Home Office

Asylum seekers can be housed at former RAF bases, high court rules
Council says it will apply to appeal court after judge rules in favour of government plans citing high risk of migrants being made homeless
Diane Taylor
06, Dec, 2023 @4:30 PM

Families face being split up by UK plan to cut legal migration, lawyers say
Increase in sponsor earnings from £18,600 to £38,700 will prevent up to 70% of workers in UK bringing in family, data shows
Kiran Staceyand Heather Stewart
05, Dec, 2023 @5:31 PM

Prince Harry challenges Home Office over decision to downgrade security
High court in London hears that wider impact of an attack on the duke should have been taken into account
Haroon Siddique Legal affairs correspondent
05, Dec, 2023 @2:08 PM

James Cleverly travels to Kigali to sign new treaty with Rwanda
Domestic legislation also planned so parliament can assert country is a safe destination for asylum seekers
Rajeev Syal, Diane Taylor and agency
04, Dec, 2023 @11:46 PM

Five-point plan to cut UK immigration raises fears of more NHS staff shortages
Measures designed to cut number of migrant workers and their dependants entering UK could damage health sector, say experts
Rajeev Syal, Kiran Stacey and Robert Booth
04, Dec, 2023 @8:24 PM

Tory plan to cut net legal immigration is more drastic than most MPs expected
Clampdown announced by James Cleverly is a shift in strategy by the government, which is rated poorly by the public on the issue
Kiran Stacey Political correspondent
04, Dec, 2023 @8:01 PM

Cleverly to announce salary threshold rise as part of new migration package
Move comes amid growing pressure from Tory MPs to bring down net migration to UK from record high
Rajeev Syal Home affairs editor
04, Dec, 2023 @2:25 PM

Fears rise for LGBTQ asylum seekers over Home Office hotel room-sharing push
Operation Maximise aims to ‘cram’ people into hotel rooms in attempt to drive down costs
Diane Taylor
01, Dec, 2023 @5:00 AM

UK and Rwanda ‘still committed’ to deal after reports Kigali is cooling
Officials in the east African country are frustrated by delays in migrants arriving and negative attention scheme has engendered
Nadeem Badshah and Rajeev Syal
29, Nov, 2023 @10:30 PM

Home Office ‘loses’ 17,000 people whose asylum claims were withdrawn
Tory MP queries claims marked withdrawn as government tries to clear backlog by end of year
Rajeev Syal Home affairs editor
29, Nov, 2023 @7:33 PM

Number of homeless refugees in Glasgow doubles amid asylum backlog
Camps also springing up in London and other cities as Liverpool council warns of housing emergency
Libby Brooks and Diane Taylor
29, Nov, 2023 @6:15 PM

Raab rejects claim that Johnson’s government was ‘puppet regime’ run by Cummings – as it happened
Giving evidence to the Covid inquiry, former foreign secretary rejects claim by Sajid Javid that Dominic Cummings was running government in 2020
Andrew Sparrow
29, Nov, 2023 @5:32 PM
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