The Latest Breaking News from Home Office

Investigation launched after deportee breaks free on Heathrow runway

Man apprehended after freeing himself from restraints and sprinting across runway at Terminal 2

The Guardian - UK · Jun 9, 2025

Winter fuel payments U-turn likely to lead to higher taxes or other welfare cuts, says IFS director – as it happened

Treasury says move to restore the funding for most pensioners will cost around £1.25bn

The Guardian - UK · Jun 9, 2025

Rachel Reeves in standoff over policing and council budgets days before spending review

Chancellor still at negotiating table on Sunday as Home Office demands more cash

The Guardian - UK · Jun 8, 2025

Government stalling in efforts to cut foreign aid spent on asylum seekers

The government has been accused of ‘robbing Peter to pay Paul’, with aid organisations claiming ministers are in danger of a ‘reckless repeat’ of the previous Conservative government

The Independent UK · Jun 7, 2025

Home Office plans to spend £2.2bn of foreign aid on asylum support this year

International rules allow countries to count first-year costs of supporting refugees as overseas development assistance.

Evening Standard · Jun 7, 2025

Labour struggling to slash 'unsustainable' foreign aid spending on asylum hotels, despite vow to end practice

The Government is spending £2.2 billion of overseas development funds to house migrants

Evening Standard · Jun 7, 2025

Inside Home Office immigration raids as over 6,000 people arrested in illegal migrant workers crackdown

Home Office targets nail bars, restaurants and caravan parks across the UK as arrests soar by over 50 per cent in a year

Evening Standard · Jun 6, 2025

UK taxpayers face extra costs as France plans Channel small boat interceptions

French government braces for legal challenges to new tactics, involving extra police, boats and drones

The Guardian - UK · Jun 6, 2025

Popular central London restaurant accused of exploiting illegal workers amid 'modern slavery' claims

Fei Er Cottage has failed to pay a £180,000 fine for hiring illegal workers, the Home Office said

Evening Standard · Jun 5, 2025

France plans to begin intercepting small boats at sea, says UK Home Office

Officials have agreed to begin offshore interceptions, it is claimed, in change of policy that NGOs say will risk lives

The Guardian - UK · Jun 4, 2025