Home Secretary apologises after baby's birth certificate returned with 'Israel' scribbled out James Cleverly says staff at a private company that works with the Home Office have been suspended Evening Standard · Feb 21, 2024
Anti-migrant, pro-Boris, anti-care worker: the Tories are pushing panic buttons that no longer work Targeting carers in the midst of a shortage seems ridiculous, but the party is desperate. It is running out of time and bereft of ideas, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones The Guardian - UK · Feb 21, 2024
London mayoral election: I’ll boost crime fight by cutting Sadiq Khan’s mayoral staff, vows Susan Hall Tory candidate for London mayor vows to crack down on knife crime and introduce specialist units to tackle burglaries, robberies and thefts Evening Standard · Feb 21, 2024
Teachers in England could face ban for failing to report evidence of sexual abuse of children Home secretary’s mandatory reporting legislation plan already covered by statutory duties, say school leaders The Guardian - UK · Feb 21, 2024
Home secretary sacks borders watchdog via Zoom after clash James Cleverly gets top civil servant to fire David Neal after clashing over series of critical reports The Guardian - UK · Feb 20, 2024
Home Office warned of violence and arson risks at Essex airbase holding asylum seekers Exclusive: Immigration watchdog says ‘hopelessness caused by boredom’ at Wethersfield site will inevitably lead to harm The Guardian - UK · Feb 16, 2024
Judge criticises Home Office errors in Palestinian refugee’s visa case Home secretary apologises to Chevening scholar Amena El Ashkar who was denied visa to study at LSE The Guardian - UK · Feb 13, 2024
UK home secretary apologises over unlawful detention of Bahraini activist Sayed Ahmed Alwadaei receives compensation from government after being stopped at Gatwick The Guardian - UK · Feb 8, 2024
Home Office proposes war memorial protest laws: What could be banned and why Rules also affect those who disguise their identity during protests Evening Standard · Feb 8, 2024
Is Rwanda a safe country? The Government's position on sending asylum seekers to the country The Rwanda Safety Bill has been dogged by setbacks and controversy but the prime minister is determined to press on with it Evening Standard · Feb 7, 2024
To use the case of chemical assault suspect Abdul Ezedi to ideologically attack asylum is so wrong In the aftermath of last week’s attack, Tory MPs are calling for tougher laws. But that is not the solution, says Enver Solomon of the Refugee Council The Guardian - UK · Feb 5, 2024
Protesters climbing war memorials could face three-month jail term Home Secretary James Cleverly said scaling remembrance sites was ‘an insult’ and ‘cannot continue’. Evening Standard · Feb 4, 2024
Home secretary asks for all Clapham attack suspect’s official papers Rightwing Tories have seized on case after it emerged Abdul Ezedi was granted asylum despite sexual assault conviction The Guardian - UK · Feb 2, 2024
Home Office asks for emergency £2.6bn after asylum seeker hotels overspend Select committee chair has questioned why cost of housing asylum seekers was not included in department’s original estimates The Guardian - UK · Feb 1, 2024
Evening Standard · Feb 1, 2024 Migrant Channel crossings in January jump 13 per cent compared with 2023 A total of 1,335 people made the perilous crossing last month compared with 1,180 in January 2023
The Guardian - UK · Feb 1, 2024 ‘Everyone’s second preference’: could James Cleverly be the next Tory leader? The right wing of the party is talking up Kemi Badenoch. But the gaffe-prone home secretary might have the last laugh
Evening Standard · Jan 31, 2024 Home Office says Bibby Stockholm asylum seeker barge is still 'value for money' The barge accomodating asylum seekers has been plagued with problems
The Guardian - UK · Jan 31, 2024 More than 30,000 UK asylum seekers on bail under Rwanda deportation threat Home Office reveals 33,085 will not have claims examined while government tries to remove them
The Guardian - UK · Jan 26, 2024 Chagos islanders stunned as David Cameron rules out return Statement from British foreign secretary comes just months after his predecessor confirmed resettlement was part of talks with Mauritius
Evening Standard · Jan 25, 2024 Knife crime soars by over 20 per cent in London in past year, as politicians clash over zombie blades 38 offences with a knife in the capital a day, as Labour and Tories clash over new measures to tackle the menace of zombie weapons
Evening Standard · Jan 24, 2024 Is Rishi Sunak facing a potential leadership contest and who could replace him? Tory MPs call for PM to quit A former Tory minister reportedly reveals more discontent about the embattled PM’s leadership, raising the spectre of a future no-confidence vote
Evening Standard · Jan 19, 2024 Extremists who join now banned Hizb ut-Tahrir will 'face full force of law,' says James Cleverly The Home Secretary branded it a "vile, antisemitic" group as the order to proscribe it took effect
International Business Times UK · Jan 18, 2024 Sunak Hit With Biggest Tory Rebellion Over Rwanda Plan Amendments Sunak could face a humiliating defeat that could cost the Conservative Party its next general election win if Tory MPs continue to vote for Rwanda policy amendments.
Evening Standard · Jan 17, 2024 Rwanda Bill: Rishi Sunak wins crunch vote in Commons as Tory rebellion fizzles out Dozens of hardline Conservatives who had threatened to bring down the Prime Minister’s flagship immigration policy reluctantly agreed to vote with the Government
The Guardian - UK · Jan 15, 2024 What is ‘antisemitic’ Islamist group Hizb ut-Tahrir and what does it want? Ban will come into force on Friday if approved by UK parliament, putting group on par with IS and al-Qaida