The Latest Breaking News from Home Office

Crossbow laws will be urgently looked at after triple killing, says Security Minister Dan Jarvis

Dan Jarvis said the Home Secretary is looking at existing laws ‘literally as we speak’

Evening Standard · Jul 11, 2024

Home Office U-turn grants Wirral ‘legend’ right to live in UK after 46 years

Retired newsagent who fundraised £50,000 for legal battle was due to take case to court in autumn

The Guardian - UK · Jul 10, 2024

What are the laws on crossbows and could they be changed soon?

Home secretary Yvette Cooper has said she will consider the findings of a crossbow review after women were found dead in Bushey

The Guardian - UK · Jul 10, 2024

Civil servants obliged to carry out Tory Rwanda deportations, court rules

Union for civil servants claimed Home Office staff could be open to prosecution if Strasbourg rulings on Rwanda ignored

The Guardian - UK · Jul 5, 2024

New prime minister will face a range of urgent priorities from day one

An imminent Nato summit, bursting prisons and another strike by junior doctors for starters mean whoever takes the keys to No 10 will have little to no time to celebrate

The Guardian - UK · Jul 4, 2024

As PM, Starmer will have to revamp the asylum system. Here are four ways to make a start

Right now the processes are cruel, chaotic and dysfunctional. A humane approach is possible: the worst approach is Tory-lite, says Enver Solomon of the Refugee Council

The Guardian - UK · Jul 2, 2024

How the Tory war on immigration backfired

For more than a decade, Conservatives have promised to crack down on illegal migration and slash the number of legal arrivals. Their repeated failure has infuriated voters – and further demonised immigrants to the UK

The Guardian - UK · Jul 1, 2024

More than £320m spent on Rwanda policy will be lost if Tories lose election

Costs of trying to deport asylum seekers cannot be recovered if Labour wins and disbands policy

The Guardian - UK · Jun 30, 2024

Hunger strikes and suicide attempts as asylum seekers claim Essex site is ‘like prison’

Helen Bamber Foundation report finds ‘growing feelings of desperation’ among camp’s 600 residents

The Guardian - UK · Jun 30, 2024

African and Asian artists condemn ‘humiliating’ UK and EU visa refusals

‘Unfair’ rejection rates of up to 70% harm cultural diversity and create a ‘global apartheid’, say promoters and musicians

The Guardian - UK · Jun 25, 2024