Archive: Border Controls

Hatchet job for taxman's boss over borders backlog

Lin Homer is now chief exec and permanent secretary at HM Revenue and Customs

MPs have mounted an unusually savage attack on an individual civil servant, targeting HM Revenue and Customs' chief executive Lin Homer for damning criticism.

Still here: Thousands of criminals illegally living in the UK

Savage cuts hit Border Agency amid immigration outcry

Border Agency mocked for hiding lost applicants in 'controlled archive'

MPs: Bring back risk assessments at borders

A risk-assessment would approach different types of passenger with related security measures.

The risk-based assessments of border security which nearly lost Theresa May her job should be reintroduced, an influential committee of MPs said today.

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Still here: Thousands of criminals illegally living in the UK

Thousands of prisoners are not deported, the report said

The UK Border Agency (UKBA) has "made no further progress" in finding missing criminals living in the UK, a parliamentary report said today.

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Savage cuts hit Border Agency amid immigration outcry

The UK Border Agency has been criticised for its cuts

Poor leadership and communication led to badly timetabled cuts at the Border Agency, a report claimed today.

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Bosses blamed for borders fiasco

David Cameron visits border controls last November

Poor management decisions have been blamed for border control problems at Heathrow.

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