The Latest Breaking News from Priti Patel

Priti Patel and Robert Buckland call for ‘new deal’ on worker sick pay

The two MPs want ‘simple tweaks’ amid concerns the Government is currently ‘subsidising low sick pay’.

The Independent UK · Apr 18, 2023

Suella Braverman becomes FIFTH Home Secretary to try to outlaw zombie knives since 2016

Labour has criticised the Government for 'dragging their heels' after Suella Braverman launched a consultation on new laws giving police greater powers to act if they find zombie knives and machetes in private homes

Daily Mirror · Apr 18, 2023

Rwandan politician says the country isn't safe for refugees from the UK

Victoire Ingabire Umuhoza said high unemployment and a heavy-handed approach to protests made the Central African country unsuitable for the UK's deportation project, which was unveiled more than a year ago but hasn't seen any flights take off

Daily Mirror · Apr 17, 2023

Home Office admits no evidence to support key claim on small boat crossings

Exclusive: UK government concedes it cannot substantiate assertion that majority crossing Channel are economic migrants

The Guardian - UK · Apr 8, 2023

Emergency hotline plan to protect lone women after Sarah Everard murder is ditched

A BT spokesperson said it soon became clear that it does not "make sense" to follow through with the 888 service, which was planned to help vulnerable women walking alone feel safe on the street

Daily Mirror · Apr 6, 2023

BT shelves plan for phone line to help women travelling alone

Privately-run £50m scheme backed by former home secretary was mooted after 2021 murder of Sarah Everard

The Guardian - UK · Apr 6, 2023

Woman’s emergency’888’ number started in wake of Sarah Everard murder scrapped

BT says the phone line, which would track women walking home, ‘does not make sense’

Evening Standard · Apr 5, 2023

Boats, barges and big bills – the asylum options being chewed over in Whitehall

Former military bases and cruise ships are among alternatives to hotels to house people seeking asylum in UK

The Guardian - UK · Mar 29, 2023

Boris Johnson allies to hold conference aiming to ‘take back control’

Former PM will snub event – but Jacob Rees-Mogg, Nadine Dorries and Priti Patel set to join

The Independent UK · Mar 28, 2023

‘You walked in and your heart sank’: the shocking inside story of Manston detention centre

Last year, the short-term facility in Kent ballooned into a vast, unsafe camp holding thousands of people, including children. How did our asylum system get so broken – and what does it reveal about Rishi Sunak’s promise to stop the small boats?

The Guardian - UK · Mar 25, 2023