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Danny Shaw
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Journalist, specialising in policing, crime, justice, prisons, security & immigration. Ex-BBC home affairs correspondent & former adviser to Yvette Cooper MP. These are all my views!
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I've responded to Robert Jenrick's vile comments in @thetimes.com

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I sang Jerusalem with Robert Jenrick at school — he’s wrong about race
The Conservative MP has complained that, visiting Handsworth in Birmingham, he didn’t see ‘another white face’. You can’t judge whether someone is integrated by skin colour, argues fellow Wulfrunian S...
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Danny Shaw @dannyshaw.bsky.social · 2d
NEW Intrusive supervision.

BBC Panorama filming at Charing Cross police station shows it was sorely lacking - but it’s a lesson ⁦the Met Police & Sir Mark Rowley must apply fast.

Free to read, my latest thoughts:

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What Rowley hasn't yet got right at the Met
Charing Cross again.  For the second time in three years the police station in the heart of London’s West End is at the centre of a misconduct scandal which raises searching questions about leadership...
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Danny Shaw @dannyshaw.bsky.social · 8d
NEW Gross misconduct inquiry launched into 11 police officers/staff who worked at Charing X police station, says
polie watchdog, IOPC.
One officer criminally investigated for perverting course of justice.
Follows undercover BBC Panorama filming.
But it's too late for common assault charges...
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Danny Shaw @dannyshaw.bsky.social · 8d
A reminder: Feb 2022 after IOPC report into discriminatory WhatsApps between Charing X officers,
Met Police launched 16-point Action Plan, ‘Not in my Met’ campaign to encourage officers to speak out, a culture-change programme & there was the Casey Report, too.

Yet, 3 years on, here we are again.
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Danny Shaw @dannyshaw.bsky.social · 8d
In advance of Wednesday's BBC Panorama programme, Met Police has also:
* suspended 9 officers
* begun leadership review at Charing X police station
* started shake-up of London custody suites
Greater custody staff rotation being considered to avoid cliques & poor cultural issues developing...
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Danny Shaw @dannyshaw.bsky.social · 8d
Allegations include "excessive use of force, making discriminatory & misogynistic comments, failing to report or challenge inappropriate behaviour", says IOPC.
On & off duty, Aug 24-Jan 25.
In response:
Met Police has replaced entire 60-strong Charing X custody team...
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Danny Shaw @dannyshaw.bsky.social · 8d
NEW Gross misconduct inquiry launched into 11 police officers/staff who worked at Charing X police station, says
polie watchdog, IOPC.
One officer criminally investigated for perverting course of justice.
Follows undercover BBC Panorama filming.
But it's too late for common assault charges...
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Danny Shaw @dannyshaw.bsky.social · 13d
NEW What will Labour's plan for a Brit Card look like & will it work?

Likely to be modelled on Labour Together's plan for a digital card downloaded onto smartphones which can be instantly checked by employers & landlords using a free verifier app.

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Danny Shaw @dannyshaw.bsky.social · 13d
Why Brit Card?

The reason is clear.

Labour Together says it would send a "clear signal to international partners especially France...the UK is doing all it can to prevent illegal migrants disappearing into the economy."

Lack of UK digital ID is widely seen by foreign govts as a weak point .

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Danny Shaw @dannyshaw.bsky.social · 13d
Costs of Brit Card & infrastructure needed:

Labour Together reckons £140-£400m.

Experience says Govt IT projects go over budget, so this is probably an under-estimate.

Users wouldn't pay for their card - but wouldn't a modest fee help cover costs?

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Danny Shaw @dannyshaw.bsky.social · 13d
How would a Brit Card work?

Labour Together says it would "allow the Home Office to build a canonical record of where & when checks have been successfully completed... cross-checked against administrative datasets - like PAYE records & forthcoming National Landlord Database."

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Danny Shaw @dannyshaw.bsky.social · 13d
Brit Card benefits:

Labour Together says it would help enforce migration rules.
Around 1 million people are thought to live in UK without permission - but LT admits Brit Card is not a "silver bullet"
It could also be used for controlling access to services, eg welfare

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Danny Shaw @dannyshaw.bsky.social · 13d
NEW What will Labour's plan for a Brit Card look like & will it work?

