Theresa May dealt a fresh blow to Amber Rudd today as she revealed targets to boot illegal immigrants out of Britain were in place during her own time as Home Secretary.

Sajid Javid has suggested that the Government may water down its desire to create a "hostile environment" for illegal immigrants as he began work as the new Home Secretary.

This afternoon, Steve Double MP will lead a debate in Parliament about the status of the Windrush Generation and their right to remain, work and access services in our country.

Theresa May is poised to appoint a new Home Secretary after Amber Rudd dramatically quit last night over the Windrush scandal. Here are the runners and riders with odds from Ladbrokes.

Read the exchange of letters between Amber Rudd and Theresa May as the Home Secretary quit over the Windrush scandal.

Ministers should put national identity cards “back on the agenda” in the wake of the Windrush scandal, two former home secretaries have said.

Amber Rudd has plunged Theresa May's government into fresh turmoil by dramatically resigning as Home Secretary.

Amber Rudd is facing fresh demands for her to quit after it emerged she told Theresa May she had 'ambitious but deliverable' targets for removing illegal immigants.

A top Labour MP has said he regrets not voting against the controversial immigration laws which ushered in the Windrush scandal.

Theresa May has been warned she faces a "very swift and very violent reaction" from the Tory backbenches if she continues to take advice on Brexit from her top civil servant.

More than 200 MPs from across the political divide have joined forces to demand protections for Windrush migrants are stamped into law.

Sajid Javid has launched an impassioned plea for voters not to abandon the Conservatives at the upcoming local elections in the wake of the Windrush scandal.

Michael Gove has sparked outrage after claiming that the row engulfing Home Secretary Amber Rudd is being whipped up to distract from allegations of anti-Semitism in the Labour Party.

Justice Secretary David Gauke has pledged to shake up the Parole Board after an outcry over the organisation’s handling of the John Worboys case.

Downing Street has insisted that Theresa May has “full confidence” in Amber Rudd, as the embattled Home Secretary was said to be "hanging by a thread" following a leaked memo on her department’s deportation targets.

Amber Rudd is facing further pressure after a leaked memo suggests she was made aware of targets for immigration removals nearly a year ago - days after telling MPs they did not exist.

Ahead of crucial local government elections on 3rd May Labour’s Co-National Campaign Coordinator writes about his party's chances and says "We’ll be out campaigning tirelessly between now and polling day to get the best possible result for Labour".

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has been threatened with a summons which would force him to face MPs next time he is in Britain.

Commons Speakers should stand down from the job midway through a parliament, Betty Boothroyd has said.

Amber Rudd has become embroiled in a fresh row after she suggested Britain could remain in a customs union with the EU after Brexit.

Home Secretary Amber Rudd is facing renewed calls to quit after admitting that her department does have targets for removing illegal immigrants from the UK - a day after denying that was the case in a grilling by MPs.

Theresa May's DUP allies have threatened to bring down the Government if Northern Ireland is kept inside the EU’s customs union after Brexit.

Amber Rudd’s claim that there is no target in place for the removal of illegal migrants has sparked confusion after it was refuted by the leader of Britain’s immigration workers union.

Robin Allen QC, Chair of the Bar Council’s Equality & Diversity and Social Mobility Committee, said: