The Latest Breaking News from Home Office

Windrush grandfather at risk of deportation after almost 50 years in UK

Samuel Jarrett-Coker says Home Office has not responded to requests to resolve his immigration status since 1980s

The Guardian - UK · Feb 2, 2025

London businessman who led migrant smuggling gang jailed

The gang crammed two Albanian nationals into the boot of a car and attempted to traffic them into Britain

Evening Standard · Jan 31, 2025

Home Office U-turn allows Ukrainian refugees to bring children to UK after families separated

Changes brought in without warning by Rishi Sunak’s government mean some Ukrainian refugees have been unable to bring their children to UK

The Independent UK · Jan 31, 2025

‘Epidemic’ of violence against women and girls in UK is getting worse – report

National Audit Office says government attempts to tackle misogynistic violence are hampered by poor coordination

The Guardian - UK · Jan 31, 2025

UK community worker flying home from US ‘questioned for over an hour’ after eVisa refusal

Marzena Zukowska’s ordeal at Chicago O’Hare airport is the latest in a series of issues facing foreign nationals using their eVisas while travelling back to the UK

The Independent UK · Jan 30, 2025

New laws to make endangering lives at sea a crime in bid to stop small boat crossings

Home Secretary Yvette Cooper said the new laws will ‘turbocharge efforts to smash the gangs’ smuggling migrants across the Channel

Evening Standard · Jan 30, 2025

After Southport, Westminster is floundering. It should look to Idris Elba

The Home Office has some good ideas, but a documentary on knife crime by the actor offers the template for a new approach, says Guardian columnist Martin Kettle

The Guardian - UK · Jan 30, 2025

Ex-Tory Brexit minister Lord Frost rejects party’s claims over Europe-wide customs scheme – as it happened

Frost says joining PEM scheme would not undermine Brexit after Priti Patel claims such a move would be a ‘betrayal’

The Guardian - UK · Jan 28, 2025

Yvette Cooper to reject call to broaden extremism definition

Home Office to continue to focus on Islamist and far-right threats despite report’s call to adopt behaviour-based approach

The Guardian - UK · Jan 28, 2025

Two-tier policing claim is 'right-wing extremism', Home Office review suggests

Report suggests combating extremism should be based on ‘concerning’ behaviours rather than ideologies

Evening Standard · Jan 28, 2025