The Latest Breaking News from Home Office

Campaigners reject justification that ‘significant progress’ has been made towards reform and describe news as insulting

THE Home Office is paying “around £8 million” per day for asylum seekers to be placed in hotels.

Inspector reveals home secretary’s decision as Brook House inquiry finds evidence of verbal and physical abuse

Suella Braverman’s Home Office lacks the will to address the problems, says David Neal, the independent chief inspector of borders and immigration

Shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper calls daily bill ‘astronomical’ and accuses Tories of ‘utter failure’

The figure is higher than the £6 million daily cost cited by Home Secretary Suella Braverman in the Commons on Monday.

The shocking reports about Russell Brand have left my jaw on the floor — because I can’t believe the way in which we are treating his accusers. Brand denies the allegations made against him and insists all his relationships have been consensual, but the women who have bravely stepped forward…

Report identifies ‘toxic culture’ and potential breaches of human rights law relating to torture and inhuman treatment

Exclusive: Guardian has seen copy of 27-page report that Home Office attempted to keep confidential

Scotland’s Lord Advocate Dorothy Bain KC said prosecuting users of a facility for simple drugs possession charges would not be in the public interest.

Muntazir Dipoti, president of the Federation of Independent Retailers, said 850 incidents of theft or verbal abuse are recorded by its members daily.