FACT CHECK: Douglas Ross's drug decriminalisation claims are wrong All of our Fact Checks are paywall free so that you can share widely. The National (Scotland) · Aug 23, 2023
Is Braverman in or out? It doesn’t matter: what’s broken is the Home Office itself Rishi Sunak is reportedly facing growing pressure to sack the home secretary. But the troubles go much deeper than that, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins The Guardian - UK · Aug 21, 2023
Rishi Sunak suggests he can’t ‘stop the boats’ by general election ‘I never said we would solve it overnight’, says PM – as No 10 plays down speculation about Suella Braverman sacking in autumn reshuffle The Independent UK · Aug 21, 2023
Suella Braverman lines up new £306m migrant detention centres to house 1,000 asylum seekers Officials are seeking contractors to run three immigration removal centres (IRCs) amid the ‘unprecedented rise of small boat crossings’ The Independent UK · Aug 21, 2023
Suella Braverman refusing to roll out asylum-support scheme deemed ‘more humane’ The UN hailed a pilot project that cut the cost of helping refugees, but the Home Office remains set on hardline illegal migration bill The Guardian - UK · Aug 20, 2023
£1m counterextremism funding returned to Home Office despite rising terror threat Exclusive: Commission for Countering Extremism returns funds to government as sources say ‘no one knows’ what body does The Independent UK · Aug 20, 2023
Welcome to Rishi-land: barren of attractions, bar a wavering chorus of ‘at least we’re not Labour’ As cartoonish ministers posture with their pseudopolicies, Mickey Mouse is looking positively statesmanlike, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde The Guardian - UK · Aug 15, 2023
OPINION - The big takeaway from the ‘small boats week’ is one the Tories will hate to hear “Have these idiots never heard of Gary Hart?” Such was the exasperated response of a veteran One Nation Conservative yesterday to the failure of “small boats week”. Evening Standard · Aug 15, 2023
Police leader calls on TikTok to investigate Oxford Street ‘robbery’ campaign APCC chair says platform has duty to stop promotion of criminal activity after posts allegedly urged users to target JD Sports The Guardian - UK · Aug 15, 2023
Bibby Stockholm: Home Office ‘should accept blame’ for delay in removing people Mayor of Portland says ‘buck stops with Suella Braverman’ after it took three days to inform ministers about outbreak The Guardian - UK · Aug 14, 2023
Rishi Sunak under mounting pressure to speed up law to protect venues against terror attacks Exclusive: Mother of Manchester bombing victim tells prime minister delay risks ‘another successful attack against a premises that could have been protected’ The Independent UK · Aug 14, 2023
Priti Patel condemns plans for asylum seeker accommodation at former air base The former home secretary claimed there had been an ‘alarming and staggering’ lack of clarity from her old department. The Independent UK · Aug 14, 2023
Priti Patel blasts government’s ‘secretive’ five-year plan to house asylum seekers on RAF base Suella Braverman used an ‘emergency’ planning bypass for a 12-month development at RAF Wethersfield, but leaked memo says it will be used for five years The Independent UK · Aug 14, 2023
Sunak under pressure over ‘appalling’ small boat deaths – as 500 more people cross Channel Government accused of being ‘increasingly shambolic’ on crisis – but some Tories point finger of blame at French The Independent UK · Aug 13, 2023
The Independent UK · Aug 13, 2023 Windrush compensation scheme ‘to be scaled back due to low uptake’ – despite claimants struggling to apply Exclusive: Home Office minister downplays the impact of the scandal upon thousands of people
The Independent UK · Aug 13, 2023 Sunak set to push on with asylum barges despite Bibby Stockholm fiasco Government has ‘no problem’ hiring more vessels, says minister as pressure grows on PM to tackle small boats after Channel deaths
Evening Standard · Aug 13, 2023 Ministers under pressure to tackle small boat crossings after six die in the Channel Campaigners described the incident as an ‘appalling and preventable tragedy’ while MPs called for action to stop criminal gangs facilitating the boats
Radio France Internationale · Aug 12, 2023 Six dead after migrant boat capsizes in English Channel Six Afghan males died when a migrant boat heading to Britain sank in the Channel early Saturday, French officials said, as a search continued to find those still missing.
The Independent UK · Aug 12, 2023 Six dead and dozens rescued after migrant boat capsizes in Channel as search continues Migrants were using shoes to bail water out of the sinking boat, according to one volunteer
The Independent UK · Aug 11, 2023 How a TikTok craze led to five hours of chaos on London’s busiest shopping street Witnesses describe ‘chaotic’ scenes with teenagers running amok in Oxford Street
The Guardian - UK · Aug 10, 2023 Politicians too scared to take on tech firms, says former senior Met officer Dal Babu calls for financial penalties after social media posts attract hundreds of teenagers to Oxford Street
Evening Standard · Aug 10, 2023 Southend police issue warning as social media crime rumours spread The police will have powers to move people on from the city centre and arrest them
The Guardian - UK · Aug 10, 2023 People in Oxford Street clashes must be ‘hunted down’, says Suella Braverman Home secretary calls on police ‘to do whatever necessary to restore public order’ after suspected looting
The Independent UK · Aug 10, 2023 Sajid Javid’s brother appointed new boss of Immigration Enforcement Bas Javid is currently a Deputy Assistant Commissioner with the Metropolitan Police.
The Independent UK · Aug 10, 2023 How a TikTok craze led to five hours of chaos on London’s busiest shopping street Witnesses describe ‘chaotic’ scenes with teenagers running amok in Oxford Street