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A maze of red tape, data losses and visa bottlenecks — inside the UK’s Homes for Ukraine fiasco

Just 1,200 of the 32,000 Ukrainians who have applied to the Government’s sponsorship scheme have safely arrived in the UK, leaving thousands starving, sick and in danger while they wait — so how did Michael Gove’s re-homing process all go so wrong? Katie Strick reports

Evening Standard

Angry Brits who volunteered 'Homes for Ukraine' slam UK visa system for failing refugees

UK ‘sponsors’ desperate to help families left without safety say they have waited for weeks without news.

Wales Online

Furious Brits waiting to host Ukrainian refugees say UK visa system 'adding to torture'

Lauren Corbishley, 43, from Dawlish, Devon, was one of the first to sign up for the 'Homes for Ukraine' scheme last month and has slammed Lord Harrington after waiting weeks with no news

Daily Mirror

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Every misleading statement Boris Johnson has made to parliament since the general election

Misleading the country: The prime minister has failed formally to correct at least 17 false statements since the 2019 general election

The Independent UK

Priti Patel's Home Office needs to cut the red tape and let Ukrainians in

The UK is making terrified Ukrainians jump through unnecessary hoops and needs to change its ways immediately, writes Record View.

Daily Record

‘Homes for Ukraine’ is just a slogan – as I found out by trying to welcome a refugee

Britain’s flagship scheme for matching hosts with refugees is another of the government’s inflated promises – and equally empty, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr

The Guardian - UK

Priti Patel’s plan to criminalise English Channel refugees at risk after peers reject law for second time

Former lord chief justice among peers saying proposals breach international law

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UK politicians request visa scheme for Ukrainian students and academics

In a letter to Priti Patel, the cross-party group calls for temporary places where those displaced can study and carry out research

The Guardian - UK

Priti Patel’s immigration bill suffers multiple defeats in Lords

Peers find fault with many aspects of nationality and borders bill, in particular proposal to divide refugees into classes

The Guardian - UK

The Observer view on Britain’s cruel and unfit refugee policy

Ukrainian refugees are becoming the latest victims of a hostile bureaucracy that was two decades in the making

The Guardian - UK

Cressida Dick to leave Met police with £166,000 payoff

Met commissioner to step down on 10 April, with search for replacement expected to take months

The Guardian - UK

Priti Patel accepts £100,000 donation from firm run by oil trader

Hedge fund manager Pierre Andurand is not believed to have made a political donation before

The Guardian - UK

Profits jump for Patel-backed PPE firm after it won £216m contracts

Pharmaceuticals Direct Limited was awarded taxpayer funded business after support from home secretary

The Guardian - UK

Windrush scandal: timeline of key events

Attempt to deny rights of Commonwealth citizens to remain in UK first highlighted by Guardian in 2017

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6 bits of bad news slipped out by the Tories hours before the Easter holiday

It's 'Take Out the Trash Day' - when the government rushes out a flurry of announcements hours before Parliament rises

The Guardian - UK

Windrush: Home Office has failed to transform its culture, report says

Independent expert Wendy Williams finds ‘lack of tangible progress or drive to achieve cultural changes required’

The Guardian - UK

Home Office’s claims of compassion ring increasingly hollow

Analysis: The publication of yet another critical investigation into the department follows a well-worn pattern

Evening Standard

Sir Stephen House ‘not fit to become Met Commissioner’, claims MP

An MP has written to Priti Patel claiming Sir Stephen House is “not fit” to become Scotland Yard’s interim Commissioner following Dame Cressida Dick’s departure.

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The Independent UK

Home Office must change or next Windrush may only be a matter of time – report

So far, only eight of 30 recommendations from a review two years ago have been implemented in full.

The Guardian - UK

Dining across the divide: ‘I enjoyed the conversation. That’s not to say I changed my mind’

They dined out on Brexit, Priti Patel and the Windsors – but would they stomach each other’s views on homeopathy?

Evening Standard

Change or risk another Windrush scandal, Home Office is warned

The Home Office is at risk of another Windrush type scandal because of its “disappointing” progress in implementing key reforms to change its culture, the author of an official inquiry has warned.

The Independent UK

More progress needed if Home Office is to learn from Windrush scandal – report

The findings come two years after a critical review by Wendy Williams concluded the scandal was ‘foreseeable and avoidable’.

The Independent UK

Former Leicestershire Police chief found dead at home two weeks after retiring

Home secretary Priti Patel said she was ‘desperately saddened’ to hear the news

Evening Standard

Ex-Leicestershire Police chief Simon Cole, 55, found dead at home nearly two weeks after retiring

Simon Cole was found at his home address in Kibworth Harcourt, Leicestershire, on Wednesday

The Independent UK

Government plan to tackle domestic abuse does not go far enough, say charities

While Home Secretary Priti Patel’s plan has been broadly welcomed, some charities have called for more funding of support for survivors.

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