentary party would come close to being wiped out, holding on to just 10 of its 57 seats. |
| • Sam Coates in the Times (paywall) says a Populus poll for the paper suggests 82% of voters want a referendum on Britain's membership of the EU, either now or at some point in the future. | • Sam Coates in the Times (paywall) says a Populus poll for the paper suggests 82% of voters want a referendum on Britain's membership of the EU, either now or at some point in the future. |
| An overwhelming majority of British people favour a referendum on Europe, according to a Populus poll for The Times. | An overwhelming majority of British people favour a referendum on Europe, according to a Populus poll for The Times. |
| It indicates that 82 per cent of voters now want a say, and 49 per cent believe that there should be a public vote right away on Britain's relationship with the EU, without waiting for European leaders to find a solution to the turmoil pushing continental economies to the brink of collapse. | It indicates that 82 per cent of voters now want a say, and 49 per cent believe that there should be a public vote right away on Britain's relationship with the EU, without waiting for European leaders to find a solution to the turmoil pushing continental economies to the brink of collapse. |
| A third - 33 per cent - think that there should be a referendum "in the next few years". Only 18 per cent say that there is no need for one "in the foreseeable future". | A third - 33 per cent - think that there should be a referendum "in the next few years". Only 18 per cent say that there is no need for one "in the foreseeable future". |
| • Anushka Asthana and Leah Milner in the Times (paywall) say four million callers to HM Revenue & Customs have hung up in frustration. | • Anushka Asthana and Leah Milner in the Times (paywall) say four million callers to HM Revenue & Customs have hung up in frustration. |
Four million callers to Revenue & Customs hung up in frustration last year after waiting times trebled to almost six minutes on average, The Times can reveal. | Four million callers to Revenue & Customs hung up in frustration last year after waiting times trebled to almost six minutes on average, The Times can reveal. |
| Labour has accused HMRC of "chaos and incompetence", questioning how much money the Government was losing as some callers tried in vain to pay tax back. | Labour has accused HMRC of "chaos and incompetence", questioning how much money the Government was losing as some callers tried in vain to pay tax back. |
| The figures, obtained under the Freedom of Information Act, show that 28 per cent of callers gave up midway through their call to the pay-as-you-earn helpline. That has risen from 10 per cent in 2009, when the average waiting time was one minute 53 seconds. By last year it was five minutes 45 seconds. | The figures, obtained under the Freedom of Information Act, show that 28 per cent of callers gave up midway through their call to the pay-as-you-earn helpline. That has risen from 10 per cent in 2009, when the average waiting time was one minute 53 seconds. By last year it was five minutes 45 seconds. |
| • Douglas Carswell, the Tory MP, tells the Independent in an interview that the government has become "just another managerialist post-war administration". | • Douglas Carswell, the Tory MP, tells the Independent in an interview that the government has become "just another managerialist post-war administration". |
[Carswell] believes that Britain should pull out of the EU and model its European policy on that of Norway or Switzerland – brushing aside any talk of the economic dislocation that the tearing up of 40-year-old treaty arrangements would bring, saying it would work out to the general good in the end. | [Carswell] believes that Britain should pull out of the EU and model its European policy on that of Norway or Switzerland – brushing aside any talk of the economic dislocation that the tearing up of 40-year-old treaty arrangements would bring, saying it would work out to the general good in the end. |
| But his reasons are not those of the old Tory squires. Some of the things he says make him sound more like a Spanish anarchist than a member of the party Lord Salisbury once led. He wants to pull out of the EU as a precursor to dismantling much of the apparatus of the Westminster government. This would include dismantling a large part of Margaret Thatcher's and John Major's legacy. He would scrap the national curriculum, scrap council tax, and restore councils' right to tax local businesses. He describes himself as a "libertarian". He says he was inspired by a speech David Cameron made in Milton Keynes three years ago, setting out the vision of the Big Society, but is the Tory leader still a "big person with a big vision"? There was a long pause. "The jury is still out. To get us out of this economic mess we're going to have to do things that nothing in the past 30 or 40 years has prepared us for, and that's going to require real leadership. Where's the vision? We sort of got the idea of a vision with the Big Society, but this has become, I'm afraid, just another managerialist post-war administration. The Sir Humphreys are carrying on as usual. The bold changes we were promised haven't materialised." | But his reasons are not those of the old Tory squires. Some of the things he says make him sound more like a Spanish anarchist than a member of the party Lord Salisbury once led. He wants to pull out of the EU as a precursor to dismantling much of the apparatus of the Westminster government. This would include dismantling a large part of Margaret Thatcher's and John Major's legacy. He would scrap the national curriculum, scrap council tax, and restore councils' right to tax local businesses. He describes himself as a "libertarian". He says he was inspired by a speech David Cameron made in Milton Keynes three years ago, setting out the vision of the Big Society, but is the Tory leader still a "big person with a big vision"? There was a long pause. "The jury is still out. To get us out of this economic mess we're going to have to do things that nothing in the past 30 or 40 years has prepared us for, and that's going to require real leadership. Where's the vision? We sort of got the idea of a vision with the Big Society, but this has become, I'm afraid, just another managerialist post-war administration. The Sir Humphreys are carrying on as usual. The bold changes we were promised haven't materialised." |
| • Oliver Wright in the Independent says Labour have dubbed Grant Shapps "the minister for Daybreak" because he has made so many repeat announcements on daytime TV. | • Oliver Wright in the Independent says Labour have dubbed Grant Shapps "the minister for Daybreak" because he has made so many repeat announcements on daytime TV. |
| 11.10am: Liam Fox (pictured), the Conservative former defence secretary, is launching Give Us Time, a charity initiative to provide week-long holidays for service families recovering from trauma. He is asking people to donate the use of holiday homes. There are more details on the Give Us Time website. In a statement, Fox said that as a doctor he learnt the importance of treating wounded soliders in a family context. | 11.10am: Liam Fox (pictured), the Conservative former defence secretary, is launching Give Us Time, a charity initiative to provide week-long holidays for service families recovering from trauma. He is asking people to donate the use of holiday homes. There are more details on the Give Us Time website. In a statement, Fox said that as a doctor he learnt the importance of treating wounded soliders in a family context. |
As a doctor working with the Armed Forces I learned the importance of seeing our personnel, not as isolated individuals, but as members of a wider family and community dynamic. Give Us Time has been made possible thanks to generously donated week-long holidays in second homes, holiday homes and timeshares across the UK and beyond. We now look forward to helping those returning from active service recover through this scheme. | As a doctor working with the Armed Forces I learned the importance of seeing our personnel, not as isolated individuals, but as members of a wider family and community dynamic. Give Us Time has been made possible thanks to generously donated week-long holidays in second homes, holiday homes and timeshares across the UK and beyond. We now look forward to helping those returning from active service recover through this scheme. |
| 10.41am: Lord Justice Leveson (pictured) started this morning's hearing with what sounded like an appeal to the media not to report the inquiry in partisan terms. As the Press Association reports, he said failure to address the "impact of press behaviour" or the "consequence of press interests" was not confined to one government or one political party. | 10.41am: Lord Justice Leveson (pictured) started this morning's hearing with what sounded like an appeal to the media not to report the inquiry in partisan terms. As the Press Association reports, he said failure to address the "impact of press behaviour" or the "consequence of press interests" was not confined to one government or one political party. |
| For that reason, it remains essential that cross-party support for this inquiry is not jeopardised ... It may be more interesting for some to report this inquiry by reference to the politics or personality or the impact of the evidence on current political issues: that is not my focus. | For that reason, it remains essential that cross-party support for this inquiry is not jeopardised ... It may be more interesting for some to report this inquiry by reference to the politics or personality or the impact of the evidence on current political issues: that is not my focus. |
| 10.35am: Back to David Cameron for a moment. My colleague Hannah Waldram has compiled a round up of some of the most interesting reader reaction to this story. As she says, on Twitter there are two camps: the 'haven't we all done it' lot, and the 'PM can't run a family, let alone the country' crowd. | 10.35am: Back to David Cameron for a moment. My colleague Hannah Waldram has compiled a round up of some of the most interesting reader reaction to this story. As she says, on Twitter there are two camps: the 'haven't we all done it' lot, and the 'PM can't run a family, let alone the country' crowd. |
| 10.23am: Here's the news release from the Department for Communities about Eric Pickles' troubled families programme. In interviews this morning, Pickles said what was new about this initiative was that it involved "bringing together the police, health authority, employment, local authorities, social security, social services, education authorities, so that rather than having 20 agencies dealing with individual authority, those agencies will be coordinated". | 10.23am: Here's the news release from the Department for Communities about Eric Pickles' troubled families programme. In interviews this morning, Pickles said what was new about this initiative was that it involved "bringing together the police, health authority, employment, local authorities, social security, social services, education authorities, so that rather than having 20 agencies dealing with individual authority, those agencies will be coordinated". |
| According to PoliticsHome, Hilary Benn, the shadow communities secretary, told BBC News that local authorities needed more money to help these troubled families. | According to PoliticsHome, Hilary Benn, the shadow communities secretary, told BBC News that local authorities needed more money to help these troubled families. |
