Civil liberties groups warn mandatory digital IDs risk pushing ‘unauthorised migrants further into the shadows’

Immigration and asylum remain at the heart of Britain's political debate, with the government under pressure to curb record migrant arrivals in small boats, while also addressing the strain of housing tens of thousands of asylum seekers.

Britain is not the only democracy where the centre is crumbling. On September 8th France’s centrist government fell over spending cuts, caught in a pincer of the hard left and right. In Germany the established centre parties have steadily lost votes,

The UK government has launched a new campaign to warn travellers of major EU border changes with a new Entry/Exit System coming into place.

British authorities have ramped up the use of facial recognition, artificial intelligence and internet regulation to address crime and other issues, stoking concerns of surveillance overreach.

The chief executive of Eurotunnel says there is no excuse for operators not to be ready for the introduction of new EU border checks being phased in from October.

For British politicians, handling property taxes is like playing Minesweeper, the 1990s video game in which one wrong move can mean game over. Angela Rayner, Britain’s former deputy prime minister, became the latest casualty on September 5th, resigning ...

LONDON, July 15 (Reuters) - Britain set up a secret scheme to bring thousands of Afghans to the UK after their personal details were disclosed in a data leak, putting them at risk of reprisals from the Taliban after their return to power in Afghanistan.