The Latest Breaking News from Home Office

Immigration centre near Heathrow costing £100,000-a-bed every year defended by minister as 'great value'

Shadow Home Secretary Chris Philp says the cost of the new contract is ‘madness’

Evening Standard · Jan 13

New Home Office TikTok account ‘turning migration raids into clickbait entertainment’, charity warns

A new video posted to the official Home Office TikTok accounts shows immigration enforcement officers raiding homes and businesses and arresting people thought to be in the UK illegally

The Independent UK · Jan 13

Immigration arrests at highest ever levels as raids on London restaurants and markets stepped up

A crackdown on illegal working has seen enforcement officers up visits to restaurants, car washes, nail salons, barbers, markets, shops and hotels

Evening Standard · Jan 12

First flight of 2026 under UK ‘one in, one out’ asylum scheme cancelled

Detainees under scheme to return people entering UK on small boats told their plane tickets have been cancelled

The Guardian - UK · Jan 7

Eighty ‘one in, one out’ asylum seekers accuse UK of degrading treatment

Detainees being held under controversial scheme say Home Office has caused them ‘severe psychological harm’

The Guardian - UK · Jan 5

UK’s plans to seize asylum seekers’ phones condemned by campaigners

People who are sent to Manston processing centre will be eligible for searches for electronic devices from Monday

The Guardian - UK · Jan 4

‘Shameful’ 41,000 people reached UK by small boat last year, says Home Office

Second highest annual number of irregular arrivals on record reached British shores in 2025

The Guardian - UK · Jan 1

Top European court demands answers from UK over stripping of Shamima Begum’s citizenship

ECHR has asked the Home Office about the decision, after she travelled to join Islamic State as a teenager

The Independent UK · Dec 31, 2025

Nigel Farage Warns Civil Servants: Pensions Could Be Stripped Over Migrant Sex Crimes

Nigel Farage has unveiled a Reform UK plan to prosecute civil servants and strip pensions if migrant sex offenders are allowed into the country.

International Business Times UK · Dec 29, 2025

Shadow Home Secretary Chris Philp Slams Home Office for Giving Migrants 'Red-Carpet Treatment'

Shadow Home Secretary Chris Philp slammed the Home Office for offering healthcare to deported migrants after a GP job post at a detention centre.

International Business Times UK · Dec 27, 2025