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Shabana Mahmood has been accused of causing “distress and uncertainty” to hundreds of thousands of refugees by quietly introducing plans to force them to wait up to 30 years before being granted the right to settle in the UK. The Refugee Council said the home secretary’s hardening of plans came despite her personal reassurances last year that only “illegal entrants ...

King Charles III will express “sincere sorrow” about Britain’s role in slavery when he opens a meeting of Commonwealth leaders Tuesday, as Prime Minister Andy Burnham begins talks over a formal apology. The monarch is expected to confront “shameful aspects” of UK history with “unflinching honesty” during his address in Antigua and Barbuda, Buckingham Palace has said. It comes as ...

Shabana Mahmood will announce sweeping new rules on Monday on how long legal migrants must wait for settlement in the UK, with most likely to wait a decade and some up to 15 years. Ministers – including the housing secretary, Angela Rayner – had raised concerns about the effect the rules would have on care workers already in the UK ...

The UK is making up policy on China “as it goes along” and risks having its strategy dictated by Washington or Beijing, a parliamentary report has concluded. An investigation by the Commons business, innovation, science and trade select committee said Labour’s failure to formulate a coherent strategy since 2024 “combined the worst of both worlds” for the UK in relation ...

British police said Sunday they had arrested 325 people at a London protest in support of Palestine Action the previous day, ahead of a court appeal over the government’s contentious ban of the group. Demonstrators staged a “mass action” outside the US embassy ahead of the Supreme Court holding a two-day hearing from Wednesday on the UK government’s July 2025 ...

UK Police are searching for two Bangladeshis for questioning in connection with the rape of a 13-year-old girl in East London. They have appealed to the public for help as well in locating the two men. Additionally, the independent charity ‘Crimestoppers’ has announced a £10,000 reward for information that could help arrest and convict those responsible for the rape. In ...

Indian students planning to pursue higher education in the United Kingdom will need to demonstrate higher funds for living expenses from 30 November, 2026, following an increase in the student visa financial requirement. According to the UK government’s revised Immigration Rules, the minimum monthly maintenance requirement will rise from £1,529 to £1,570 for students studying in London and from £1,171 ...

Brexit has not “played out” like it was promised to the public, has weakened the economy and the current deal is not good enough, Andy Burnham has said, while ruling out any major changes in the current parliament. The prime minister said Britain had ended up with a “harder Brexit than was proposed in the referendum campaign” and it had ...

Repairing the economic damage of Brexit should be the top priority for Andy Burnham as he reconsiders Labour’s red lines on EU membership, the head of one of Britain’s leading business groups has said. Shevaun Haviland, the director general of the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC), said she welcomed the prime minister reopening the Brexit battle lines despite the uncertainty ...

he Brexit debate is back. For years, it felt like the only thing Westminster talked about. I have had a ringside seat at it all, from the Conservative election victory in 2015, with the party’s promise in its manifesto that year to offer “a straight in-out referendum on our membership of the European Union by the end of 2017.” Then ...