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Express Politics16 Jul 2026

Shock as Home Office waste revealed - including £3m on scrapped deportation flights

The scale of taxpayers' waste was exposed by the Home Office annual report, with numerous spending splurges ending in disaster.

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The Guardian Politics16 Jul 2026

Burnham must learn from Starmer’s mistakes: Labour was elected to transform the economy, not just stabilise it | Jonathan Portes

Devolution, tax, the EU and immigration: these are all opportunities for growth if Burnham abandons the excessive caution of the past few years The economic inheritance Andy Burnham will receive from Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves is not, in any meaningful way, a crisis. That is worth saying, because the comparison is not with some imagined social-democratic Eden. It is with the Britain Labour inherited after austerity, Brexit, the inflation shock and the Truss episode – a country in which econo

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The Guardian Politics15 Jul 2026

Green-led council plans to ban cooperation with Home Office on immigration raids

Exclusive: Lewisham council’s move marks first step in Greens’ plan to create a corridor of sanctuary boroughs across London A Green-led London council is planning to ban its officials from working with the Home Office on immigration raids, after uncovering evidence suggesting government officials wanted to use environmental health data to target restaurant workers. Councillors on the Lewisham borough council are due to vote next week on a motion that would review its systems with a view to endi

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Express Politics14 Jul 2026

Union plots with left-wing charity to bring more migrants to UK in blow to Andy Burnham

It is another potential headache for Mr Burnham as 100 Labour MPs on Monday night refused to back Shabana Mahmood's asylum reforms.

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The Guardian Politics14 Jul 2026

UK to continue sending potential trafficking victims to France despite court ruling

Court ruled last week against policy to reduce protections for asylum seekers facing removal under one in, one out scheme The Home Office is set to ignore a high court ruling and continue sending asylum seekers to France without looking into claims they have been trafficked, which last week was found to be unlawful. On Friday Mr Justice Sheldon ruled against the home secretary’s policy to reduce protections for trafficking victims earmarked for forced removal to France. Home Office sources told

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The Guardian Politics14 Jul 2026

‘We are dying little by little here’: asylum seekers at mercy of Home Office hotel closures

Legal challenges launched over accommodation ‘adequacy’ as UK government closes more asylum hotels Huda and her two children aged 10 and 12 had been living in two rooms in a London hotel for six months when they were told with just a few days’ notice they would be moved. The 41-year-old engineering graduate from Tunisia fled death threats from extended family and is waiting for an asylum application to be processed. The Home Office had decided that Staycity, the hotel the family was staying in,

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Express Politics14 Jul 2026

How your MP voted on Labour's immigration bill - full list

Check how your MP voted on the Immigration and Asylum Bill

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The Guardian Politics13 Jul 2026

Andy Burnham backs controversial asylum bill amid Labour dissent

Prime minister-in-waiting votes for plans to tighten appeals system as 14 Labour MPs oppose measures Andy Burnham has backed the government’s controversial asylum changes, voting for legislation that has divided Labour MPs over plans to tighten the immigration system and reshape the appeals process. The prime minister-in-waiting and Labour MP for Makerfield supported the immigration and asylum bill at its second reading in the House of Commons on Monday evening, despite a rebellion by 14 Labour

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Express Politics13 Jul 2026

Shabana Mahmood vows to boot out Grooming Gangs paedophile after finally closing loophole

Shabana Mahmood has vowed to boot out grooming gang monster Shabir Ahmed after closing the loophole that allowed him to dodge deportation..

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Express Politics13 Jul 2026

Reform MP says women and girls safety at risk from immigration policy

Reform MP Sarah Pochin said women and girls safety was being placed at risk by UK immigration policy in a fiery Commons debate backed by 700,000 people.

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The Guardian Politics13 Jul 2026

Burnham expected to vote in favour of Mahmood’s asylum system changes

Home secretary also set to outline plans to enable deportation of grooming gang ringleader Shabir Ahmed UK politics live – latest updates Andy Burnham is expected to vote for the immigration bill on Monday night in the Commons, with his team indicating that he backs Shabana Mahmood’s changes for indefinite leave to remain (ILR) and on refugee settlement. The bill returns to the Commons on Monday for its second reading, where Mahmood is also expected to announce plans to make it possible to dep

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Express Politics13 Jul 2026

POLL: Should Labour’s immigration reforms be watered down?

Readers can vote in our online poll on whether the overhaul should be weakened

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