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Rishi Sunak engulfed by row over ‘false’ asylum statistics as 100,000 migrants still stuck in backlog

Labour accused the PM of ‘barefaced lie’ after figures showed 4,500 so-called legacy claims are still outstanding

The Independent UK

No 10 refuses to follow Cleverly in setting end of 2024 as target date for ending all small boat crossings – as it happened

Downing Street refuses to endorse home secretary as he says his aim is to reduce number of people crossing Channel on small boats to ‘zero’

The Guardian - UK

Thousands of ‘legacy’ asylum cases awaiting decisions despite Sunak’s pledge

PM promised to clear backlog of cases from before June 2022 by end of 2023 but 4,500 complex cases need further checks

The Guardian - UK

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How many daughters does a man need to see date rape jokes as a sackable offence?

Despite Rishi Sunak using his girls to show his grasp of women’s rights, he still brushed James Cleverly’s spiking gag aside

The Guardian - UK

‘Their arrival has divided us’: Essex villagers torn over treatment of asylum seekers

Surprise visit to club by ‘impeccably behaved’ occupants of Wethersfield airbase prompts villagers to tighten admission policy for New Year’s Eve

The Guardian - UK

‘I feel peaceful here’: how a charity found a welcoming home for a homeless refugee

Sleeping rough in a London park, Robel contacted Refugees at Home and was quickly matched with a host

The Guardian - UK

UK Government deletes report calling asylum seeker barge ‘discriminatory’

THE UK Government has deleted a report calling the Bibby Stockholm asylum seeker barge "discriminatory"...

The National (Scotland)

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Father stuck in Turkey applies for judicial review of Home Office’s handling of his case

Siyabonga Twala, who has a British son, was barred from returning to UK a year ago and remains in limbo in Ankara

The Guardian - UK

Housing asylum seekers on Bibby Stockholm barge is discriminatory, Home Office finds

The department’s equality impact assessment found keeping people on the barge breaks the 2010 Equality Act on the grounds of sex and age

The Independent UK

Sunak considers matter of Cleverly’s date rape joke ‘closed’, says No 10

Downing Street said it was ‘right’ that the Home Secretary had apologised for making the remarks during a ‘private conversation’

Evening Standard

Bibby Stockholm policy is discriminatory, Home Office report finds

Assessment says policy is ‘directly discriminating in relation to age [and] sex’ and says changes may have to be made

The Guardian - UK

Ministers urged to open up access to magic mushroom compound psilocybin for mental health researchers

Compound found in magic mushrooms could help alleviate symptoms for several mental health conditions

Evening Standard

Home Office accused over ‘absurd’ rejections of Hong Kong asylum claims

UK caseworkers appear ‘predisposed to discredit’ applications, says senior figure of disbanded democratic movement

The Guardian - UK

Italian woman facing removal from UK despite ‘permanent residency’ card

Silvana one of potentially thousands who were unaware of need to apply for post-Brexit EU settlement scheme

The Guardian - UK

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The National (Scotland)

'Appalling': Home Secretary jokes about spiking wife's drink with date rape drug

HOME Secretary James Cleverly joked about spiking his wife’s drink with a date rape drug in comments made at a Downing Street reception.

The Guardian - UK

Home Office forced to pause evictions of refugees from hotels at Christmas

Robert Jenrick’s resignation leads to reprieve until new year, as charities warn of more people being made homeless

Evening Standard

Home Secretary James Cleverly apologises for 'ironic joke' about spiking wife's drink

James Cleverly allegedly told colleagues that 'a little bit of Rohypnol in her drink' was 'not really illegal'

The Guardian - UK

‘Nobody has told us anything’: Bibby Stockholm residents prepare for ‘boring’ Christmas

Asylum seekers living on the vessel moored in Portland, Dorset say they expect another ‘boring’ day on the ‘floating prison’

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Evening Standard

Rishi Sunak hits back at Tory Right who accused him of 'weakness' over family visas for the UK

The Prime Minister is under fire from some in his party for rowing back on plans to raise the minimum salary requirement to £38,700

The Guardian - UK

Britons increasingly turning to food black market, experts say

Exclusive: Goods such as meat, cheese and confectionery stolen in large amounts to be sold to people hit by high cost of living

The Guardian - UK

‘Sign of weakness’: Home Office U-turn on visa salary threshold divides Tories

Rightwing factions criticise decision to raise minimum salary to £29,000 in spring, rather than £38,700

The Guardian - UK

Home Office banned from routinely placing lone children in asylum hotels

High court order says hotels can be used only for very short periods ‘in true emergency situations’

The National (Scotland)

UK Government u-turns on plans to hike family visa earning threshold

GOVERNMENT ministers have rowed back on plans to hike the earning threshold Britons need to bring foreign family members to live in the UK to…

Evening Standard

Home Office reduces new salary threshold for family visas from £38,700 to £29,000

The Home Office said the salary threshold would go up incrementally, starting at £29,000

The Guardian - UK

Home Office reverses policy on UK hostel evictions after surge in refugee homelessness

Measure, introduced in August, in effect gave people granted leave to remain just seven days’ notice to move on

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