The Latest Breaking News from Home Office

Afghans flown to UK told to sign legal agreement with Home Office or face homelessness

Exclusive: One campaigner called the letter to the refugees explaining the housing terms ‘impenetrable’

The Independent UK · Dec 13, 2023

Migrants who crossed Channel in boats claim damages for 'unlawful' treatment

Asylum seekers have made High Court claims against the Home Office after complaining about searches and phone seizures on arrival in England

Evening Standard · Dec 12, 2023

Calls grow for Bibby Stockholm barge to close after apparent suicide of resident

Vessel is cramped, a fire risk and unsuitable accommodation for people suffering trauma, say charities

The Guardian - UK · Dec 12, 2023

Sunak in crisis as Tory right-wing rebels’ ‘star chamber’ rejects his Rwanda bill

PM’s legislation does ‘not go far enough’, say hardliners – urging Sunak to ‘pull the bill’ ahead of crunch Commons vote

The Independent UK · Dec 11, 2023

Home Office will spend £700m on small boats plan, contracts reveal

Labour says spending plan shows government ‘doesn’t believe Sunak’s Rwanda plan is going to work’

The Independent UK · Dec 11, 2023

Tory MPs given ‘outdated’ analysis in push for Rwanda bill

Party sources say whips circulating flawed Home Office modelling in effort to persuade MPs to back Sunak’s legislation

The Guardian - UK · Dec 11, 2023

Rishi Sunak could lose Rwanda bill vote ‘by accident’ as Tory revolt builds

PM’s premiership under threat, as Tory tribes from the right and moderate wings meet to discuss bill

The Independent UK · Dec 11, 2023

One Nation Tory MPs vow to drop support for Rwanda bill if there are amendments as ERG calls for it to be rewritten – as it happened

Damian Green says government must ‘stick to guns’ but chair of European Research Group calls for bill to be pulled and rewritten

The Guardian - UK · Dec 11, 2023

‘It makes me feel sick’: Mixed nationality couples share their outrage at new Tory immigration plan

The Home Office’s latest immigration plan jeopardises the future of thousands of international families

The Independent UK · Dec 10, 2023

Sadiq Khan warns Met Police is 'chronically underfunded'

The Government points out that the Met is still England's highest-funded force per capita "by a considerable margin"

Evening Standard · Dec 10, 2023