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Exclusive: In her final interview as independent anti-slavery commissioner, Dame Sara Thornton tells The Independent the government’s asylum overhaul has been driven by ‘political calculation’ and the fight against modern slavery in Britain is ‘not what it was’ under Boris Johnson and Priti Patel

At almost the last minute before the parliamentary session ended, after months of pushback from the House of Lords and despite vehement protests from those supporting refugees and migrants, the UK government has succeed in introducing the Nationality and Borders Act.

Victims’ commissioner calls goal of returning prosecution levels to pre-2017 levels ‘a pipe dream’

From the Police Bill on noisy protests to the Elections Bill on voters showing ID, Boris Johnson has passed all his most controversial laws in the final days before parliament is prorogued. We run through why they matter

Workflow backlog understood to be behind often long wait for refugees to hear of visa approval

Marion Fellows has called on Home Secretary Priti Patel to address the “predictable but preventable” delays in passport processing.

MICHAEL Fabricant has been branded an “idiot” after a dubious attack on the SNP over their calls to help Ukrainian refugees.

The Home Office has warned that hopeful holidaymakers should expect delays when trying to renew their passport as the processing time can now take up to 10 weeks.

It follows government warning travellers to apply ‘as soon as possible’