Kemi Badenoch confirms she told Tory staff they need to do a better job – UK politics live

Tory leader says ‘we sometimes need to have tough words’ and that everyone working for party ‘needs to be fully dedicated to the mission’In the LBC phone-in, asked if she thought the public should have been told more about the terrorism aspects of the Southport murders, Yvette Cooper said the Crown Prosecution Service decided this did not meet the definition of a terrorist incident. But it was clearly terrorising.Asked if the police were “gagged” from saying more, Cooper said people in government wanted to be able to say as much as possible. But the guidance from the CPS was clear, she said; they said it had to wait for the trial. Continue reading...

Kemi Badenoch confirms she told Tory staff they need to do a better job – UK politics live

Tory leader says ‘we sometimes need to have tough words’ and that everyone working for party ‘needs to be fully dedicated to the mission’

In the LBC phone-in, asked if she thought the public should have been told more about the terrorism aspects of the Southport murders, Yvette Cooper said the Crown Prosecution Service decided this did not meet the definition of a terrorist incident. But it was clearly terrorising.

Asked if the police were “gagged” from saying more, Cooper said people in government wanted to be able to say as much as possible. But the guidance from the CPS was clear, she said; they said it had to wait for the trial. Continue reading...