All news on the topic: Home Office

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Incredible story of mum who bought 'dead woman's UK passport' 23 years ago
Grace Walford, a 55-year-old NHS worker, saw stripped her nursing qualifications and has spent more than £40,000 in visa fee as she fights to remain in the UK after 'making a mistake'
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Rishi Sunak investigated over 'barefaced lie' asylum backlog has been cleared
Ministers claimed to have cleared a 'legacy' backlog of applications made before June 28 last year, but figures show more than 4,500 of these are still waiting an initial decision
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UK's broken asylum system in numbers as Tories accused of making false claims
Home Office figures released today reveal that nearly 100,000 asylum seekers are still waiting for an initial decision and Home Secretary James Cleverly was accused of fudging figures
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Tory MP finally apologises for 'joke' about spiking wife with date rape drug
Home Secretary James Cleverly said he "regrets" the hurt he caused by joking about giving his wife date rape drug Rohypnol on the day the Home Office announced a crackdown on spiking
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Warning signs your drink has been spiked – key giveaways and what to look for
Experts explain how to tell if your drink has been spiked, and what to do next to make sure you're safe - from calling emergency services to having a designated friend
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Home Office warned of spiking 'jokes' the day James Cleverly made date-rape gag
Home Secretary James Cleverly was forced to apologise after we revealed he joked about drugging his wife, saying 'a little bit of Rohypnol in her drink every night' was 'not really illegal if it's only a little bit'
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Tony Blair plotted to send asylum seekers to Africa 20 years before Rwanda plan
A previously-secret report written while Tony Blair was Prime Minister suggested deporting refugees to Turkey, Kenya and South Africa in the early 2000s
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Cleverly won’t be punished for date-rape drug joke as PM says matter 'closed'
Home Secretary James Cleverly has been facing calls to resign after the Mirror revealed he joked at a Downing Street reception about spiking his wife's drink with a date-rape drug
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Fury over 200,000 unsolved shoplifting cases as Tories 'let gangs off the hook'
Analysis of Home Office figures reveal that over 500 shoplifting cases a day were closed without a suspect being identified in England and Wales last year, amid growing pressure to tackle criminal gangs
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James Cleverly's gaffe-filled 42 days as Home Secretary - swearing to sick joke
Home Secretary James Cleverly - who is facing calls to resign after he joked about giving his wife a date-rape joke - has been branded 'Colonel Calamity' by Tory MPs
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James Cleverly faces first calls to resign over 'sick' date-rape drug joke
The Fawcett Society said Home Secretary James Cleverly could not be trusted to address violence against women after the Mirror revealed he joked about giving his wife Rohypnol
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James Cleverly called out by Love Island spike victim for date-rape drug joke
Home Secretary James Cleverly has been been criticised by former Love Island contestant Sharon Gaffka, who was a victim of drink spiking, after he joked about Rohypnol
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Government's legal bill to defend stalling Rwanda migrant scheme tops £2million
Not a single migrant has been sent to east African nation under a controversial Tory scheme, but the Government's legal bill for defending it against court challenges has ballooned
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'Tory government chaos' as plans to hike salary visa rules quietly changed
The Home Office appears to have issued an embarrassing climbdown on a hike in the threshold for family visas, quietly announcing it will raise it to a lower figure
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Some 900,000 burglaries unsolved in last four years - more than Leeds population
The Liberal Democrats blamed years of Tory cuts leaving local police forces 'overstretched and unable to focus on frontline crime like burglaries'
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Care sector 'blindsided' by Tory visa laws that 'put headlines over need'
Professor Martin Green, chief executive of Care England, warned that new visa rules announced by the Home Office could have an enormous impact on vulnerable users with an estimated 152,000 vacancies
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Decades-old computer law 'hampering UK's battle against cyber attacks'
Campaigners called for a shake-up of the Computer Misuse Act, warning it was hampering the fight against cyber attacks while costing billions of pounds and thousands of jobs
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'Panicking' woman could be deported because her husband's salary is £4,700 short
Steve and Andrea Brown, who have been together for over a decade and live in Blantyre, South Lanarkshire, told of their heartbreak and devastation at the cruel new visa requirements
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Asylum seekers tried to set themselves on fire at former RAF base
Ministers have been warned it is "only a matter of time" before someone dies at RAF Wethersfield in Essex, just days after a suspected suicide on the Bibby Stockholm asylum barge
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More than £20million spent on Bibby Stockholm barge used to house asylum seekers
The Home Office has admitted the cost of the controversial Bibby Stockholm barge that is being used to accommodate hundreds of asylum seekers is docked in Portland Port
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Astronomical cost of Rwanda project released by accident after months of secrecy
Top Home Office official Sir Matthew Rycroft said that 'someone in Rwanda' had told the International Monetary Fund (IMF) of a £100million payment made to the Rwandan government in April
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Right wing Tory MPs say Rishi Sunak's Rwanda Bill 'doesn't go far enough'
Rishi Sunak is desperately trying to hold his warring Tory Party together ahead of a crunch vote on emergency legislation trying to resurrect the Rwanda asylum project
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American driver 'flees UK' after leaving woman paralysed in crash near SAS base
Isaac Calderon, 22, is believed to have fled the country after failing to turn up at court over a dangerous driving charge that left nurse Elizabeth Donowho paralysed for six weeks
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James Cleverly slammed after sudden eviction 'broke Home Office's own rules'
Among up to 80 men marched out on Thursday was a dad, 35, at risk of sepsis, waiting for dental treatment. Nearly all his teeth were smashed in a politically motivated attack in Algeria
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Grandma ordered to leave UK after 42 years due to Home Office email blunder
Leonarda Zarcone, 74, was born in Italy and moved to the UK as a child. She then lived in France and was given French citizenship before she and husband Marcel Brunetto emigrated to the UK in 1981.