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Tuesday briefing: How much of a difference will the new childcare provision for two-year-olds make?

In today’s newsletter: Government-funded care was extended to younger children this month, but a study that looked at international examples says the system needs a wholesale overhaul

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Sunak to give Rwanda £50m if deportation bill passed into law

MPs voted through plans on Monday and bill is expected to become law within days

The Guardian - UK

Nearly 750 small boat arrivals recorded at weekend ahead of Rwanda bill votes

Rishi Sunak braced for fresh round of wrangling over plan that is due to cost taxpayers £1.8m per deportee

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Dozens of Home Office staff under criminal investigation, FoI data shows

Freedom of information request reveals potential offences include immigration crime, drug offences and fraud

The Guardian - UK

Police begin trawl through crime and terrorism reports after faulty mobile phone data used in police evidence

Police forces have begun trawling through crime and counter-terrorism intelligence reports after faulty mobile phone data is believed to have been submitted as evidence in criminal cases for over a year.

Evening Standard

Delays by Home Office risk return of vulnerable Afghan families to Taliban

Families of those who helped British forces could be deported from Pakistan despite promise to resettle them in UK

The Guardian - UK

Minister says Rwanda flights will start ‘within weeks’ despite no airline named

Health Secretary Victoria Atkins said the Home Office was ‘ready to go’ in implementing the scheme.

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Next London mayor should fund refugees' tenancy deposits to curb homelessness, says charity

There had been a 239 per cent increase in refugee homelessness across the UK in two years

Evening Standard

Number of asylum seekers left homeless after Home Office eviction soars

Exclusive: Data reveals 239% rise among those evicted from assigned accommodation, including hotels, in two years

The Guardian - UK

Spending foreign aid budget on refugees in UK is ‘wreaking havoc’, says watchdog

Government’s aid watchdog says Foreign Office taking ‘financial hit’ for Home Office overspending

The Guardian - UK

Laptop Mag's Ultimate Home Office Awards return for 2024

The Ultimate Home Office Awards are returning in 2024, find out more about Laptop Mag's showcase of the best work-from-home tech here!

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Overseas aid budget 'raided' of £4.3billion for refugees in UK

The Home Office has been accused of conducting ‘raids’ on the UK’s overseas aid budget

Evening Standard

Home Office refusal of Gaza family reunion requests ‘irrational’, judge rules

Families succeed in legal challenges after Home Office refused to decide on reunion applications without biometric data

The Guardian - UK

Campaigners hold vigil in Brixton to mark anniversary of Windrush scandal being revealed

Campaigners call for reform of beleaguered Home Office compensation scheme

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Number of weapons seized on London streets slumps by a third despite knife crime surge

The number of weapons seized from suspects on London’s streets has slumped by a third in less than two years despite surging knife crime amid Met warnings about declining stop and search checks.

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Elite cyclist to lead London race while living in asylum hotel

Trhas Tesfay, from war-torn Ethiopia, says she suffers hunger headaches as she cannot eat Home Office hotel meals

The Guardian - UK

Call for Ukraine-style visa scheme for Palestinians in Gaza with family in UK

Charities and law firms sign letter to home secretary saying existing immigration routes are not working

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Former RAF base to house asylum seekers is contaminated, government letters say

RAF Scampton in Lincolnshire is one of Home Office’s three main accommodation sites, with first arrivals due within weeks

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The Guardian - UK

Record 5,000 cross Channel to UK in first three months of 2024

Number of arrivals via small boats was 4,993 as of Saturday, exceeding previous record for equivalent period of 4,548

Evening Standard

Tory MPs call for crime rates to be published for migrant nationalities

The group, led by ex-immigration minister Robert Jenrick, believe this would allow the Home Office to toughen restrictions on certain nations.

The Guardian - UK

‘I lost hope with the Home Office’: Palestinians fundraise to evacuate family in Gaza

Hundreds of GoFundMe campaigns set up after Home Office refuses visas or Ukrainian-style entry scheme

The Guardian - UK

Home Office tried to cover up my critical reports, says sacked border chief

David Neal says fact-checking process was routinely used to censor criticisms in his inspection reports

The Guardian - UK

Clapham chemical attack suspect was granted asylum despite concerns over honesty

Abdul Ezedi, whose conversion to Christianity played role in his successful asylum claim, said Old Testament was about ‘Jesus Christ’

The Guardian - UK

Home Office granted 275 care worker certificates of sponsorship after ‘false’ application

‘Shocking’ system for awarding care worker visas leaves people at risk of exploitation, inspection report says

The Guardian - UK

Nine more asylum seekers died in first half of 2023 than Home Office disclosed

Two FoI requests received different data, with one showing 14 people rather than five had died while living in asylum accommodation

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