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Family firm hosting controversial migrant barge donated £70,000 to UKIP

A family firm that is hosting the UK Government’s controversial migrant barge has been revealed to be a major UKIP donor.

The National (Scotland)

Home Office crackdown to block criminals getting citizenship

Tougher application rules will be applied to anyone who has received a 12-month prison sentence

The Independent UK

Home Office ‘agreed to lobby for facial recognition use to cut shop crime’

Serious privacy concerns raised about the technology which has been deployed by some shops to help prevent theft

The Independent UK

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Home Office has ‘questions to answer’ over facial recognition stance

Officials reportedly agreed to write to the independent privacy watchdog about the potential benefits of facial recognition technology in shops.

The Independent UK

Home Office secretly backs facial recognition technology to curb shoplifting

Covert government strategy to install electronic surveillance in shops raises issues around bias and data, and contrasts sharply with the EU ban to keep AI out of public spaces

The Guardian - UK

‘Migrant marquees’: Braverman accused of new low in government’s ‘stop the boats’ plan

Home secretary buys tents to house 2,000 migrants expected in summer surge across the English Channel

The Independent UK

‘Failing to do basic research’: Home Office forced to delay plans to move asylum seekers into RAF base

‘Most intelligent people would assess the situation first and then make a decision,’ official says

The Independent UK

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UK ministers unsure how many child asylum seekers placed in hotels

Peer’s questions reveal government cannot give total number or age of youngest due to poor record-keeping

The Guardian - UK

Plans to move 2,000 migrants into RAF Scampton ‘delayed until October’

The Home Office had indicated the first group of migrants would begin arriving at the former airbase in August.

The Independent UK

UK ministers accused over asylum backlogs after 2,000 tents bought

Labour hits out at ‘flailing’ government for failing to process asylum claims more quickly

The Guardian - UK

Sadiq Khan defends Ulez expansion and says high court challenge wasted Londoners’ money – as it happened

Mayor says he believes £1m was spent on court case as five Conservative-led councils took action over plans to expand zone

The Guardian - UK

Home Office buys tents to house asylum seekers

Report says that up to 2,000 people could be placed in marquees despite possibility of legal action against plan

The Guardian - UK

Home Office is racist for blocking Siyabonga Twala from returning

Letter: Dr Wanda Wyporska calls out the home secretary for intervening in the case

The Guardian - UK

First 50 people coming to Bibby Stockholm asylum barge despite safety worries

Fire safety concerns and lack of lifejackets noted on the 500-capacity barge, moored in Portland, Dorset

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The Independent UK

All of Prince Harry’s ongoing legal battles explained from phone hacking to personal security

Harry has been involved in six legal cases – over security, privacy, alleged libel and alleged unlawful information-gathering

The Independent UK

Housing child asylum seekers in hotels unlawful for over 18 months, judge rules

The Home Office’s use of hotels to house unaccompanied child asylum seekers has been unlawful since December 2021, Mr Justice Chamberlain said.

The Independent UK

Home Office unlawfully putting lone child asylum seekers in hotels, High Court rules

High Court says 154 children remain missing from hotels, as judge warns of ‘criminal exploitation’

The Independent UK

Record numbers of police officers quitting amid staffing ‘crisis’

Police Federation warns of ‘recruitment and retention crisis’ amid anger over pay and conditions

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The Guardian - UK

Home Office ordered to change rules that restrict help for trafficking victims

Court rules all potential victims must be assessed for support, after policy removed this right for people with criminal convictions

The Conversation

'Performative cruelty': the hostile architecture of the UK government's migrant barge

The arrival of the Bibby Stockholm barge at Portland Port, in Dorset, on July 18 2023, marks a new low in the UK government’s hostile immigration environment. The vessel is set to accommodate over 500 asylum seekers. This, the Home Office argues, will benefit British taxpayers and local residents.

The Independent UK

Braverman acted unlawfully by withholding £3 a week from asylum seekers, court rules

Home secretary failed in her duty by failing to provide pregnant women and children enough money for healthy food

The Guardian - UK

Suella Braverman broke law by denying asylum seekers £3 a week, judge rules

Home secretary’s withholding of payments for healthy food for children and pregnant women found to be unlawful

The Guardian - UK

Female Afghan judge wins legal battle to come to UK

‘Overjoyed’ justice and son, who spent two years in hiding in Pakistan, reunited with family after landmark case

The Guardian - UK

‘Like a stalag’: local people condemn asylum seeker housing on Essex airbase

Residents of nearby village say water mains and sewers cannot cope with large numbers of arrivals at RAF Wethersfield

The Guardian - UK

Suella Braverman refuses plea of man barred from UK to be reunited with son

Exclusive: Home secretary orders exclusion of Siyabonga Twala, in limbo in Turkey after being stopped from flying back from holiday

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