Home Office’s secretive anti-extremism comms unit signs £1m media monitoring deal
03 May 2022 Justice & Home Affairs
Home Office’s secretive anti-extremism comms unit signs £1m media monitoring deal
RICU facility signs two-year contract
'Our teams are working flat out': Rycroft intervenes in work-from-home row
29 Apr 2022 Justice & Home Affairs
'Our teams are working flat out': Rycroft intervenes in work-from-home row
Passport Office head's work location has "zero bearing" on delays at the agency, perm sec says
High Court challenge launched against Home Office’s Rwanda plans
28 Apr 2022 Justice & Home Affairs
High Court challenge launched against Home Office’s Rwanda plans
Civil service union says Priti Patel has failed to set out legal basis for sending asylum seekers to east Africa for “processing”
Unions slam PM’s ‘absurd’ threat to privatise Passport Office
27 Apr 2022 Justice & Home Affairs
Unions slam PM’s ‘absurd’ threat to privatise Passport Office
Home Office recruitment failures and poor management to blame for backlog, unions say
Prevent strategy 'will not survive' unless government counters critics, David Cameron says
26 Apr 2022 Justice & Home Affairs
Prevent strategy 'will not survive' unless government counters critics, David Cameron says
Those who criticise the Home Office counter-radicalisation strategy are enabling terrorism, ex-PM says
Home Office seeks £140k deployment director for delayed Emergency Services Network rollout
25 Apr 2022 Justice & Home Affairs
Home Office seeks £140k deployment director for delayed Emergency Services Network rollout
Late and over-budget programme aims to equip 300,000 frontline staff with 4G communications technology
Home Office perm sec 'tells staff to get on with' Rwanda asylum scheme
22 Apr 2022 Justice & Home Affairs
Home Office perm sec 'tells staff to get on with' Rwanda asylum scheme
Rycroft reportedly batted away concerns from staff that the policy is racist and illegal
Hundreds of officials drafted to Home Office to clear Ukraine refugee visa backlog
20 Apr 2022 Justice & Home Affairs
Hundreds of officials drafted to Home Office to clear Ukraine refugee visa backlog
Decision comes after staff reportedly resisted attempts to set up a cross-department "situation room"
ICO ends criminal probe into leaked DHSC footage of Hancock
20 Apr 2022 Justice & Home Affairs
ICO ends criminal probe into leaked DHSC footage of Hancock
Watchdog says there is “insufficient evidence” to prosecute pair over CCTV images that cost health secretary his job
Rwanda asylum scheme will boost Home Office staff wellbeing, Patel says
19 Apr 2022 Justice & Home Affairs
Rwanda asylum scheme will boost Home Office staff wellbeing, Patel says
But perm sec says value for money of controversial asylum-seeker plans is “highly uncertain”
Home Office unveils plans to give asylum seekers one-way tickets to Rwanda
14 Apr 2022 Justice & Home Affairs
Home Office unveils plans to give asylum seekers one-way tickets to Rwanda
Priti Patel dubs £120m deal with African nation a “world leading migration partnership”
Tensions rise after minister calls Home Office's Ukraine scheme rollout 'slow and bureaucratic'
08 Apr 2022 Justice & Home Affairs
Tensions rise after minister calls Home Office's Ukraine scheme rollout 'slow and bureaucratic'
Refugees minister Richard Harrington's admission "things are not good" has gone down badly in Downing Street
Home Office 'put cost-cutting and convenience ahead of Brook House detainees’ welfare’
06 Apr 2022 Justice & Home Affairs
Home Office 'put cost-cutting and convenience ahead of Brook House detainees’ welfare’
Safeguarding of detainees relegated “to a virtual footnote”, lawyer tells inquiry
'Relatively low' number of refugees have arrived via Homes For Ukraine scheme
29 Mar 2022 Justice & Home Affairs
'Relatively low' number of refugees have arrived via Homes For Ukraine scheme
150,000 households have signed up to the scheme, but questions have been raised over bureaucracy involved
Home Office unlawfully seized 2,000 asylum seekers' phones, court rules
29 Mar 2022 Justice & Home Affairs
Home Office unlawfully seized 2,000 asylum seekers' phones, court rules
Almost 2,000 mobile phones were seized by the department under a blanket policy which the court ruled was unlawful and broke human rights
Met Police issues first 20 Partygate fines
29 Mar 2022 Justice & Home Affairs
Met Police issues first 20 Partygate fines
Boris Johnson among dozens sent interview questionnaires after Sue Gray probe into Covid rule-breaking
Raab pledges support for ICC probe into Russian war crimes
15 Mar 2022 Justice & Home Affairs
Raab pledges support for ICC probe into Russian war crimes
UK will provide police and military analysis, specialist IT and legal expertise for evidence-gathering, says deputy prime minister
Home Office U-turns on Ukraine visa process after deluge of criticism
10 Mar 2022 Justice & Home Affairs
Home Office U-turns on Ukraine visa process after deluge of criticism
Announcement comes after Refugee Council chief accuses the government of prioritising "paperwork over people"
Ukrainian ambassador urges Home Office to ‘drop all barriers’ to refugees
09 Mar 2022 Justice & Home Affairs
Ukrainian ambassador urges Home Office to ‘drop all barriers’ to refugees
Diplomat also questions why Ukrainians on time-limited visas cannot bring over family
Departments ‘must do more’ to tackle violence against women and girls
09 Mar 2022 Justice & Home Affairs
Departments ‘must do more’ to tackle violence against women and girls
Labour MPs urge ministers to lead a cross-government drive that recognises “epidemic” scale of crisis
Home Office to open 'pop-up' visa centre for fleeing Ukrainians in Lille
08 Mar 2022 Justice & Home Affairs
Home Office to open 'pop-up' visa centre for fleeing Ukrainians in Lille
The Home Office has faced growing criticism over its resettling of eligible Ukrainians in Britain
Minister defends Home Office support for Ukraine refugees despite only 50 visas granted so far
07 Mar 2022 Justice & Home Affairs
Minister defends Home Office support for Ukraine refugees despite only 50 visas granted so far
Foreign Affairs Committee chair says visa scheme "is certainly not a success" as Cleverly defends response
Home Office helpline ‘was not ready' to help Ukrainian refugees come to the UK after visas extended
02 Mar 2022 Justice & Home Affairs
Home Office helpline ‘was not ready' to help Ukrainian refugees come to the UK after visas extended
Home Office encouraged people who met the new criteria to call a helpline but now says the scheme will open on Friday
Boris Johnson promises to make it easier for Ukrainians with relatives in the UK to get visas
01 Mar 2022 Justice & Home Affairs
Boris Johnson promises to make it easier for Ukrainians with relatives in the UK to get visas
Amid confusion over what the current policy is to support Ukrainian refugees, Priti Patel is expected to give an update today