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Home Secretary tells MPs that earned settlement policy will be set out later this year
24 September 2026
Shabana Mahmood says decisions to be made "very soon" and Government is "trying to do a proper piece of work" on new policy
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Lords committee raises concerns over Home Secretary’s power to change immigration rules with no parliamentary scrutiny
22 September 2026
Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee draws attention to powers under section 3(1)(b) of the Immigration Act 1971 after error in March's HC 1691
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Home Office criticised for profiting from immigration fees as figures show billions in income
17 September 2026
Bureau of Investigative Journalism reports immigration fees far outstrip the actual cost to the Home Office
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Border inspector commends implementation of eVisas and ETAs but warns work still needed to deliver digital border
16 September 2026
ICIBI inspection report on the benefits of the Future Border and Immigration System is published
Best Practice Guide to Asylum and Human Rights Appeals
By Mark Henderson & Rowena Moffatt of Doughty Street Chambers and Alison Pickup & Monika Nollet of Asylum Aid
Guest blog
Home Office Updates Sponsor Guidance: What the New SMS Security Reforms Mean for UK Sponsors
The Home Office has published version 08/26 of both Part 1 (Apply for a Licence) and Part 3 (Sponsor Duties and Compliance) of its Workers and Temporary Workers sponsor guidance. Whilst many of the amendments are…
The Price of Waiting: When Time Becomes a Humanitarian Crisis
What does the world lose when people with skills and dreams are forced to put their lives on hold? When displacement turns waiting into a life stage, the damage stacks. For millions of refugees, displacement isn’t just the…
When can the Home Secretary revive an argument she withdrew below?
Secretary of State for the Home Department v Hirtie [2026] EWCA Civ 1000, handed down by the Court of Appeal on 30 July 2026, is a deportation appeal that turns less on the substance of Article 8 than on procedural…
What is earned settlement?
On 20 November 2025, the government published, A Fairer Pathway to Settlement, setting out the planned changes to the settlement rules. The statement was accompanied by a consultation on the changes, which closed in February…
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Key case law
Akinyemi, R (on the application of) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2026] EWHC 2388 (Admin)
High Court (Administrative Court)
Guerrero v Secretary of State for Home Department [2026] EWCA Civ 953
Court of Appeal
FNB & Anor, R (on the application of) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2026] EWHC 2374 (Admin)
High Court (Administrative Court)
J's Supermarket Limited, R (on the application of) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2026] EWCA Civ 1147
Court of Appeal
Key country reports
Country Policy and Information Note - Pakistan: Internal relocation (September 2026)
UK Home Office
Iran: UN experts demand end to unlawful killings of Kurdish border couriers and Baloch fuel carriers
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)
Escalating conflict in Yemen could fuel more displacement, refugee movement
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
"The anatomy of State cruelty": Enforced disappearance and death in custody in Nicaragua
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)