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, …
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 …
Two men who dangerously smuggled 31 illegal migrants into the UK, including seven children and a pregnant woman, have been sentenced to a combined 14 years in prison. Akan Brayan, of Nottingham, and Dylan Shwani, of Lincoln, were found guilty of …
Home Secretary Priti Patel and Vincent Biruta, Rwandan Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Co-operation, write for the Daily Telegraph. The global asylum system is broken. There are 80 million people who have been displaced, ripped from their homes by …
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 …
This Government will do all it can to protect the country from hostile foreign activity whether abroad or on our soil. The nature of the threat to the United Kingdom from foreign states may change, but it is ever-present. Over …
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 …
