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More of UK’s aid budget spent at home than abroad – report

Much of the pot is being spent on housing Ukrainian refugees, leaving less to fund humanitarian programmes in Africa and Asia

Evening Standard

More of UK’s foreign aid budget spent in Britain than poor countries, study finds

Much of the pot is being spent on housing Ukrainian refugees, leaving less to fund humanitarian programmes in Africa and Asia.

The Independent UK

More of UK’s aid budget spent inside UK than in poor countries – OLD

Much of the pot is being spent on housing Ukrainian refugees, leaving less to fund humanitarian programmes in Africa and Asia.

The Independent UK

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Windrush compensation scheme beset by slow repayments to victims

Simon Murray, official overseeing programme, said he is concerned at the number of people who have died before receiving anything

The Guardian - UK

‘I hope things get better’: asylum seekers left fearful and depressed by multiple hotel moves

Families face constant upheaval despite Home Office claims it is planning to stop housing people in hotels

The Guardian - UK

UK and France promise ‘deepening’ partnership to curb Channel crossings

Rishi Sunak held his first call since taking office with French president Emmanuel Macron on Friday.

The Independent UK

Emily Sheffield: Suella Braverman’s “dream” of fixing the migrant boats problem will soon become a nightmare

Time will tell whether the woman who helped Rishi Sunak gain the ultimate prize of running the country is the Achilles heel that could also undermine him. Suella Braverman’s swift return to the Home Office has unsurprisingly dominated the Ri-shuffle headlines this week. A new PM talks of integrity, then…

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'Why did it take so long to deport Rochdale grooming gang members... as they continued to walk our streets?'

“There can be no doubt that on the conclusion of those sentences they should have been speedily deported. This did not happen"

Manchester Evening News

Rishi Sunak reportedly seeking deal with France to curb Channel crossings

Draft deal includes targets and staff bonuses for tackling the number of asylum seekers in the UK

The Guardian - UK

Crime in England and Wales hits record high while solved cases slump to all-time low

As crime rates reach record highs - with sex crimes and violent attacks fuelling the increase - the number of cases actually being solved has plummeted to an all-time low

Daily Mirror

Brits could face festive travel disruption as Border Force staff vote on Christmas strikes

The Union for Borders, Immigration and Customs is balloting members on industrial action over a pay dispute with the Home Office

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Ex-Tory home secretary warns Rwanda scheme is ‘brutal’ and ‘impractical’

Amber Rudd says the initiative to send migrants to the east African nation should never have been introduced.

The Independent UK

Spy chiefs may be reluctant to share sensitive information with Suella Braverman, warns Lord Blunkett

Downing Street insisted Ms Braverman maintains ‘strong relationships’ with security services

Evening Standard

Braverman’s return shows how deeply Sunak is in hock to the hard right

The new PM promised integrity and competence. Instead we got a dangerous dependency – which Labour can weaponise, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

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Daily Mirror

Refugees go 'without meals' as hotel serves 'rotten' food and 'slop in plastic'

Refugees claim they have been left for days without food after their hotel provided mouldy and rotten meals that were 'inedible'

The Independent UK

Boy, 15, arrested after stabbing ‘near asylum seeker hotel’

Victim was left bleeding near accommodation, according to reports

Daily Mirror

Christmas travel could be disrupted as UK Border Force staff threaten strikes

The ISU union, which represents 3,500 Border Force, immigration enforcement and visa officers, is threatening strike action in December over a pay dispute with the Home Office

The Independent UK

Truss allies accept demotions in new-look ministerial team as Sunak seeks unity

Anne-Marie Trevelyan and Chris Philp have been made ministers in the Foreign Office and Home Office, respectively.

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The Guardian - UK

From the economy to Rwanda, Rishi Sunak inherits a hefty in-tray

As crises and party management problems loom, PM must act soon to try to reverse Tories’ poor poll ratings

Daily Mirror

Just 4% of Channel migrants have asylum claims processed as hotel bill hits £7m a day

The government is now spending nearly £7 million a day housing asylum seekers in hotels and the cost could continue to rise, the Commons Home Affairs Committee learned today

The Guardian - UK

Home Office must start treating asylum seekers like human beings

Letters: Lucy Lucy says the failure to safeguard more than 200 asylum-seeking children should lead to a total reorganisation of the department

The Guardian - UK

Boy, 15, arrested for suspected attempted murder in west London

Man was stabbed close to a hotel used by the Home Office to accommodate asylum seekers on Saturday night

The Guardian - UK

Borders watchdog left ‘speechless’ by failings at migrant centre in Kent

Chief inspector told MPs that Manston processing site in Kent was unsafe, understaffed and ‘wretched’

The Guardian - UK

Sunak’s job now is not about securing a Tory win, but merely avoiding an electoral disaster

The new PM is far from a magic bullet for the Conservatives – and rehiring Suella Braverman has already shown his weakness, says Guardian columnist Martin Kettle

Wales Online

Government is spending eye-watering £6.8 million a day on housing asylum seekers in hotels

Officials told the committee 96% of asylum applications submitted by migrants crossing the Channel in 2021 are still outstanding

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