Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood has ordered an urgent review into the use of taxis for asylum seekers after a BBC investigation revealed journeys costing the Home Office hundreds of pounds. The probe found some migrants were being transported long distances to attend medical appointments, with one asylum seeker reportedly taken on a 250-mile round trip to a GP at a cost of £600. Although asylum seekers are issued weekly bus…

Fake Labubu dolls now dominate the UK’s counterfeit toy market, accounting for 90% of all illegal toy seizures at the border this year, according to new figures from the Intellectual Property Office (IPO). Border Force officials seized almost 259,000 fake toys worth more than £3.5m, including 236,000 imitation Labubu dolls. Safety testing revealed that three-quarters of the counterfeit toys contained banned chemicals or choking hazards, while nearly half of buyers…

A family of three, including a young child, has become the first group to arrive in the UK from France under Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s new “one in, one out” immigration agreement with President Emmanuel Macron. The move follows the deportation of four asylum seekers from the UK to France over the past week, despite ongoing legal battles. Under the July agreement, the UK returns Channel arrivals in exchange for…

Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood has pledged sweeping reforms to the UK’s modern slavery laws after the Court of Appeal rejected her bid to deport an Eritrean asylum seeker under Labour’s new “one in, one out” migration scheme. Mahmood had sought to challenge a High Court ruling that granted the Eritrean man 14 days to gather evidence in support of his trafficking claim before removal to France. But three senior judges…

The Home Office has suffered a setback after the Court of Appeal rejected its bid to overturn a High Court ruling halting the deportation of an Eritrean asylum seeker under the government’s “one in, one out” migration scheme. Three appeal judges,Lord Justice Arnold, Lord Justice Lewis, and Lady Justice Elisabeth Laing dismissed Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood’s application, upholding an earlier order granting the asylum seeker 14 days to gather further…

The Prince and Princess of Wales have made a return visit to Southport to show continued support for the community still grieving the loss of three young girls murdered at a dance class in July 2024. Alice da Silva Aguiar, nine, Bebe King, six, and Elsie Dot Stancombe, seven, were fatally stabbed during the Taylor Swift-themed class. Eight other children and two adults were seriously injured. Their killer, Axel Rudakubana,…

The UK is set to record the highest inflation among G7 nations this year, according to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). The Paris-based body forecast UK inflation averaging 3.5% in 2025, well above the US at 2.7% despite President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs on imports. The OECD expects UK inflation to ease to 2.7% in 2026 but remain above the Bank of England’s 2% target. Rising food…

Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana are preparing to reopen membership registration for their new political party (Your Party) this week, despite failing to agree on a joint statement. The move follows weeks of tension after Sultana unilaterally launched an online portal that drew 20,000 sign-ups but was denounced by Corbyn and other Independent Alliance MPs as unauthorised. She later backed down, cancelling legal threats and admitting the row had demoralised…

New Zealand is set to make it easier for migrant workers to settle in the country, in a bid to strengthen its workforce and stimulate economic growth. On Tuesday, Minister for Economic Growth Nicola Willis announced two new residency pathways aimed at attracting skilled and experienced migrants to fill gaps in the labour market. “Businesses told us it was too hard for some migrants to gain residence, even when they…

A disabled Nigerian man who has lived in Britain for nearly four decades has won a long-running legal battle to remain in the country, overturning Home Office efforts to deport him. Anthony Olubunmi George, 63, arrived in the UK in 1986 at the age of 24 and has never returned to Nigeria. He has no criminal convictions but suffered two strokes in 2019, leaving him with lasting speech and mobility…

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage has been met with fierce criticism from across the political spectrum after threatening to revoke the rights of hundreds of thousands of legal immigrants by pledging to abolish Indefinite Leave to Remain (ILR), the main route toward permanent settlement in the UK. At a tense press conference on Monday, Farage said the policy was designed to block an estimated 800,000 people, so-called “Boriswave” of migrants…

By Eniola Amadu  President Donald Trump led tributes to slain conservative activist Charlie Kirk, praising him as a “great American hero” and a “martyr for freedom” during a massive memorial service that drew tens of thousands of mourners to State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona. The 31-year-old founder of Turning Point USA, who was gunned down at a Sept. 10 campus appearance in Utah, was credited by Trump as a…