The Latest Breaking News from Priti Patel

Liz Truss cabinet predictions: who could be in and who would lose out?

Analysis: Kwasi Kwarteng and Thérèse Coffey could be among the big winners if Truss becomes PM

The Guardian - UK · Aug 15, 2022

Number of people crossing Channel in small boats this year passes 20,000

At the same point in 2021 there had been just 11,300, as campaigners say forcible removal is not acting as deterrent

The Guardian - UK · Aug 14, 2022

Nearly 10,000 who fled Afghanistan a year ago living in 'unsuitable and unsafe' hotel rooms

A year since the Taliban seized control of Afghanistan, charities warn those who fled must not be forgotten, after Home Secretary Priti Patel voiced her "tremendous pride" in the much-criticised rescue operation in Kabul

Daily Mirror · Aug 14, 2022

Tories abandon plans to house 1,500 asylum seekers in Yorkshire village

Desertion of RAF Linton-on-Ouse scheme is latest immigration policy climbdown after Truss and Sunak opposed plans

The Guardian - UK · Aug 9, 2022

Tories ditch Priti Patel's plan to house asylum seekers on RAF base in Yorkshire

The Home Office claimed in April that it would 'shortly open a new bespoke' centre at an RAF base in Linton-on-Ouse. But today a Cabinet minister said the site has been 'withdrawn'

Daily Mirror · Aug 9, 2022

Channel migrants total passes 13,000 since Rwanda plan announced

It brings the total number of people who have crossed the English Channel so far this year to 18,284 with more arrivals reported on Monday

Wales Online · Aug 8, 2022

13,000 migrants have crossed Channel since Rwanda plan announced, figures show

Home Secretary Priti Patel announced the deal in April.

The Independent UK · Aug 8, 2022

How Britain offered a new future to 27,000 Ugandan Asians fleeing tyrant Idi Amin

50 years on, Ugandan Asians who fled the brutality of dictator Idi Amin remember how they arrived with £55, a suitcase and the hope of a new life in the United Kingdom

Daily Mirror · Aug 6, 2022

Priti Patel shoots down hopes of UK public enquiry for miners

THE Home Office have stated they have no current plans to undertake a UK wide public enquiry into events relating to the 1984-85 miners strike.

The National (Scotland) · Aug 5, 2022

Home Office paid out £70m in compensation and legal costs last year

Exclusive: £25.1m was handed out to Windrush scandal victims and £12.7m to people wrongfully detained in immigration centres

The Guardian - UK · Aug 5, 2022