apology from tourism a the british prime minister formally the home secretary because the rules were tightened when she was at the home office back in twenty twelve three you and the people you've been talking to is an apology and a task force being set up to counter this is that enough i do welcome the primer this is apology i have to say obviously it did require pressure from ordinary people pressure from certain m.p.'s very disappointed that we weren't seeing so many m.p.'s actually coming out because as i mentioned in our own local church we've we've been battling with this for years and we've gone to our m.p.'s and then they have been put back because they say well the home office has said such and such and as a result they don't persist with it so it's something that we are very concerned about great that they've set up a task force great that we have an apology but these are people's lives who have been affected they have lost their jobs lost their income that lost their dignity and i think we really need to be looking into that in terms of compensation and the respect that should be afforded to them sally deleon in l

i thought john reid who split the home office into the home office and separate justice the home officee and separatejustice department, had laid the basis for sorting it out but that was more than ten years ago and it is still dysfunctional. the difficult bits were left with the home office. yeah. what's the answer? get a decent civil service, i suggest. that is a big challenge. i thought you would say get a decent home secretary but it has come round to the home, civil service. home secretary but it has come round to the home, civil servicelj home secretary but it has come round to the home, civil service. i wonder what the permanent secretaries doing, i don't know, i will probably get nasty letters in the morning for saying things like that but it seems somehow the civil service machine is not working as it should do and we have talked about the leaks already which is egregious, but i think the machine itself isn't functioning properly. for anybody knew in the job, theresa may, she is the one with the experience to handle this,... perhaps she should be sent back to sort it out, she's

she has faced criticism over the home office removal targets and her knowledge of them. don't have targets for removals. she was summoned to clarify in the house of commons. she admitted there were local targets but claimed she had not known. there are some offices which are working with them. unfortunately i was not aware of them and i want to be aware of them. that is why i am now putting in place different measures to ensure that that happens. then today the revelation. the guardian obtained a memo dated last year copied to the home secretary and her senior team referring directly to national targets. and that prompted amber rudd's resignation tonight. for someone tipped as a potential leader, it is a brutal come—down. since entering parliament in 2010 she has written through the ranks to the cabinet where she has been a crucial support to theresa may. she even stood in for the prime minister during last year's election debates. the fact is we have to concentrate oui’ the fact is we have to concentrate our resources on the fact is we have to concentrate oui’ resources

under her, the home office became heartless and hopeless. reporter: was it theresa may? ning. while this home secretary has to deal with an accidental mess, the overall crackdown under the former home secretary was entirely deliberate. listen to this. we want to ensure that only legal migrants have access to the labour market, free health services, housing, bank accounts and driving licences. and this is notjust about making the uk a more hostile place for illegal migrants. it is also about fairness. the intense push by the government had eyebrow—raising tactics, but ministers believed the home office had hefty public support. if you haven't got all of the right paperwork, you're basically a bad guy, and they have a culture of disbelief. and their absolute commitment, since 2010, has been to cut immigration and drive as many people as they can out of the country. and i think it is that cultural assumption which has driven a lot of the problems we've seen around the windrush generation. this mess wasn't deliberately made here at the home office, but it didn't come from now

we did ask for the home office to comment and they told us that... ongoing and if someone disputes the study restriction on their immigration bail, they can contact the home office to consider removing the study restriction". so let's take stock of some of this with two mps, chris philp for the conservatives and naz shah, labour mp and a member of the home affairs select committee which quizzed amber rudd this afternoon. good evening. let's start with that case. what is your view that clearly a rigorous enforcement of the rules and a new rule that says you cannot study here if you are an asylum seeker on appeal, you can't take your exams, does that seem fair? i think you need to look at the individual circumstances to make that judgment. if somebody is in the country illegally, and i'm not saying that if the case with the one we just saw, i think it is reasonable to say that access to things like education which is very expensive should be restricted. if somebody comes illegally, why should taxpayers pay for them to receive services question that cas

