The Latest Breaking News from Home Office

Visas for foreign care workers: What the latest figures show

Indian nationals accounted for about one in five of care worker visas granted in 2023-24.

Evening Standard · May 12, 2025

Women and children among migrants to have crossed the Channel

The arrivals are the first to have made the crossing to the UK in more than a week.

Evening Standard · May 10, 2025

Home Office failure to record when migrants on visas leave UK 'means border system will continue to fail'

Former Labour minister Clive Betts urged the Home Office to properly record when migrants leave the UK after their visa expires

Evening Standard · May 9, 2025

Tories: Labour interested in protecting their own rather than grooming victims

In a heated exchange in the Commons, shadow equalities minister Mims Davies repeated calls for a national public inquiry.

Evening Standard · May 7, 2025

Cost of asylum accommodation to triple to £15.3bn over 10 years, watchdog warns

Over £1bn spent on asylum hotels in the past year as watchdog says Home Office has ‘few levers to control costs’

The Independent UK · May 7, 2025

Estimated cost of asylum seeker accommodation treble what expected, says watchdog

The original estimate for asylum seeker housing was £4.5billion for 2019-2029, but that is expected to rise to £15.3billion, according to the National Audit Office

Evening Standard · May 7, 2025

Deep concerns over UK visa policy expressed by Lords as Government's new immigration plans set to be revealed

The Lords Science and Technology Committee argues that reforms to visa costs are needed

Evening Standard · May 7, 2025

Work ban forcing 10% of UK female asylum seekers into sex work

Research also finds many trapped in abusive relationships and unable to afford sanitary products and other basics

The Guardian - UK · May 7, 2025

BBC admits lapse in standards around coverage of Prince Harry interview

Radio 4’s Today programme did not include responses from Home Office and Buckingham Palace to ‘stitch-up’ claims

The Guardian - UK · May 6, 2025

Nigerians, Pakistanis and Sri Lankans face UK student visa crackdown

Applicants will be targeted by Home Office due to suspicions they are most likely to overstay and claim asylum

The Guardian - UK · May 6, 2025