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Are government pledges on track?

Reporter USAugust 21, 2025

Rob England and Tom Edgington BBC Verify Getty Images The prime minister has made tackling illegal immigration and “restoring order” to the asylum system a priority for the government. Sir Keir Starmer has promised to “smash the gangs”. It follows predecessor Rishi Sunak’s pledge to “stop the boats”. BBC Verify looks at key government pledges […]

Record 111,000 UK asylum applications in past year, figures show

Reporter USAugust 21, 2025

Getty Images A record 111,000 asylum applications were made to the UK during the year to June, but the government is processing cases faster, new Home Office figures show. This is an increase of 14% from the previous year, and it is higher than the peak of 103,000 in 2002. But officials are processing more […]

Asylum figures a mixed bag for UK government

Reporter USAugust 21, 2025

NurPhoto via Getty Images Newly released Home Office data paints a mixed picture of how the government’s asylum seeker strategy is working out. The number of asylum seekers housed in hotels – a current political flashpoint – has risen slightly compared to when it came to power. However the figures are far below the 2023 […]

UK’s third-largest steelworks collapses into government control

Reporter USAugust 21, 2025

The UK’s third-largest steelworks has been placed under government control, creating an uncertain future for nearly 1,500 workers in Rotherham and Sheffield. Insolvency courts granted a compulsory winding up order sought by creditors owed hundreds of millions of pounds by Speciality Steels UK (SSUK) – part of the Liberty Steel metals empire of controversial tycoon […]

Most councils with asylum seeker hotels are under Labour control

Reporter USAugust 21, 2025

Oscar Bentley & Kate Whannel Political reporter Getty Images Protesters calling for the closure of The Bell Hotel in Epping More than half of the councils with asylum seeker hotels are fully or partly controlled by Labour, according to BBC analysis of figures released by the government. On Tuesday, Conservative-controlled Epping Forest District Council won […]

Labour membership falls by 200,000 in five years

Reporter USAugust 21, 2025

Labour has lost almost 200,000 members in the past five years, according to the party’s latest annual accounts. The party’s membership has been steadily falling since Sir Keir Starmer became leader in April 2020, from a peak of 532,046 at the end of 2019. Despite the party’s landslide election victory last summer, it shed another […]

How many people come to work and study in the UK?

Reporter USAugust 21, 2025

Getty Images New Home Office data shows the number of visas issued to people who want to work, study or join family members in the UK fell in the year to June 2025. Separate figures from the Office of National Statistics published in May showed that overall net migration to the UK decreased almost 50% […]

‘Playing the prime minister changes your perception of politics’ says Suranne Jones

Reporter USAugust 21, 2025

Netflix Jones says she was ‘a bit of a geek’ when it came to researching the role and spent many hours in the House of Commons and talking to politicians Actress Suranne Jones has taken on the role of many women under immense pressure. In Doctor Foster she suspects her husband of having an affair, […]

Lucy Connolly released from prison after race hate post on X

Reporter USAugust 21, 2025

A woman who was jailed for stirring up racial hatred in the aftermath of the Southport attack has been released from prison. Lucy Connolly, 42, whose husband serves on Northampton Town Council, pleaded guilty in September after posting the expletive-ridden message on X the day three girls were stabbed in Southport in July 2024. Connolly, […]

Dozens more Afghan relocation data breaches uncovered by BBC

Reporter USAugust 21, 2025

Billy Kenber Politics investigations correspondent Phil Kemp Political reporter MOD/Crown Copyright/2021 The Ministry of Defence has admitted there have been 49 separate data breaches in the past four years at the unit handling relocation applications from Afghans seeking safety in the UK. Four out of the 49 breaches were already publicly known – including the […]

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Are government pledges on track?

Record 111,000 UK asylum applications in past year, figures show

Asylum figures a mixed bag for UK government

UK’s third-largest steelworks collapses into government control

Most councils with asylum seeker hotels are under Labour control

Labour membership falls by 200,000 in five years

How many people come to work and study in the UK?

‘Playing the prime minister changes your perception of politics’ says Suranne Jones

Lucy Connolly released from prison after race hate post on X

Dozens more Afghan relocation data breaches uncovered by BBC

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