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CPS: No outside pressure to drop charges against men accused of spying for China

The CPS faced criticism after proceedings against a former parliamentary researcher and a second man accused of spying for Beijing were stopped.

Evening Standard

Government faces fresh legal challenge over UK-France migrants returns deal

A High Court hearing will take place at 4pm on Thursday over a potential deportation under the returns deal, hours after the first removal to France.

Evening Standard

Temporary block on man’s deportation will not undermine returns deal – minister

Liz Kendall said the High Court decision was disappointing but it would not prevent the rest of the agreement with France going ahead.

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Blocked deportation leaves Keir Starmer's illegal migration policy in tatters

Kemi Badenoch says her message to ministers was ‘we told you so’ after an Eritrean man won a last-minute High Court bid to temporarily block his deportation

Evening Standard

Starmer faces fresh pressure over returns deal after blocked deportation

Kemi Badenoch said her message to ministers was ‘we told you so’, while shadow home secretary Chris Philp called the deal a ‘failed gimmick’.

The Independent UK

UK government ‘disappointed’ charges dropped against men accused of spying for China

Christopher Cash and Christopher Berry were due to go on trial next month charged with breaching Official Secrets Act

The Guardian - UK

Tories did ‘sod all’ on immigration reform, new Home Secretary tells Commons

Shabana Mahmood was accused of ‘tinkering around the edges’ over potential reform of the European Convention on Human Rights.

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Labour Slammed for Hiding Truth on £122 Million Asylum Cash While Councils Struggle - Fashion Central UK

Labour is under fire for refusing to explain how nearly £122 million has been shared out to local councils to cover the costs of asylum accommodation

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'Labour Made a Huge Mistake': Study Reveals Migrants Now Outnumber UK Army, Navy and RAF Combined

More than 182,000 people have arrived in the UK via small boat crossings since records began in 2018.

International Business Times UK

Ministers accused of making ‘almost no progress’ on grooming gangs inquiry

Home Office minister Jess Phillips told MPs the appointment process was in its ‘final stages’.

Evening Standard

Yvette Cooper Freezes Family Reunions for Asylum Seekers – Tories Say It Won't Stop Record Crossings

Home Secretary Yvette Cooper halts refugee family reunions amid surging 2025 Channel crossings (27,997 so far), but Tories slam the policy as too weak to stop migration trends

International Business Times UK

Forget Orwell’s ‘Two Minutes Hate’ – the immigration debate shows real loathing

Since the summer recess the public discourse, stirred by Nigel Farage’s weekly press conferences, has altered radically

The Guardian - UK

Awkward moment Nick Robinson reminds Chris Philp he opened Bell Hotel for asylum seekers

Nick Robinson reminded Chris Philp that he, as immigration minister under the Conservative government, opened up the use of the Bell Hotel in Epping for the use of housing asylum seekers during a live interview on BBC Radio 4 on Monday, 1 September.

The Independent UK

Home Secretary pledges to make it harder for asylum seekers to bring family to UK

The Home Secretary will set out planned changes to the refugee family reunion process when MPs return to the Commons on Monday

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Cooper to tighten rules on family members in overhaul of ‘broken’ asylum system

The home secretary will speak in the Commons as MPs return to Westminster after recess on Monday

The Independent UK

Chris Philp accused of courting Elon Musk over grooming gangs scandal social media post

Chris Philp’s intervention has prompted questions over why he hasn’t yet handed his evidence over to the police

The Independent UK

Starmer could end asylum hotel use in six months with this one move, charity claims

The prime minister is under pressure to close asylum hotels after a series of violent protests

The Guardian - UK

Mirror, mirror on the wall, who is the biggest patriot of them all? It is I, Robert Jenrick

When I gaze deep into my own eyes, what do I see? An iron-willed, crime-crushing flag-raiser whose ascent to the Tory leadership is surely inevitable, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde

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Evening Standard

Fresh wave of asylum hotel protests expected after Epping ruling

Chris Philp, the shadow home secretary, said that people have ‘every right’ to protest over asylum hotels in their areas.

The Independent UK

Britain’s migration crisis: What the latest numbers really show

Record number of asylum claims in Labour’s first year but real progress has been made to slash the backlog, as Holly Bancroft and Alicja Hagopian report

The Independent UK

‘Hypocritical’ Badenoch calls for Tory councils to launch legal challenges against asylum hotels

Tory leader encourages local authorities to ‘take the same steps’ as Epping council

The Independent UK

Chris Philp challenged on why he didn’t encourage councils to take legal action over asylum hotels when Tories were in power

Shadow Home Secretary Chris Philp has defended Kemi Badenoch’s call for Conservative councils to consider legal challenges against the use of hotels to house asylum seekers.

Evening Standard

People have ‘every right’ to protest asylum hotels – shadow home secretary

Conservative-led councils in Hertfordshire, Surrey and London are considering taking legal action against hoteliers, he said.

Evening Standard

Councils consider legal bids as ministers face Epping hotel ruling aftermath

Conservative and Reform UK-led authorities have said they were looking at their options to take similar action to Epping Forest District Council.

Evening Standard

Tories and Reform decry two-tier justice as suspended Labour councillor cleared

Nigel Farage and shadow home secretary Chris Philp both pointed to the idea of ‘two-tier justice’.

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