Why do we need the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency (ECCT) Bill? The UK is one of the world’s most open and most attractive places for doing business. This same openness means that the UK is exposed to criminal activities, …
We have seen unprecedented demand, following more than five million people delaying their application for a passport during the pandemic because of restrictions in international travel. His Majesty’s Passport Office (HM Passport Office) is processing more applications than ever before, …
Windrush Compensation Scheme factsheet – July 2022 We are determined to put right the terrible injustices faced by some people from the Windrush generation and the wider Commonwealth, which happened under successive governments. To help right those wrongs, the Home Office has …
On the 5th July, the government introduced an amendment to the Online Safety Bill to strength Ofcom's powers in relation to Child Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (CSEA).
The Home Office has announced initial plans for a new Immigration Removal Centre (IRC) in Oxfordshire.
A statement and factsheet below: A Home Office spokesperson said: “Under the Extradition Act 2003, the Secretary of State must sign an extradition order if there are no grounds to prohibit the order being made. Extradition requests are only sent …
On 11 May 2022, the Home Secretary introduced the National Security Bill, formerly known as the Counter State Threats Bill, which brings together vital new measures to further protect our national security and modernise existing counter espionage laws to reflect …
The unprecedented and unacceptable rise in dangerous small boat crossings continues to put huge pressure on the UK’s broken asylum system.
The asylum system is under enormous and unsustainable pressure due to the challenges of the pandemic and significant increase in small boat crossings. Home Office statistics released in February 2022 showed that 28,526 migrants crossed the Channel in 2021- up …
On 14 April 2022, the Prime Minister officially announced that the Ministry of Defence (MoD) will take operational command of responding to small boat crossings in the English Channel as part of a cross-government effort to tackle illegal migration, which …
