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Home Office retweeted
At 11am today, the nation fell silent to honour all those who served and sacrificed for our country.
We will remember them.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning.
We will remember them.
ALT Graphic with text that reads: Armistice Day lest we forget.
Respect Orders are now in force.
Persistent offenders of anti-social behaviour face tough restrictions and could be ordered to tackle the root causes of their behaviour, including through drug or alcohol treatment and anger-management courses.
Home Office retweeted
Today, we honour all those who served and sacrificed for our country, and the freedoms their courage helped secure.
We will remember them.
Happy Diwali to everyone celebrating in the UK and beyond 🪔
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Today, we remember all those who have served and sacrificed for our country.
Lest we forget.
ALT Graphic with text that reads: We will remember them.
Home Office retweeted
Live Facial Recognition is changing the game when it comes to getting dangerous criminals off our streets.
We’re investing in LFR and rolling it out across the country.
Home Office retweeted
Facial recognition technology has been the biggest breakthrough for catching criminals since DNA matching, already helping police take thousands of dangerous criminals off our streets.
The benefits are clear, so we must and will expand its use.
But we must also ensure that its use is fair, safe and proportionate. That’s why we are introducing new laws to ensure the use of this technology is watertight, so the public can have confidence that these tools, which are vital to our safety, are used responsibly too.
Facial recognition is the biggest breakthrough for catching criminals since DNA matching, already helping police take thousands of dangerous criminals off our streets.
New laws and an independent watchdog will make sure police use it fairly and responsibly.
Home Office retweeted
A fair deal.
Care workers who answered our call after the pandemic, working in the sector as they promised, will be able to settle on their existing five-year path.
Those who have not fulfilled their visa conditions will not. They will be able to apply for a new 5-year visa to make the contribution they came here to make. They will then be able to apply for settlement again.
No one will be punished for the sins of an exploitative employer. But settlement must also be linked to contribution.
Home Office retweeted
This country welcomes those who seek a new and better life within it. But there is an expectation that they will play their part, contribute to their community and become a part of our national life.
Settlement should not be automatic. It should be earned.
Anyone seeking settlement, regardless of when they arrived in the country, will first need to meet four non-negotiable conditions:
➡️ A spotless criminal record - up from the current threshold of a 12-month suspended sentence
➡️ English spoken to a high standard with an equivalent to A-Level English as a foreign language
➡️ No debt owed to the taxpayer
➡️ A record of sustained National Insurance contributions
Under the Earned Settlement model set out before Parliament today, the right to live in the UK permanently will no longer be granted automatically after five years.
Instead, it will be earned.
Under the reforms:
➡️The standard route to settlement will double from five to 10 years
➡️ People who enter illegally, including by small boat, face a wait of up to 30 years to settle
➡️ Care workers who meet the visa requirements will retain a five-year route
➡️ Higher earners on more than £50,000, skilled public service workers and refugees arriving on safe and legal routes will be able to settle in five years
➡️ Migrants who claim benefits face a 20-year wait for settlement
➡️ Migrants with a criminal record will be prevented from settling in the UK
➡️ Migrants will be required to meet A-level standard English to settle in the UK
From today, charities can apply to sponsor refugees through new, capped Named Community Sponsorship and Refugee study safe and legal routes.
Sponsors will provide accommodation, integration support and help finding work.
First arrivals are expected in autumn 2027.
Every week, planes lift off from the UK carrying people with no right to be here.
More than 80,000 immigration offenders and foreign criminals have been removed or returned since July 2024.
Removals of foreign national offenders, including murderers and rapists, are up by 41%, with nearly 12,000 returned since July 2024.
Henry Nowak’s murder was a horrific and senseless crime.
The launch of an independent review will seek answers to what more could have been done to prevent this tragedy.
Henry Nowak was just 18 years old, with his whole life ahead of him. His murder was a horrific and senseless crime, and my thoughts remain with his family and friends, who have endured unimaginable loss and heartbreak.
The Nowak family have shown extraordinary courage and dignity in their pursuit of answers. Henry’s case has raised serious and legitimate questions about whether more could have been done to prevent this tragedy, and about the response of public authorities in its aftermath.
An independent review will seek those answers.
I am grateful to Alex Chalk for agreeing to lead this important work. He brings considerable experience and expertise, and I know he will conduct the review with the rigour, independence and seriousness that Henry’s case demands.
