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UK admits HMRC wrongly suspended child benefit for nearly two-thirds of families flagged by faulty Home Office travel data
More than 60% of parents who had their child benefit suspended by HM Revenue and Customs after being flagged by faulty Home Office travel data were not committing fraud, the government has admitted.
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Thousands of Ghanaian PhD students face deportation from the UK after government fails to pay £32 million in scholarships
Students from Ghana at UK universities say they are in danger of being deported after being stranded by their own government without promised scholarships or tuition fee payments.
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Prince Harry could regain taxpayer-funded security as UK reviews threat level
Prince Harry could be assured of taxpayer-funded security again after all, with the Home Office reported to have ordered a review of the threat level.
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Cost to taxpayers rises as UK considers larger payouts to rejected asylum seekers
Approximately 700 Albanian families might be offered more than £3,000 to leave the UK, as ministers handle a rising immigration bill.
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Security services ‘very relaxed’ about China’s 20,000 sq m embassy plan
MI5 officers informed the House of Commons speaker in a private meeting that they are capable of handling the risks associated with a proposed Chinese super-embassy in London, paving the way for its approval.
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Romanian ringleader accused of 10 rapes was offered £1,500 to leave the UK
Mircea Marian Cumpanasoiu, 38, led an Eastern European network that raped, drugged, and exploited vulnerable local women in Dundee.
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Home Office under fire after admitting no clear plan behind PCC abolition
The Home Office stated last Thursday that the policy would save £100 million of taxpayers’ money by the end of the Parliament.
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UK-born children of refugees could face deportation under new Labour immigration reforms
Children born in the UK to refugee parents could be deported as part of Shabana Mahmood’s new immigration reforms, the Home Office says.
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Shabana Mahmood warns Angola, Namibia and DRC of possible visa sanctions
Shabana Mahmood has threatened a visa ban similar to Trump’s on African nations amid a major overhaul of the immigration system.
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At least 55 women were murdered after police relied on a flawed risk assessment checklist
The Home Office knew for years that women and children were at risk from a “broken” domestic violence screening tool, The Telegraph can reveal.
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Nearly 5,000 Sri Lankans accused of using forged documents to secure UK care visas
The Home Office has initiated a comprehensive investigation into almost 4,900 Sri Lankan nationals suspected of acquiring UK Health and Care Worker visas through the use of fake qualifications, falsified employment histories, and fraudulently issued vocational certificates.
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UK prison system faces crisis as visa rule changes threaten foreign staff
Prison unions have warned the system “could collapse” as one in 25 prison service staff face deportation under new visa rules.
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‘Profiting from people’: asylum seekers face rats and hunger in UK hotels
Asylum seekers living in hotels have reported rats, overcrowding, and food so bad it leads to deficiencies, research has found.
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Migrant returned to UK weeks after removal to France under “one in, one out” scheme
A second person who was relocated to France under the government’s “one in, one out” scheme has come back to the UK, the Home Office has confirmed.
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HMRC to reassess the suspension of child benefit payments for 23,500 individuals
HMRC is re-evaluating decisions to remove child benefit payments from 23,500 individuals after using their travel data to determine they had left the UK.
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Nearly 100 violent and sex offenders among 262 inmates released in error this year
LBC understands that four more prisoners are still at large after being mistakenly released from jail.
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UK’s legal cannabis industry grows slowly despite rising private investment
In the Wiltshire countryside, a seemingly unsuspecting greenhouse appears at the top of a hill.
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Highland Council hits out at lack of consultation on plans to house asylum seekers in Inverness barracks
The leader of Highland Council has accused the UK Home Office of “disrespect” over its handling of plans to house asylum seekers in an Army barracks in Inverness.
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UK minister tells Elon Musk to “mind his own business” after London rally remarks
Elon Musk has been told to "mind his own business" by a Home Office minister after the tech billionaire made a string of comments criticizing the UK.
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75 migrants returned to France under UK “one in, one out” scheme
A total of 75 migrants who crossed the English Channel by small boat have been returned to France so far under the Government’s “one in, one out” deal, and 51 people have arrived in the UK under the scheme.
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UK mother loses child benefit after government wrongly claims she emigrated
A woman who booked a flight from London to Oslo but never checked in or traveled has had her child benefit stopped by the UK government.
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Albanian man posed as father of eight babies in UK passport fraud
A criminal gang member who falsely claimed he was the father of eight Albanian children to get them UK citizenship has been jailed.
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UK arrests hit record high in government crackdown on illegal working
A record number of people have been arrested as part of a government crackdown on illegal working in the UK.
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Home Office accused of wasting billions on failed asylum accommodation system
The Home Office has wasted billions of pounds on asylum accommodation due to long-term mismanagement of a "failed, chaotic, and expensive" system, according to a report published by a powerful parliamentary committee.
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Keir Starmer’s grooming gang inquiry in turmoil as two survivors quit over “political interference” and “contempt”
Keir Starmer’s national grooming gang inquiry is in disarray after two survivors resigned from its oversight panel, accusing the Home Office and Labour of “contempt” and “political interference” even before a chair was appointed.
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