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Rattled Tories Briefed On Research Showing Farage Could Split Right Wing Vote
Brexit
Rattled Tories Briefed On Research Showing Farage Could Split Right Wing Vote
Exclusive: Conservative MPs have this week been left feeling unnerved by research showing that a possible return of Nigel Farage to the forefront of politics would do significant damage to their chances of winning the next general election.
Minette Batters Interview: The Farming Industry Has Been Ignored Over Post-Brexit Trade Deals
Environment
By John Johnston
Minette Batters Interview: The Farming Industry Has Been Ignored Over Post-Brexit Trade Deals
From driving a tractor to driving government policy, NFU chief Minette Batters talks about the many challenges facing farming.
Home Office Drinks Reception Attendees Told To Get PCRs After One Tests Positive For Covid
Coronavirus
Home Office Drinks Reception Attendees Told To Get PCRs After One Tests Positive For Covid
Attendees at a Home Office reception, believed to include Home Secretary Priti Patel and numerous Conservative MPs, have been asked to take Covid-19 tests after someone who was there tested positive.
Refugee Charities Say Claim Safe Routes For Asylum Seekers Wouldn't Stop Criminal Gangs Is 'Political'
Environment
Refugee Charities Say Claim Safe Routes For Asylum Seekers Wouldn't Stop Criminal Gangs Is "Political"
There is no evidence that creating safe routes from France for asylum seekers would encourage criminal gangs to keep smuggling people across the Channel, charities have told PoliticsHome.
Government Officials Turn On Patel's 'Completely Incompetent' Home Office Over Channel Crossings
Home affairs
Government Officials Turn On Patel's "Completely Incompetent" Home Office Over Channel Crossings
Priti Patel is under growing pressure over what critics say is her failure to manage Channel crossings, with a Whitehall source telling PoliticsHome that the Home Office is "completely incompetent" and her leadership "outdated".
How the Home Office became a top performer for upholding parliamentary scrutiny Partner content
Home affairs
By Fivium
How the Home Office became a top performer for upholding parliamentary scrutiny
The Home Office has undergone a recent transformation that has seen it turn around its Parliamentary Questions (PQs) performance with a regular on-time response rate of 90-100%.
Priti Patel: 'I rule nothing out in terms of stopping boats and saving lives'
Home affairs
By Kate Proctor
Priti Patel: "I rule nothing out in terms of stopping boats and saving lives"
After surviving Boris Johnson’s reshuffle job intact, home secretary Priti Patel tells The House her work to overhaul one of Whitehall’s largest departments continues. It’s a round-the-clock task, flare ups with the French are par for the course, and “fun is limited” – but, she says, it’s the privilege of her life.
Emergency Lorry Driver Visas Will Be Extended After Government U-Turn On Deadline
Home affairs
Emergency Lorry Driver Visas Will Be Extended After Government U-Turn On Deadline
The emergency visas the UK government is offering to European workers to help abate labour shortages will now last beyond the originally proposed deadline of 24 December.
Afghan Refugees “Have Done Right By Us, We Want To Do Right By Them” Says Minister In Charge Of UK’s Relocation Scheme
Foreign affairs
Afghan Refugees “Have Done Right By Us, We Want To Do Right By Them” Says Minister In Charge Of UK’s Relocation Scheme
Home Office minister Victoria Atkins, who is in charge of relocating Afghan refugees in the UK, says “they have done right by us, we want to do right by them” as she discussed details of the government’s ‘Operation Warm Welcome’.
Afghan crisis to add urgency to debate about fairness of Nationality and Borders Bill
Home affairs
By Alexandra Ming, Political Consultant
Afghan crisis to add urgency to debate about fairness of Nationality and Borders Bill
Humanitarian organisations and parliamentarians have warned that refugees from Afghanistan who arrive to the UK via irregular routes will be unfairly criminalised under the government’s new Nationality and Borders Bill.
Priti Patel To Ask English Councils For Help In Housing Afghan Refugees
Home affairs
Priti Patel To Ask English Councils For Help In Housing Afghan Refugees
Priti Patel is to write to councils across England to ask if they can take in Afghan families fleeing the country after its fall to the Taliban.
Thousands Of Afghans In UK Left In Limbo On £5.69 A Day While They Wait For Settled Status
Home affairs
Thousands Of Afghans In UK Left In Limbo On £5.69 A Day While They Wait For Settled Status
Refugee charities have raised the alarm about the “damaging and dehumanising” treatment of Afghan asylum seekers who arrived in the UK prior to the Taliban’s takeover.