Local authorities need funding to make this happen. All the government is doing today is giving back to local councils some of the money that they have taken away from them. | Local authorities need funding to make this happen. All the government is doing today is giving back to local councils some of the money that they have taken away from them. |
| 10.11am: Gordon Brown is about to start his evidence to the Leveson inquiry. You can follow the proceedings on our Leveson live blog. | 10.11am: Gordon Brown is about to start his evidence to the Leveson inquiry. You can follow the proceedings on our Leveson live blog. |
| 9.14am: Does Eric Pickles think that the Camerons are a troubled family? No. He has just been interviewed on BBC News about his problem families initiative, and he was asked what he thought about David Cameron leaving his daughter Nancy in the public. "It could happen to anyone," Pickles said. | 9.14am: Does Eric Pickles think that the Camerons are a troubled family? No. He has just been interviewed on BBC News about his problem families initiative, and he was asked what he thought about David Cameron leaving his daughter Nancy in the public. "It could happen to anyone," Pickles said. |
| 9.00am: MPs are back from their recess today, I'm back from my holiday, the prospects for the economy seem as grim as ever, but at least David Cameron has done something to contribute to the gaiety of the nation. Downing Street has confirmed that (a couple of months ago) he left his daughter in the pub. The Sun has the story as an exclusive, and here's an extract from our version. | 9.00am: MPs are back from their recess today, I'm back from my holiday, the prospects for the economy seem as grim as ever, but at least David Cameron has done something to contribute to the gaiety of the nation. Downing Street has confirmed that (a couple of months ago) he left his daughter in the pub. The Sun has the story as an exclusive, and here's an extract from our version. |
| David Cameron left his eight-year-old daughter in the pub following a Sunday lunch, after a mix-up with his wife Samantha, Downing Street has admitted. | David Cameron left his eight-year-old daughter in the pub following a Sunday lunch, after a mix-up with his wife Samantha, Downing Street has admitted. |
| The couple's daughter Nancy wandered off to the toilets while they were arranging lifts and they only realised she was not with them when they got home, the Sun said. | The couple's daughter Nancy wandered off to the toilets while they were arranging lifts and they only realised she was not with them when they got home, the Sun said. |
| The prime minister rushed back to the Plough Inn in Cadsden, Buckinghamshire, where he found his daughter with staff. | The prime minister rushed back to the Plough Inn in Cadsden, Buckinghamshire, where he found his daughter with staff. |
| A Downing Street spokesman said: "The prime minister and Samantha were distraught when they realised Nancy wasn't with them." | A Downing Street spokesman said: "The prime minister and Samantha were distraught when they realised Nancy wasn't with them." |
| With Eric Pickles launching a scheme today addressing the problems caused by poor parents, this is all rather embarrassing. But, according to the Today programme, which has been inviting listeners who have done the same thing to contact the programme, there seem to be very few parents in the UK who haven't at one stage left a child in the pub, and so at this stage it is hard to tell whether the story will establish Cameron as an incompetent buffoon, or whether it will make him appear just a bit more fallible and ordinary. | With Eric Pickles launching a scheme today addressing the problems caused by poor parents, this is all rather embarrassing. But, according to the Today programme, which has been inviting listeners who have done the same thing to contact the programme, there seem to be very few parents in the UK who haven't at one stage left a child in the pub, and so at this stage it is hard to tell whether the story will establish Cameron as an incompetent buffoon, or whether it will make him appear just a bit more fallible and ordinary. |
| As for the heavy politics, it's a big day at the Leveson inquiry, and we've got an important statement from Theresa May. Here's the agenda. | As for the heavy politics, it's a big day at the Leveson inquiry, and we've got an important statement from Theresa May. Here's the agenda. |
| 10am: Gordon Brown and George Osborne give evidence to the Leveson inquiry. There will be full coverage on our Leveson live blog. 3.30pm: Theresa May, the home secretary, makes a statement to MPs about her plans to curb the use of human rights laws by individuals seeking to avoid deportation. | 10am: Gordon Brown and George Osborne give evidence to the Leveson inquiry. There will be full coverage on our Leveson live blog. 3.30pm: Theresa May, the home secretary, makes a statement to MPs about her plans to curb the use of human rights laws by individuals seeking to avoid deportation. |
| The GMB annual conference is also taking place in Brighton, where Ed Balls, the shadow chancellor, will be taking part in a Q&A in the afternoon. | The GMB annual conference is also taking place in Brighton, where Ed Balls, the shadow chancellor, will be taking part in a Q&A in the afternoon. |
| As usual, I'll be covering all the breaking political news, as well as looking at the papers and bringing you the best politics from the web. I'll post a lunchtime summary at around 1pm and another in the afternoon. | As usual, I'll be covering all the breaking political news, as well as looking at the papers and bringing you the best politics from the web. I'll post a lunchtime summary at around 1pm and another in the afternoon. |
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