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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Politics
Anahita Hossein-Pour

Law closes ‘loophole’ over appeals against stripping of British citizenship

Dan Jarvis said ministers take national security extremely seriously (James Manning/PA) - (PA Wire)

Extremists stripped of their British citizenship will no longer be able to regain their status after a successful first appeal as a new law comes into force.

Until now, a person who the Government considers a threat to national security could be released from immigration detention or returned to the UK while further appeals to stop them are ongoing.

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