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Russia-linked Telegram channels ‘offering to pay for attacks on mosques’

Exclusive: Campaigners say cryptocurrency payments were offered to UK residents who daubed anti-Muslim graffiti

The Guardian - UK

Enforced returns from UK jump 28% to highest annual figure in six years

There were 4,428 enforced returns in the second half of 2024, compared with 3,736 in the first six months.

Evening Standard

Asylum applications reach highest yearly figure since records began, data shows

The total of 108,138 for last year is up 18% from 91,811 in 2023, according to data from the Home Office.

Evening Standard

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Government Scraps 'Illegal Immigrants' Term—but Won't Say What Comes Next

A perplexing controversy has emerged at the Home Office following a Freedom of Information (FOI) request made at the start of the year.

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Woman wore 'array of wigs' to complete fraudulent UK citizenship tests for other people admits fraud

Josephine Maurice admitted to pretending to be 13 different men and women when she undertook the Life in the UK Test

Evening Standard

The UK farmer protests you probably haven’t heard about

Farm owners have besieged parliament with tractors in order to protest new subsidy schemes and inheritance tax arrangements. The farm workers who milk cows, drive machinery and pick crops have grievances too, yet their demands have been less publicised. So, what do they want?

The Conversation

Woman who used ‘array of wigs’ admits taking UK citizenship tests for 13 people

Josephine Maurice, 61, appeared at Snaresbrook Crown Court via video link.

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Woman admits dressing as 13 different people to fraudulently complete citizenship test

The 61-year-old had used an ‘array of wigs’ and other disguises in order to pass herself off as the true applicants

The Independent UK

90 deaths at hospital in Brighton being investigated as possible manslaughter

Exclusive: Police seek more resources as number of allegedly suspicious deaths at Royal Sussex County hospital more than doubles

The Guardian - UK

David Lammy refuses to criticise US for not backing UN resolution condemning Russian invasion – as it happened

Foreign secretary says the UK co-sponsored the motion, voted for it and will support Ukraine but refused to criticise US

The Guardian - UK

UK bans Kremlin-linked elites in bid to pile pressure on Putin

The home secretary will on Monday warn Kremlin-linked elites pose a ‘real and present danger to our way of life’ and outline plans to ban them from the UK

The Independent UK

Home Office contractor collected data on UK citizens while checking migrants’ finances

Official sent email to charity that suggested Home Office had data on ‘hundreds of thousands of unsuspecting Britons’

The Guardian - UK

What does Apple axing encryption tool mean for UK users' data safety?

The iPhone maker said it was "gravely disappointed" that the perk would no longer be available in the UK

Evening Standard

Labour 'allowing racist enslavement of care workers', says top trade union

THE Home Office is presiding over the “racist enslavement” of care workers, a top trade union has warned.

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Apple removes advanced data protection tool in face of UK government request

Apple says removal of tool after government asked for right to see data will make iCloud users more vulnerable

International Business Times UK

Sudanese Asylum Seeker's 'Receding Hairline' Sparks Internet Debate, Judges Under Fire for 'Child' Ruling

A Sudanese migrant who was seeking asylum was granted the status of 'child' despite evidence suggesting he was an adult.

The Independent UK

‘Self-centred’ UK couple criticised over foreign surrogacy that left siblings stateless

A judge warned would-be parents against getting into commercial foreign surrogacy arrangements

The Independent UK

‘Britain has been my home for 14 years. Now I’m being kicked out – and I have to leave my sick mother behind’

Asma Khan has been told she will be deported to Pakistan and be separated from her ill mother, who is allowed to stay

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Evening Standard

Knife crime measures under Ronan’s Law ‘will make a difference’, sister says

The Home Office announced a raft of anti-knife crime plans after Ronan Kanda was murdered by two boys who bought knives without identity checks.

Evening Standard

Knife age checks ‘a huge vulnerability’ at sale and delivery, review finds

Measures to restrict knife sales have been published by the Home Office, amid concern at lax age checks and online sales by illegal dealers.

The Independent UK

Migrant hotels will be used for four more years despite pledge to close them down, Home Office admits

Home Office aiming for zero asylum hotels by ‘end of this parliament’ as work continues to clear claims backlog

The Independent UK

Jamaican drug dealer avoids deportation after pledging to only smoke cannabis - not sell it

Jamaican drug dealer Shawn Rickford McLeod, 40, appealed his deportation under Article 8 of the ECHR

Evening Standard

Football offenders could be tested for drugs under stronger policing powers

Ministers have said they will expand the type of offences and types of drugs suspects can be tested for.

The Independent UK

Suicide attempts and self harm among hundreds of reported incidents at ‘highly dangerous’ UK asylum camp

Exclusive: More than one incident at day at asylum camp branded ‘an unmitigated disaster’

The Independent UK

New borders watchdog needs to work in the UK - not from home in Finland, MPs urge

MPs raised concerns over the ‘reputational risk’ and pressed for the majority of John Tuckett’s work to be from the UK

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