allied with the whole business of targets for illegal immigrants, but more to the point either the home office is either dealt with the windrush generation either very ineptly or blundering li insensitively, and she as home secretary must take responsibility for the way the home office was dealing with that. they did not seem to know quite what was an illegal immigrant and what was somebody who had come here 50 or 60 years ago and been part of the country of all those years. and that to me, was inept. eifert amber rudd was getting on top that problem. but it was late. -- i thought. she was getting to grips with it. it was running on first days and days. it is a very accident prone department. i was a civil servant for about 15 years in the economic department, obviously the treasury, and the idea you had a home secretary who had a fair grip oi'i home secretary who had a fair grip on what the department was, you said it was one of the great offices of state, someone said it was one of the great offices of state. it is one of the great offices of state and you expect to have a home secretary who

she did not want to go, but she would have felt she had a watch on because the home office and the homey need to have credibility when they are dealing with especially sensitive issues such as immigration. and if she found documents that might have suggested she would have known about a policy she would have known about a policy she denies, then that loss of credibility would have made a position is impossible in any case. at these problems of credibility not just does, but once for the home office itself? —— are these? were at the leaks office itself? —— are these? were at the lea ks coming office itself? —— are these? were at the leaks coming from, for a start? we don't know whether these are motivated to target the home secretary or an attempt to try to expose government policy. there are certainly some discontent among civil servants over the tightening up civil servants over the tightening up of the so—called hostile environment policy where people were not simply encouraging a greater level of illegal immigrants that should be here, but the many documents from people who might not

the home 0ffice allegedly destroyed this key data? it looks like the cards were stored in a building that was closed down, it was owned by the home officethey were tragically outpolled paperwork, it is really embarrassing for theresa may this week, and it looks awful that people were protesting against the management in this particular building of the time saying, this is all people have, and their warnings we re all people have, and their warnings were ignored, and this was at the time that theresa may was home secretary. the current home secretary. the current home secretary ashley was quite harsh in her assessment of her own department yesterday and said that there have been occasions when the home office got it wrong, which is extraordinary because she was in effect criticising her prime minister and her predecessor. this story is also on the front of the times, touching on the front of the times, touching on the front of the times, touching on the fact that you said the prime minister has apologised. gm says sorry for treatment of immigrants. laura, theresa may has apologised, is that enough? it'sjust really bad timing, given the f

doesn't the home office keep records? res in error and this morning the jamaican prime minister said he knows of people who are unable to return to britain. mr speaker, this isa return to britain. mr speaker, this is a shameful episode, and the responsibility for it lies firmly at the prime minister's door. her pandering to bogus immigration targets... has led to a hostile... has led to a hostile environment for people who had been contributing to our country. it led to british citizens being denied nhs treatment, losing theirjobs, homes and pensions, thrown into detention centres like criminals, and even deported. vital historical records shredded and ministers blaming officials. mr speaker, the windrush generation came to our country after the war, to rebuild our nation that had been so devastated by war. isn't the truth, isn't the truth, mr speaker, that under the prime minister, the home office became heartless and hopeless and doesn't see ryan a government that is both kallis and unconfident? —— doesn't she won a gove

why she did have to resign was she gave the impression that she did not have a grip on the basic home office you have targets for getting rid of illegal immigrants or don't you? it is pretty standard stuff or any home secretary. that is the main reason why she resigned. the secondary thing was about the windrush generation shambles, for wa nt windrush generation shambles, for want of a better word. that she was the home secretary in charge of the home office which did not seem capable of distinction between genuine illegal immigrants and people who have been here for decades. it is inept and insensitive and extraordinarily stupid. she was not on top of the tada 's policy, thatis not on top of the tada 's policy, that is the main thing, but the windrush fiasco added to the feeling that she did not have a grip on this department —— targets because policy. is it a change in political move that would pressure on their position? i slightly disagree with ruth. i think amber rudd was getting to grips with the windrush problem. but inexperience showed in the fact that when she made the mistake in fr

every day is a bad day for the home office at the moment. is a bad year too. even the government admits something's not right, i am acknowledging the home office needs to make changes and that cultural change is going to start here. but will a less hostile environment now apply to other categories of people here, such as asylum seekers? i have been waiting for four years already which is long and to tell someone to hold on with their studies after four years for me is a wrong decision. where's the home office going, and is amber rudd going? we'll discuss both. also tonight, the politics of a strange part of britain, called london. across england the two main parties are even stephen but in the capital city labour seven to make gains after its success in last year's general election so is london now it's own unique electoral ecosystem? and the man who killed ten people with a van in toronto this week was preoccupoied by his status as an incel. involuntary celibate. he's not the only murderer to have been so. an expert on the darker corners of

the home secretary, will now lose her immigration policy. is this a turning point? good evening and welcome to bbc news. sajid javid has spent his first day at the home officereplacing amber rudd, who resigned as home secretary last night over her handling of immigration policy. mrjavid said his most urgent task was to ensure that caribbean migrants, members of the so—called windrush generation, were treated with fairness and decency. mrjavid, whose parents came to britain from pakistan in the 1960s, said he was personally committed to helping those who had been mistreated. our political editor laura kuenssberg reports on the day's events. 8:30am — off to work. but where's the office? good morning. half an hour later, at 9:00am, sajid javid took the call that gave the answer. the new home secretary. will you be able to get a grip on the home office? with orders from number ten for one of the biggestjobs, with some of the most brutal pressure. but it is a messy takeover for this former banker—turned—politician. sorting out the windrush fiasco — top of the list. like the caribbean windrush generation, my parents came to this country from the commonwealth in t

and on monday, the home secretary told the house i'm concerned that the home office has become concerned with policy and strategy and sometimes loses sight of the individual. who does the prime minister think is to blame for this? the current home secretary or her predecessor? >> prime minister. >> to the gentlemen, the home office is a great department of state which touches peoples lives everyday in a whole variety of ways. my right -- the home secretary has been swift in responding to this issue of the unfortunate confusion which we have apologized which has arisen from the generation. the gentlemen referred earlier to action we had taken as a conservative government to deal with illegal immigration. can i say to the gentlemen, that i think it is absolutely right that we ensure that people who access our services and paid for by taxpayers and relied on by people living in the country have a right to do so. but we take action against people who are here i wiillegal have a right to be here and they are british. if he wants to question the issue of taking action against illegal immigrati

let us return to the comings and goings at the home office. nflicts with the usual story on immigration — that the public don't like it. the hostile environment policy was apparently designed to appease public hostility to immigration, but seeing it in action, and catching long—term residents and citizens at that, the public don't seem happy with it all. does this mean there will now be a rethink of immigration policy? i'm joined by sunder katwala, director of british future, who have been doing a lot of work with focus groups on immigration. and ella whelan, an author and columnist at spiked. you wrote a kind of letter to the new home secretary today and said it is time for a reset, sunder, what did you mean by that? it should be a reset moment for immigration, we had a reset moment with the referendum vote which was a wake—up call and then the wind rushed scandal i think again makes people think about it. the thing about it reset moment is some body has to press the button and the government has been delaying and ducking in a way because it i

the new home secretary. will you be able to get a grip on the home office?rs from number 10 for one of the biggestjobs, with some of the most brutal pressure. but it's a messy takeover for this former banker—turned—politician. sorting out the windrush fiasco, top of the list. like the caribbean windrush generation, my parents came to this country from the commonwealth in the 1960s. so when i heard that people who were long—standing pillars of the community were being impacted for simply not having the right documents to prove their legal status in the uk, i thought that it could be my mum, my brother, my uncle, or even me. so i want to end by making one thing crystal clear. we will do right by the windrush generation. he's in because she's out — amber rudd's cabinet career sunk by six words. we don't have targets for removals. except they do. targets that the prime minister admitted existed on her watch. shouldn't you be taking personal responsibility, not amber rudd? this is your "hostile environment". amber rudd was very clear about the reasons why she has

