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MI5 told to share key facts with MPs after Manchester Arena security failures
Bombing inquiry brings call from terror watchdog for franker approach at spy agency
Mark Townsend Home Affairs Editor
05, Mar, 2023 @10:00 AM
UK government ‘complicit’ in asylum seeker hotel attacks, say unions
Workers urged to mobilise against far-right groups as senior Tory politicians are accused of demonising refugees
Mark Townsend
05, Mar, 2023 @8:00 AM
Anger grows over Afghan journalists still stranded by Home Office inaction
Press members living under the Taliban, and living uncertain lives in Pakistan, must be given clarity say campaign groups
Mark Townsend Home Affairs Editor
04, Mar, 2023 @4:00 PM
Surge in number of Britons fighting to hold on to their citizenship
After the Shamima Begum decision, figures show dramatic increase in challenges to Home Office
Jack Barton and Mark Townsend
26, Feb, 2023 @8:00 AM
Revealed: one in 100 police officers in England and Wales faced a criminal charge last year
Figure has surged over the past 10 years with pressure growing for officers to be sacked on the spot
Andrew Kersley and Mark Townsend
25, Feb, 2023 @6:50 PM
Secret House of Lords circle ‘shown to have worked with far right’
Email blunder sparks inquiry into New Issues Group’s ‘collaboration with Islamophobes’
Mark Townsend Home Affairs Editor
25, Feb, 2023 @5:15 PM
Met police and MI5 foil 15 plots by Iran against British or UK-based ‘enemies’
Attempted assassinations and abductions made public as Iranian broadcaster forced to quit London for US after safety concerns
Mark Townsend and Geneva Abdul
18, Feb, 2023 @8:00 PM
Revealed: where asylum children abducted from Home Office hotels ended up
Police focus search for asylum seekers abducted from hotels run by the Home Office on an organised crime area dubbed ‘counterfeit alley’
Mark Townsend Home Affairs Editor
18, Feb, 2023 @3:00 PM
‘He’s a bit of a prat’: voters in Ashfield turn on Lee Anderson
The Tories’ new deputy chairman thinks he has the support of his constituency. But a tour around Kirkby-in-Ashfield says otherwise
Mark Townsend Home Affairs Editor
12, Feb, 2023 @10:00 AM
UK counter-terrorism report author accused of basing conclusions on ‘handful of cases’
William Shawcross analysed just six Channel cases before calling for more focus on Islamist extremism, say critics
Mark Townsend
12, Feb, 2023 @10:00 AM
Met urged to reopen Partygate inquiry as fresh allegations emerge
‘New information’ includes claims that Downing Street staff corroborated stories and destroyed evidence
Mark Townsend Home affairs editor
11, Feb, 2023 @1:06 PM
The children going missing from Home Office hotels – podcast
More than 200 unaccompanied child asylum seekers have gone missing from hotels used by the Home Office
Presented by Nosheen Iqbal with Mark Townsend; produced by Ned Carter Miles and Solomon King; executive producer Elizabeth Cassin
03, Feb, 2023 @3:00 AM
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