Lib Dems vow to move thousands of staff from Home Office if they win election
The Liberal Democrats have vowed to move thousands of staff from the Home Office to strip it of responsibility for immigration and asylum if they win the election.
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On the campaign trail on Saturday
Campaigning will be disrupted on Saturday in the wake of the London Bridge terror attack.
Visa costs for overseas veterans should be scrapped, says charity
An armed forces charity is backing calls for the Government to scrap visa costs for veterans from overseas who want to remain in the UK.
Difficult day for Boris Johnson as Tories under fire on campaign trail
Boris Johnson endured a difficult day on the campaign trail as the Tories came under fire over the NHS and allegations they tried to “buy off” Nigel Farage’s Brexit Party.
Boris Johnson appears to row back from Tory pledge to cut immigration
Boris Johnson has appeared to row back from a promise to cut immigration if the Tories are returned power in the General Election on December 12.
Patel: Home Office encouraging, not pursuing, EU citizens to get settled status
EU citizens are being urged to apply for settled status rather than the Home Office “pursuing” them, the Home Secretary has said.
Tories vow to cut immigration but refuse to commit to ‘arbitrary targets’
The Tories have pledged they will cut immigration if they return to power in the General Election but said they will not set “arbitrary targets” for getting the numbers down.
Home Office insists there are ‘no plans’ to decriminalise possession of drugs
The Home Office has insisted it has “no plans” to decriminalise the possession of drugs – despite a second Westminster committee now calling for this.
Number of firefighters drops 23% in 10 years
The number of full-time firefighters has fallen 23% in a decade.
EU citizen advice sessions to take place at Aberdeen library
A workshop on the government’s European Union Settlement Scheme is being held in Aberdeen
Woman at centre of Irish-British citizenship battle vows to fight on
A woman who lost a challenge against a Home Office ruling that she is British by birth has vowed to continue her legal battle.
Victory for Home Office in Northern Ireland citizenship appeal
The Home Office has won its appeal against an immigration tribunal ruling which found that people born in Northern Ireland are not automatically British.
EU citizens may be deported if they miss settlement scheme deadline – minister
EU citizens could be deported if they do not apply for settled status after Brexit by the deadline, a Home Office minister has said.
Home Office admits it knew passport photo checker had issues with dark skin
An online passport photo checking system was launched by the Home Office despite it being aware that the technology struggled with very light or very dark skin tones, it has emerged.
Applications for EU Settlement Scheme top 1.8m
More than 1.8 million people have asked to stay in the UK after Brexit under the Government’s EU Settlement Scheme, new figures show.
Young doctor being told to leave UK ‘defies basic common sense’
Campaigners have said the UK’s immigration system “defies basic common sense” after a young doctor who has spent the majority of her life in the country was asked to leave.
Kick It Out: Hateful behaviour figures are a ‘serious concern’
Kick It Out says a rise in hateful behaviour at football matches and in wider society is “undeniable” following the publication of new Home Office figures.
Record number of people taking Class A drugs, figures show
A record number of people took Class A drugs in the last year amid a rise in the use of cocaine and ecstasy, according to official figures.
Dramatic rise recorded in hate crime reports at football matches
Hate crime reports at football matches rose by almost 50 per cent during the 2018-19 season compared to the previous campaign.
Passport photo checker falsely flags black man’s lips as open mouth
A young black man hoping to renew his passport online was stunned when the automated photo checker mistook his lips for an open mouth.
Live animal testing at lowest level since 2007
Scientific testing on live animals has fallen to its lowest level since 2007, official figures show.
Force given another £5 million for trial of crime-predicting technology
The Home Office has given another £5 million to a police force testing software that predicts whether someone will commit a crime.
Ross Thomson criticised by police chief over drug centre claims
A police boss has blasted a north-east MP who claimed special centres where drug addicts can inject themselves safely don’t work.
Government still looking for firm to run citizenship test centre in Aberdeen
The UK Government has yet to find anyone to run a citizenship test centre in Aberdeen.
Free movement demanded for UK musicians in post-Brexit Europe
Musicians have called for the Government to preserve their freedom of movement in a post-Brexit Europe.
Aberdeen man in desperate plea to Home Office to let wife stay in UK
The couple say they’re in “the fight of our lives” to secure residency for Susan, who has already sold her home in the United States and has given up her job as a hospice worker.
Aberdeen MSP ‘disappointed’ by citizenship centre delay
An Aberdeen MSP has hit out at the government for delaying launching a citizenship test centre in the city.
North-east restaurant boss denies wrongdoing after immigration raid
Owner Syed Abdul Hamid, known as Raj, said the men were not employed at the restaurant and had just been visiting. He said: “I don’t know who they are. That’s for immigration to prove they were working."
Internet giants warned they could face new laws over online child abuse
Sajid Javid has warned internet giants they could face new laws unless they step up efforts to tackle child abuse content.
Aberdeen doctor criticises immigration rules
A senior north-east medic has called spousal immigration rules a “human tragedy”.