one big task, for the states — the home office in particular — will be working at which people going ad to happen with the windrush generation. the home office have proved very bad at that administrative task as well as heartless towards people who did not keep the decades of paperwork required to help the home office make that determination. the home office will be going out of their way to design a system that will be as easy—to—use as possible. there are lots of positive stories about where they have got to so far. it draws on information across government. it is light touch, digital and easy for applicants. in the majority of cases it would work well. there could be groups, maybe the elderly who do not know they need to apply and do not want to apply, for these people, there is a concern they would come face—to—face with the presumption of guilt we have seen in some of the windrush cases and that could be a real problem. the eu has previously noticed the home office culture and has sought to provide provisions to protect eu citizens from it. it definitely strengthens our resolve t

the home office is drawing up new immigration rules. later this year. the home office are hopelessly understaffed. no wonder they produce these rather hasty decisions. they don't have time to look into the background. for years and years, this government and previous governments, they have not realised the scale of the task. and they have not financed it. immigration is the area to new home secretary will have to focus on. but this department has a habit of throwing up other problems that haven't been planned for. then there are unexpected events, like security scares, terror attacks and crime waves that can knock home office policy off course. sajid javid takes over at a time when serious violent crimes recorded by the police is on the increase. knife crime has risen by more than a fifth in a year. cases of murder and manslaughter are at their highest level since 2009, and there are signs that burglaries and car crime are up, too. it is putting more strain on police forces, with officer numbers depleted. the new home secretary will have

i think it is the thin end of the wage in terms of how the home office deals with immigration. illed with people in desperate situations. it is a classic case of policy over people and the home secretary has accepted that but seeing a tit—for—tat about who did what and maria was saying that the prime minister came and was calm but she was also callous and we had ian blackford raising the rate floors with the prime minister and she was fumbling over how answers and the comments that esther mcvey made earlier this week about the rape clause in the scottish parliament we re clause in the scottish parliament were absolutely abhorrent and 5:30pm tomorrow at the mound in edinburgh there will be a demo against that andl there will be a demo against that and i hope as many people will turn up and i hope as many people will turn up in scotland to show that this government's policies, whether it is immigration or welfare or the two child cap or the rape clause has no place in scotland or in the uk. whatever the causes of this, how far has this damage the british reputation and how far doe

what i would say is that the home office is by far the most difficult department of state in governmentg lands on the home secretary's lap in one way or another, and i think we're going to see the of amber rudd in how she deals with this. nicholas soames, i thought, but it extremely well, she has got to be given the space to put this right. the windrush scandal is awful beyond measure, principally because we are just not like this as a country, our values are not like this, so it has got to be put right, and the skill with which she does that will determine our future. i don't think there's any question of her having to resign. it does seem to be getting harder, not easier. when we don't know whether this is not knowing or misleading have lost control, the windrush saga, we know she knew about it two years ago, this was made absolutely clear, that the government as a whole knew about it two years ago, so why would you say it only came to light four months ago? well, you know, i don't know the reason for that, but what i do know is that these very difficult things happen to governments a

for the home office. r people have been deported, have they lost benefits, have they lost jobs? deported, have they lost benefits, have they lostjobs? the numbers are difficult to get to the bottom of. that's what the commonwealth leaders wa nt to that's what the commonwealth leaders want to know. they hope that the home office will respond quickly. a new team has been to deal with it. after that meeting and public apology by theresa may the jamaican prime minister came out of downing street and said it had been a good meeting, they'd have a candid discussion and he accepted the prime minister's apology and he said he believed the right thing had been done. he said he believed it was an unintentional mistake. he was asked if he holds theresa may responsible. well, i can't answer that question. the truth is, and she has said that there has been a policy change, that this was an unintended consequence. we, as caribbean leaders, we have to accept that in good faith. ourjob is, as members of the commonwealth,

the home office always have the chance because these guys were given two years and then the home officeany issues, the home office always have the right to check during that time. but they ke pt check during that time. but they kept quiet. they didn't do anything about it. what should happen now? they should getjustice, half about it. what should happen now? they should get justice, half of them don't have appeal rights to stay in the country. what this justice mean, let everybody stay? let them stay or get some sort of policy because this seems to be a blanket policy, first—tier accountancy issue, paint everybody with the same brush. if you had to go back and leave the country, what would be wrong with that?” go back and leave the country, what would be wrong with that? i have lived here for ten years and i have so lived here for ten years and i have so much to give this country, i have contributed with the help of tax. i think i will be benefit to this country. as i mentioned before, my vacancy, country. as i mentioned before, my vacancy, myjob country. as i mentioned before, my vacan

