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    William Wallis

    UK Correspondent

    William Wallis is the roving UK correspondent covering home affairs as well as politics and social affairs beyond Westminster. Prior to this he was a leader writer, Africa editor, and an FT foreign correspondent in Africa and the Middle East.
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    • Sunday, 24 September, 2023
      News in-depthUK local government finance
      ‘Dormant volcano’ returns to active duty to rescue Birmingham council

      Veteran fixer Max Caller lured out of retirement to bring UK’s largest local authority back from the brink

      Max Caller
    • Wednesday, 20 September, 2023
      Metropolitan Police Service UK
      Met Police officer charged with murder over shooting of Chris Kaba

      Death of unarmed black Londoner last year sparked protests, contributing to falling confidence in UK’s largest force

      Chris Kaba
    • Tuesday, 19 September, 2023
      UK immigration
      UK public inquiry calls for maximum 28 days for immigration detention

      Ministers must learn lessons from ‘toxic culture’ at Sussex removal centre, report finds

      Detainees held at Brook House respond to demonstrators fighting against plans to send migrants to Rwanda in 2022
    • Monday, 18 September, 2023
      Metropolitan Police Service UK
      Met investigating 1,600 officers and staff over alleged abuse against women

      Sweeping probe is an attempt to weed out those guilty of misconduct or crimes and restore trust in UK capital’s force

      Met police officers
    • Thursday, 14 September, 2023
      UK immigration
      Tories hit out at Labour plan for migration deal with the EU

      Sir Keir Starmer proposes returns agreement with the bloc under which UK would take in asylum seekers

      Montage of Sir Keir Starmer in front of migrants on a small boat
    • Wednesday, 13 September, 2023
      UK local government finance
      Dozens of UK local councils face equal pay claims, says union

      GMB predicts total bill from discrimination against women could run into billions of pounds

      Person walks by the Birmingham City Council building
    • Saturday, 9 September, 2023
      News in-depthUK local government finance
      Birmingham council goes bust while the city around it booms

      Demise intensifies the debate over wider national crisis in local government finance

      A Council refuse collector at work in Birmingham’s Victoria Square
    • Tuesday, 5 September, 2023
      UK immigration
      UK Home Office risks losing key source of funding for asylum seekers, says watchdog

      ICAI says new legislation could prevent department from using overseas aid money to support refugees in Britain

      A group of people thought to be migrants crossing the Channel in a small boat traveling from the coast of France and heading in the direction of Dover
    • Tuesday, 5 September, 2023
      UK local government finance
      Birmingham city council declares itself in effect bankrupt

      Biggest UK local authority blames cost of settling equal pay claims

      A major road leads into Birmingham city centre, cutting through tower blocks
    • Monday, 28 August, 2023
      Health sector
      Full details of UK Covid contracts worth £8bn still to be published

      Inquiry into government handling of the pandemic finds breaches of Cabinet Office transparency guidelines

      NHS staff carry out Coronavirus tests
    • Monday, 28 August, 2023
      News in-depthUK politics
      Conservative attacks on ‘lefty lawyers’ fuel hate mail and racist abuse

      UK immigration experts sound alarm about threatening atmosphere they blame the government for fostering

      Jacqueline McKenzie
    • Thursday, 24 August, 2023
      UK immigration
      Cost of UK asylum system nearly doubles to £4bn a year

      New data underscores the challenge facing the government in getting to grips with irregular migration

      A group of people thought to be migrants in Dover, Kent
    • Thursday, 24 August, 2023
      UK immigration
      UK fits small boat migrants with bar-coded wristbands

      Use of technology part of effort to address criticism of poor controls at processing centres, says government insider

      Migrants coming ashore in Kent
    • Monday, 21 August, 2023
      UK immigration
      Sunak’s policies will add to UK asylum backlog, think-tank warns

      Britain could be spending more than £6bn a year supporting migrants in ‘limbo’ under Illegal Migration Act, says IPPR

      Migrants rescued from a boat crossing the English Channel land on Dungeness beach in Kent, on Monday
    • Monday, 21 August, 2023
      The Royal Family
      Police halt probe into cash-for-honours claims against King’s charity

      Scotland Yard shelves investigation into alleged payments by Saudi businessman to Prince’s Foundation

      King Charles arrives in Balmoral
    • Monday, 21 August, 2023
      UK crime
      British serial killer Lucy Letby to spend life in prison after murdering 7 babies

      Judge hands former nurse whole life sentence after ‘cruel, calculated and cynical’ campaign

      Lucy Letby
    • Saturday, 12 August, 2023
      The Royal Family
      Offshore wind boom gives King Charles a 45% pay rise

      Public funding increase for UK royal family casts doubt on likelihood of paring back the institution

    • Friday, 11 August, 2023
      UK immigration
      Asylum seekers evacuated from UK barge over legionnaires’ disease fears

      Fresh setback to Sunak’s migration policy comes as 100,000 milestone reached for Channel crossings

      The Bibby Stockholm immigration barge in Portland
    • Tuesday, 8 August, 2023
      UK immigration
      UK justice secretary hits out at lawyers ‘parading their politics’

      Portland mayor launches legal challenge against Home Office asylum seeker barge

      Migrants board the Bibby Stockholm barge in Dorset
    • Monday, 7 August, 2023
      UK immigration
      First asylum seekers moved to UK’s Bibby Stockholm barge

      Ministers hope use of vessel will help meet pledge to reduce number of people crossing the Channel in small boats

      Asylum seekers board the Bibby Stockholm in Portland on Monday
    • Friday, 4 August, 2023
      UK immigration
      UK law firms threaten to halt work on asylum cases without higher pay offer

      Lawyers call on government to improve hourly rates in order to avert ‘catastrophic’ breakdown in legal aid

      Migrants leave a Border Force vessel in Dover after being picked up in the Channel
    • Tuesday, 1 August, 2023
      UK immigration
      UK plan to house asylum seekers on barge delayed by fire safety concerns

      Home Office says vessel will open ‘in the coming weeks’ after inspections uncover compliance issues

      The Bibby Stockholm moored at Portland Port in Dorset
    • Monday, 17 July, 2023
      News in-depthUK local government finance
      Financial ‘jaws of doom’ threaten English councils as cost pressures mount

      Local government is facing one of its toughest years as demand for essential services rises and inflation eats up funding

      Empty shops in Burslem Town Center
    • Thursday, 13 July, 2023
      Coronavirus economic impact
      Cities recover faster than England’s rural areas post-pandemic

      Research highlights urban-country divide as local authorities seek powers to address inequalities

      Early morning concrete pouring of a stable block slab
    • Monday, 10 July, 2023
      UK immigration
      Braverman makes concessions on small boats bill

      Home Office proposes shorter detention time for unaccompanied children to speed passage of legislation

      Migrants in boat on Channel
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