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Home Office blasted for exaggerating progress made after Windrush scandal

Home Secretary Priti Patel has said she is 'pleased' with what the Home Office has achieved, despite a damning report highlighting only eight out of 30 recommendations, to shift the department's culture, have been made in two years.

Daily Mirror

Passenger stuck in Manchester Airport for nearly FOUR HOURS after flight due to queues, glitches and staff shortage

“We are aware of challenges faced by our partners on the day in question, which led to service standards falling below what we want to see at Manchester Airport."

Manchester Evening News

Home Office must change or next Windrush may only be a matter of time – report

So far, only eight of 30 recommendations from a review two years ago have been implemented in full.

The Independent UK

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Ukraine refugees trying to get UK visas facing ‘Kafkaesque’ system, MPs told

Shadow home secretary says tens of thousands of desperate people still stuck in system

The Guardian - UK

Home Office ‘runs risk of another Windrush’ if it doesn’t transform culture, independent reviewer says

Report by Wendy Williams finds ‘limited evidence’ that Home Office is being compassionate when handling cases

The Independent UK

Change or risk another Windrush scandal, Home Office is warned

The Home Office is at risk of another Windrush type scandal because of its “disappointing” progress in implementing key reforms to change its culture, the author of an official inquiry has warned.

Evening Standard

More progress needed if Home Office is to learn from Windrush scandal – report

The findings come two years after a critical review by Wendy Williams concluded the scandal was ‘foreseeable and avoidable’.

The Independent UK

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Nottingham painter overjoyed as Kenyan wife can finally join him in UK after Home Office U-turn

Her visa was initially rejected

Nottingham Post

Home Office EU immigration problems making woman feel like 'third class citizen'

"Every time I get a no for an answer, it adds a rock to my bag and I am just going down"

Bristol Post

Ukrainian boy escapes to safety in Scotland after Record forces Home Office u-turn

Yuri, nine, and sister Victoria, 14, set for flight to Scotland this week after Daily Record intervention brings a visa for the Ukrainian kids.

Daily Record

High court hears case of Afghan family unable to get to UK without biometrics

Relaxing of requirement for Ukrainians does not extend to Afghans eligible for sanctuary in UK

The Guardian - UK

‘It’s terrifying here’: families are sick and scared in Ukraine as they wait for UK visas

Boris Johnson defends ‘generous’ record on refugees yet just 2,700 visas have been issued under the Homes for Ukraine scheme, the Home Office says

The Guardian - UK

Michael Gove meets Edinburgh Ukrainian Club members

The Secretary of State for Housing and Communities said he discussed how to make the Homes for Ukraine scheme ‘even better’.

The Independent UK

Russian oligarchs on UK sanctions list were granted ‘golden visas’

Eight unnamed individuals were awarded right to live in Britain under controversial investor visa scheme

The Guardian - UK

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Bristol Post

150 Ukrainian refugees coming to Bristol, says Marvin Rees, with some already here

Children with certain particular medical needs have come to the city's hospitals

Daily Record

Ukrainian family of six from Kyiv to be boarded in West Lothian by caring local friends after fleeing home

The family had to evacuate Kyiv as the Russians invaded - leaving them with nothing but the clothes on their back, three young children, and a seven month old baby.

Wales Online

Ukraine lunchtime briefing: Trump calls on Vladimir Putin to release dirt on Biden family

Major headlines at lunchtime on day 34 day since the Russians invaded Ukraine

The Independent UK

Refugees minister: We have not got everything right with Ukraine scheme

Lord Harrington told MPs the process for filling out visa applications was still taking too long.

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Evening Standard

Domestic abuse killers have history of offences in nearly two thirds of cases

Nearly two thirds of domestic abuse killers have a history of previous offending, a Home Office study warned on Wednesday in new evidence of the gaps in the protection given to women.

The Independent UK

‘Woeful’ 2,700 visas granted under new Ukrainian refugee sponsorship scheme

The Home Office said 28,300 applications have been received under the Homes For Ukraine scheme, and 31,200 for the family route.

The Guardian - UK

Only 2,700 visas granted under UK’s Homes for Ukraine scheme

Home Office also reveals that 22,800 visas have been issued to Ukrainian refugees with family members in UK

Daily Mirror

Only 2,700 Ukrainians given spare rooms despite 200,000 Brits offering to help

The Homes For Ukraine scheme statistics have been published and despite more than 200,000 offering to help, just 2,700 refugees have been granted a visa by the Home Office

The Guardian - UK

UK competition regulator raids Mitie offices in London

CMA examines emails from senior staff at outsourcer amid Home Office concerns over immigration centre contracts

Daily Record

Home Office should cut the red tape and let Ukrainian boy into Scotland

Record View says the Home Office delays and bungles are risking lives.

Daily Record

Ukrainian boy, 9, stuck in bunker instead of living safely in Scotland after Home Office bungle

Andy and Marie Kuzbyt have been desperate to bring nephew Yuri to Scotland.

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