Immigration Minister Damian Green has claimed that tens of thousands of people who come to the UK for marriage and are eligible for benefits claim them. FactCheck tries to find them.
Theresa May wants to put Britain’s economy and safety ahead of family rights in the latest government threat to immigrants, UK residents and human rights guaranteed by law.
New immigration proposals, setting minimum earnings of nearly £20,000 for those wanting to bring a relative to the UK, would prevent up to 30,000 parents and children from joining their families here.
The Home Secretary is heckled as she addresses the Police Federation. Officers wave placards declaring “enough is enough” in protest at funding cuts.
“We can’t remember the last time the PM came out with two whoppers in one speech.”
The government says it will resist a bail application from lawyers representing Abu Qatada, the radical Muslim cleric ministers want to deport to Jordan.
Home Secretary Theresa May mounts a robust defence of the government’s latest bid to deport the terrorist suspect Abu Qatada.
As France swiftly expels two radical Islamists, Channel 4 News looks at why the British government is finding it so difficult to remove radical cleric Abu Qatada.
In its first year, up to 50,000 migrants may have used flaws in the student visa system to come to the UK for work, the public spending watchdog says.
From today, victims of street crime in London will be able to report attacks online, as part of a scheme to get more people involved in keeping communities safe.
Home Secretary Theresa May is to travel to Jordan to try and negotiate a way for the government to deport controversial Muslim cleric Abu Qatada.
The government seeks assurances from Jordan as it steps up its efforts to deport Islamist cleric Abu Qatada, who has been described as “Osama bin Laden’s right-hand man in Europe”.
Home Secretary Theresa May vows the government “will do everything” possible to deport Abu Qatada before the start of the Olympics, despite a senior judge’s decision to bail the radical Muslim cleric.
Home Secretary Theresa May unveils plans to give communities tougher protection from anti-social behaviour and reveals the hugely successful crime maps website is being extended.
Gary Gibbon
If the writers of “The Thick of It” ever think of writing an episode in which the protagaonists go mad behind the scenes for 24 hours then have their actions unpicked in public by Select Committee questioning, they might want a tape of today’s evidence session by the Home Affairs Select Committee on UK borders, writes Political Editor Gary Gibbon.