The Latest Breaking News from Home Office

More than £438m a year spent accommodating 37,000 individuals who have been evacuated from Afghanistan or are claiming asylum in the UK - which charities brand ‘failed strategy’

Judges recognise Home Office fee excludes large numbers of children from citizenship rights - but says Parliament is authorised to set amount

Ponnampalam Jothibala, who came to the UK in 1983, granted indefinite leave to remain by Home Office

Liberal Democrat peer accuses Home Office of ‘selling residency’

Exclusive: Businesspeople who were welcomed to UK are falling destitute as they wait more than a year for visas

A group of lawyers found that at least 464 people have had their citizenship removed by the government over the last 15 years. They pieced together the data using freedom of information requests and other publications – a challenge, because the Home Office does not publish the information regularly.

Lawyers representing home secretary apologise for secrecy but tell high court that policy is lawful

Asylum seekers had all possessions seized, despite committing no crime, amid Home Office ‘misunderstanding’ over law

Home Office hires fire safety expert who advised it was ‘unrealistic’ for landlords to draw up plans to evacuate disabled people from burning buildings