UK passport office to be abolished
Ms May made a similar move last year by bringing the former UK Border Agency back into the Home Office, following a long history of backlogs and organisational difficulties. Keith Vaz, chair of the Home Affairs Committee, said he was ���delighted��� by.
Keith Vaz and the Silence of the Saldanha Family
The Saldanha family live in Bristol and Vaz is MP for Leicester East, so why is he the individual giving so much time and attention to the heartbroken Saldanha family. The record shows that it is unlikely to be because of his��.
��18,600 income requirement: pricing UK workers out of a.
Because ��18,600 is considerably higher than the national minimum wage (approximately ��13,200 per annum at a full time rate), some people, like Margaret, are in full-time employment and still fail to meet the rules.. Invite Keith Vaz MP Chair of the Home Affairs Select Committee to ask his committee to observe. Plus ask... That raises the thought are Ms Mays rules aimed primarily at the Pakistani / Indian community and the rest of us are caught up in the problem?
The problem of patriotism and the left | openDemocracy
wikimedia. This week Keith Vaz, chair of the House of Commons Home Affairs Select Committee, asked the Guardian editor Alan Rusbridger, Do you love your country?. It isnt an accident that Bragg doesnt have a problem with the British nationalist tag, has reclaimed past radical currents, and demonstrated a subtlety on the Scottish independence argument... Lets reinvent the British Empire, so that we can again exploit India and the rest of the developing world.
Appalling queues await at London Heathrow - Wanderlust
UK politicians are wading into the problem after it became clear delays were already beginning to form over the past week. Senior Labour MP Keith Vaz is involved in the criticisms after he visited the airport to check if��.
Trouble mounts for British MP Keith Vaz
Vaz who was born to Goan parents in Yemen and is Britains longest serving minister of Indian origin had published a scathing report as the chair of the House of Commons Home Affairs Select Committee which said that the already existing backlog of.
Tories Win Majority in British Elections, Cameron to Be PM for Another Term
Prime Minister David Cameron today won a stunning majority in Britain, disproving predictions of a terribly hung parliament and was on course to forming a single party government ending a brief coalition era.. It is time for someone else to take.
French demand Crown Jewels from the Queen=India to.
While the issue figured several times in Indian parliament with veteran journalist Kuldip Nayyar spearheading the demand for return of the jewel, a spokesman for the Indian High Commission here on Friday said, The Indian government has a.. The issue about the fabled diamond, which was mined in the Deccan and is now part of the British crown jewels, had been raised by British MP of Indian origin Keith Vaz just before Cameron began his two-day visit to India.
Britains Labour Party Woos 615000 Strong Indian-Origin Voters
. party-led coalition, Britains opposition Labour party has stepped up its campaign to woo the 615,000-strong Indian-origin voters in time for the May 7 general election. As part of the efforts, Labours senior-most Indian- origin MP Keith Vaz.
No Love Lost For Labour
Abhishek Bachchan lent support to Labour MP Keith Vaz in his constituency in Leicester. As the two went through the streets of the city in open-top cars, thousands of Bollywood fans thronged the streets to catch a glimpse of Bachchan Jr. Cameron too.
Bidve parents visit killing site; funeral in Pune today - India.
. family visit tragic. Leicester MP Keith Vaz wants report on killing of Indian student... Times of India Top Headlines and Latest news from India, Indian Cities and news from around the World on Political, Current Affairs, Sports and on more.. Britain today promised full investigation into the killing of Indian student Anuj Bidve, whose distraught parents viewed his body for the first time at a funeral parlour here, more than a week after the apparent hate crime.. They��.
Cat and mouse game: Al-Libi was released by UK police.
Chairman of the Home Affairs Select Committee Keith Vaz said the serious questions over al-Libi being granted UK asylum would be raised with the Home Secretary Theresa May when she appears before British MPs next��.
Sex crime suspects should stay anonymous until charged
Keith Vaz, chairman of the committee, said it was inexcusable that information about suspects was released to the media in an unattributed way. We have seen how destructive this can be to a persons livelihood, causing irreparable reputational.
Ukraine marks 29 years since Chernobyl disaster
. Commissioner Lalit Modi and helped him get travel documents in UK. TIMES NOW is in possession of full e-mail trail which claimed that Keith Vaz, one of Britainand#39;s longest- serving Indian-origin MPs spoke to Swaraj, who and#39;clearedand#39; Lalit Modi.
UK: Pressure mounts on David Cameron for probe into June.
As per information the list includes some important MPs of the Indian diaspora ��� Labour MPs Virendra Sharma (Ealing, Southall), Keith Vaz (Leicester East), Khalid Mahmood (Birmingham Perry Barr) and Yasmin Qureshi (Bolton South East). The list also includes Labour member of. Adam Holloway, the Conservative MP for Gravesham asked an oral question at prime ministers Question time over such an inquiry. He said, ���I know that the PM is acutely aware that we��.
Predators - Chris Spivey
The story was then subsequently covered up. A short time later, Brittan was summoned to meet his fellow MP William Hauge, who told Brittan that he was to resign his post and that he was going to be made commissioner for the UK... KEITH VAZ, the second minister to be drawn into the passports row that brought down Peter Mandelson, admitted yesterday he was more deeply involved than the Government had admitted. Admission: Keith Vaz said yesterday that he��.
Tory candidate Afzal Amin pledges to fight suspension over EDL plot row
The candidate, said to have been described on his Tory Party website as a former Army education officer to Princes William and Harry, outlined his plan to Mr Robinson and current EDL chairman Steve Eddowes at an Indian restaurant in Birmingham on.
