Foreign Affairs

Department teams up with Samaritans to offer training and support for military and civilians

Internal inquiry underway after drugs found in secure area of department

Minister Greg Hands reveals Berkshire county town as HQ for Trade Remedies Authority

Following the Windrush scandal that felled home secretary Amber Rudd, former perm sec Sir David Normington and UKBA chief Rob Whiteman tell Tamsin Rutter what it’s like to lead the Home Office

Recruitment of trade negotiators leaves department needing to cut overseas trade promotion posts

MPs urge Defra to admit it has an unmanageable workload and accuse DIT of lacking the capacity to do new trade deals

NHS bosses say Indian doctors are being denied visas to work in the UK because of ‘hostile environment’

Government officials reported to have suggested that those applying for the right to remain in the UK could borrow a friend’s Android device

Treasury Committee chair seeks assurances on tax agency’s “approach to international cooperation in the fight against economic crime”

Scottish first minister refuses to accept latest deal on EU Withdrawal Bill despite support from Welsh Government

Home secretary Amber Rudd sets out action plan to deal with cases of people facing immigration issues following rule changes

It is easy for politicians to blame immigration officers and other civil servants tasked with implementing immigration rules and regulations. But to do so unfairly distracts from the all but inevitable outcome of reducing the number of staff properly employed and trained to enforce immigration law