News: Government Announcements

Home Office launches Independent Examiner of Complaints Service

The Home Office has launched a new Independent Examiner of Complaints (IEC) service for customers of the Department’s immigration services.

Read More

Turks and Caicos Governor’s update on national response to gang related violence

Governor, Nigel Dakin, provides an update on local and international response to tackle spike in gang related violence in the Turks and Caicos.

Read More

IAGCI invites tenders to evaluate Home Office country information products

Potential reviewers of country of origin information on Myanmar, Albania, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and Iraq are invited to submit expressions of interest by the close of Friday, 21 October.

Read More

IAGCI re-opens a call for tenders to evaluate the coverage of statelessness in Home Office country information products

The Independent Advisory Group on Country Information seeks an expert to complete a thematic review of the treatment of statelessness in the country of origin information used to assess asylum and protection claims.

Read More

The Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration (ICIBI) has commenced a reinspection of family reunion applications

The inspection will examine the Home Office’s management of family reunion applications, and the effectiveness of the transfer of casework from the Asylum Operations team to the Resettlement, Relocation and Reunion Services …

Read More

Sanctions in response to Putin’s illegal annexation of Ukrainian regions

UK to implement services sanctions and export ban that target Russian economic vulnerabilities in response to Putin’s illegal annexation of Ukrainian regions.

Read More

Over 500 criminals and immigration offenders removed

Foreign criminals removed in September had received combined prison sentences of more than 337 years.

Read More

Lord Chancellor Swearing-in Speech: Brandon Lewis MP

Full text of the speech given by Brandon Lewis MP as he was sworn in as the Lord Chancellor at the Royal Courts of Justice.

Read More

BEIS in the Growth Plan

The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) will have a key role to play in delivering the government’s Growth Plan.

Read More

Update on Growth Plan implementation

An update on next steps following the Growth Plan which the Chancellor set out on 23 September.

Read More

UK sanctions collaborators of Russia’s illegal sham referendums

UK announces 92 sanctions in response to the Russian regime imposing sham referendums in four regions of Ukraine

Read More

The Growth Plan 2022 speech

The Growth Plan 2022 speech as delivered by Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng.

Read More