The Latest Breaking News from Home Office

Sunak says UK will always be compassionate after Braverman speaks of ‘invasion’

Downing Street says Suella Braverman was seeking to ‘express the sheer scale of the challenge’ at hand.

The Independent UK · Nov 1, 2022

Child asylum seekers say UK officials pressed them to lie about their age

Boy recorded telling guard he was told he could move from Manston holding centre more quickly if he said he was over 18

The Guardian - UK · Nov 1, 2022

Home Office is putting 2.6m EU citizens at risk of removal, court hears

Implementation of Brexit withdrawal agreement threatens rights of those with ‘pre-settled status’, watchdog argues

The Guardian - UK · Nov 1, 2022

Home Office must ‘get a grip’ over Manston asylum-seekers centre, says watchdog

Prison inspector says conditions have ‘significantly deteriorated’ in last three months

The Guardian - UK · Nov 1, 2022

Home Office told to ‘get a grip’ on issues at migrant centre

Chief inspector of prisons Charlie Taylor said the government department needs to speed up the processing of migrants.

The Independent UK · Nov 1, 2022

Suella Braverman ‘putting lives at risk’ with ‘migrant invasion’ claims day after firebomb attack OLD

Home secretary admits asylum system ‘is broken’ as row over her own security breaches continues

The Independent UK · Oct 31, 2022

Leaky Sue emerges from hiding with blame guns blazing

The home secretary insisted nothing wrong had been done, but if it had, it was all someone else’s fault

The Guardian - UK · Oct 31, 2022

Labour demands answers on Tory ministers sending confidential papers to personal phones

Home Secretary Suella Braverman has admitted she repeatedly used her own Gmail account for official business, prompting the Opposition to submit a blitz of requests for further investigation

Daily Mirror · Oct 31, 2022

'Unsafe', overcrowded and 'a breach of humane conditions' - the growing problems at Manston migrant centre

Some families at the Kent holding facility have been held for weeks on end, despite it being set up to accommodate arrivals for a maximum of just 48 hours

Manchester Evening News · Oct 31, 2022

The Guardian view on Tory immigration failures: from bad to worse

Editorial: The degraded conditions at Manston in Kent and Suella Braverman’s rule-breaking should shame the government

The Guardian - UK · Oct 31, 2022