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Greens stand by councillor arrested at Palestine Action protest
The Green Party said one of its councillors arrested at a protest would not be expelled from the Fox, who represents Mancroft ward on Norwich City Council, was one of 13 people arrested during a demonstration in support of the banned group Palestine Action in the city on Saturday."I will always speak up for every Briton's right to protest," she said in a statement.A Green Party spokesperson said the protests were "entirely peaceful" and that there would be no calls for the councillor to "stand down". A nationwide day of action took place in support of Palestine Action, which was last month proscribed by the government as a terrorist group was banned by Home Secretary Yvette Cooper following criminal damage to planes at RAF Brize Fox was among the 13 people arrested outside City Hall in Norwich on suspicion of displaying an item in support of a proscribed organisation, contrary to Section 13 of the Terrorism Act the incident, Ms Fox said she would "not allow myself to be used as a distraction" from what she said were war crimes taking has strongly denied genocide allegations, claims which were being examined by the International Court of Justice.A Green Party spokesperson said it appeared the protests were entirely peaceful and applying the Terrorism Act was "not a good use of police time"."On that basis, there will be no calls for Councillor Amanda Fox to stand down," they Police said four people have been released on bail until November 16 following the includes two men, aged in their 20s and 70s, and two women, in their 50s and other people arrested were de-arrested after providing their details. Follow Norfolk news on BBC Sounds, Facebook, Instagram and X.
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Failed Iraqi migrants to be sent back under new returns deal
Failed Iraqi migrants are to be sent back to their home under a new returns deal. The new agreement signed by Dan Jarvis, the security minister, will establish formal processes to fast-track the return of Iraqis with no legal right to be in Britain. It will also apply to convicted Iraqi criminals. Attempts to return Iraqis have been hampered in the past by asylum seekers claiming to have lost their ID documents, which appeals tribunals have accepted makes their repatriation too dangerous. Even when the substantive basis of their claim has been dismissed, they have been allowed to stay in the UK because of the risks to their lives if they tried to travel across Iraq without documents. The new deal follows an agreement negotiated in the autumn by Yvette Cooper, the Home Secretary, for British crimefighters to be stationed in Iraq to target the heart of the Channel people-smuggling gangs' operations. Iraqi-Kurdish gangs control most of the beaches and camps in northern France, meaning the National Crime Agency (NCA) wanted to ramp up its operations in the people smugglers' home towns. The agreement committed the British, Iraqi and Kurdish regional governments to joint operations to arrest and prosecute the kingpins behind the smuggling gangs based in Baghdad, Erbil and other towns. The gangs control the smuggling networks from Iraqi Kurdistan through Turkey, where the boats and engines are put together after being imported from China, to Germany, where the dinghies are stored, to the beaches in northern France from which they are launched. The Home Office said the number of Iraqi nationals arriving by small boat to the UK had fallen substantially to 1,900 in the year ending this March, down from 2,600 in the previous year, Officials said this demonstrated the effectiveness of upstream cooperation and efforts to tackle illegal migration at source through diplomatic engagement. 'Trust and cooperation' with Iraq Mr Jarvis sealed the new deal during a two-day visit to the UK by Iraq's deputy foreign minister. The British minister said: 'This visit reinforces the strength of the UK-Iraq partnership and demonstrates our government's commitment to serious diplomacy that delivers real results. 'As someone who served in Iraq, I understand first-hand the importance of building enduring relationships in the region, and the new agreement we have signed is a testament to the trust and cooperation we've built with our Iraqi counterparts. 'By working together on security, development and migration challenges, we are building stronger relationships that benefit both our countries whilst tackling shared challenges like organised crime and irregular migration.' The Home Office said the Iraqi minister's visit also highlighted opportunities for expanded economic cooperation, and the UK's continued support for Iraq's stability and development, reinforcing Britain's commitment to constructive engagement in the region. The UK reiterated its support for infrastructure development projects in Iraq, building on a trade package worth up to £12.3bn for UK business announced during a visit by Mohammed Shia' al-Sudani, the Iraqi prime minister, to the UK in January.
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Southwark sees 77% rise in homeless children, report finds
There is one classroom worth of homeless children for every primary school in Southwark, according to a new report from the New Economics Foundation (NEF).The number of youths in temporary accommodation (TA) in the south London borough rose by 77% in four years, meaning the area alone accounted for almost one in 30 households in TA nationwide, the paper Wright, the report's author, told BBC London that children in TA faced wide-ranging harms including mental health problems, malnutrition and difficulties in school, which could be a "disaster" for their Council said it aims to tackle homelessness in the borough "head-on". The report, titled Nowhere to Grow: The hidden harm of temporary accommodation on children, found that about 3,500 children, approximately 5.75% in the borough, were living in TA in 2024, up from 1,900 in 2020. The 77% increase was higher than the 25% rise seen across England between 2020 and 2024.A spokesperson for Southwark Council said: "As the largest local authority landlord in London, we have been greatly impacted by the national housing crisis, but we are doing all that we can to alleviate these pressures on our residents."Since 2013/14 we've built or began construction on more than 3,000 council homes, more than anywhere else in England."Our Homelessness and Rough Sleeping Strategy 2025-2030 seeks to address this crisis head-on by tackling the root causes of homelessness through early intervention working across services and departments. "In 2024-2025 we recorded a 72% success rate in preventing homelessness, including amongst families with children, where early help was provided." Toilet seat used as desk Ms Wright said as more children were "being swept into homelessness" and experiencing lengthy stays in unfit TA, they faced immediate trauma and illness, long-term developmental delays and emotional said families were frequently being placed in B&Bs or nightly paid accommodation more than an hour away from the area where they originally lived, with children left facing a long journey to school, or moving to a new keeping up with their learning was a struggle, she said."I spoke to one woman, as part of my report, whose daughter had to do her homework leaning on the toilet seat as a ledge, because the family was in one room," she said. Overcrowding in TA was also causing knock-on effects on a children's psychological wellbeing including sleep deprivation and stress, her report Wright said one of the children in another family she interviewed developed severe agoraphobia after the family was confined to a single room for more than a year in the issue, Ms Wright said, was not unique to Southwark."Things are fairly dire across the country," she said. "When we think about the physical spaces children occupy, their homes and school, if both are uprooted, it's a disaster for children's lives."When it comes to TA, the preferred housing is properties the councils own. But a lot of those are full basically everywhere in the country."The result, she said, was councils paying landlords for poor quality properties at a premium rate."A lot of these private sector rental houses have damp, mould and physical hazards," Ms Wright said."Another family I spoke to had a sparking electrical box in the room a disabled child was staying in." 'Duty to communicate' In her report, she said councils were paying unprecedented sums to meet their statutory duties, with roughly £2.3bn spent on TA nationally in a lack of communication between schools, the healthcare system and social care meant vital information about the health and wellbeing of children in temporary accommodation was being missed, Ms Wright said. "Children are falling through the gaps," she said. "It is not a case of people not doing their best, it's that [TA] is not currently working and the systems are not in place."She said she focussed on local authority level recommendations in her report, including a "duty to communicate", which would mean housing, health and social care services would have to communicate when placing children in temporary also suggested creating a dedicated role or team in local authorities to provide families with a single point of contact when navigating temporary accommodation. A spokesperson for London Councils, an organisation which represents all of the capital's boroughs, said further work was needed to increase affordable housing across London."London boroughs are proud to have led a resurgence in council housing delivery more than 24,000 new council-led homes since 2018-19, but more homes are needed to address the capital's chronic shortage of affordable housing," they said.
