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Home Office tackles mail-order dealers after huge amount of cannabis posted to UK

Over 15 tonnes of cannabis was detected by Border Force, with the support of Royal Mail, in the last quarter of 2024

The Independent UK

UK-Thai deal sees 90% reduction in cannabis smuggling by post, Home Office says

Extra checks are taking place in Thailand and Border Force have detected 1.5 tonnes of cannabis coming through the post in the first quarter of 2025.

Evening Standard

Tech firms and bosses face large fines for failing to remove knife crime content

The Government has announced plans to expand sanctions in an amendment to the Crime and Policing Bill.

Evening Standard

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Scottish refugee charity hits out at Glasgow's call for asylum seeker pause

Glasgow's call for a pause on asylum seekers being sent to the city will do “more harm than good”, according to a top refugee charity.

The National (Scotland)

Give abused migrant workers new visa to stay in the UK, home secretary urged

Law firms write to home secretary Yvette Cooper over ‘serious concerns’ about treatment of migrant workers arriving in the UK on sponsored visas

The Independent UK

Phone ‘sim farms’ set to be banned in major UK scam crackdown

Home Office says recent data showed fraud now accounts for more than 40 per cent of all reported crime in England and Wales

The Independent UK

UK to ban ‘sim farms’ used by scammers to send mass fraud messages

The ban on the possession and supply of sim farm devices will be introduced through the Crime and Policing Bill.

Evening Standard

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AI-generated images and sextortion among surge in child sex abuse material online

2024 saw record levels of web pages hosting child sexual abuse imagery discovered, according to a leading online safety organisation.

The Independent UK

'Glaring gap in law closed': Met Police hail new rules as officers who fail vetting to be automatically sacked

Police chiefs will be able to sack officers deemed unfit to serve from next month under rules announced by Home Office

Evening Standard

Police officers who fail background checks to be automatically sacked

Move designed to restore public confidence will give police chiefs stronger powers to get rid of rogue officers in England and Wales

The Guardian - UK

Police officers who fail vetting to be automatically sacked under new rules

Measures will be introduced to Parliament on Wednesday which will make it a legal requirement for serving officers to pass vetting procedures.

Evening Standard

‘Record levels of web pages hosting child sex abuse imagery discovered in 2024’

The Internet Watch Foundation has announced it will offer a new safety tool to smaller sites for free to help fight online harms.

Evening Standard

Glasgow seeks pause on asylum seekers as costs balloon

THE UK Government must stop sending asylum seekers to Scotland’s largest city, the local council has demanded.

The National (Scotland)

Plans to publish nationalities of foreign criminals data by end of year

The Home Office announced work is being done to improve data processes on the group of offenders before it can be used for statistics.

The Independent UK

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The Guardian - UK

Cooper ‘pandering’ to Farage by ordering publication of foreign criminals’ nationalities

Move expected to lead to ‘league tables’ showing which nationalities are more associated with particular crimes

Evening Standard

Government to publish nationalities of foreign criminals for first time

Shadow home secretary Chris Philp said the announcement showed Labour had ‘buckled’ under pressure from the Conservatives to disclose the data

The Independent UK

Nationalities of foreign criminals to be published for the first time

The Conservatives say Labour has ‘buckled’ under pressure to release the data

The Guardian - UK

Ten assaults a day on asylum seekers in Home Office care, figures reveal

Exclusive: There were 380 safeguarding referrals of victims of hate crimes from January 2023 to August 2024

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Syrian refugee says Home Office ‘breaking my heart’ by refusing dying mother entry to UK

Home Office intervened after initial ruling allowing grandmother with terminal cancer to join family in Glasgow

Evening Standard

Harry ‘requested certain protection’ after al Qaida threat – court documents

Harry has previously said he faces a greater risk than his late mother, with ‘additional layers of racism and extremism’.

The Independent UK

Prince Harry asked for taxpayer-funded protection after al-Qaeda murder threat

The duke says he faces a greater security risk than his late mother, with ‘additional layers of racism’

The Fashion Central

Prince Harry slammed for expecting King Charles to fix his UK security row

Prince Harry is facing fresh criticism as he continues to battle the Home Office over his taxpayer-funded security during visits to the UK.

The Guardian - UK

‘I didn’t trust the system’: lasting trauma of Windrush victim barred from UK for 10 years

Winston Jones, who for a decade was unable to return home from Jamaica, almost didn’t apply for compensation, fearing it was a trap

The Guardian - UK

Ministers try to encourage Windrush compensation claims with £1.5m fund

Government acknowledges that many victims have felt too nervous to engage with officials from Home Office

Evening Standard

Government’s encryption row with Apple ‘really strange’, expert says

Robin Wilton said the Government’s approach ‘did not make a huge amount of sense’.

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