The Latest Breaking News from Priti Patel

The WikiLeaks founder is being held in Belmarsh prison in London.

AN order to extradite Wikileaks founder Julian Assange has been signed by Priti Patel, the Home Office has confirmed.

The Home Secretary has signed an order to extradite Assange to the US on espionage charges

British Interior Minister Priti Patel on Friday approved the extradition of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to the United States to face criminal charges, bringing his long-running legal saga closer to a conclusion.

Appeal likely after Priti Patel gives green light to extradition of WikiLeaks co-founder

The Wikileaks founder is wanted in the US over the leak of classified documents in 2010 and 2011

Lord Geidt resigned saying he was put in an 'impossible and odious' position by Boris Johnson. His predecessor, Sir Alex Allan, quit as the PM refused to sack Priti Patel for breaking the ministerial code

Letters: Prof Julia O’Connell Davidson likens the government’s plans to deport asylum seekers to the forced returns facilitated by the Fugitive Slave Act in the US. Plus a letter from Mark Stephens

The plane “to nowhere” — which never took off on Tuesday evening, intended for Rwanda — was just what the Government expected. The Home Secretary, Priti Patel, could not be happier with a situation where lawyers and Strasbourg judges (not the EU) are the enemy, rather than the organised criminal…

Sources last night told The Mirror that government officials believed the increase could, in part, be blamed on that decision – which is still being battled in the courts.

Deputy Prime Minister Dominic Raab indicated removals would be halted until after the High Court judgement - despite Priti Patel signalling she was preparing for a flight within weeks