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More ‘zombie-style’ knives to be banned as police given seize and destroy powers

The maximum sentence for importing, manufacturing, possessing and selling these newly proscribed weapons will be two years, the Home Office said.

The Independent UK

Ministers accused of ‘insulting’ drink spiking victims by delaying key report into crime

Exclusive: Labour slams the government over its refusal to publish a key report into spiking

The Independent UK

Stirling University student BARRED from studying after release from Dungavel

A STIRLING University student who was detained by the Home Office has been released on bail – though he remains barred from continuing his…

The National (Scotland)

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Home Office interest in migrant records dates back to Theresa May

A memorandum of understanding published in 2016 required the NHS to hand over non-clinical records

The Guardian - UK

Migrants to get Home Office reference number on NHS England records

‘Discriminatory’ development sparks concern among healthcare union and migrants’ rights groups

The Guardian - UK

Suella Braverman restates wish for UK to leave European court of human rights

Home secretary calls the court ‘politicised’ and refuses to rule out mass tagging of asylum seekers

The Guardian - UK

Bibby Stockholm barge is safe amid legal challenge possibility, Suella Braverman says

The Home Secretary also declined to rule out reports that the Home Office is considering fitting asylum seekers with electronic tags

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Bibby Stockholm barge is safe amid legal challenge possibility, Braverman says

The Home Secretary also declined to rule out reports that the Home Office is considering fitting asylum seekers with electronic tags.

The Independent UK

UK Government not ruling out electronic tagging to 'control' migrants

HOME Secretary Suella Braverman has not ruled out a report suggesting that the Home Office is considering fitting asylum seekers with electronic…

The National (Scotland)

Home Office considers plans to put electronic tags on asylum seekers – report

Officials are reportedly mulling ways to prevent asylum seekers from going underground as detention spaces are limited

The Independent UK

Home Office ‘may fit asylum seekers with electronic tags’

Preferred option for handling growing numbers of applicants is to increase number of detention places, but tagging has been mooted as short-term fix

The Guardian - UK

Home Office considers fitting migrants with electronic tags – report

Officials are reportedly mulling ways to prevent asylum seekers from going underground as detention spaces are limited.

The Independent UK

Children arriving on small boats held in jail alongside adult sex offenders, say campaigners

Unaccompanied minors being ‘destroyed psychologically’, say activists amid controversy over Home Office age assessments

The Independent UK

Braverman’s plan to house UK asylum seekers on ‘deathtrap’ barge faces legal hurdle

Exclusive: Fire Brigades Union outlines ‘serious fire and safety concerns’ over Bibby Stockholm

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Children reaching UK in small boats sent to jail that houses adult sex offenders

Human rights group finds growing number of cases of minors held among prisoners

The Independent UK

‘We can’t let him down’: Calls for action as Afghan war hero now faces homelessness

Exclusive: Don’t allow pilot to fall into ‘tragic’ destitution, government warned, after The Independent’s campaign sees him win asylum

The National (Scotland)

Worst of Westminster: Don't be fooled by the energy price cap

Welcome to the latest edition of The Worst of Westminster, brought to you by political reporters Steph Brawn and Hamish Morrison.

The Independent UK

Sunak doubles down on ‘stop the boats’ vow as Channel crossings continue

Crossings continued on Friday for the tenth day in a row amid sunny, warm and calm conditions at sea.

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The Guardian - UK

Asylum seekers say Bibby Stockholm conditions caused suicide attempt

Thirty-nine people who were briefly housed on barge write to Suella Braverman describing fear and despair

The Guardian - UK

Home Office won’t respond to citizenship request for our daughter

We made an application in late 2021 but have heard nothing

The Independent UK

Sunak insists his ‘Stop the Boats’ pledge will cut ‘unacceptable’ asylum bill

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said the system was under unsustainable pressure but insisted his plan would work.

The Independent UK

‘Now help hero Afghan pilot’s family escape Taliban’: Fresh calls to bring war hero’s loved ones to UK

Military and political leaders demand action to save loved ones – as they applaud The Independent’s victory in forcing government to grant asylum

The Independent UK

The asylum backlog by numbers: what has driven waiting lists to record highs?

The Home Office blames ‘more cases entering the system’ while Labour slams ‘Tory chaos’

The Independent UK

Soaring asylum backlog deemed ‘disastrous record’ for Sunak and Braverman

Campaigners warned people stuck waiting for a decision are exposed to ‘immense suffering’.

The National (Scotland)

Asylum cases backlog in UK hits record high with 170k awaiting decisions

The backlog of asylum cases in the UK has hit a new record high, Home Office figures show.

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