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Shabana Mahmood to end duty to support some asylum seekers in bid to shut hotels

Sir Keir Starmer’s Government is attempting to demonstrate progress on deterring small boat crossings.

Evening Standard

Labour to ramp up closure of asylum hotels in Spring under immigration crackdown

Labour has pledged to close down all asylum hotels by 2029

The Independent UK

Greens could join pact with Labour to stop Farage – but only if Starmer is replaced as leader, Polanski says

Exclusive: Zack Polanski tells The Independent that doing a deal with a Starmer-led Labour Party would ‘lead to a worse version of Nigel Farage’

The Independent UK

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Murdered MP’s family promised independent review into state failings

Former home secretary Yvette Cooper previously wrote to Sir David’s family to reject their calls for an inquiry

The Independent UK

Mahmood promises murdered MP’s family independent review into state failings

Sir David Amess’s family have made repeated calls for a public inquiry since his death in 2021.

Evening Standard

Murdered MP’s family to meet Home Secretary to push for ‘answers’

Lady Julia Amess and Katie Amess are set for talks with Shabana Mahmood on Wednesday.

Evening Standard

Ministers cannot go on ignoring the Shamima Begum case, for two important reasons

The fate of the woman who left the UK at 15 in search of Islamic State raises wider questions about citizenship

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UK struggles to reduce migrant crossings after near-record in 2025

The number of migrants arriving on UK shores in small boats reached its second-highest total last year since records were started in 2018, government statistics confirmed on Thursday. It comes despite a "one in, one out" scheme designed to send irregular migrants back to France.

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Thousands more migrants risk lives to reach UK in small boats across English Channel

The total number of migrants crossing the Channel to reach the UK in 2025 was 13% higher than the figure for 2024

Evening Standard

Second highest number of Channel crossings by migrants recorded in 2025

A total of 41,472 migrants arrived in the UK last year.

Evening Standard

Blow for Starmer as migrant Channel crossings reach second-highest number despite Labour crackdown

Prime minister pledged to ‘smash the gangs’ and slash the number of people making the dangerous trip

The Independent UK

Mahmood ready to ‘robustly defend’ Begum citizenship decision to European judges

The European Court of Human Rights has demanded answers from Britain over the decision.

Evening Standard

New visa rules for 2026: The UK immigration changes set for the new year

The measures, which build on those set out in the Government's immigration white paper, are set to make it more difficult for some migrants to come to Britain

Evening Standard

Police apologise to MPs over Maccabi ban claims

West Midlands Police admitted there was ‘no documented feedback’ that British Jews wanted Maccabi Tel Aviv fans barred from the game at Villa Park

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Yvette Cooper orders Foreign Office to review ‘serious failures’ in Alaa Abd el-Fattah case

The activist, recently released from years of Egyptian detention, had appeared to call for violence against Zionists and police in online comments

Evening Standard

Cooper orders Foreign Office review of ‘serious failures’ in El-Fattah case

The Foreign Secretary said successive prime ministers were not briefed on tweets dating back as far as 2010 and civil servants were also unaware.

The Guardian - UK

Number of people who say Britons must be ‘born British’ is rising, study shows

Exclusive: Research finds ‘worrying’ surge in support for hard-right narratives on national identity

Evening Standard

Who is Alaa Abd El-Fattah? The British-Egyptian activist facing calls to be stripped of citizenship

The freed Egyptian dissident is at the centre of a row over past social media posts

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What did Alaa Abd el-Fattah say in past social media posts and why is there a backlash?

British-Egyptian activist has apologised over tweets appearing to condone violence against Zionists and police

Evening Standard

Tories repeat calls to strip activist of UK citizenship amid ‘insincere’ apology

Shadow home secretary Chris Philp said that if he were in government, he would be ‘making sure’ Alaa Abd El-Fattah was deported.

Evening Standard

Government reviews 'information failures' amid row over activist's vile tweets

Calls are growing for Alaa Abd El-Fattah to be stripped of citizenship after ‘abhorrent’ tweets calling for violence towards Zionists and the police

Evening Standard

Starmer faces calls to strip UK citizenship from Egyptian activist

Posts have emerged dating back to 2010 in which the activist appears to call for violence towards Zionists and the police.

The Independent UK

UK strikes deportation deals with two African nations

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The Independent UK

Angola and Namibia agree to take back illegal migrants after visa ban threat

Shabana Mahmood earlier warned she could stop issuing visas to foreign nationals from certain countries

The Independent UK

Starmer needs to tell a better Christmas story about Labour

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: If Labour is to avoid catastrophe in the May local elections, the prime minister and his cabinet need to pull together and deliver both action and good news

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