New Foreign Office statistics show about £4.3bn was spent last year on asylum costs at home.
Month: April 2024
Passport price to rise for second time in 14 months
The cost of applying for a new passport, as well as renewing one, goes up from midnight on Thursday.
Man ‘confused’ after wife’s body found in kitchen
John Pryde, 77, had previously been accused of killing Catherine Pryde at their home in Clackmannanshire.
Murder suspect ‘shouldn’t have been allowed to die’
Kelly Faiers’ family say police failed to follow protocols and let a wanted man “evade justice”.
Gang guilty of running £54m ‘benefit fraud factories’
Prosecutors describe the case as the biggest ever case of benefit fraud in England and Wales.
More than £3k raised for Googlebox star’s funeral
Money is being donated towards TV star George Gilbey’s funeral and his young daughter.
Dad jailed for murdering four-week-old baby boy
A judge described Michael Davis’s attacks on Ollie as “brutal” as he handed him a life sentence.
TV doctor exchanged Botox for sex with patient
Tijion Esho denied having a physical relationship with the woman but a tribunal found otherwise.
‘Zombie’ drug found in cannabis THC vapes in UK
Cannabis vapes are being sold containing the dangerous animal tranquiliser xylazine, experts say.
Whitlock to retire after Paris Olympics
Britain’s most successful gymnast Max Whitlock says it “feels right” to announce that he will retire after the Olympics this summer.