the home secretary and the prime minister. the current home secretary inherited a failing policy and made it worse. isn't it time she took responsibility and resigned? but the bbc understands that both the home officend number 10 were told about the problems in 2016. we'll have the latest. also tonight: a rousing welcome for france's president macron in the us congress — after his undisguised criticism of president trump's policies. the parents of little alfie evans have lost their latest legal challenge, which means they cannot take him abroad for treatment. inside one of facebook‘s content centres. we report on conditions for those viewing extreme web material. and on anzac day, prince harry and meghan markle honour the war dead of new zealand and australia. and coming up on sportsday on bbc news: a champions league semifinal of two european giants. find out if bayern munich or real madrid could come out on top in the first leg. good evening. the home secretary has spoken of her ‘bitter regret‘ at failing to grasp the scale of the problem involving the status of caribbean migrants in the uk. amber rudd — and her predecessor, theresa may — are under intense pressure, after it emerged that long—ter

at the moment you see chaos around the home office. thank you very much indeed. as if they were friends, rather than sworn enemies. the pictures of the unpredictable and hostile dictator kim jong—un joking with and embracing the south korean president moon jae—in today were almost as unexpected as the announcement that both leaders would work with the united states and china this year to declare an official end to the korean war. at one point apparently kim joked that north korea's early morning missile launches had likely awakened moon numerous times and promised not to do it any more. unprecedented symbolism of peace, for sure. but is the promise to work towards the complete denuclearisation of the korean peninsula to be believed? here's our diplomatic editor, mark urban. it was a day freighted with symbolism, starting with a step across korea's ceasefire line. kim jong—un, became the first north korean leader to visit the south. and with his arrival came the prospect of an end to the peninsula's war psychosis and sabre rattling. what we saw today was the two k

tonight at ten, first day at the home office for sajid javid, who promises to treat caribbean migrants with dignity and respect. the new home secretary says he'll review immigration policy to make sure it's fair to people of the windrush generation and others who settled legally in the uk. the most urgent task i have is to help those british citizens, you know, that came from the caribbean, in the so—called windrush generation, and make sure that they're all treated with the decency and fairness that they deserve. but labour says the immigration controversy is down to the prime minister, and they say she has many more questions to answer. we'll have the latest. also tonight, asda and sainsbury‘s claim that grocery prices will fall if their planned merger gets official approval. a major new study of one the world's largest glaciers, which could collapse, causing a significant rise in sea levels. we talk to a man who's terminally ill who's appealed to judges to allow him to "die with dignity". i want to end my life with dignity, cleanly, and in full consciousness. i don't want to linger

when a petition started in particular the home office was still very slow to respond. estion of competence will stop at this case of course very embarrassing for the home secretary because before the home affairs select committee is today was confronted about these targets, said they didn't know about it, they didn't exist and had no idea what they were. you had to admit that they do exist. it's a problem. as much as anything you can argue about the rights and wrongs of different policies and clearly that situation is entirely wrong, but if you don't look like you know what is going on in your own department that isa going on in your own department that is a big problem for you. and if you get forced into doing it by being found out rather than taking control in the beginning and saying look, there seems to be a problem and we are looking into it to do with it, which would have been rather sensible to do. it is very easy for us sensible to do. it is very easy for us to criticize. ijust think i feel for those couple caught up in this. these people who have been lately se

the current home secretary or her predecessor? >> to the right honorable gentleman. the home office is a great department of state, which the touches people's lives every day in a whole variety of ways. my right honorable friend, the home secretary, has been swift in responding to this issue of the unfortunate confusion for which we have apologized, which has arisen from the windross generation. the right honorable gentleman referred earlier to action we had taken as a conservative government to deal with illegal immigration. can i say to the right honorable gentleman that i think it is absolutely right that we ensure that people who access our services that are paid for by taxpayers, rely ied on by peopl living in this country, have a right to do so, but we take action against people who are here illegally. the windross generation are here legally. they have a right to be here. they are british. if he wants to question the issue of taking action against illegal immigration, i suggest he has a conversation with the home secretary, who in 2013 said we need much stronger action from g

