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Glasgow call centre boss living life of luxury as staff laid off weeks before Christmas

Boss David Harper, who is linked to three failed companies, was enjoying lavish holidays abroad and lives in a £2million mansion while his staff were left with no jobs in the run up to Christmas.

Glasgow Live

Home Office staff call for ‘unpalatable’ small boats deal to be scrapped

The PCS union has told the home secretary that the £63m France deal was ‘doomed to fail’, and that a safe passage visa was needed

The Guardian - UK

Boss of Glasgow-based call centre lived life of luxury as staff lost jobs weeks before Christmas

David Harper was the boss of Glasgow-based Go-centric, which collapsed this month, leaving 650 staff – who were paid about £9 an hour – out of work.

Daily Record

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Black EU citizen with settled status temporarily denied entry into UK

Dahaba Ali Hussen, who has lived in London for 19 years, stopped while trying to board Eurostar in Paris

The Guardian - UK

Revealed: ‘Appalling’ reality of healthcare inside the Home Office’s asylum hotels

GPs and healthcare workers have told The Independent about a catalogue of problems asylum seekers face, from lack of maternity care to dentistry

The Independent UK

Tory adviser quits over 'the way Suella Braverman talks about ethnic minorities'

Nimco Ali said she would quit because she and the Home Secretary were on "completely different planets" about women's rights and "the way that we talk about ethnic minorities, and specifically people like me who are from a refugee background."

Daily Mirror

Passport Office told to 'learn lessons' from delays to avoid repeat in 2023

HM Passport Office should prepare for similar levels of demand in 2023 after struggling to process post-Covid applications in 2022, audit warns

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Government has ‘a lot of work’ to do on protecting women, Tory vice chairman admits

CONSERVATIVE Party vice chairman Rachel Maclean has admitted the Home Office has a “lot of work” to do on protecting women from violence.

The National (Scotland)

Police watchdog reviews steps taken before resignation of boss in criminal probe

Independent Office for Police Conduct director general Michael Lockwood stepped down last week.

The Independent UK

Home Office adviser on female violence to quit over Suella Braverman clash

A GOVERNMENT adviser on violence against women has said she is on a “completely different planet” to the Home Secretary as she appeared to…

The National (Scotland)

Home Office adviser Nimco Ali appears to quit by criticising Suella Braverman

Adviser on violence against women says on live radio she is on a ‘completely different planet’ to home secretary

The Guardian - UK

Home Office adviser on female violence to quit as Suella Braverman “is on different planet”

Nimco Ali, an independent government adviser on tackling violence against women and girls, effectively quit during a radio interview on Friday

The Independent UK

The 12 strikes of Christmas - more than 500,000 workers set to walk out in winter of discontent

Chaos is expected across Greater Manchester and the rest of the country during the festive period

Manchester Evening News

Home Office in ‘chaos’ as new Borders Act ‘made the system worse’ Labour says

The Nationality and Borders Act has added a six-month delay to 18,000 cases, says shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper

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Troops at Heathrow and Gatwick airports ahead of Border Force strikes

Armed forces will keep things moving during eight days of industrial action over Christmas

The Independent UK

Labour vows fast-track crackdown on asylum claims from Albania and ‘safe’ countries

‘Unfounded’ claims should be rejected in weeks, says Yvette Cooper

Daily Record

Refugee women and children migrating to Scotland face sexual violence

The report prepared by the SEREDA project collaborates with experts across the world.

Daily Mirror

Sexual harassers in the street will be jailed for up to two years under new law

It is understood the new legislation would cover the most serious incidents, such as aggressive or obscene comments and driving slowly alongside someone walking - rather than wolf-whistling

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The Guardian - UK

Labour wants to fast-track asylum cases from ‘safe’ countries to clear backlog

Shadow home secretary, Yvette Cooper, says she would prioritise applications from countries such as Albania

Daily Mirror

The 12 strikes of Christmas as potential ONE MILLION workers fight for fair pay

In the run-up to Christmas there will be strikes on railways, roads, buses and airports. Nurses, ambulance staff, paramedics and postal workers will also walk out, with many losing pay as a result

The Independent UK

Christmas travel chaos: How Border Force and rail strikes could affect festive travel plans

On top of previously announced train strikes, airline passengers ‘should be prepared for their plans to be severely disrupted’ over Christmas, the immigration minister has said

The Independent UK

Hundreds of thousands of people impacted by passport delays this year – watchdog

The National Audit Office said longer waits ‘created anxiety for those with travel plans and hampered people’s ability to prove their identity’.

Evening Standard

Asylum tribunal capacity extended in bid to tackle backlog of 25,000 cases

It comes as a senior Tory MP condemns the Home Office for illegal migration rhetoric

Liverpool Echo

Travellers warned of Christmas disruption amid strikes at Manchester Airport

The Home Office advises that immigration and customs checks may take longer during peak times on strike days

Al Jazeera

Immigration staff at busiest UK airports to strike over Christmas

In a dispute over pay, staff in passport booths would walk out on eight days from December 23 to 31, union says.

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