Rebuttals and clarifications
An article in the Sunday Times today (Javid cuts funding for knife crime programme) incorrectly claims that the Home Office has reduced funding for the Early Intervention Youth Fund. The article claims the fund has been reduced to £17 million …
Yesterday (27 January), the Observer published an article, "Insomnia, panic attacks, constant worry – the life of Britain’s EU citizens" which was misleading for the following reasons.
The Home Office responds to the Court of Appeal ruling handed down today on the Dubs Amendment, and clarifies the details of the ruling.
There has been significant coverage in the media of comments made by Lord Hague in the Daily Telegraph calling for the decriminalisation of cannabis. The Home Office has been clear that there is strong scientific and medical evidence that cannabis …
In the media today there is coverage of a new app the Home Office is developing to support EU citizens who apply for settled status.
An article written by the Guardian titled “Windrush generation fear hotline will be used for data gathering” - is highly misleading. As the Home Secretary made absolutely clear in her statement to MPs in the House of Commons on Monday …
There have been repeated false claims in the media today that the £40m funding underpinning the new Serious Violence Strategy will be “top-sliced”from policing budgets.
The headline to an Independent article today – ‘Grenfell Tower survivors could be deported within days as immigration amnesty expires’ – is highly misleading.
The Mail on Sunday has today published a front-page story (‘The UK Border Farce’, 31 December 2017) claiming that unpaid volunteers are set to become the “first line of defence against terrorists, people smugglers and organised crime gangs at hundreds of vulnerable air …