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Home Office faces challenges in meeting target on police numbers, MPs warn

The effort to hire another 6,500 officers by next March could be hampered by a tight labour market and decline in trust in policing, a committee said.

The Independent UK

Week of criticisms and revelations over Home Office’s handling of migrant crisis

The Home Office’s response to the migrant crisis has been the focus of a series of critical reports.

The Independent UK

National Crime Agency calls for more funding to tackle Russian kleptocracy

UK’s organised crime-fighting force complains it only has a third of the money per officer received by the FBI

The Guardian - UK

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Tories’ ‘shameful lack of leadership’ sees crime at record high as number of charges fall

Knife crime, theft and domestic abuse have all increased in the 12 months to March

The Independent UK

Report: UK clearly overwhelmed by surge in migrant crossings

An independent inspection has found that Britain’s response to the increase in migrants crossing the English Channel on small boats is poor and officials are clearly overwhelmed

The Independent UK

Recorded crime in England and Wales at 20-year high as charge rate hits new low

Police say several types of offence at 20-year high, as Home Office data shows 5.6% of reports led to charge or summons last year

The Guardian - UK

Crime levels hit highest record in 20 years across England and Wales

It is believed the numbers have risen due to improvements in reporting crime

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Report slams UK’s handling of migrant and asylum seeker arrivals

The UK has failed to adequately respond to a surge in arrivals via the English Channel, independent inspection finds.

Al Jazeera

Damning internal report slams Home Office's 'awful' handling of Channel crossings

THE damning results of an investigation into the Home Office’s handling of the surge in Channel crossings by vulnerable refugee has been described…

The National (Scotland)

‘Damning’ report slams ‘poor’ Home Office response to Channel crossings

Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration David Neal looked at how the Government processes migrants when they arrive in Kent.

The Independent UK

Home Office response to migrant crisis is ‘poor’, report finds

The report criticises the ‘ineffective and inefficient’ Home Office response which led to hundreds of migrants going missing in four months.

Manchester Evening News

Covid takeaway beer rule extended for another year in boost for drinkers

The Home Office has declared that that drinkers can purchase pints in plastic glasses to take-out from bars until at least September 2023

Wales Online

Watchdog criticises ‘poor’ response of Home Office to Channel crossings

The chief inspector of borders and immigration’s findings are the latest in a wave of critical reports on the Government’s handling of the crisis.

The Independent UK

UK's handling of migrants arriving by boat is unacceptable - official report

Britain's handling of migrants who arrive by small boats from Northern France has been unacceptable, ineffective and inefficient, an independent inspection published on Thursday said.

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The National (Scotland)

Officers 'not even at a starting point' in pay negotiations, police body says

POLICE officers should “not be in a position” where they are forced to “constantly fight and argue” for a fair pay settlement, the general…

Liverpool Echo

Police boss praises 'long overdue' pay rise for officers

The pay award will be targeted at those on the lowest salaries

The Independent UK

No interpreters, no photos, no fingerprints - Home Office failing to make proper checks on Channel arrivals

Photos and fingerprints are not being taken for all migrants and hundreds have disappeared from hotels

Glasgow Live

Glasgow Park Inn stabbing victim loses bid for independent inquiry

Badreddin Abdalla Adam stabbed six people, including a police officer, at the city centre hotel on June 26, 2020. Adam was shot dead by officers following the mass stabbing.

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Use of UK hotels for asylum seekers trebles despite Home Office promise

There were more than 26,000 asylum seekers living in hotels by end of 2021 according to Refugee Council

The Independent UK

Approach to small boats crisis may have been counter-productive, review says

Border Force reform planned as report finds ‘suboptimal performance’.

The Independent UK

Ministers accused of ‘deflecting failures’ as thousands of asylum seekers still trapped in hotels

Number of people seeking refuge in hotel accommodation trebled in year Home Office pledged to reduce numbers, data shows

The Independent UK

Home Office to pilot ‘contactless corridors’ to allow travellers to breeze through border control

The pilot scheme will hopefully begin running in 2024, the Home Office said

Daily Mirror

Tourists must send photo of faces to Home Office before visiting UK from next year

Before boarding a flight, tourists will need to give the UK government 'their biographic, biometric and contact details' and answer 'a short set of suitability questions', Priti Patel announced

Daily Mirror

Airport passenger misery caused by 'unsustainable and inefficient' Border Force, review finds

Three hour queues at Heathrow - the UK's biggest airport - are causing issues in other regions as staff are relocated to deal with the crisis, a review by Australian immigration minister Alexander Downer found

The Independent UK

M25 blocked as climate protesters declare it ‘site of civil resistance’ after hottest day in history

Just Stop Oil aimed to block the motorway until Friday, calling for an end to new fossil fuel projects

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