The Latest Breaking News from Priti Patel

Ministers have mobilised anti-east European sentiment before. Now they just look spiteful

Boris Johnson has shown that Britain is committed to Ukrainian independence and that it stands by refugees in their hour of need. However, Priti Patel is not issuing them with visas quickly enough

Lesia Vasylenko, 35, who took up arms to fight the Russians, is trying to get 30 families who fled to Poland or are still stranded in western Ukraine into Britain where new homes are waiting for them

The sister of murdered teacher Sabina Nessa has condemned Priti Patel for failing to support female victims of violence, according to a report.

Women’s campaginers criticise commissioner’s ‘letter to London’ after it hails achievements and fails to name Sarah Everard

Analysis: Windrush scandal wrongly categorised people as illegal immigrants, while most Ukrainian refugees have documentation

Data published on Friday showed just 570 visas relating to Scottish sponsors have been issued out of 43,600 applications.

Despite a dedicated scheme allowing refugees to travel without a sponsor host, Home Office delays in issuing visas has kept the numbers of those arriving very low.

Ministers have apologised after criticism that visa schemes are not working fast enough

The British government is defending its Ukraine refugee policy despite figures indicating that only 12,000 Ukrainians fleeing the war have arrived in the U.K. The figure from the government includes 10,800 people who came to join family members in Britain, and just 1,200 under the Homes for Ukraine program set…

But the latest data comes amid continuing concern applications are taking too long to process - risking lives