13 year old Ahmad’s family are in hiding in Afghanistan. He escaped with his uncle & aunt when Kabul was evacuated 3 years ago. The Home Office rejected their application for family reunion. This is what causes desperate journeys in small boats. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/arti...

Afghan family refused UK visas to join son, 13, evacuated from Kabul

Exclusive: Home Office rejects application from family who were separated from son in chaotic 2021 evacuation

Home Office staff were willingly complicit with the Tories on targeting refugees and immigrants. Those same Home Office staff are now directing their new ministers to do the same. Remember a change in Westminster rarely gets rid of the villains in Whitehall.

It's almost as if you can't trust anyone, not even the Tories. 😲

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BBC News - Corruption review finds 'red flags' in more than 130 Covid contracts www.bbc.com/news/article...

Corruption review finds 'red flags' in more than 130 Covid contracts

An anti-corruption charity finds significant concerns in £15.3bn worth of contracts awarded during the pandemic.

The UK government‘s target for near zero emissions electricity by 2030 will require monumental change. Doubters will say that it‘s impossible. But if you said 10 years ago that in 2024 coal would be gone many would have laughed at you.

BBC News: Corruption review finds 'red flags' in more than 130 Covid contracts https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cevj3y7n33vo#Corruption#Tories#Covid#CovidContracts#VIPLane#TransparencyInternationalUK#CovidInquiry#NAO#PublicAccountsCommittee#Reeves

Starmer-von der Leyen summit delayed. EU diplomats say there is “dismay” that the UK government is not more positive about the youth and student schemes, saying that showing caution calls into question hopes for a wider reset of the UK’s relationship with the EU. www.theguardian.com/politics/art...

Keir Starmer’s summit with European Commission chief delayed

Sources fear meeting with Ursula von der Leyen postponed amid Labour doubts about reinstating EU student exchange schemes

Shameful corruption and waste revealed by previous UK government during Covid pandemic peak “That we find multiple red flags in more than £15bn of contacts – amounting to a third of all such spending – points to more than coincidence or incompetence.” 🧪

Tory Covid contracts worth £15bn had corruption ‘red flags’, study finds

Findings by Transparency International UK point to ‘more than coincidence or incompetence’, says chief executive

What the mutual admiration between Keir Starmer and Michel Barnier could mean for Brexit | Tom Baldwin

What the mutual admiration between Keir Starmer and Michel Barnier could mean for Brexit | Tom Baldwin

Interviews with both prime minsters show there’s a narrow path towards a better EU-UK relationship, says biographer and political adviser Tom Baldwin

Bloomberg UK, Ireland Pledge to Fight Misinformation After Far-Right Riots Prime Minister Keir Starmer and his Irish counterpart, Simon Harris, vowed to tackle the spread of online misinformation, as ...

Starmer’s new immigration bill is just as racist as the Rwanda plan www.opendemocracy.net/en/border-se...

Is Starmer’s new bill just as racist as Rwanda plan?

The UK immigration system is racist by design. The Border Security Bill will make it worse