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New amendments by peers dash government hopes of asylum legislation becoming law this week
Disclosure comes as MPs vote to try to finalise legislation aimed at sending asylum seekers to Rwanda
Official figures highlight negative impact of ballooning costs in immigration system on development spending
RwandAir was concerned about reputational risk associated with British government’s contentious scheme
Plea from angry residents for investigation denied, preventing wider probe into England’s local authority funding crisis
Senior Labour MP warns that more local authorities will go bust unless extra money is found after next election
David Neal, sacked last month, says Home Office did not understand sector and left migrants open to exploitation
Royal shares diagnosis after weeks of speculation over her long absence from public
Northern areas among those hit hardest as analysts challenge ‘regressive’ levy amid local authority funding pressures
Legislation to send asylum seekers to African country delayed until after parliament’s Easter break
Watchdog finds converting old sites and a barge for accommodation will be more expensive than utilising hotels
Price of Rishi Sunak’s plan might be up to £230,000 per person, IPPR analysis shows
Ministers say new guidelines are ‘more precise’ as critics raise alarm over threats to freedom of speech and worship
Communities secretary defends new guidelines after wave of criticism
Guidelines come as Conservatives are criticised for taking £10mn from a donor with allegedly extreme views
Debacle fuels health speculation as historian warns ‘when you tantalise with half of a piece of information it never satisfies’
Manipulated image fuels health rumours instead of quashing public speculation
The Metropolitan Police is grappling with a spate of muggings that has sent jitters as far as Delhi and Geneva
Peers back amendments aimed at ensuring legislation complies with domestic and international law
Chancellor has pledged to protect spending on defence, education and NHS, but other departments risk being squeezed
Figure was up by more than a third from 2019, new data show, as MPs debate renters’ reform bill
Wayne Couzens should never have been recruited in the first place, report concludes
As local authority funding crisis deepens, town halls prepare to sell off land and buildings worth millions of pounds
Farming constituencies signal openness to Labour for first time in generations amid anger with Rishi Sunak’s government
Move comes after outgoing head of watchdog was highly critical of government in string of interviews
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