Home Office says 58,500 people have been removed since July 2024 election as ministers plan faster deportations and limits on Article 8 claims.
The Home Office announced a £141m policing technology package to expand facial recognition and AI use across England and Wales. It said live facial recognition will be deployed nationally, with the number of LFR vans set to triple, and it will create a new ‘Police.AI’ centre to roll out tools such as transcription, CCTV review and redaction. The department said it will legislate for a clearer legal framework for facial recognition and similar technologies.
Former Labour health minister Andrew Gwynne said he will resign as MP for Gorton and Denton on medical advice, prompting a by-election with no date yet. The vacancy has revived talk that Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham could seek a Westminster seat, but Labour’s 2026 rule book requires directly elected mayors to get explicit NEC permission before standing. Burnham said people should not rush to conclusions.
US officials said the USS Abraham Lincoln carrier group, with destroyers and warplanes, is set to reach the Middle East in coming days as President Donald Trump said an "armada" was heading toward Iran while leaving talks possible. Iranian commanders warned US bases and interests could be targeted, and Washington announced new sanctions on vessels and firms it said ship Iranian oil; airlines cancelled or reduced some flights to Israel and oil prices rose.