Britain Poll Shows Strong Support For Cannabis Legalization
Only to reverse that very decision in 2008 due to the mounting fears of the dangerous and harmful ���skunk��� cannabis that has grown so popular throughout Britain. Well, I guess I was.. 2012 Parliaments Home Affairs Select Committee, headed by MP Keith Vaz, came to the conclusion and recommendation to the UK Government to decriminalise certain drugs and legalise others, including Cannabis. This sentiment was.. FREE Gift bag for first-time patients. 100% Off.
Why UK politicians are talking about immigration : Terminal 3
The last time the proposal for a security deposit was mooted was in New Delhi by the then home office minister Keith Vaz. The Indian government was so angry it cancelled every ministerial appointment Vaz had lined up. The idea was quickly shelved. Now Prime Minister David Cameron has announced measures to ensure that migrants arent able to get free or subsidized social housing soon after arrival ��� a problem known here as benefit tourism. In a speech aimed��.
Sir Cliff Richard Threatens to Sue BBC and Police Following Televised Raid
. but Committee Chairman Keith Vaz MP said the way the story was treated by the police was utterly inept. However, the BBC was also the subject of much criticism by members of the public, MPs and lawyers. No British citizen should have to watch.
Liberian asylum seeker causes Ebola scare at Gatwick.
Keith Vaz MP, the Chair of the House Affairs Committee, has written to Theresa Might, the property secretary, demanding to know which entry point in the UK is most at risk and how border employees are becoming protected against infection.. He stated: In Europe, the way I see it is that there is a great probability that a person will enter a nation while incubating - when you have Ebola, frankly you cannot travel you are so sick - it really is the incubation time when��.
Bhopal, Dow Chemical and Olympics: Keith Vaz involved.
It was followed up by the Times and the Telegraph; it also caused outrage in India. Seb Coes decision. A CAMPAIGN is mounting to force David Cameron to intervene in a row over a controversial sponsorship of Londons Olympic stadium. Senior MP Keith Vaz has expressed ���amazement��� at a decision by Games boss Lord Coe to ask Dow Chemical to fund a ��7million fabric wrapping bearing the companys symbol that will adorn the stadium next year. He has told��.
Cliff Richard sex assault probe has expanded
Labour MP Keith Vaz said he had received information from police that the investigation into Richard now involves more than one allegation. Richard is among several high-profile figures in Britains entertainment industry to be embroiled in allegations.
TamilsForJustice: Labour MP Keith Vaz faces sleaze inquiry.
href=http://http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1058575/Labour-MP-Keith-Vaz-faces-sleaze-inquiry-outrageous-bid-sway-judge-behalf-crooked-lawyer-friend.html>. The MPs code of conduct states that members shall at all times conduct themselves in a manner which will tend to maintain and strengthen the publics trust and confidence in the integrity of Parliament. Mr Vaz refused to.. Did Mr Townsend, the SRA head, have a problem with people of colour?
The Mango Tango - The Dollar Business
Keith-Vaz-TDB. Keith Vaz,Member of Parliament, House of Commons, UK. The British MP of Indian origin has claimed that the EU ban is ���Euro nonsense and bureaucracy gone mad���. Not so sweet. People involved in the Indo-UK mango trade.. Even as mass interest in the topic of EU ban on Alphonso mangoes continues to mount, hybrid mangoes are silently gaining share in the largest importing maket for Indian mangoes ��� UAE... Shortened time lines laid down for issue of adv.
How Much Longer Can David Cameron Continue to Defend Going All Out for.
On Tuesday it was revealed that Liberal Democrat MP Tessa Munt resigned as a parliamentary aide to Business Secretary Vince Cable after voting against the governments position on fracking. Unwilling to compromise her opposition to. But according to.
A Point of View: Do parliaments select committees wield too much power?
Thats how Keith Vaz and Margaret Hodge have become household names in the last few years. Coverage of individual committees more than tripled between 2008 and 2012. And studies estimate that between 30-40% of select committee recommendations .
Children sitting as many as seven entrance exams in competition for private.
Competition for places at Britains top private schools has reached boiling point as children take several entrance exams in attempts to make the cut. The number of prep schools has increased in recent years but few private schools have opened.
International Education News l The PIE News l London Met.
Bookmark the permalink. Pressure is mounting on the UK government to decide whether or not to strip London Metropolitan University of its right to recruit outside the EU, after a report this weekend that the decision had already been made sparked panic among students.. Influential MP Keith Vaz, chairman of the home affairs select committee, also wrote to Immigration Minister Damian Green today urging a decision. ���For the sake of this university and others,��.
CIA torture report: Home Secretary Theresa May faces MPs questions on what.
Theresa May is due to appear before the Home Affairs Committee as pressure mounts on the government to launch a judicial review into the whether the UK was involved in the CIAs torture of detainees following the 9/11 attacks. This session with the.
Pressure mounts on Ed Miliband over stand on Europe
Pressure is growing on Ed Miliband to change his stance on Europe with Labours two biggest union donors calling for him to offer a referendum after the general election. However, Britains bigger companies favour staying in EU albeit on renegotiated.
Murthys Son-in-Law, Other Indian-Origins Elected to British Parliament
Other Indian-origin winners include Alok Sharma (Reading West), Shailesh Vara (Cambridgeshire North West), another junior minister who has been an MP since 2005. First-timer Suella Fernandes (Fareham) for the Conservatives and a Labour novice Lisa .