15+ hour ago   (496+ words) The latest migration figures from the Home Office have shown Labour are continuing to make progress in a number of areas. Small boat crossings, asylum claims and legal migration arrivals are all down in the year to June compared to…...

1+ day, 20+ hour ago   (309+ words) The overall cost of the asylum system in the UK has dropped by nearly £1 billion since Labour came into power. Since winning the 2024 general election, Labour have made getting the asylum system under control a big priority of theirs after…...

1+ week, 20+ hour ago   (381+ words) Deportations of foreign criminals and failed asylum seekers have reached a ten-year-high as Shabana Mahmood aims to “send a message.” The Home Office figures released on Thursday show that more than 80,000 criminals and immigration offenders have been returned since the…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (260+ words) Arrests for illegal working have more than doubled since Labour came to power, the Home Office has said. In the two years since the July 2024 general election, more than 17,000 people were detained. According to the Home Office, the total is…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (509+ words) Right, surely this needs shouting from the rooftops? The concerns raised about small boat crossings have dominated the political discourse throughout the 2020s. Now, after previous years of policy uncertainly, Labour’s plan to smash the gangs appears to be working – as…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (321+ words) The number of migrants crossing the English Channel in small boats has plummeted by in the first half of 2026, new Home Office figures have revealed. Between January and June this year, some 11,884 people arrived, down from 19,982 over the same period…...

3+ mon, 6+ day ago   (446+ words) People, eh? There’s no pleasing some of them. Not even if they demand lower net migration figures and get them just a few years after the numbers shot up under their watch. On Thursday, Robert Jenrick threw a stone from…...

3+ mon, 6+ day ago   (579+ words) The latest net migration figures for the UK are out – and they show a decline in the number of people moving here from overseas. Figures show substantial annual declines for people seeking asylum, the use of asylum hotels, and net…...

3+ mon, 6+ day ago   (417+ words) Net migration into the UK has dropped by almost half, falling to the lowest level since 2021. Official figures from the Office for National Statistics released on Thursday showed that net migration fell by 48% to 171,100 in 2025. This is comparable with pre-Covid…...

4+ mon, 1+ week ago   (305+ words) Some of the UK’s most prominent pro-Brexit media outlets have been accused of “staggering irony” after questioning whether Britons are being “punished” by new EU travel rules – despite having strongly backed leaving the bloc. The Daily Mail led with the…...