Likely to be modelled on Labour Together's plan for a digital card downloaded onto smartphones which can be instantly checked by employers & landlords using a free verifier app.

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Danny Shaw @dannyshaw.bsky.social · 13d
Full details here:

www.gov.uk/government/s...
Criminal court statistics quarterly: April to June 2025
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Danny Shaw @dannyshaw.bsky.social · 13d
Cases in magistrates' courts also at record levels.

At the end of June there were 361,027 outstanding cases, up 6% on March & 25% up on the year before.

However hard judges & lawyers work to clear the Crown Court backlog, cases from magistrates courts keep coming...
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Danny Shaw @dannyshaw.bsky.social · 13d
Here's a chart from Minstry of Justice showing that victims are waiting almost 2 years for justice, on average (using the mean).

Some cases take 3 or 4 years, with trials not listed until 2028 and 2029.
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Danny Shaw @dannyshaw.bsky.social · 13d
The record Crown Court backlog - at the end of June - was 2% up on March & 10% on June 2024.
Biggest yearly rise was sexual offences, up 18% & violence, up 15%.
On average, how long does it take for a case to conclude after the crime?
23 months (mean)
11 months (median)
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Danny Shaw @dannyshaw.bsky.social · 13d
BREAKING The backlog of cases in Crown Courts in England and Wales has reached a record high of 78,329.
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Danny Shaw @dannyshaw.bsky.social · 20d
NEW. Home Office confirms the first asylum seeker has been flown back to France from UK under one-in, one-out returns deal.

He's an Indian man who arrived in Britain by small boat last month.

Statement:
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Danny Shaw @dannyshaw.bsky.social · 20d
BREAKING: The first asylum seeker has been returned to France, under UK Govt's one-in, one-out deal.

The Indian man arrived on an Air France flight this morning; another migrant is expected to arrive later.

A reciprocal flight will come to the UK on Saturday:

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Danny Shaw @dannyshaw.bsky.social · 29d
NEW Over 1,600 people have been arrested for showing support for Palestine Action, since it was banned in July.

Has the Government badly misjudged this?

Should the Met Police take a different approach?

I’ve been exploring the arguments for the Telegraph:

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Danny Shaw @dannyshaw.bsky.social · Sep 7
NEW Why Shabana Mahmood got the job as Home Secretary - and what she needs to do to make it a success.

My latest blog - free to read, no subscription required.

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Gulp. It's the Home Office
"Gulp". That was the reaction from one of Shabana Mahmood's team when news broke that she was heading to the Home Office. Gulp indeed. Mahmood has done well at the Ministry of Justice (MoJ), but the c...
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Danny Shaw @dannyshaw.bsky.social · Sep 7
NEW Why Shabana Mahmood got the job as Home Secretary - and what she needs to do to make it a success.

My latest blog - free to read, no subscription required.

www.dannyshaw.net/post/gulp-it...
Gulp. It's the Home Office
"Gulp". That was the reaction from one of Shabana Mahmood's team when news broke that she was heading to the Home Office. Gulp indeed. Mahmood has done well at the Ministry of Justice (MoJ), but the c...
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Danny Shaw @dannyshaw.bsky.social · Sep 3
NEW Don't blame laws and guidance for the Met Police’s arrest of comedian Graham Linehan.

Police officers must be empowered to use common-sense and discretion - and their leaders must back them if they get it wrong.

My thoughts for the Spectator: www.spectator.co.uk/article/the-...
The Met can’t blame politicians for the Linehan arrest
If it had been a sketch in one of his many comedy shows, it would surely have been rejected as too absurd.  After landing at Heathrow on a flight from Arizona, Graham Linehan, the Irish comic who crea...
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Danny Shaw @dannyshaw.bsky.social · Sep 3
NEW Don't blame laws and guidance for the Met Police’s arrest of comedian Graham Linehan.

Police officers must be empowered to use common-sense and discretion - and their leaders must back them if they get it wrong.

My thoughts for the Spectator: www.spectator.co.uk/article/the-...
The Met can’t blame politicians for the Linehan arrest
If it had been a sketch in one of his many comedy shows, it would surely have been rejected as too absurd.  After landing at Heathrow on a flight from Arizona, Graham Linehan, the Irish comic who crea...
www.spectator.co.uk
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