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Minimum number of inmates to have vote, says No 10
Shadow justice secretary Sadiq Khan said: "I am pleased that this Government has undertaken this U-turn. Speculation has been growing that ministers are preparing to back down over plans to give the vote to all inmates…
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Sadiq Khan: Pakistan: The voices of reason must not be silenced by fear
The news that Salman Taseer, the powerful governor of Pakistan’s most populous province, had been gunned down by his own security guard for standing up against the country’s draconian blasphemy laws, . -
Labour joins fight against prisoners' votes
Sadiq Khan, the shadow Justice Secretary, expressed concern that more than 28,000 inmates would be allowed the vote under the Coalition's proposals. The threat of a Tory rebellion grew as ministers disclosed that 28,770… -
Leaked cable reveals US fears over UK extremists
The cable, leaked to the whistleblowing website and reported in The Guardian, was sent to Washington from the US Embassy in London in August 2006, shortly after the publication of a highly critical open letter about UK… -
'Secretly' resolved MP expenses cases revealed
Sadiq Khan, now shadow justice secretary, repaying £173 for letters sent to constituents just before the general election campaign began; Under the so-called "rectification" procedure, standards commissioner John -
Simon Carr: Whatever you do, don't speak out of turn on the Speaker's time
So he sat mate-ily next to Sadiq Khan, EDM's campaign manager, cosying up to him. Sadiq, the shadow Justice minister, used the line about the party of law and order. Sadiq's answer started long. Sadiq accepted the reproof and… -
Miliband vows to make Labour 'party of aspirations'
Shadow health secretary John Healey, shadow education secretary Andy Burnham, shadow home secretary Ed Balls and shadow justice secretary Sadiq Khan will chair a series of groups looking at public services. -
Bill for settling Guantanamo Bay 'torture' cases could top £30m
Sadiq Khan, the shadow Justice Secretary, argued that there was a public interest in knowing the total sums involved in this settlement. The decision to settle the costly case also raises concerns about Britain's true role in… -
Village People: The Potato Council survives, but it could soon be crunch time
Given how much Ed Miliband wants to be rid of the nickname "Red Ed" – "Come off it, let's start to have a grown-up debate," he said in his conference speech – it is a bit unfortunate that his former campaign manager, Sadiq… -
Battle lines drawn as Lib Dems fight tuition fee rises
Sadiq Khan, the shadow Justice Secretary, said yesterday: "What we can't have is where someone who is the son of a bus driver like me has got to go to the university near his home not because it's best for me but it's the…
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Leading article: A new-look Opposition that must show itself worthy of the name
There are more women in senior posts, and Sadiq Khan, the up-and-coming Muslim MP, becomes shadow Justice Secretary. The election for membership inevitably places constraints on the leader's choice, and the results of this… -
A distinctly old-school feel to a 'new generation'
Sadiq Khan, the first ethnic minority MP to be elected to Labour's Shadow Cabinet and now the shadow Justice Secretary, is the only Muslim in the group. But while there are a number of fresh faces in his first Shadow Cabinet,… -
Alan Johnson named as shadow chancellor
Ed Miliband's own campaign manager, Sadiq Khan, is rewarded with the plum post of shadow lord chancellor and justice secretary, and will shadow Deputy Shadow lord chancellor, secretary of state for justice (with… -
Yvette Cooper tops the list of Labour MPs in vote for Shadow Cabinet
Ten of the 19 elected last night supported David Miliband in the leadership election and only five his brother – Sadiq Khan, the only Shadow Cabinet member from an ethnic minority who is seen as a rising Labour star; Hilary… -
'New generation' eye up posts in Ed Miliband's Shadow Cabinet
Sadiq Khan, one of Mr Miliband's campaign team, said: "We'll win the next general election if we show people a vision of a better, fairer Britain that they can believe in. Harriet Harman closed Labour's conference with a plea…