Phil Woolas

Lawyers hit out at Phil Woolas over claims asylum seeker charities are playing the system

Immigration minister Phil Woolas faced a scathing attack from leading lawyers after suggesting those representing asylum seekers were "playing the system". By Tom Whitehead, Home Affairs Editor The Law Society accused the...

Labour's Lord Desai calls for disestablishment of the Church of England

New debate: Lord Desai said there was no need to have an established church A prominent Labour peer called today for disestablishment of the Church of England on the grounds that the UK is becoming an increasingly secular...

Net number of migrants coming into the UK is rising and is set to hit 200000 a year

The net number of migrants coming into the UK is rising and is set to hit 200,000 a year, despite Home Office moves to stem the influx, figures are expected to show this week. By Tom Whitehead, Home Affairs Editor It will be...

‘Economic benefits of mass immigration are close to zero’, Lords told

‘Serious flaws’: The benefits of immigration have been ‘wildly overstated by the Government, according to a damning Lords’ report Lord Wakeham: No evidence that large-scale immigration has widespread economic benefits Daily...

Stranded in malaysia

A growing number of Malaysians are in a bind after their entry clearance applications were thrown out because they had allegedly breached the Working Holidaymaker Visa conditions while in Britain. Grounded and jobless in...

Immigration benefits 'wildly overstated' say Lords

The benefits of mass immigration have been "wildly overstated" and there should be a cap on the numbers coming in, a group of peers has warned. By Tom Whitehead, Home Affairs Editor The Government's economic arguments for its...

Ministers attacked on lost laptop

Gordon Brown has pledged to get a grip on the issue of data loss The Home Office has been accused of "complacency" about data security after it gave out contradictory figures for departmental laptops lost or stolen. It had to...

Woolas raises age for marriage visas

YOUNG people will be protected from forced marriages as Oldham MP Phil Woolas launches the biggest shake up in immigration rules in 45 years. From the end of this month, the age at which people can obtain a UK marriage visa...

200,000 jobs barred to non-European migrants

Two hundred thousand skilled jobs in Britain will be closed to non-European migrants from November 27, when the new points-based immigration system comes into effect, the Home Office announced yesterday.The official shortage...

Jobs list for non-EU immigrants

Published Date: 11 November 2008 The list of jobs open to immigrants from outside the EU has been published. Ministers accepted the recommendations of an expert panel about which jobs there were not enough British workers to...

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