Mayor of London Sadiq Khan upheld the council’s decision in February 2023 and China then missed the deadline to appeal to the planning inspectorate, apparently ending the saga. However the proposals, which include refurbishing the Grade II-listed Johnson Smirke Building and Seaman’s Register, were resubmitted last August.

MPs have warned of “serious alarm bells” for the UK’s security over reports senior cabinet ministers have intervened on a Chinese planning application for a huge new London embassy. Foreign secretary David Lammy,

Susan Hall, who also chairs the London Assembly Police and Crime Committee, said the public needed ‘transparency’ on the issue.

Despite three Prevent referrals for Axel Rudakubana, counterterrorism police did not believe he was a radicalisation risk, a report reveals

The Home Secretary has announced plans for government-backed local grooming gangs inquiries. Five new inquiries will be set up, including one in Oldham, looking into child sexual exploitation as part of a pilot, all of which will be funded and assisted by central government.

Kyle Clifford pleaded guilty to three counts of murder, one charge of false imprisonment and two counts of possession of offensive weapons.

The case will now be considered by the British home secretary who has the final say on some high-profile extradition cases.

Tory leader Kemi Badenoch is calling for the law to be changed so whole life orders can be imposed on people aged under 18 in some cases. Her calls come after Axel Rudakubana, 18, was sentenced to 52 years for the murder of three young girls in in Southport last July.

David Lammy and Yvette Cooper have thrown their weight behind Beijing’s bid to build a new “super-embassy” in London. The Cabinet ministers have backed the project just days after Rachel Reeves’s trip to China,

The Metropolitan Police has dramatically been taken out of special measures - two-and-a-half years after a slew of scandals and “persistent concerns” about its performance were exposed, a watchdog announced.

Multiple agencies failed to identify the ‘terrible danger’ posed by the 18-year-old, the home secretary said, announcing a new public inquiry into the murder of three girls in Southport

Six months after a teenage attacker stabbed three girls to death at a children’s dance class in England, new details about his background have sparked questions about how authorities repeatedly failed to spot the threat he posed.