Jewish community gets dedicated police task force
Jewish communities are to be better protected from vile antisemitic attacks with a £1m funding boost and a new dedicated police taskforce. Synagogues and faith schools will be given £15 million for protective security measures in 2023 to 2024 as part of the Jewish Community Protective Security grant, a £1 million increase on last year. […]
UK-France migrant deal ‘won’t work’
The agreement signed between the UK and France aimed at thwarting people smuggling gangs running small boats filled with migrants across the English Channel is insufficient to tackle the scale of the problem, it has been claimed. More than 40,000 migrants have crossed in overloaded vessels in 2022 alone. Home Secretary Suella Braverman recently met […]
Bad pay slowing asylum claims, say workers
Inexperienced and badly-paid staff are causing delays in dealing with asylum claims, the BBC has claimed. Employees have complained this was slowing down decisions, leading to long and expensive hotel stays for asylum seekers. Newsnight reports more than 127,000 people are waiting for a decision on a claim for refuge in Britain. The Home Office […]
UK deal with France to tackle illegal immigration
The UK has signed a deal with France to massively increase the number of officers in northern France dedicated to dealing with illegal small boat crossings. Deployment will go up by 40% and funded by the British government. The Home Secretary, Suella Braverman, is in France today to finalise the arrangement with the French Interior […]
Home Office review into police dismissals
The Home Office is to launch a review of police dismissals to raise standards and confidence in policing across England and Wales. The internal study will be undertaken shortly a to ensure the system is more effective in removing officers who are not fit to serve the public. Baroness Casey’s interim report into the culture […]
Home Office announces 500 deportations
Over 500 foreign criminals and immigration offenders have been removed from the UK by the Home Office during September, it has been announced. In total, 533 people were returned, including 105 to Albania on 3 dedicated charter flights and scheduled flights this month. The Home Office also returned 26 Romanian nationals and 9 individuals to […]