The Latest Breaking News from the Home Office

The government will introduce new fees for passport applications from 8 April 2026, pending parliamentary approval. Standard online applications from within the UK will increase from £94.50 to £102 for adults and £61.50 to £66.50 for children, while postal applications will rise to £115.50 for adults and £80 for children.…

Exclusive: Caseworkers use AI to summarise asylum interviews and to search for information about country of origin

At the end of December there were 80,333 asylum seeker appeal cases in the system, up from 41,987 at the same point in 2024

There were 80,333 cases in the system at the end of December, up from 41,987 at the same point in 2024.

More than 80,000 people waiting to be reassessed after rejection at end of 2025 – 91% more than a year before

Health justice charity Medact says data-sharing potential could be used for UK version of US immigration raids

Home Office targets 150 families whose asylum claims were refused and offers them up to £40,000 to leave or face forcible removal

Aid spent on supporting refugees and asylum seekers in the UK – up to a fifth of the total budget – diverts funding away from the government’s overseas priorities, according to the Independent Commission for Aid Impact

Exclusive: Foreign secretary Yvette Cooper concerned about student visa ban on female Chevening scholars from volatile countries such as Afghanistan