Inside Kemi Badenoch’s shadow cabinet
The Tory leader bids to appease the party’s warring factions.
ByPriti Patel
Who’s got the edge in the Tory leadership contest?
Kemi Badenoch is the clear frontrunner – but party members are notoriously difficult to poll.
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Why Priti Patel is a good bet for the next Conservative leader
The former home secretary could unite the right by bringing back Boris Johnson and bringing in Nigel Farage.
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The Conservative conference can’t take its eyes off Farage
Your dose of gossip from the Manchester Central Convention Complex.
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Could disgruntled Tories really topple Rishi Sunak?
Boris Johnson’s allies are openly blaming No 10 for losses in the local elections – but yet another leadership race…
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Don’t assume that migrant-born politicians should be pro-immigration
There is little progressive about assuming that Suella Braverman and Priti Patel should take a more liberal stance than other…
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The politics behind the Manston migrant centre row are even more sinister than they look
The appalling conditions at the asylum seeker processing centre reflect more than the scandal-hit Suella Braverman.
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Police report hundreds of crime victims a month to immigration service
Victims of child abuse and domestic violence face possible deportation, as revealed in data seen by the New Statesman.
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Which countries host the highest number of refugees?
The UK trails far behind the world’s top 20.
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Home Office waives citizenship fee for children in hardship
Victory for campaigners and the New Statesman will help thousands of children stuck in stateless limbo.
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Exclusive: Home Office makes £240m selling citizenship to children
New Statesman analysis shows how the department has kept profiting even though applications have fallen.
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The West lets guilt blind it to reality in Rwanda
The British government wants to send asylum seekers to a dictatorial regime rife with human rights abuses.
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You know you’ve gone too far on immigration when even Theresa May is appalled
The champion of the “hostile environment” policy has refused to support Priti Patel’s latest wheeze “on the grounds of legality,…
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Ukrainian refugees feel “powerless” amid delays and red tape
The Homes for Ukraine scheme is hindered by broken printers, bare floorboards and bureaucracy – distressing applicants and hosts.
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A two-year-old Ukrainian refugee waits three weeks for UK visa due to broken printer
The shambolic Home Office visa system is failing desperate people trying to access Britain’s Homes for Ukraine scheme.
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Department of Déjà Vu presents plan to deport asylum seekers – for the sixth time
Whenever the government is in trouble, it points to a new place on a map and re-announces the same idea.
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“Take back control meant Keep Them Out”: Alf Dubs on how Brexit “poisoned” the UK refugee response
The Labour peer, who escaped to Britain as a child, condemns the “farce” of the UK’s visa rules for fleeing…
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Sponsorship scheme for Ukrainians is “DIY asylum”
The government is leaving potential hosts to find a refugee themselves.
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The Home Office no longer knows how to be anything but cruel
Britain’s offer of refuge does not even extend to those Ukrainians who actually work in its embassy. It’s disgusting.
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Which countries are Ukrainian refugees fleeing to?
Over half of those fleeing the war have arrived in Poland, followed by Hungary and Moldova.
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