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UK police forces lobbied to use biased facial recognition technology

Exclusive: System more likely to suggest incorrect matches for images of women and Black people

The Guardian - UK

Biggest reforms to policing since the 1960s ‘being threatened by lack of money’

Home secretary’s plans for a radical reshaping of policing in England and Wales could be delayed due to lack of funds

The Guardian - UK

Thousands of asylum claims unresolved after three years, damning spending watchdog analysis finds

Ballooning backlog of asylum appeals is fuelled by shortage of immigration judges and lack of legal aid, national audit office finds

The Independent UK

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Prince Harry's Police Protection in the UK Under Review

The Duke of Sussex is seeking a review of his protection each time he returns to Britain.

International Business Times UK

Prince Harry ‘secures’ security review after intervention

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The Independent UK

Win for Prince Harry as Home Office 'agrees to review his UK security arrangements'

The duke said security concerns mean it is ‘impossible’ for him to bring Meghan and their children back to the UK safely

Evening Standard

Prince Harry’s security arrangements ‘being reviewed by Home Office’

The duke said security concerns mean it is ‘impossible’ for him to bring his family to the UK

The Independent UK

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‘It’s too scary to be in a tent’: On the frontline of this winter’s refugee homelessness crisis

Tens of thousands of refugees could face homelessness this winter as frontline workers speak of being forced into ‘crisis response mode’, writes Bryony Gooch

The Independent UK

‘Urgent clarity’ sought over racial bias in UK police facial recognition technology

Testing showing racial bias against black and Asian people prompts watchdog to ask Home Office for explanation

The Guardian - UK

Home Office admits facial recognition tech issue with black and Asian subjects

Calls for review after technology found to return more false positives for ‘some demographic groups’ on certain settings

The Guardian - UK

Delivery drivers arrested in London as dozens face deportation for illegal working

Watch: Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood joins immigration operation in Streatham, south London

Evening Standard

eVisa causing stress, confusion and exclusion for some migrants, study finds

Millions of people now have online visa accounts after government ditched physical paperwork

The Independent UK

Dozens of delivery drivers to be deported after illegal work crackdown

The drive comes as part of efforts to deter those coming to the country illegally

The Independent UK

Met Police to access passport and driver photos in huge roll-out of facial recognition technology

More than 1,300 arrests and over 100 registered sex offenders found using the technology in London

Evening Standard

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Evening Standard

Facial recognition to be expanded as views sought to shape new laws

A 10-week consultation is being launched that will ask for views on how the technology should be regulated and how to protect people’s privacy.

The Independent UK

Migrants pepper-sprayed at UK detention centre amid ‘concerning’ violence, damning report reveals

Home Office criticised for detention of Rwanda migrants for ‘unacceptable’ length of time after flights were cancelled by then-Tory government

The Independent UK

Facial recognition to be expanded across the country in fresh crime crackdown

Critics called on the government to limit roll-out of facial recognition, but others have urged ministers to accelerate the expansion to ‘boost safety’

The Guardian - UK

Sevenfold increase in serious incidents at UK immigration detention centre, report finds

Incidents rose from four in 2023 to 28 in 2024 as 22 Serco officers also investigated for serious misconduct at Gatwick centre

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The Guardian - UK

Keith McDowall obituary

Journalist and PR consultant who worked for Conservative and Labour ministers and enjoyed ‘mingling’ with those in power

The Guardian - UK

The Sarah Everard report part two: a catalogue of repeated and preventable failures

So many reviews, so much hand-wringing, yet misogyny in England and Wales’s police forces and impunity for offenders remains the norm, says Joan Smith, former co-chair of the Mayor of London’s VAWG Board

The Guardian - UK

UK government delays decision on China’s super-embassy until January

New date to approve site near Tower Bridge in London aligns with Keir Starmer’s planned visit to Beijing

The Guardian - UK

‘He asked me what I’d done sexually with a woman’: how Joy Gharoro-Akpojotor turned her asylum grilling into a film

The rising star has made her debut film, Dreamers, a semi-autobiographical love story set in an immigration detention centre. She talks about fleeing persecution in Nigeria – and what she learned from French new wave

The Guardian - UK

What the story of eight-year-old Lati-Yana Brown tells us about Britain’s callous disregard for Caribbean people

From enslavement to Windrush to Hurricane Melissa, there is a clear pattern to the way Britain has extracted wealth and fractured families, says journalist and film-maker Nadine White

The Guardian - UK

Children reaching UK by small boat face sim card mouth searches

Home Office accused of putting criminality before dignity with rule seeking intelligence on people-smugglers

The Guardian - UK

Premier League clubs fear Home Office move will add millions to policing costs

Premier League clubs and leading sports bodies increasingly fear they will be forced to pay millions more to cover policing costs after being called in for a series of consultations with the Home Office

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