All news on the topic: Home Office

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Dossier says torture 'rampant' in Rwanda as officials turn blind eye to killings
A report by Human Rights Watch accused the Government of glossing over serious concerns about Rwanda, where it claims there is 'credible information' of torture and killings
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Controversial Rwanda asylum policy explained as Sunak faces crisis if he loses
Rishi Sunak has staked his premiership on the Rwanda asylum policy, which has opened up another Tory civil war after the Supreme Court ruled it was unlawful
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Rishi Sunak's make-or-break Rwanda plan still illegal says UN in brutal verdict
Floundering Rishi Sunak has been dealt another blow after the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said the Rwanda scheme "does not meet international standards"
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Tories 'brushed aside' refugee killings in Rwanda 'in bid to claim it's safe'
Home Office documents reveal deep concerns about Rwanda's treatment of protesters, the killing of 12 refugees by police and discrimination toward LGBT people were dismissed
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'I fear Bibby Stockholm death won't be the last after speaking to those onboard'
Labour MP Nadia Whittome says that the Bibby Stockholm barge in Portland, Dorset, should be closed - warning a suspected suicide onboard last month might not be the last
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Fujitsu still gets contracts worth £100m-a-year despite Post Office scandal
Since 2012 – more than a decade after the Post Office accounting scandal began – the public sector has awarded Fujitsu almost 200 contracts worth £6.8billion in total, analyst says
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Dad crushed to death when he repaired wrong lift at hospital, inquest hears
Dad Sandy Noble was working on a lift at Royal Oldham Hospital when he was crushed in an elevator shaft, with a coroner's court hearing he had been working on the wrong lift at the time
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Andrew 'locks himself away with no idea how to respond' after new Epstein claims
A source tells The Mirror Prince Andrew 'has no idea how to respond' and has not ventured out since bombshell allegations were made this week in the newly released Epstein files
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Migrants outnumbered two to one by guards on deportation flights
Guards hired by outsourcing firm Mitie outnumbered migrants two to one on flights deporting migrants and foreign offenders, with the Government spending more than £3million removing them from the UK
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Incredible story of mum who bought 'dead woman's UK passport' 23 years ago
Grace Walford, a 55-year-old NHS worker, saw stripped her nursing qualifications and has spent more than £40,000 in visa fee as she fights to remain in the UK after 'making a mistake'
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Rishi Sunak investigated over 'barefaced lie' asylum backlog has been cleared
Ministers claimed to have cleared a 'legacy' backlog of applications made before June 28 last year, but figures show more than 4,500 of these are still waiting an initial decision
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UK's broken asylum system in numbers as Tories accused of making false claims
Home Office figures released today reveal that nearly 100,000 asylum seekers are still waiting for an initial decision and Home Secretary James Cleverly was accused of fudging figures
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Tory MP finally apologises for 'joke' about spiking wife with date rape drug
Home Secretary James Cleverly said he "regrets" the hurt he caused by joking about giving his wife date rape drug Rohypnol on the day the Home Office announced a crackdown on spiking
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Warning signs your drink has been spiked – key giveaways and what to look for
Experts explain how to tell if your drink has been spiked, and what to do next to make sure you're safe - from calling emergency services to having a designated friend
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Home Office warned of spiking 'jokes' the day James Cleverly made date-rape gag
Home Secretary James Cleverly was forced to apologise after we revealed he joked about drugging his wife, saying 'a little bit of Rohypnol in her drink every night' was 'not really illegal if it's only a little bit'
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Tony Blair plotted to send asylum seekers to Africa 20 years before Rwanda plan
A previously-secret report written while Tony Blair was Prime Minister suggested deporting refugees to Turkey, Kenya and South Africa in the early 2000s
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Cleverly won’t be punished for date-rape drug joke as PM says matter 'closed'
Home Secretary James Cleverly has been facing calls to resign after the Mirror revealed he joked at a Downing Street reception about spiking his wife's drink with a date-rape drug
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Fury over 200,000 unsolved shoplifting cases as Tories 'let gangs off the hook'
Analysis of Home Office figures reveal that over 500 shoplifting cases a day were closed without a suspect being identified in England and Wales last year, amid growing pressure to tackle criminal gangs
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James Cleverly's gaffe-filled 42 days as Home Secretary - swearing to sick joke
Home Secretary James Cleverly - who is facing calls to resign after he joked about giving his wife a date-rape joke - has been branded 'Colonel Calamity' by Tory MPs
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James Cleverly faces first calls to resign over 'sick' date-rape drug joke
The Fawcett Society said Home Secretary James Cleverly could not be trusted to address violence against women after the Mirror revealed he joked about giving his wife Rohypnol
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James Cleverly called out by Love Island spike victim for date-rape drug joke
Home Secretary James Cleverly has been been criticised by former Love Island contestant Sharon Gaffka, who was a victim of drink spiking, after he joked about Rohypnol
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Government's legal bill to defend stalling Rwanda migrant scheme tops £2million
Not a single migrant has been sent to east African nation under a controversial Tory scheme, but the Government's legal bill for defending it against court challenges has ballooned
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'Tory government chaos' as plans to hike salary visa rules quietly changed
The Home Office appears to have issued an embarrassing climbdown on a hike in the threshold for family visas, quietly announcing it will raise it to a lower figure
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Some 900,000 burglaries unsolved in last four years - more than Leeds population
The Liberal Democrats blamed years of Tory cuts leaving local police forces 'overstretched and unable to focus on frontline crime like burglaries'
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Care sector 'blindsided' by Tory visa laws that 'put headlines over need'
Professor Martin Green, chief executive of Care England, warned that new visa rules announced by the Home Office could have an enormous impact on vulnerable users with an estimated 152,000 vacancies