How The Afghanistan Refugee Scheme Works – Which Charities Say Is Only 'A Start'
Defence
How The Afghanistan Refugee Scheme Works – Which Charities Say Is Only "A Start"
Britain’s leading asylum seeker charities have welcomed the government’s commitment to resettle 20,000 Afghans fleeing the Taliban but have urged the Home Office to consider that figure as “just a start”.
UK Will Take 20,000 Afghanistan Refugees – Prioritising Women, Girls And Those Facing Persecution
Home affairs
UK Will Take 20,000 Afghanistan Refugees – Prioritising Women, Girls And Those Facing Persecution
The Home Office has said 20,000 Afghan refugees will be given a home in the UK, with 5,000 people permitted to come to the country in the first year of a new resettlement scheme.
Home Office Will Keep Afghan Refugee Policy 'Under Review' Based On Capacity For Support
Defence
Home Office Will Keep Afghan Refugee Policy "Under Review" Based On Capacity For Support
The Home Office has said it will keep the number of Afghan refugees allowed to resettle in Britain “under review” after their country was taken under control of the Taliban, leading thousands to flee.
Human Rights Organisation Says Home Office Risks Losing Public Backing Over 'Cruel' Deportation Flights
Home affairs
Human Rights Organisation Says Home Office Risks Losing Public Backing Over "Cruel" Deportation Flights
A Home Office deportation flight to Jamaica this week was a “watershed” moment for the UK’s approach to removing foreign-born criminals, according to human rights campaigners who say the public got to see the cruelty and chaos of this strategy played out in real time.
Home Office Is Planning To Build Asylum Accommodation Centres For 8,000 People
Home affairs
Home Office Is Planning To Build Asylum Accommodation Centres For 8,000 People
The Home Office has been accused of "warehousing people" after initiating plans to construct new purpose-built accommodation sites across the UK, capable of housing up to 8,000 asylum seekers.
Windrush victims are being failed again by flawed compensation scheme
Home affairs
By Meg Hillier MP
Windrush victims are being failed again by flawed compensation scheme
Not only was the Windrush compensation scheme complex and difficult for claimants but the Home Office did not provide the necessary resources to manage it.
Britain’s Commonwealth-born military veterans must have the right to work in the UK and free access to the NHS
Defence
By Dan Jarvis MP
Britain’s Commonwealth-born military veterans must have the right to work in the UK and free access to the NHS
On 23 June 1944, the men of the 3rd Battalion, Fiji Infantry Regiment were sent on a daring raid deep into enemy territory as part of the Bougainville campaign in the South Pacific.
We will never turn our back on refugees
Home affairs
By Chris Philp MP
We will never turn our back on refugees
As part of the New Plan for Immigration, refugees who are resettled to the UK will be given the stability to rebuild their lives through being granted indefinite leave to remain on arrival.
The Home Office must replace bullying rhetoric with fair and effective immigration policies
Home affairs
By Lord Dubs
The Home Office must replace bullying rhetoric with fair and effective immigration policies
The “hostile environment” is being unleashed on genuine refugees. If its aim was to remove failed asylum seekers, it’s not working.
'This Is Going To Create More Conflict With The Police, Not Less': What Will The Policing Bill Mean for Protest?
Home affairs
By Georgina Bailey
'This Is Going To Create More Conflict With The Police, Not Less': What Will The Policing Bill Mean for Protest?
New proposed powers to limit disruptive protests have driven activists back onto the streets. But are the new proposals bringing necessary balance and protection through police powers, or posing a fundamental threat to democracy? Georgina Bailey reports
Gypsy, Roma and Traveller groups fear new government measures could harm their nomadic way of life
Home affairs
By Alexandra Ming, Political Consultant
Gypsy, Roma and Traveller groups fear new government measures could harm their nomadic way of life
Unless the UK government provides more legal campsites, its plans to toughen up crime legislation could pose an existential threat to the Gypsy, Roma and Traveller way of life and breach their human rights, campaigners say.
The UK’s “broken” asylum system is the Home Office’s own doing – Priti Patel’s cruel reforms punish the wrong people
Home affairs
By Lord Dubs
The UK’s “broken” asylum system is the Home Office’s own doing – Priti Patel’s cruel reforms punish the wrong people
The newly announced asylum “overhaul” does this country and our proud humanitarian tradition a disservice