Nov 3, 2022 06:38 PM
Rishi Sunak shelves Truss’ plan to move UK embassy in Israel to Jerusalem
https://www.politico.eu/article/liz-trus...jerusalem/
INTRO: The U.K. prime minister has dropped a controversial plan by his predecessor to move the U.K.’s embassy in Israel to Jerusalem, Downing Street announced. Former Prime Minister Liz Truss kicked off a review into whether Britain should follow the decision of the Donald Trump administration to relocate the U.S. embassy from Tel Aviv.
Speaking at a Conservative Friends of Israel hustings held during the summer leadership race, Rishi Sunak said there was a “very strong case” for moving the embassy and formally recognizing Jerusalem as the capital city of Israel, but conceded it might be easier said than done... (MORE - details)
Suella Braverman will 'carefully consider' recommendations from damning arena inquiry report
https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/...s-25428060
INTRO: The home secretary has said she will “carefully consider” recommendations from a damning report into the emergency response on the night of the Manchester Arena bombing, which killed 22 people in 2017. The chairman of the inquiry into the Manchester Arena terror attack, Sir John Saunders, said that "significant aspects of the emergency response went wrong" on the night of May 22.
Care worker John Atkinson, 28, who died after suffering a cardiac arrest just over an hour after the explosion, could have survived his injuries, today's report found. Sir John said: "Had he received the care and treatment he should have, it is likely he would have survived. It is likely that inadequacies in the emergency response prevented his survival.”
The home secretary, Suella Braverman, issued a statement shortly after the report was published, in which she said she would consider recommendations in the report to "strengthen our response"... (MORE - details)
Two children sexually assaulted at London migrant hotel
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-63499330
EXCERPTS: A child and a teenager have been sexually assaulted at a hotel used to house asylum seekers in London. The Metropolitan Police has been investigating the separate incidents, which took place in the past two months at the hotel in Waltham Forest.
The hotel, which has not been named on safety grounds, holds about 450 migrants, including some 150 children. The Home Office said: "It would be inappropriate to comment on an ongoing police investigation."
Local MP Stella Creasy has called for Home Secretary Suella Braverman to resign over the issue.
[...] They added the child was being supported by specialist officers. The force added that in the second incident, officers were called to a report of a rape of a teenage boy [...] a man in his thirties was arrested at the scene.
[,,,] Walthamstow MP Stella Creasy says "the Home Office are aware" of numerous further alleged incidents "This has been going on for months. The Home Office are aware of it. Nothing is changing in terms of the safeguarding of these children," she said.
[...] Waltham Forest council leader Grace Williams has also written to the Home Office saying she has "major concerns" about the "lack of safeguarding" at the hotel. ... "These are vulnerable children, often moved thousands of miles and placed in cramped hotels for months on end without adequate support in place."
[...] Ms Williams added the local authority was "concerned that there is no risk assessment of the accommodation, and believes single men should be housed separately from families with children". (MORE - missing details)
https://www.politico.eu/article/liz-trus...jerusalem/
INTRO: The U.K. prime minister has dropped a controversial plan by his predecessor to move the U.K.’s embassy in Israel to Jerusalem, Downing Street announced. Former Prime Minister Liz Truss kicked off a review into whether Britain should follow the decision of the Donald Trump administration to relocate the U.S. embassy from Tel Aviv.
Speaking at a Conservative Friends of Israel hustings held during the summer leadership race, Rishi Sunak said there was a “very strong case” for moving the embassy and formally recognizing Jerusalem as the capital city of Israel, but conceded it might be easier said than done... (MORE - details)
Suella Braverman will 'carefully consider' recommendations from damning arena inquiry report
https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/...s-25428060
INTRO: The home secretary has said she will “carefully consider” recommendations from a damning report into the emergency response on the night of the Manchester Arena bombing, which killed 22 people in 2017. The chairman of the inquiry into the Manchester Arena terror attack, Sir John Saunders, said that "significant aspects of the emergency response went wrong" on the night of May 22.
Care worker John Atkinson, 28, who died after suffering a cardiac arrest just over an hour after the explosion, could have survived his injuries, today's report found. Sir John said: "Had he received the care and treatment he should have, it is likely he would have survived. It is likely that inadequacies in the emergency response prevented his survival.”
The home secretary, Suella Braverman, issued a statement shortly after the report was published, in which she said she would consider recommendations in the report to "strengthen our response"... (MORE - details)
Two children sexually assaulted at London migrant hotel
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-63499330
EXCERPTS: A child and a teenager have been sexually assaulted at a hotel used to house asylum seekers in London. The Metropolitan Police has been investigating the separate incidents, which took place in the past two months at the hotel in Waltham Forest.
The hotel, which has not been named on safety grounds, holds about 450 migrants, including some 150 children. The Home Office said: "It would be inappropriate to comment on an ongoing police investigation."
Local MP Stella Creasy has called for Home Secretary Suella Braverman to resign over the issue.
[...] They added the child was being supported by specialist officers. The force added that in the second incident, officers were called to a report of a rape of a teenage boy [...] a man in his thirties was arrested at the scene.
[,,,] Walthamstow MP Stella Creasy says "the Home Office are aware" of numerous further alleged incidents "This has been going on for months. The Home Office are aware of it. Nothing is changing in terms of the safeguarding of these children," she said.
[...] Waltham Forest council leader Grace Williams has also written to the Home Office saying she has "major concerns" about the "lack of safeguarding" at the hotel. ... "These are vulnerable children, often moved thousands of miles and placed in cramped hotels for months on end without adequate support in place."
[...] Ms Williams added the local authority was "concerned that there is no risk assessment of the accommodation, and believes single men should be housed separately from families with children". (MORE - missing details)