Letter to Rt Hon Yvette Cooper MP concerning a post on X made by the Home Office’s official account
21 August 2024
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We’ve written to the Home Secretary to complain about a tweet on the official Home Office X account describing the people who’ve been arrested in connection with the disturbances in the summer of 2024 as “criminals”, even though some of them haven’t been charged yet and some of those who have have pleaded not guilty and are awaiting trial.
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The Home Office called unconvicted people 'criminals' on social media.
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