All news on the topic: Home Office

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Up to 90 more hotels could be needed to house Channel migrants, MPs told
Home Secretary Suella Braverman was grilled about plans to accommodate new arrivals crossing the Strait of Dover as plans for more barges flop
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Dangerous Channel crossings reach highest daily total in 2023 so far
Rishi Sunak first vowed to 'stop the boats' six months ago and has made tackling the Channel crossings a priority for the Government
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Albanians could help plug Britain's staff shortages, says MPs' migration report
Research by the Commons Home Affairs Select Committee suggests 'promoting more actively in Albania and elsewhere the provision of short-term work visas in sectors in which the UK needs workers
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Paedophile allowed to stay in Britain as he's spared deportation after legal bid
The man, known only as MA, was jailed for 10 months for abusing a child and ordered to sign the sex offender register. The pervert won a legal bid after telling the court he feared prosecution in Iraq
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Refugees 'scream for their lives' after being locked inside 'coffin' wardrobes
Romanian people smuggler Adrian Constantin, 36 - who acted as a "minder" to assist gang members - was jailed for over three years after being extradited back to the UK to face justice
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Terminally-ill woman misses out on 'last-ever holiday' after passport blunder
Lisa Cutler has stage four breast cancer and had planned to go to Nessebar in Bulgaria yesterday with her best friend to scatter her late mum's ashes, she is praying she will be well enough to go after her next chemo cycle instead
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Sailor who died after being chased by racist mob finally gets memorial plaque
Charles Wotten died in Liverpool in 1919 and was buried in a pauper’s grave, but now his new headstone has been officially unveiled at Anfield Cemetery
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Terrorist couldn't be deported as he was ' facing trial for eating mattress'
An inquest has heard how Khairi Saadallah, who was jailed after he killed three men and left more injured in the 2020 Reading terror attack, could not be deported because of 'impending charges'
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Man wrongly jailed for young mum's murder homeless after blowing £700,000 compo
Colin Stagg admits getting his £706,000 compensation by the Home Office to 'rebuild his life' felt 'a bit like winning the lottery' and he splashed out his money on cars, holidays and gifts
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Failing asylum system now costs four times more than when Tories came to power
Latest data shows that the UK spends £2.1 billion a year, up from £550 million when the Conservatives came to power in 2010 - and it's expected to go up again in 2023
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Criminals 'let off the hook' as 30,000 muggings went unsolved last year
Every day last year more than 80 cases of robbery of personal items were closed without a suspect being identified, an analysis by the Lib Dems has revealed
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Labour slam Rishi Sunak's 'increasing habit' of making false claims to MPs
Labour say they’ve identified six occasions where the Prime Minister has made “misleading” remarks to MPs in the Commons - some of which he’s later walked back
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Dover bank holiday misery strikes again as families face tailbacks
Drivers are reporting waiting for hours in major tailbacks to the Port of Dover causing them to miss ferries for bank holiday getaways as air travel has also ground to a halt due to IT issues
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Bank holiday flights chaos as E-gates fail at all UK airports
The Home Office has confirmed that all technical issues with the E-gates at all UK airports have been resolved after they caused major delays for those departing and entering the country
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Sunak to remove right for some overseas students to bring kids and family to UK
The Home Office announced the changes as the Government prepares to release figures on net migration from last year amid reports the figure could exceed 700,000
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Prince Harry loses bid to challenge Home Office over UK security arrangements
The Duke of Sussex's second legal challenge against the Home Office over his security arrangements when he and his family are the UK has ended in defeat in court
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Speaker shuts down Suella Braverman's paedophile rant as she ducks speeding row
The Home Secretary appeared rattled as MPs grilled her on claims she asked civil servants to help her avoid attending a driving awareness course with members of the public
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Labour MP in 'living hell' from PTSD believes magic mushrooms could be cure
Labour MP Charlotte Nichols wants restrictions eased on psilocybin – the mind-altering chemical found in certain fungi, to help ease her symptoms for PTSD
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Rishi Sunak pleads with Europe in desperate attempt to start Rwanda
The PM is set to meet the head of the European Court of Human Rights, Siofra O'Leary in a desperate bid to get the deportation flights - branded a "gimmick" by critics - in the air
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Proud daughter tells of war hero dad's brave Dambusters mission 80 years on
Sergeant Wilfred Ibbotson was among the crew from 617 Squadron RAF that carried out audacious raids on the Mohne, Eder and Sorpe dams in Germany’s Ruhr Valley
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'Britain's Bill Gates' extradited to US over £8BN Hewlett-Packard takeover deal
Mike Lynch was accompanied by US Marshals as he arrived in San Francisco in a long-running legal battle amid an investigation into the 2011 sale of Autonomy to Hewlett-Packard
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Should asylum seekers be accommodated on barges - vote in our poll
The Bibby Stockholm vessel will house around 500 single male asylum seekers in the Isle of Portland for at least 18 months - but do YOU think people should be housed in barges?
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Tens of thousands of civil servants back summer of 'disruptive strikes'
The Public and Commercial Services (PCS) has announced staff at 106 government departments today voted ‘Yes’ for industrial action lasting until November
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Ex-British Army chief launches savage attack on Suella Braverman's Rwanda plan
General Lord Richard Dannatt said the Central African country has a "dark history" and said he would be "uncomfortable" sending refugees there, and questioned why Ms Braverman is "running down" Rishi Sunak's remaining political capital
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Suella Braverman 'desecrating' RAF base used by Dambusters with asylum plan
Lord Patrick Cormack accused Home Secretary Suella Braverman of ignoring locals' views over what should happen to RAF Scampton and ploughing on with a plan to house asylum seekers