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Grant Shapps Says 'Very, Very Few' Foreign Lorry Drivers Have Taken Up UK Visas
Coronavirus
Grant Shapps Says "Very, Very Few" Foreign Lorry Drivers Have Taken Up UK Visas
Just "dozens" of overseas lorry drivers have joined the UK fleet since the government opened its emergency visa scheme, Transport Secretary Grant Shapps has said.
The Pig Industry Thinks The Cabinet Is Split Over Visas As Mass Cull Continues
Coronavirus
The Pig Industry Thinks The Cabinet Is Split Over Visas As Mass Cull Continues
Grim evidence of the pig cull currently underway on UK farms to cope with labour shortages has been submitted to Priti Patel as Cabinet ministers appear to have been split on whether to grant more visas for abattoir workers.
Emergency Lorry Driver Visas Won't Last The Full Three Months
Environment
Emergency Lorry Driver Visas Won't Last The Full Three Months
The ten and a half thousand visas government is offering to European workers to help abate labour shortages are set to last significantly less than the three month time limit by the time drivers start working.
Ministers Poised To Relax Immigration Rules As Lorry Driver Crisis Hits Fuel Supplies
Brexit
Ministers Poised To Relax Immigration Rules As Lorry Driver Crisis Hits Fuel Supplies
The government is preparing to temporarily relax immigration rules for foreign lorry drivers in what is set to be a major U-turn brought about by the growing supply chain crisis.
Greggs Has Shortages Of Chicken Products As It's Hit By The Supply Chain Crisis
Coronavirus
Greggs Has Shortages Of Chicken Products As It's Hit By The Supply Chain Crisis
Exclusive: Greggs is the latest high-profile food outlet to be affected by supply chain disruption, with the bakery chain dealing with shortages of chicken-based products.
People Strongly Support Relaxing Immigration Rules To Tackle Lorry Driver Shortage
Coronavirus
People Strongly Support Relaxing Immigration Rules To Tackle Lorry Driver Shortage
Exclusive: The public strongly supports the government relaxing immigration rules for European lorry drivers to abate the labour shortage that is causing empty supermarket shelves, a poll for PoliticsHome has found.
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.
Labour Urges Government To Revisit Immigration Rules To Tackle Lorry Driver Crisis
Coronavirus
Labour Urges Government To Revisit Immigration Rules To Tackle Lorry Driver Crisis
Exclusive: The government is facing growing pressure to relax the UK's immigration rules amid a lorry driver shortage that industry leaders warn will get worse in the coming weeks.
Home Office Accused Of Risking Another Windrush Scandal Unless They Delay EU Settled Status Deadline
Brexit
Home Office Accused Of Risking Another Windrush Scandal Unless They Delay EU Settled Status Deadline
Labour is urging the government to extend the deadline for EU citizens applying to remain in the UK, warning they risk creating "a Windrush-style scandal" with thousands of people falling through the cracks.
Overseas NHS workers risked their lives fighting Covid, they should not have to pay for healthcare
Health
By Sarah Owen MP
Overseas NHS workers risked their lives fighting Covid, they should not have to pay for healthcare
The punitive and costly Immigration Health Surcharge for overseas healthcare workers is still charging people hundreds of pounds to use the very NHS they work in.
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 UK must be a place of sanctuary for refugees
Home affairs
By Baroness Ludford
The UK must be a place of sanctuary for refugees
My Bill would enable child refugees to bring their parents and siblings to join them in the UK, as well as allowing adult refugees to be joined by their children.
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.
Priti Patel Says Glasgow Immigration Raid That Detained Two Men Was What The British 'Voted For'
Home affairs
Priti Patel Says Glasgow Immigration Raid That Detained Two Men Was What The British "Voted For"
Home Secretary Priti Patel has said the Glasgow immigration raid that caused outcry in Scotland is something she would approve again and is what the “British people voted for”.
Our broken immigration system needs to change
Home affairs
By Alistair Carmichael MP
Our broken immigration system needs to change
Fail to end the Tories hostile environment for once and for all and the scenes of Glasgow last week will soon become the scenes of Manchester, Birmingham, London or Cardiff.
Pressure Is Piling On Unite To Investigate Howard Beckett Over Priti Patel Tweet
Home affairs
Pressure Is Piling On Unite To Investigate Howard Beckett Over Priti Patel Tweet
The UK’s largest trade union Unite is in turmoil today as pressure grows on the organisation to investigate assistant general secretary Howard Beckett over his Tweet that the Home Secretary should be deported.
Border Guards Don’t Know How Many Fake Covid Test Certificates Are Used To Get Into UK
Transport
Border Guards Don’t Know How Many Fake Covid Test Certificates Are Used To Get Into UK
The number of people entering the UK with a fake negative Covid test is “inherently unknowable” and the current immigration system is “based on trust”, say border staff.
Priti Patel Accused of 'Empowering' People Smugglers With Latest Immigration Proposals
Communities
Priti Patel Accused of "Empowering" People Smugglers With Latest Immigration Proposals
The government's latest immigration plans will create a "more chaotic, dangerous and fragmented" asylum system, leading charities have warned.
Priti Patel Insists New Asylum Seeker Plans Do Not Break International Law
Home affairs
Priti Patel Insists New Asylum Seeker Plans Do Not Break International Law
Priti Patel has defended new immigration rules which make harder for people to claim asylum if they arrive in the UK illegally, following criticism from charities working with asylum seekers.
Gibraltar And Isle Of Man Reject “Inhumane And Ridiculous” Plans To Host UK Asylum Processing Centres
Home affairs
Gibraltar And Isle Of Man Reject “Inhumane And Ridiculous” Plans To Host UK Asylum Processing Centres
Both Gibraltar and the Isle of Man have roundly rejected reports they will host proposed new asylum processing centres as part of a shake-up of UK immigration policy.
'Shocking' conditions in military barracks housing asylum seekers are unacceptable and must be urgently closed
Home affairs
By Lord Dubs
'Shocking' conditions in military barracks housing asylum seekers are unacceptable and must be urgently closed
According to asylum seekers detained at the barracks, they have no access to medication and limited access to water and electricity. With Covid spreading rapidly, urgent measures are needed to protect an already vulnerable population.
UK government’s hostile environment for migrants has been in full-force during the Covid pandemic
Coronavirus
By Stuart McDonald
UK government’s hostile environment for migrants has been in full-force during the Covid pandemic
Migrants are disproportionately impacted by Covid, yet receive the least amount of help from the Tory government. On International Migrants Day we should reaffirm our commitment to treat migrants fairly and keep them safe.
Partner content
Home affairs
By Leidos
Digital borders: time to seize the opportunity
The UK government wants the world’s most effective border by 2025, friction free yet with strong protection against threats such as crime and biosecurity. A virtual roundtable of experts discuss how to make it happen