The Latest Breaking News from Serco

Investigation: It was supposed to be a temporary measure. Now figures reveal that more than 28,000 asylum seekers are forced to live in rooms designed for short stays – with hundreds stuck there for more than a year. May Bulman speaks to the families enduring mould, bed bugs and vermin…

Exclusive: Agency says decision to cut outsourced workload by 30% is due to reduced demand as unions warn of longer wait times

"I’ve been protesting for all of my life and I have never seen bully men come through the way they did."

NSW police are investigating the circumstances behind the death of a 41 year old inmate at a prison near Grafton.

Priti Patel has buried ‘humane’ plans for refugees – and in Linton-on-Ouse, locals fear a new ‘reception centre’ has an undisclosed purpose

Londoners went to the polls in local elections on May 5. Joe Talora has the lowdown on the vote in Bexley

Brief letters: Clean-up operation | Trouble up north | Alveolar plosives | Ramblers’ descent | Boris Johnson’s lucrative future

As soon as we left the planet, we began leaving rubbish in orbit. Now it is putting space stations and astronauts at risk. What can be done about the millions of pieces of debris?

Serco, the company which provides asylum seeker accommodation for Home Office, claims the rodents found in the house were mice.