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Ex-West Midlands Police chief could still face conduct probe despite retirement

The Independent Office for Police Conduct signalled it would continue investigating the actions of Craig Guildford and WMP.

Evening Standard

Immigration centre near Heathrow costing £100,000-a-bed every year defended by minister as 'great value'

Shadow Home Secretary Chris Philp says the cost of the new contract is ‘madness’

Evening Standard

Keir Starmer Humiliated: GB News Halts Broadcast For Breaking 2026 Migrant Alert

Keir Starmer faces fresh migrant crisis as 41,427 crossed in 2025. Exclusive reporting on Channel crossings, Government response, and Opposition demands.

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Powers to seize mobile phones over Channel crossings come into force

The new powers come after the Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Act became law in December.

Evening Standard

Labour Blasted Over 'Utter Disgrace' Plan: Migrants To Reportedly Get New-Build Social Homes

Labour's £100 million plan to build social homes for asylum seekers sparks outrage from Conservatives and Reform MPs, who argue British citizens are being sidelined.

International Business Times UK

European court presses UK over revoking Shamima Begum’s citizenship

The European Court of Human Rights has demanded answers in relation to state responsibilities for victims of trafficking.

Evening Standard

Yvette Cooper orders Foreign Office to review ‘serious failures’ in Alaa Abd el-Fattah case

The activist, recently released from years of Egyptian detention, had appeared to call for violence against Zionists and police in online comments

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Cooper orders Foreign Office review of ‘serious failures’ in El-Fattah case

The Foreign Secretary said successive prime ministers were not briefed on tweets dating back as far as 2010 and civil servants were also unaware.

Evening Standard

Who is Alaa Abd El-Fattah? The British-Egyptian activist facing calls to be stripped of citizenship

The freed Egyptian dissident is at the centre of a row over past social media posts

Evening Standard

What did Alaa Abd el-Fattah say in past social media posts and why is there a backlash?

British-Egyptian activist has apologised over tweets appearing to condone violence against Zionists and police

The Guardian - UK

Conservatives cannot be trusted on citizenship – Reform UK

A Reform UK spokesman said the Tories cannot be trusted amid the ongoing row over Alaa Abd El-Fattah’s citizenship.

Evening Standard

Reform UK claims Conservatives ‘cannot be trusted’ amid row over activist’s citizenship

A Reform UK spokesman hit out at the Conservatives following their decision to grant Alaa Abd El-Fattah UK citizenship back in 2021

The Independent UK

Tories repeat calls to strip activist of UK citizenship amid ‘insincere’ apology

Shadow home secretary Chris Philp said that if he were in government, he would be ‘making sure’ Alaa Abd El-Fattah was deported.

Evening Standard

Shadow Home Secretary Chris Philp Slams Home Office for Giving Migrants 'Red-Carpet Treatment'

Shadow Home Secretary Chris Philp slammed the Home Office for offering healthcare to deported migrants after a GP job post at a detention centre.

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Former children’s commissioner vows to ‘follow evidence’ in grooming gangs probe

Baroness Anne Longfield will lead the inquiry over three years with a budget of £65 million, the Home Secretary announced on Tuesday.

The Independent UK

Tory shadow minister praises Trump’s illegal immigration crackdown – and says it could work in UK

Shadow home secretary Chris Philp says the British public expects immigration laws to be properly enforced

The Guardian - UK

Grooming gangs inquiry ‘must consider ethnicity and religion’, Badenoch says

Tory leader also wants time-limit for inquiry, as Labour criticised over delays and rows about investigation’s scope

Evening Standard

Grooming gangs inquiry must ‘leave no stone unturned’, Kemi Badenoch says

Shadow home secretary Chris Philp meanwhile urged the Government to adopt inquiry rules which would examine the ethnicity of perpetrators.

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Evening Standard

Eastern Europeans going home is driving exodus of UK citizens

Poland and Romania recorded the highest increase in Britons arriving in the past four years, new data shows

Evening Standard

Net migration drop ‘step in the right direction’ – Starmer

Net migration peaked at a record 944,000 in the year to March 2023 but has fallen sharply since then.

Evening Standard

Asylum claims at new record high but backlog down by more than a third

A total of 110,051 people applied for asylum in the year to September 2025.

The Independent UK

UK government poised to overhaul its asylum system as a political storm brews over migration

The British government plans to tighten its asylum system, following Denmark's model, to reduce immigration and address the political storm over migrants crossing the English Channel

The Independent UK

Home secretary condemns ‘mortifying’ Labour leadership row as Rayner allies forced to deny new plot

Labour party ‘fighting like rats in a sack’ as turmoil at top of government overshadows Shabana Mahmood’s immigration crackdown

The Independent UK

Sending licence fee money to Mar-a-Lago not ‘smart’, shadow minister suggests after Trump threatened to sue BBC

Chris Philp said we should expect ‘higher standard’ from the broadcaster

The Independent UK

Consent for asylum system ‘could fall apart if illegal migration not tackled’

Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood is due to set out reforms to the asylum system on Monday.

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