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Home Office reveals new visa rules including increased English requirements for migrants

Tougher requirements for speaking, listening, reading and writing will be needed for certain visas

Evening Standard

Family say brother who died on barge would still be alive if given proper care

An inquest heard that the Home Office ‘missed opportunities’ to assess the mental health of Leonard Farruku.

Evening Standard

Migrants will need A-level standard English to work in the UK under new rules

Higher language levels will be needed for certain visa routes under measures introduced to Parliament on Tuesday.

Evening Standard

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Human rights groups call for France to suspend ‘one in, one out’ treaty with UK

UK and French organisations file legal challenge against July agreement to swap asylum seekers

The Guardian - UK

Conservative bid to prevent student visa ‘abuse’ on hold after Lords debate

Baroness Lawlor suggested foreign students who go to university and then ‘abuse’ their visa to seek asylum should have their claim struck down.

Evening Standard

Family says failure to assess man’s mental health led to his death on Bibby Stockholm

Leonard Farruku was unwell and should not have been moved to barge where he took his own life, say sisters

The Guardian - UK

Civil Service contractor among 61 London firms fined for hiring illegal workers

Some 61 firms in the capital were issued penalties totalling a record more than £3.2million

Evening Standard

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Ukraine-Russia war latest: Trump says ‘we’ve got to get Russia done’ after Moscow threatens US over Tomahawks

Former Russian president Dmitry Medvedev said that supplying Tomahawk missiles to Ukraine could ‘end badly for everyone’

The Independent UK

‘My partner stole my benefits and cancelled my hospital appointments – it took me years to finally escape’

Charity Refuge warns technology-led abuse having ‘devastating’ impact on disabled survivors

The Independent UK

Fact check: What support do asylum seekers get in the UK?

Full Fact looks at some of the most common claims we see relating to what asylum seekers do – or don’t – get when they come to the UK.

Evening Standard

Starmer’s team had access to ‘multiple’ papers showing China threat – Philp

The shadow home secretary claimed the Government could have handed the papers over to prosecutors, but they ‘chose not to’.

Evening Standard

Hate crime rises with religiously-motivated offences at record level

The Home Office figures cover police-recorded hate crime in England and Wales.

Evening Standard

Crime minister vows crackdown on ‘evil’ drugs trade after 2,300 deal lines shut

Sarah Jones welcomed new Home Office figures, which she said “speak for themselves”.

Evening Standard

Civil liberty groups express concern over plan for more anti-protest powers

Home secretary says police can consider ‘cumulative impact’ of rallies as Palestine Action ban opponents vow ‘escalation’

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Next Tory leader? Rise of Katie Lam reflects rightward shift on migration

Shadow Home Office minister who tweets in language of hard-right populism is talked of as future of conservatism

Evening Standard

Hero father who blocked Manchester synagogue attacker 'stopped loads of deaths' before he was accidentally shot by police

Yoni Finlay was shot as he barricaded the synagogue doors against knifeman Jihad Al-Shamie

The Independent UK

Amnesty warns police using new 10-shot ‘super taser’ is ‘fundamentally dangerous’

Warning over Taser 10 comes as Met Police hit with fresh scandal

The Guardian - UK

Manchester synagogue attack: one victim apparently shot dead by police

Suspect Jihad al-Shamie did not have firearm and only shots fired were by police officers at scene

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Home Office missed chances to assess man who died on Bibby Stockholm, coroner finds

‘Distraught’ Leonard Farruku, 27, was found dead in shower cubicle on Dorset barge

Evening Standard

Home Office ‘missed opportunities’ to assess asylum seeker who took his own life

Leonard Farruku died onboard the Bibby Stockholm in December 2023.

Evening Standard

Two arrested as self-styled ‘African tribe’ evicted from woods

The Home Office said an investigation is ongoing.

Evening Standard

Suspected people-smuggling gang members arrested during two-week raid in small boats crackdown

The enforcement action by the Home Office officials led to 20 arrests, 11 charges and five convictions in key locations across England, including Hounslow in west London

Evening Standard

Reform’s suggestions Starmer is inciting violence ‘offensive’, minister says

Home Office minister Mike Tapp also insisted that the Home Office would not be involved in any decision to cut Nigel Farage’s security.

The Guardian - UK

Asylum seekers deported to France live in fear of smugglers’ reprisals

Six asylum seekers placed in homeless shelter say they are ‘frightened’ they will be forcibly returned to home countries

The Guardian - UK

UK government resumes row with Apple by demanding access to British users’ data

New access order by Home Office would seek access to the tech company’s encrypted cloud backups

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