A horrific knife attack on a street in June sparked another summer’s night of racial violence, stoked by loyalist groups. How did the unrest erupt – and why do many fear it will happen again?Shortly after 10.30pm on Monday 8...
Read MorePeople voice frustration with officials’ failure to engage with community over placement of asylum seekers in areaA smashed window pane and some broken eggshells on a footpath were some of the tell-tale signs of events that took...
Read MoreDisclosure comes after Conservative and Reform claims that French police refusing to intervene in crossingsThe French authorities have halted small boats at sea in the Channel on 10 occasions since the spring, officials said on...
Read MoreMore than double number of arrests made since 2024 compared with previous two-year periodMorning and welcome to our UK politics blog.The government said more arrests are being made for illegal working, with Home Office figures...
Read MoreHousing charity says move would drive up homelessness, while Labour dismisses proposal as ‘unworkable’Plans to ban foreign nationals from social housing under a Conservative government have been condemned as “divisive”.Under...
Read MoreAs the number of migrants crossing the Channel is down by 43%, have ministers cracked the problem?The headline figures show that small boats crossing the Channel are down by 43% compared with January to mid-July 2025 – from...
Read MoreRuling quashes Home Office policy to refuse asylum seekers’ right to have trafficking claims reconsidered after initial rejectionA high court judge has ordered the Home Office to bring an alleged victim of trafficking forcibly...
Read MoreRupert Lowe says no talks have taken place after the Reform UK leader said he was ‘open to conversation’ on some sort of electoral dealZia Yusuf said under the plan Reform will create an “integrated surveillance command”, which...
Read MoreNigel Farage said his party would send the military to the Channel to intercept and return dinghies carrying migrants to FranceThe Reform leader, Nigel Farage, whose summer has been dominated by the Guardian’s disclosure of a...
Read MoreNigel Farage has promised that Reform UK would call in the navy to tackle small boat Channel crossings. Will this familiar-sounding immigration policy distract from the party’s internal problems? Plus – as we learn more about...
Read MoreRupert Lowe says no talks have taken place after the Reform UK leader said he was ‘open to conversation’ on some sort of electoral dealZia Yusuf said under the plan Reform will create an “integrated surveillance command”, which...
Read MoreLabour say plan is a ‘desperate attempt to distract from sleaze’ while a retired commander says it ‘lacks substance’Zia Yusuf, Reform’s home affairs spokesperson, described how successive governments failed to bring down the...
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