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UK passport application fees could rise to over £100

The government will introduce new fees for passport applications from 8 April 2026, pending parliamentary approval. Standard online applications from within the UK will increase from £94.50 to £102 for adults and £61.50 to £66.50 for children, while postal applications will rise to £115.50 for adults and £80 for children.…

The Independent UK

Home Office use of AI in asylum cases could be unlawful, legal experts warn

Exclusive: Caseworkers use AI to summarise asylum interviews and to search for information about country of origin

The Independent UK

Inquiry launched into HMRC anti-fraud scheme that wrongly cut child benefits

Flawed Home Office travel records identified thousands of parents suspected of claiming while living abroad

The Guardian - UK

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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

The Guardian - UK

Migrants suspected of working illegally as delivery riders arrested in raid

A total of 18 people were arrested in Bromley on Thursday morning.

Evening Standard

Illegal delivery riders arrested in dawn raid on London caravan park

Police and immigration officers stormed the caravan park on Croydon Road in Bromley shortly after 4.30am

Evening Standard

Asylum seeker appeals backlog at record high after almost doubling in a year

At the end of December there were 80,333 asylum seeker appeal cases in the system, up from 41,987 at the same point in 2024

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UK asylum appeals backlog at new record high after almost doubling in a year

There were 80,333 cases in the system at the end of December, up from 41,987 at the same point in 2024.

The Independent UK

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

More than 80,000 people waiting to be reassessed after rejection at end of 2025 – 91% more than a year before

The Guardian - UK

Palantir’s NHS England contract ‘opens door to government abuse of power’, health bosses told

Health justice charity Medact says data-sharing potential could be used for UK version of US immigration raids

The Guardian - UK

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

The Guardian - UK

UK aid spending lacks clear priorities and often isn’t value for money, watchdog warns

Aid spent on supporting refugees and asylum seekers in the UK – up to a fifth of the total budget – diverts funding away from the government’s overseas priorities, according to the Independent Commission for Aid Impact

The Independent UK

Home Office refuses to exempt exceptional students from tough immigration rules

Exclusive: Foreign secretary Yvette Cooper concerned about student visa ban on female Chevening scholars from volatile countries such as Afghanistan

The Guardian - UK

Seven consecutive days of small boat Channel crossings for first time this year as 1,200 migrants make journey

Some 1,200 migrants have crossed the English Channel so far in March, bringing the 2026 total to 3,409 people

Evening Standard

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The Guardian - UK

Mahmood’s new rules will leave refugees in cruel state of uncertainty

Letters: Readers respond to the home secretary’s changes to the asylum system, including the move to make asylum status temporary

The Guardian - UK

British family stranded in Middle East after Foreign Office errors

Nusaybah Sattar and five relatives were kept off evacuation flight despite holding tickets and UK passports

The Independent UK

Housing asylum seekers in military bases will place pressure on local police forces, Home Office admits

Sussex Police in talks with Home Office about extra funding to manage pressures from Crowborough army base

The Guardian - UK

‘Illegitimacy tax’: new UK border rules for dual nationals throwing lives into chaos

Two women who have lived almost all their lives in UK, but whose British fathers were not married, tell how they are having to battle for British citizenship

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The Guardian - UK

Home Office may forcibly remove child asylum seekers from UK in handcuffs

Move is part of scheme to target families for expedited voluntary removals before enforced removal proceedings

The Guardian - UK

UK government ‘effectively allowed’ child sexual abuse, campaigners say

Maggie Oliver Foundation taking action over government’s alleged failure to adopt changes recommended by inquiry

Evening Standard

Sweeping UK visa changes announced by Home Office after 'unacceptably high' abuse of system

Six new countries have had new visa rules placed on them by the Home Office

The Independent UK

Failed asylum seekers will be paid up to £40k to leave the UK, Shabana Mahmood announces

Home Office will detain and deport families with children if they do not accept financial payments to leave

The Guardian - UK

Young refugee spent winter on London streets due to ‘secret’ hotel eviction rule

Home Office now must give notice of its discretion to extend 28-day deadline, which it did not do for 19-year-old

International Business Times UK

UK Cracks Down on Student Visas from Sudan, Cameroon, Peru and Myanmar

The UK has imposed an 'emergency brake' on most student visas and skilled work permits from Sudan, Cameroon, Peru, Myanmar and Afghanistan amid claims of widespread asylum system abuse.

The Independent UK

Home secretary to urge Labour left to back hardline immigration crackdown

Shabana Mahmood insists Labour is 'at the heart of my migration reforms' as she warns against backing the Greens and Reform - but critics accuse home secretary of ‘bullying refugees’ rather than tackling real problems

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