Queen's Speech 2005: Home Office bills
News Article 17 May 2005
Legislation introducing identity cards heads a long list of Home Office bills unveiled in the Queen's Speech.
Immigration leads to higher growth, says study
Press Review 13 May 2005
Increased immigration leads to economic expansion, not job losses, according to an authoritative report published today.
Voters 'face real choice on immigration'
News Article 2 May 2005
Campaign group Migrationwatch has given its backing to Conservative immigration policy but has called for more specific policy commitments.
New EU workers are 'valuable'
Press Review 29 April 2005
Nearly 10 per cent of British employers have hired workers from the new EU accession countries, according to Manpower, one of the world's biggest recruitment agencies.
Migrants 'contribute more to public purse'
News Article 27 April 2005
As the election campaign continues to focus on immigration, a new report has found that on average migrants pay more tax than UK nationals.
Migrants 'more than pay their way'
Press Review 27 April 2005
Britain's migrant population contributes relatively more to the public purse than everybody else, according to a study published today by the Institute for Public Policy Research think tank.
Blair slams Tories on asylum
News Article 22 April 2005
The prime minister has slammed the Conservative campaign on asylum, describing Michael Howard's policies as "an incoherent babble".
Government 'covered up' illegal migrant numbers
Press Review 18 April 2005
The government has been accused of covering up estimates from its own experts that up to 500,000 illegal immigrants are living and working in Britain.
Issue of the day: Asylum and immigration
News Article 18 April 2005
Party spokesmen debate policy on asylum and immigration.
Veritas vows to get tough on asylum
News Article 14 April 2005
Robert Kilroy-Silk has unveiled his Veritas party's manifesto in a bid to "change the face of British politics forever."
Terror plot prompts apology and ID card pledge
News Article 14 April 2005
Alan Milburn has apologised for the killing of a policeman by the failed asylum seeker who plotted a UK terror attack.
Terror case puts asylum in spotlight
Press Review 14 April 2005
News that a failed asylum seeker was allowed to remain in Britain and plot an al-Qaeda terrorist attack pushes Labour's manifesto launch off the front pages of many of today's papers.
Scotland may take rejected migrants
Press Review 13 April 2005
Scottish ministers are pressing the home secretary to offer potential newcomers a home in their country if they fail criteria for entering England.
Parties warned over racial tension
Press Review 12 April 2005
Political parties have been warned not to inflame racial tensions in the general election by the chairman of the Commission for Racial Equality.
Tories blast Nigerian immigration 'shambles'
News Article 8 April 2005
The Conservatives have seized on a Foreign Office ban on visas for young Nigerians as evidence that Labour’s immigration policy is failing.
