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HMRC likely to have breached privacy laws in stopping child benefit – experts

Watchdog contacts tax authority after families’ payments stopped based on flawed travel data

The Guardian - UK

Why is it so difficult for the UK to deport foreign criminals?

A convicted sex offender has been deported from Britain to Ethiopia after being accidentally released from prison. Following a national manhunt, home secretary Shabana Mahmood confirmed that Hadush Kebatu – an asylum seeker who came to the UK without authorisation on a small boat – would be returned to his…

The Conversation

Dozens of small boat migrants returned to France under 'one in one out' deal

The Home Office on Friday confirmed 75 people have been removed from the UK under the scheme, while 51 people have arrived

Evening Standard

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Seventy-five migrants deported to France and 51 allowed into UK under deal

The one in, one out agreement with France aims to deter migrants from crossing the Channel in small boats.

Evening Standard

75 migrants deported to France and 51 allowed into UK under deal

The one in, one out agreement with France aims to deter migrants from crossing the Channel in small boats.

The Independent UK

Woman turned away from UK-Italy flight due to ill child has benefit stopped

Family denied entry at gate after one of their children had epileptic seizure – but HMRC said she took a one-way trip

The Guardian - UK

Why deported migrants get paid up to £3,000 to leave the country

Hadush Kebatu was given money after threatening to disrupt his deportation flight

The Independent UK

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Can the Home Office be fixed?

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: As crisis after crisis piles up for new home secretary Shabana Mahmood, she must have the full backing of her PM and chancellor to do whatever it takes to restore public confidence in the system

The Independent UK

UK woman who booked Oslo flight but did not fly loses child benefit ‘because she emigrated’

Exclusive: HMRC told Lisa Morris-Almond there was no record of her return to UK, but she did not take the trip

The Guardian - UK

Inquiry into conditions at Manston asylum centre has stalled, critics say

Lawyers acting for some of those unlawfully detained in appalling conditions at site in 2022 call for end to delays

The Guardian - UK

Scottish Government ‘stands ready’ to work with UK ministers on asylum barracks

The Scottish Social Justice Secretary spoke of her ‘intense level of frustration’ with how the situation has been handled.

Evening Standard

Home Office minister defends plans to house asylum seekers on military bases

Asylum minister Alex Norris said the two sites in Inverness and East Sussex are an ‘important part’ of driving down hotel use.

Evening Standard

Migrant stabbed bank customer to death after his asylum application was rejected

Somali national Haybe Cabdiraxmaan Nur paid €400 to travel to the UK last year

The Independent UK

Small boat migrant jailed for at least 25 years after murdering bank customer

Somali national Haybe Cabdiraxmaan Nur paid 400 euros to travel to the UK last year.

Evening Standard

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Home Office took ‘poor approach’ to asylum barracks announcement – Swinney

The First Minister said the sensitive handling required ‘has been missing from how the Home Office has gone about this’.

The Guardian - UK

MPs vote down Farage’s proposal for UK to leave ECHR – as it happened

Lib Dems say ECHR protects ‘our elderly and most vulnerable…the very people who need it most’

The Guardian - UK

Epping sex offender Hadush Kebatu deported to Ethiopia, Home Office confirms

Kebatu, who was wrongly freed from Essex prison, was put on a flight to Ethiopia and arrived on Wednesday

Evening Standard

London delivery drivers and barbershops targeted as illegal worker arrests hit record high

More than 1,050 people have been deported, the Government said as it vowed to close a loophole so gig economy employers cannot dodge illegal worker fines

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Evening Standard

Epping sex offender Hadush Kebatu was given £500 to 'stop him disrupting flight to avoid deportation'

Hadush Kebatu was deported on Tuesday evening after being arrested following a huge manhunt when he was wrongly freed from prison

The Independent UK

Migrant sex offender deported after being mistakenly released from prison

Hadush Kebatu was wrongly freed instead of being sent to an immigration detention centre

Evening Standard

214 held by immigration enforcement for working illegally in Northern Ireland

Across the UK, 8,000 illegal migrants were arrested by Immigration Enforcement from October 2024 to September 2025.

The Guardian - UK

Quelling public disquiet is worth extra cost of barracks asylum housing, says No 10

Government defends prospect of paying more for barracks, saying people ‘don’t want asylum seekers in hotels’

The Guardian - UK

Should the Home Office be broken up into two units?

The department is once again the subject of debate about whether it is beyond repair after immigration and prison problems

Evening Standard

Man arrested over Uxbridge stabbing entered UK in lorry in 2020, officials say

A 49-year-old man was killed in the incident on Monday evening and two other people were injured.

Evening Standard

Scottish minister criticises ‘lack of engagement’ on asylum seeker barracks plan

Highland Council also expressed worries for ‘community cohesion’.

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