Andrew Sparrow
Online Senior Political Correspondent at The Guardian
I write the Guardian's Politics Live blog - news from Westminster as it happens, with analysis, all the best quotes and key links to relevant blogs/sources
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theguardian.com | Andrew Sparrow |Peter Walker |Libby Brooks |Helena Horton
MPs to debate proposals to decriminalise abortionIn the Commons MPs are now voting on an amendment to the crime and policing bill. They have just finished the first part of today’s report stage debate, and when the voting is finished they will start the second stage of the debate, dealing with amendments relating to abortion. This will run until 7pm when the vote, or votes, will take place. Here is Hannah Al-Othman’s preview story.
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1 week ago |
theguardian.com | Andrew Sparrow |Helena Horton
Key eventsShow key events onlyPlease turn on JavaScript to use this featureCasey says children are at risk because police data sharing systems are too antiquatedCasey says in the past government has talked relentlessly about the need for better data sharing between departments. But she says there is a need to consider making this mandatory. She says, until she came back to this issue to conduct her audit, she did not realise the “paucity of technology” available to support the police.
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theguardian.com | Andrew Sparrow |Helena Horton
Casey says having incomplete ethnicity data on grooming gangs has been 'disaster', and officials to blame for 'public irresponsibility'Referring to the national inquiry, Casey says she wants this to be different from the types of inquiry that have happened before. On data, she says national data on grooming gangs is “incomplete and unreliable”. That is to put it mildly, she says. She says this is a form of irrresponsibility.
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1 week ago |
theguardian.com | Andrew Sparrow
Good morning. After the Home Office yesterday published Louise Casey’s audit of the grooming gang scandal, none of the political parties at Westminster seriously challenged any of her conclusions, or recommendations. But, of course, that does not mean there was consensus. As reported , an almighty blame game commenced (or resumed, to be more accurate).
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1 week ago |
theguardian.com | Andrew Sparrow
Good morning. All governments have to perform U-turns from time to time and over the weekend Keir Starmer had to stage another, announcing that he would order a national inquiry into the grooming gangs scandal.
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Can’t praise this enough - it’s a beautiful, profound, wise, moving piece about what it means to have a disabled child, and about love. Do read it …
I wrote for the Guardian’s Saturday magazine about my son Max, who changed how I see the world. Took ages. More jokes after the first bit. Thanks @meropemills for being the most patient and generous editor. https://t.co/jabxDujTiV
Excellent overview - well worth a read
“David Miliband put it well this week at Chatham House, saying: “I know that people always say the world is changing, but this feels like a moment of genuine geopolitical flux, at least as significant as 1989-90.” @patrickwintour writing in the @guardian. https://t.co/FrxVWR3RVa
