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PARENTS could be excluded from their children's lives more easily by courts following sweeping new changes to abolish the presumption of parental involvement in the new Courts and Tribunal Bill. The legislation is described by the Labour Government as a landmark piece of legislation to fix the justice system after years of neglect. It says the changes to Family Courts will mean children will be better protected from abusive parents. The presumption of parental involvement was

New powers to allow the Home Secretary to send crack squads into failing police forces to turn them around and to sack chief constables will be unveiled on Monday. Shabana Mahmood (above) said Government ministers currently have limited powers to intervene with forces who are failing to fight crime, and the public have little oversight of their local police. She is set to announce the largest reforms to policing since the police service was founded two centuries ago. It comes

A man alleged to have turned up outside Parliament wearing armour and carrying samurai swords "to speak to Boris Johnson" was said to be...

PLEDGE: David Gauke says the technology will help find illegal phones in prisons (David Gauke/Twitter) HEAT-seeking mobile phone...

EXPERT: Giovanni Soffietto says even trained fighters should not tackle knife thugs (BMABA) Britain’s leading Martial Arts association...

JUSTICE: MPs want Sajid Javid (right) to use new powers retrospectively (PA/BBC) MPS have called on Home Secretary Sajid Javid to make...