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Should the Home Office be broken up into two units?

The department is once again the subject of debate about whether it is beyond repair after immigration and prison problems

The Guardian - UK

Britain’s asylum hotels must be closed for good

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: Billions have been wasted on unfit accommodation that suits neither the migrants who shelter there nor the communities enraged by their presence. It is imperative that the government take decisive steps and build an alternative – now

The Independent UK

Manhunt continues for asylum seeker released from prison by mistake

Hadush Gerberslasie Kebatu had been jailed for the sexual assault of a 14-year-old girl in Essex.

Evening Standard

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Two men charged over arson attack at Peacehaven Mosque

On Thursday, Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer announced an additional £10 million in security funding to protect Muslim communities from hate crimes.

Evening Standard

Five grooming gang survivors tell PM they will stay on panel only if Jess Phillips remains in post

Exclusive: In fresh controversy, the women write to Keir Starmer and Shabana Mahmood to speak up for safeguarding minister

The Guardian - UK

Starmer has faith in Phillips as grooming gangs victims call for her to quit

Four women who quit the inquiry’s victims liaison panel have said they would be prepared to return if Phillips resigns.

Evening Standard

Migrants will be sent back to France ‘again and again’ – minister

Josh MacAlister said the detention of an Iranian national shows the Government’s one-in, one-out migrant returns deal with France is working.

Evening Standard

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Shabana Mahmood says Home Office ‘not fit for purpose’ after secret report on department emerges

Dossier by ex-adviser Nick Timothy claims ‘culture of defeatism’ let immigration enforcement decline

The Independent UK

Victims who quit grooming gang inquiry panel ‘may return if Phillips resigns’

As well as Jess Phillips’s resignation, they call for ‘all survivors on the panel to be genuinely consulted on the appointment of a chair’.

The Independent UK

Immigration turmoil as Mahmood says Home Office ‘not yet fit for purpose’

The number of migrants who have come to the UK so far this year in small boats has exceeded the total for last year, sources said.

Evening Standard

Shabana Mahmood says damning report shows Home Office ‘not fit for purpose’

Home secretary vows overhaul after previously secret 2023 review lists series of perceived shortcomings

The Guardian - UK

Mahmood says Home Office ‘not fit for purpose’ after secret report

The Home Secretary vowed to overhaul the department, which she said had been ‘set up to fail’.

The Independent UK

UK grooming gangs inquiry suffers fresh setback as another potential chair pulls out

Jim Gamble, a former police chief and frontrunner for the role, withdraws amid growing discontent among survivors

The Guardian - UK

Home Secretary says 'no hiding place' for grooming gangs as Labour scrambles to save inquiry into scandal

Cabinet minister Emma Reynolds apologised over the Government's handling of the inquiry after four survivors of abuse quit their roles in the probe

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Tory plans to deport some people who are legally in UK are ‘grotesque’, says Labour – as it happened

Labour chair says that Tory proposals to revoke indefinite leave to remain in some cases will ‘tear families apart’

Evening Standard

Minister apologises to victims over handling of grooming gangs inquiry

Emma Reynolds insisted the Government is committed to delivering justice.

Evening Standard

Grooming gangs probe will leave ‘no hiding place’ – Mahmood

The Home Secretary also insisted the scope of the probe ‘will not change’ amid claims its remit could be widened.

Evening Standard

Mahmood hits back at European watchdog over trans and protest rights concerns

The Supreme Court ruled in April that the words ‘woman’ and ‘sex’ in the Equality Act 2010 refer to a biological woman and biological sex.

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The Guardian - UK

David Blunkett backs proposal for skilled migrants to train British workers

Ex-home secretary says ‘work and teach’ visa, which thinktank finds could help reduce public concerns about immigration, is a ‘serious, pragmatic plan’

The Guardian - UK

Starmer’s grooming gang inquiry left in turmoil after two survivors quit panel

Fiona Goddard and Ellie-Ann Reynolds criticise handling of national inquiry, which is yet to appoint a chair

The Guardian - UK

A-level English, voluntary work, delayed citizenship: it’s Labour’s Orwellian Two Minutes Hate for immigrants

It’s easier for politicians to blame others than to face the truth: Britain has been stripped of the spaces and opportunities that allow for true social integration, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik

Evening Standard

Russian spies 'linked to smuggling gangs trafficking migrants across English Channel'

Bulgaria’s Home Secretary claims his government has evidence of direct links between Russia’s foreign intelligence agency and the organised crime gangs helping people to cross Europe illegally

The Independent UK

Russian spies ‘linked to people-smuggling gangs destabilising Europe’

Bulgaria’s interior minister also claims that certain left-wing groups are in contact with people smugglers

The Independent UK

Sixteen people deported to France on single flight under one in, one out deal

The total number of people now deported under the deal is 42

Evening Standard

Sixteen migrants are deported to France - but hundreds more cross the Channel in small boats

A total of 369 people crossed the Channel on Saturday, bringing the number for the year so far to 36,734

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