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The Guardian Politics17 Mar 2026

UK religious leaders urge Mahmood to ‘slow down and rethink’ refugee plans

Cutting period of protection from five years to 30 months is a risk to social cohesion, say bishops, rabbis and imam Religious leaders have said that plans to rip up the UK’s asylum rules by ending the right to permanent refugee status would damage integration and should be rethought. A group, which includes seven bishops, three rabbis and an imam, said they had “grave concerns” about Shabana Mahmood’s proposed changes to settlement and citizenship rules. Continue reading...

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Express Politics16 Mar 2026

Cost of housing and welfare for each asylum seeker revealed in bombshell new figures

EXCLUSIVE: Keir Starmer has vowed to close hotels and 'smash' people smuggling gangs but watchdog predicts 'only modest reductions' in massive spending.

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Express Politics14 Mar 2026

UK county to declare 'illegal immigration emergency' – the first of its kind

The Reform UK council leader says 'communities here cannot be expected to shoulder the burden of a crisis created by years of failure in Westminster'

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The Guardian Politics14 Mar 2026

Home Office U-turn will let some dual nationals use EU passport to enter UK

EU citizens with post-Brexit settlement status in UK will not have to present British passport to airlines British dual nationals who are EU citizens with post-Brexit settlement status in the UK will not have to use a British passport to return to the UK, the Home Office has said in a significant U-turn on its controversial dual national border rules. The change, which critics say was “hidden away” on a government web page, comes weeks after controversy erupted over the new rules that came into

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Express Politics14 Mar 2026

Labour torn to shreds as bombshell number of new homes ‘to be given to migrants’

Shadow Home Secretary Chris Philp said: 'Labour has opened the door without any plan to deal with the consequences.'

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Express Politics13 Mar 2026

Nigel Farage warns mass migration has led to people support 'barbarism' of Iranian mullahs

EXCLUSIVE: The Reform UK leader said the Ayatollah and his cronies are funding "the growth of Islamism, sectarian voting and Jew hatred" in the UK.

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Express Politics13 Mar 2026

Labour's botched handling of immigration risks social care meltdown

The Government has been forced to act after 616,000 immigrants came to the UK to work in the care sector

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Express Politics12 Mar 2026

UK asylum system in total chaos as Home Office delays reach record high

There are more than 80,000 cases in the UK asylum appeals backlog

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The Guardian Politics12 Mar 2026

Asylum appeal backlog doubles in a year, Home Office statistics show

Over 80,000 people in appeal queue against initial rejection at end of 2025 – 91% more than a year before The backlog of people awaiting asylum appeals after having their initial application turned down has nearly doubled in a year, threatening to undermine a key pledge of Keir Starmer’s government. Home Office statistics released on Thursday show more than 80,000 cases were waiting to be reassessed at the end of 2025 – a 91% increase on a year before. The backlog significantly outnumbers the nu

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Guido Fawkes12 Mar 2026

Asylum Appeals Hit Record High in Courts

New figures from the MoJ show that asylum appeals have hit a record high and almost doubled in a year. The end of December last year saw 80,333 cases in the system compared to 41,987 in 2024. 36% of appeals were successful between October and December – compare that to 20% in France… A 63-week…

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Express Politics12 Mar 2026

Britain spending a fifth of foreign aid budget on housing migrants

A large chunk of the overseas aid budget is going on hotels and other accommodation for asylum seekers in the UK.

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The Guardian Politics12 Mar 2026

Families given a week to decide whether to leave UK voluntarily plead for more time

Home Office targets 150 families whose asylum claims were refused and offers them up to £40,000 to leave or face forcible removal Families who received notices asking them to agree to return to their home countries are begging the Home Office to give them more time to make a decision that will significantly affect their children’s futures. The Home Office has targeted 150 families whose asylum claims were refused and given them just seven days to make the decision, which would uproot their child

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