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Published: 18 November 2025 Tuesday. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online The Scottish government has voiced strong concerns over proposed changes to the UK’s asylum system, describing the plans as deeply troubling and potentially harmful to refugees. The reforms, unveiled by Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood, are intended to overhaul the current asylum process, but critics argue they could create a more rigid and punitive system. Under the proposed...

Published: 18 November 2025 Tuesday. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online The UK government is preparing to introduce a ban on the resale of tickets to live events at prices above their original face value, in a move aimed at curbing professional touts and online resale platforms that charge fans excessive premiums. Ministers are expected to announce the plan imminently, marking a major step toward fulfilling a long-standing...

Published: 18 November 2025 Monday. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online The Home Secretary, Shabana Mahmood, has announced what government sources are describing as the most significant reforms to the UK’s asylum system in modern history, aimed at tackling illegal migration and introducing stricter controls for refugees and asylum seekers. The proposals, unveiled to Parliament earlier this week, are modelled in part on a system recently introduced in...

Published: 18 November 2025 Tuesday. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online Broadcaster and columnist Dan Wootton has issued a firm denial in response to a civil claim filed against him in the High Court, rejecting allegations that he posed online as a woman to deceive a man into sending explicit images more than a decade ago. The claimant, whose identity is protected by an anonymity order, brought forward...

Published: 18 November 2025 Tuesday. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online A paralegal who was secretly filmed offering to help businesses evade immigration fines of up to £60,000 has been sacked, triggering a wider police and Home Office investigation into illegal working networks operating across the United Kingdom. The undercover recording, made during a BBC investigation, showed Zohaib Hussain appearing to offer fabricated documents and legal manoeuvres to...

Published: 18 November 2025 Tuesday. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood has mounted a robust defence of the government’s far-reaching overhaul of the United Kingdom’s asylum system, describing the current situation as “out of control and unfair” as she presented the reforms in the House of Commons. Speaking with urgency during a charged parliamentary session, Mahmood warned that failure to take decisive action would...

Published: 17 November 2025 Monday. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online The UK government is preparing to introduce one of the most significant reforms to its asylum and immigration system in decades. Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood is set to announce plans to fast-track the deportation of illegal migrants, overhaul human rights legislation, and restrict the rights of those granted asylum to temporary status. The reforms, designed to reduce...

Published: 17 November 2025 Monday. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online The UK government is embarking on what could be the most ambitious overhaul of its asylum system since the aftermath of World War Two. Under the leadership of Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood, the reforms are designed to tighten immigration controls, increase deportations, and limit the incentives that attract migrants to the UK. Mahmood, appointed by Sir Keir...

Published: 17 November 2025 Monday. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online Authorities in India have arrested a suspect in connection with a deadly car bomb attack in Delhi that claimed eight lives and injured 20 others last week. The National Investigation Agency (NIA), India’s premier counterterrorism unit, confirmed that the car used in the attack was registered in the name of the arrested man. The suspect, reportedly a...

Published: 17 November 2025 Monday. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online Federal immigration authorities have launched a sweeping operation in Charlotte, North Carolina, as part of President Donald Trump’s aggressive efforts to curb illegal immigration across major U.S. cities. Dubbed “Operation Charlotte’s Web,” the campaign saw nearly 100 arrests in the Charlotte area on Saturday, targeting individuals described by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) as “criminal illegal...