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The EU has a refugee crisis that is only growing. Germany estimates it may receive 800,000 by the end of the year. Hungary had 3,000 refugees enter its border a few days ago. This is more than half the number it received for all of 2013…
Ed Miliband will tomorrow lay out the five Labour principles that will underpin the party's approach to immigration. In what the party are calling a "major speech" in the North West, Miliband will say that while he believes "immigration can…
The front page of today's Independent will make uncomfortable reading for the Home Secretary: It has been revealed that she lobbied numerous bodies on behalf of a convicted criminal as he attempted to secure a government loan. However she…
Yesterday it emerged that victims of alleged historic child sex abuse were withdrawing from the Home Office-led inquiry. In a letter, the 24 signatories said that the inquiry - which has come under scrutiny after two consecutive chairs of…
Coalition relations have reached "a new low point" following Theresa May's speech on Tuesday, according to Nick Clegg. It seems that, for once, Clegg might have judged things correctly: a Home Office source has reacted to the comments by…
Two weeks ago the Home Office announced that it would be displaying ‘Go Home’ posters in Brent, Hounslow, Barking and Dagenham, Ealing, Barnet and Redbridge to encourage illegal immigrants to leave the country voluntarily. These posters…
Last week, the Home Office announced that vans emblazoned with the message 'Here illegally? Go home or face arrest' would be making their way through the streets of outer London Boroughs, including Redbridge. Though they carry a number for…
This week, for the second time in just over a year, the UK Border Agency is being split in two and renamed. The first split came after Theresa May's Bordersgate debacle, when a ministerial experiment with loosening border controls meant…
The riots which started in London nine months ago shocked the world. At the time, I said that we must not let the future of Tottenham slide out of view as the journalists and TV cameras moved away. Yet that is exactly what the government…
On Monday, Abu Qatada, widely recognised to be one of the world’s most dangerous men, was released on bail. Everyone thought it was wrong, including the government. But when the executive starts blaming the judiciary for the implementation…
John Reid's tenure as Home Secretary is perhaps best known for his quote that the department was not "fit for purpose". Except, he revealed last night, that he'd never actually said the phrase. Watch the video below:
By Anthony Painter / @anthonypainter Three young kids - two boys and a girl - sat next to me on a train recently. They boarded at Gatwick Airport and were heading to Clapham Junction. They hadn't returned from a long weekend getaway. They…
