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Tony Blair met Jeffrey Epstein in No 10 on advice of Peter Mandelson, documents reveal

National Archives papers show how then MP pushed for 2002 meeting between PM and ‘young and vibrant’ financier

The Guardian - UK · Oct 11, 2025

Tony Blair met Jeffrey Epstein in Downing Street while prime minister after lobbying from Lord Mandelson

A memo by a senior civil servant briefs the Labour leader about the ‘super-rich’ financier ahead of the meeting

Evening Standard · Oct 10, 2025

Antonia Romeo named as new top civil servant at the Home Office

Dame Antonia replaces Sir Matthew Rycroft, who announced in February he would leave the Home Office after a 35-year Civil Service career.

Evening Standard · Mar 12, 2025

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 · Apr 15, 2024

Just 1% of small boat migrants who have reached Britain since 2020 have been removed by Home Office

Shadow Home Secretary Yvette Cooper has slammed the figures as ‘shockingly low’

Evening Standard · Dec 14, 2023

Growing despair of asylum seekers on Bibby Stockholm over living conditions

Concerns raised over security, food and lack of information after resident’s suicide as cost of vessel revealed to be more than £22m

The Guardian - UK · Dec 13, 2023

Home Office Reveals The Government Paid Rwanda A Further £100m This Year

The substantial payment was made in April of this year, the Home Office's top civil servant said in a letter to MPs, after £140m had already been sent to the African nation.

International Business Times UK · Dec 11, 2023

The Rwanda plan is failing – so watch as our cowardly government blames the civil service

Ministers are spending £290m of taxpayers’ money on a scheme that is yet to deliver. It’s our job as public servants to point out flaws in their plans, says Dave Penman, general secretary of the FDA union

The Guardian - UK · Dec 10, 2023

Rishi Sunak’s olive branch to Tory MPs to stave off rebellion over Rwanda

Ahead of a vote on the bill on Tuesday government sources say they are ‘happy to have conversations’ with rebel MPs

The Independent UK · Dec 8, 2023

Home Office ordered to give full cost of Rwanda deportation plan

Top civil servant summoned to give ‘full and frank’ answers after costs of scheme rose from £140m to £290m

The Guardian - UK · Dec 8, 2023