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Lawyers acting for some of those unlawfully detained in appalling conditions at site in 2022 call for end to delaysAn inquiry into what went wrong at an asylum seeker processing centre three years ago is at a standstill, critics have said.A commitment …
Hadush Kebatu claims he tried to hand himself in to police, but was ignored, after being released from prison in errorUK politics live –latest updatesA convicted child sex offender mistakenly released from prison after arriving in the UK in a small boa…
This blog is now closed, you can read more of our UK political coverage hereMark Sedwill, the former cabinet secretary and former national security adviser, goes next. He is now a peer, and a member of the committee.He says the deputy national security…
Government defends prospect of paying more for barracks, saying people ‘don’t want asylum seekers in hotels’Downing Street has defended the prospect of paying more to house asylum seekers in disused barracks instead of hotels, arguing that quelling pub…
The department is once again the subject of debate about whether it is beyond repair after immigration and prison problems“It’s not that the Home Office is too big. It’s that the brains of many of the people who run it are not big enough,” says one for…
Exclusive: Organisations warn using the barracks in Sussex and Inverness may be more expensive than hotelsUK politics live – latest updatesRefugee organisations have described plans to house thousands of asylum seekers in two disused military sites as …
Stephen Parkinson tells committee a judge would have thrown out China spy case before it even went to juryThe Guardian would like to hear from parents who have had to live in temporary accommodation with children. There is more about the call-out here,…
Commons committee describes successive governments’ failures to manage hotel use, contracts, spending and safeguardingThe Home Office has squandered billions of pounds on asylum accommodation due to long-term mismanagement of a “failed, chaotic and exp…
Judge intervenes in case, disapplying government rule that charities say drives refugees into homelessnessA high court judge has overruled the government by halting the eviction of a refugee from his asylum accommodation in an emergency case in the ear…
Home secretary vows overhaul after previously secret 2023 review lists series of perceived shortcomingsShabana Mahmood has admitted the Home Office is “not yet fit for purpose” after the release of a damning report that was kept secret for years.The re…