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Lizzie Dearden
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Security correspondent @theipaper Author of 'Plotters: The UK Terrorists Who Failed'. New edition out now: tinyurl.com/bdewkx7k
London, most of the time
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    Lizzie Dearden
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    Nov 28, 2018
    A 16-year-old boy has been charged with assault over the attack on a Syrian boy at Almondbury Community School in Huddersfield, West Yorks Police say The case is now active and sharing evidence is contempt, as is reporting information that can identify the child in proceedings
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    Lizzie Dearden
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    Mar 19, 2021
    Thank you to everyone for the messages of support, sorry I can't reply to them all The police have been very supportive and I and my partner are safe. And I'm not going to be intimidated out of doing my job
    independent.co.uk
    Tommy Robinson ‘threatened Independent journalist in bid to prevent publication of story’
    EDL founder issued with interim stalking ban after warning he would falsely accuse reporter’s partner of being paedophile
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    Lizzie Dearden
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    May 25, 2022
    Breaking: Legal action has been launched over the Metropolitan Police’s alleged failure to “adequately investigate” Boris Johnson’s attendance at Downing Street Parties The @GoodLawProject has given the force two weeks to respond to its legal letter independent.co.uk/news/uk/politi…
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    Lizzie Dearden
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    Apr 23, 2023
    Twitter has verified the (previously banned) far-right party Britain First as an "official organisation" and is giving blue ticks to anyone "affiliated" with it That will amplify their tweets to non-followers
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    Lizzie Dearden
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    Sep 5, 2022
    I asked a wide spectrum of people working across different areas of Home Office responsiblity about Priti Patel's legacy. The consensus? "The worst home secretary in living memory"
    Priti Patel: Legacy of ‘worst home secretary’ who left Home Office morale in tatters
    From independent.co.uk
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    Lizzie Dearden
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    Jan 27, 2022
    Breaking: The Home Office has admitted exercising an unlawful and secret policy of seizing mobile phones from all migrants crossing the English Channel Lawyers made admission at the High Court, while fighting legal action brought by three asylum seekers
    Home Office admits unlawful secret policy to seize all Channel migrants’ phones
    From independent.co.uk
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    Lizzie Dearden
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    Jul 26, 2022
    New: Liz Truss wants to impose targets to cut murders, serious violence and neighbourhood crime by 20% if she becomes prime minister One senior police source described the policy to me as "incoherent shit"
    Liz Truss orders police to cut murders by 20% in policy dismissed as ‘incoherent’
    From independent.co.uk
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    Lizzie Dearden
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    Aug 7, 2024
    Police press offices are starting to have some fun
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    Lizzie Dearden
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    Jul 29, 2021
    Breaking: The RNLI has recorded a 2,000% increase in donations in a single day amid a surge in support over rescues of migrant boats Criticism by Nigel Farage and others sparked an unprecedented flood of donations, including over £200,000 yesterday alone
    RNLI sees 2,000% daily increase in donations after criticism of asylum rescues in Channel
    From independent.co.uk
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    Lizzie Dearden
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    Jul 5, 2019
    Tommy Robinson has characterised his case as an establishment crackdown, but his Facebook live posed a real threat to actual victims For the first time, The Independent can reveal how close he came to causing the Huddersfield grooming trials to collapse
    How close Tommy Robinson came to causing collapse of Huddersfield grooming gang trial
    From independent.co.uk
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    Lizzie Dearden
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    May 23, 2023
    A significant amount of responses to this story are suggesting that I have been "briefed" by civil servants/political opponents, or that it's part of a "witch-hunt" It's not - it is the result of a six-month investigation by me, and only me independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-n…
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    Lizzie Dearden
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    Mar 16, 2023
    Replying to @lizziedearden
    The home secretary will be departing for Kigali on Friday evening, accompanied by media representatives from outlets including GB News, the Daily Mail, Times, Express and Telegraph The BBC, The Independent, The Guardian, Daily Mirror and i were not invited
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    Lizzie Dearden
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    Nov 1, 2023
    I'm sure I'm not the only woman who recognises the tone of this carefully crafted email The need to dress up a reasonable and urgent point in layers of self-deprecation, jokes, apologies and non-threatening punctuation (!) so your competency isn't perceived as aggressive
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    Jane Merrick
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    Nov 1, 2023
    Helen MacNamara fmr dep cab sec emerging as one of the heroes of the pandemic. Her email to the then NHS England chief Simon Stevens on the issue of PPE for women (SS told her it wasn't a problem)
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    Lizzie Dearden
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    Mar 17, 2021
    Exclusive: Tommy Robinson has been accused of misusing supporters’ money, as he declares himself bankrupt despite receiving hundreds of thousands of pounds in donations and funding I have interviewed former employees and donors about where the money went
    Tommy Robinson ‘misused’ donations from far-right supporters
    From independent.co.uk