We’ve been giving Ukrainian refugees wrong guidance, admits Home Office
The Home Office has been forced to rewrite guidance for Ukrainian refugee call handlers after giving families the wrong information that stopped them flying to the UK….
Rebellion plot over Priti Patel’s ‘immoral’ plan to process migrants offshore
As many as 50 Conservative MPs will next week try to force the Home Office to drop plans to process asylum seekers’ claims outside of the UK….
Surge in food prices beckons to pay for soaring foreign worker wages
The family shop for fruit and veg faces a big price rise after the Government increased foreign pickers’ basic wages by up to 38 per cent to…
Home Office launches investigation into ‘racist’ messages sent by immigration contractors
The Home Office has launched an investigation into alleged racist WhatsApp messages sent by staff at a firm paid to escort migrants and run detention centres. The…
British police deserve state of the art training
Ten years ago, as police minister, I drove work to establish the College of Policing. My ambition was to improve leadership, standards and professionalism in the service….
New app to track friends’ journeys wins Home Office backing in bid to protect women
This anonymised information is then stored in the cloud to create a “heat map” identifying the “hotspots” that people using the app agree are potentially unsafe. It…
Home Office accused of ‘extraordinary’ delay as Afghan refugee scheme opens five months after fall of Kabul
A scheme to bring Afghan refugees to the UK is to open five months after the fall of Kabul, the Home Office has announced, as it was…
Electronic tagging of migrants under consideration to deter Channel crossings
The Government has drawn up legislation which Ms Patel says will tackle criminal gangs who promote illegal migration and reduce the “pull factors” that encourage migrants to…
Politically correct social workers won’t accept that some people are just cruel
The innocence and vulnerability of children arouses particular feelings of anger and disgust when we hear about them being harmed. This is magnified when women, often the…
This Government is failing the victims of modern slavery
There can be no doubt that reforms to the asylum system are desperately needed. The tragic events in the Channel over recent weeks have made that clear. The…
Prohibition has failed, so it’s time to legalise drugs
To kick off the Government’s “crime week”, Boris Johnson has pledged a crackdown on middle class drug users. The punishment for being in possession of Class A…