Rape gangs. At least 1,400 children exploited in Rotherham, some as young as 11 raped by multiple perpetrators. Staff feared being called racist, the Jay report found. More than 1,000 children in Telford, where the inquiry found police "turned a blind eye". 1,273 closed cases from 23 forces are under review, ITV reports. How many more did the system abandon?

Over £1 million on supersized police uniforms. That is what forces have spent, FOI figures obtained by The Sun show, including 282 XXXXL vests in two years, big enough for a 68-inch chest. The Met had trousers made with a 60-inch waist. Lincolnshire paid almost £90,000 for 149 sets. So much for fitness standards. Who chases the criminals now?

Stabbed, then handcuffed as he lay dying. Henry Nowak, 18, told Hampshire officers he was hurt, bodycam footage showed, the BBC reports. Now the Home Secretary has ordered an independent review into missed chances to stop his killer. Kemi Badenoch: "There must be proper accountability for those who failed Henry and his family." Why did it take ten months?

Downing Street won't say if the Prime Minister backs Brexit. Days after Andy Burnham called for an honest discussion on bringing back free movement, his spokeswoman insisted he "isn't proposing" it, then declined to say whether he supports Brexit, the Express reports. Now he says there would be no free movement without a public vote. So where does he stand?

Another Labour voice against the 15-year wait. Sadiq Khan has urged Shabana Mahmood to show "compassion" and oppose retrospective changes to indefinite leave to remain, the Telegraph reports, joining Rayner and Fahnbulleh. Andy Burnham won't back the 15 years either. Chris Philp says she should resign if she can't pass it. Can this government tighten a single border rule?

"We can't return people." Burnham has blamed Brexit for the small boats crisis, telling ITV migrants come knowing they won't be sent back. He wants Britain back in the EU in his lifetime. Crossings began in 2018, two years before Brexit; 213,000 have arrived since. Farage calls it a betrayal of Brexit voters. Whose failure: Brexit's, or the Home Office's?

The Home Office detains people to remove them. Then it bails most of them. In the year to June 2026, 21,517 people left immigration detention. Just 9,888 (46%) were returned from the UK. 10,908 (51%) were released on immigration bail. The rest were granted leave or left for other reasons. It was not always like this. In 2010, 64% of those leaving detention were removed and 34% were bailed. Bail peaked at 86% in 2021, when just 13% were removed, and removals have recovered since. But the majority still walk out of the gate rather than onto a plane. Figures from January 2026 onwards are provisional. A State of Britain analysis of Home Office immigration detention statistics, 2010 to year ending June 2026. If half the people detained for removal are released again, what is detention for?

£400,000, and no apology. The BBC has settled with Oscar-winning Jewish filmmaker Lucie Kon, who says colleagues called Zionists 'evil' and bullied her out after October 7, the Mail reports. The payout, part-funded by the licence fee, admits no liability. 'I lost my job as a result,' she said. Why does the BBC pay but never admit anything?

Workers in a British charity's uniforms appeared in videos from a Gaza group the US Treasury says Hamas controls, the Telegraph reports. The Charity Commission has opened a compliance case into Restless Beings after a dossier from UK Lawyers for Israel. The east London charity "categorically rejects" the allegations. How many aid charities' Gaza partners has the regulator ever checked?

Nothing off the table. Housing Secretary Angela Rayner would not rule out any part of Andy Burnham's EU rethink on the BBC today, a day after the Prime Minister put free movement up for discussion. Nigel Farage calls it "a total betrayal of Brexit Britain". Kemi Badenoch said most Brexit voters wanted free movement ended. Did anyone vote for this?

"A gravy train for insiders." Scottish Tory Craig Hoy's verdict as a Sunday Times investigation finds 800 public sector staff paid £27 million a year with no permanent post. One NHS Highland employee has drawn full pay for 17 years. The SNP banned compulsory redundancies in 2007. John Swinney backs it. How long should taxpayers fund jobs that don't exist?

Three missed launch dates for a new TV Licensing website. IT upgrades delivered an average of 19 months late. The BBC's answer: extend Capita's contract to 2030, at a "significantly higher cost", the National Audit Office reports. The BBC blames inflation. Its marketing and postage bills each rose by a third last year. Whose money does it think this is?

Breach your tag for under an hour? The Met won't act. Under a pilot running until spring, officers will not act on short curfew or tag battery breaches unless the offender is judged a particular risk, LBC reports. The force is handling over 100 tag breaches a day as early release piles on pressure. Who is this system protecting?

Free movement back on the table, three months into Burnham's premiership. The country voted to take back control of its borders. Labour want to hand it straight back, and call it an honest conversation!

Three months into a Labour PM and free movement is back on the table. Rupert's right. Get Britain's own workers off benefits and into jobs before anyone talks about opening the door again!

Almost 3,800 people are waiting in French camps, roughly double the usual, Britain's border security commander told MPs. No small boat has arrived in 16 days, the longest gap this year, Home Office figures show. Before that, 1,739 came in six days. Only 5% of arrivals have ever been sent back, he said. What happens when the wind drops?

The asylum backlog has moved: 90,341 appeals are now waiting at the immigration tribunal. That is up 172% since June 2024, and 17 times the 5,112 waiting in March 2020. The Home Office has been clearing its own queue of first decisions. The refusals have simply landed on the tribunal instead. And nearly four in ten appeals heard succeed: 39% were allowed in 2025/26. That is down from a peak of 50% in 2022/23, but still well above the 29% of 2013/14. Either the Home Office is wrongly refusing nearly two in five, or judges are too ready to overturn it. Neither is a system that works. A State of Britain analysis of MoJ tribunal statistics, March 2016 to June 2026. The latest quarter is provisional. Is this border control, or just a backlog with a new address?

Free movement is back on the table. Prime Minister Andy Burnham wants a discussion about returning to it with the EU, he told the Sunday Times, the Standard reports, ahead of a Brussels summit on 20 November. Nigel Farage calls it "a total betrayal of Brexit Britain." The public voted to end free movement. Why is Labour reopening it?

More than 3,600 takeaways can sponsor "skilled" worker visas, a Telegraph analysis of Home Office data shows. The visa demands a £41,700 salary, in a sector where median pay is just under £30,000. Some have one employee."The skilled worker visa is being exploited as a back door into Britain," says Reform's Zia Yusuf. Who is checking these sponsors?

Three months in, and bus fares are sorted. Andy Burnham has capped single fares at £2 from January. Meanwhile 8,466 people have crossed the Channel in small boats since he took office, the NHS waiting list stands at 7.37 million and prisons are 98% full. Priorities right, or tinkering while Britain burns?

Billions knocked off, and most never replaced. Council homes in England sold under Right to Buy from 2012 to 2025 went for £8.7 billion less than they were worth: 133,125 homes valued at £20.2 billion, sold for £11.5 billion. That is 43% off. Councils had no say: the discount is set by law. Around 40% of homes sold under Right to Buy are now let out at higher rents, the Government's own consultation says. Of 147,026 homes sold since 2012, 55,275 have been replaced: under four in ten. The one-for-one replacement target has been missed since 2017-18, the Commons Library says, and ministers stopped reporting it. Labour cut the discounts in November 2024. After a rush to apply first, sales nearly doubled last year, to 14,275. A State of Britain analysis of MHCLG social housing sales tables, 2012-13 to 2025-26, cash terms. Why stop reporting a target you keep missing?