The Latest Breaking News from Home Office

Senior police officers have said they fear the anti-social behaviour is becoming “normalised”

Home Office data shows 566 people were categorised as missing between 2020 and 2022

Effects of ‘devastating and punishing’ Home Office system introduced in 2012 now being felt, experts say

Select committee accuses government of wilfully obscuring facts around ‘unsustainable’ trend

Last year, 100 retail cheif executives wrote to 41 Police and Crime Commissioners to report their concern for the rise in crime.

Sir Stephen House, one of UK’s most senior officers, is under investigation by police watchdog

Senior ranking police officer referred to police watchdog

The force said the alleged comments are “wholly unacceptable”, and referred the matter to the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC).

Exclusive: Home Office admits vital access to Schengen Information System II lost for up to four years

To cope with a record high backlog of asylum applications, the Home Office has announced it will instruct thousands of applicants to complete a questionnaire in English, instead of a face-to-face interview. If they do not do this within 20 days, their asylum application may be treated as withdrawn.

Separated children who arrive alone in the UK are being placed in hotels by the Home Office – and many of them are then going missing.