in 2010, the home office destroyed landing cards for a generation of commonwealth citizens and so havean't find you in our system. did the prime minister, the then home secretary, sign off that decision? the speaker: prime minister. no, the decision to destroy the landing cards was taken in 2009 under a labour government. the decision was taken by officials, not ministers, but the anxiety of those affected goes way beyond paperwork. the windrush generation came to our country after the war, to rebuild our nation that had been so devastated by war. under her, the home office became heartless and hopeless? reporter: was it theresa may? good morning. well, this home secretary has to do with an accidental mess, while this home secretary has to deal with an accidental mess, the overall crackdown under the former home secretary was entirely deliberate. listen to this. we want to ensure that only legal migrants have access to the labour market, free health services, housing, bank accounts and driving licences. this is notjust about making the uk a more hostile place for illegal migrants, it i

will you be able to get a grip on the home office? the prime minister appoints sajid javid as the new home secretary following the resignation of amber rudd. she stepped down last night — saying she'd inadvertently misled mps over targets for the deportation of illegal immigrants. the eu's brexit negotiator is in ireland for visits on both sides of the border — amid dup claims that he's not "an honest broker". more than 20 people have been killed and dozens injured, in two explosions in the afghan capital, kabul. also this hour — a group of central american migrants who've angered president trump as they made their way through mexico, have reached the us border. president trump has been making it clear that he regards this caravan of migrants as a threat, as a serious problem for the united states. and more than a month's rain forecast in one day — distinctly unseasonal weather hits parts of southern and eastern england. good morning. it is monday the 30th of april. welcome to bbc newsroom live. in the last hour, the prime minister has

do you find the home secretary's explanation of her apparent ignorance of the use of targets credible? unfortunately it is credible because the home offices credible because the home office is that kind of department, it is difficult for any home secretary to be fully across what is happening in

the act of generosity. mister speaker four years ago. an internal home office memo stated that her hostile environment policies could make it harder for people like that when drop generation to find homes and in its own words provoke discrimination why did the home secretary ignore that memo. the right honorable gentlemen talked about that environment. we are trying to create a much more hostile environment if you're here they sit on the front bench what i'm talking about a people who came here completely legally. the prime minister herself was warned. is now the shadow home secretary. directly about these policies in 2014. and when they were going to parliament then community secretary wrote to her warning the constant risks considerably outweigh the benefits. as well as the request for my honorable friends. in relation to the when drop generation. we have made absolutely clear that those people who came here from the commonwealth they are british they are part of us. they were not documented with that right. and that's what we are now putting right. he talks

in 2010 the home office destroyed landing cards for a generation of commonwealth citizens. so have told people, we cannot find you in our system. did the prime minister, the then home secretary, sign off that decision? prime minister? no, the decision to destroy the landing cards was taken in 2009 under a labour government. the decision was taken by officials not ministers yet the anxiety of those affected goes beyond paperwork. the windrush generation can to our country after the war to rebuild our nation that had been so devastated by war. isn't the truth, isn't the truth mr speaker that under her the home office became heartless and helpless? was that theresa may? good morning. this home secretary has to do with an accidental mass, the overall crackdown under the former home secretary was entirely deliberate. we want to ensure only legal migrants have access to the labour market, free health services, housing, bank accounts and driving licences. this is notjust about making the uk are more hostile place for illegal immigrants, it is also about fairness. the intense push b

clearly from your point of view there are some details that have been overlooked, do you feel the home officen to the concerns of people like yourself, if the debate is now wide open? the home secretary has signalled a change, that's true. but this is because we were determined to create a hostile environment, and i saw that she changed that word today in the house and talked about a compliant environment. it still sounds a bit 0rwellian, compliant is a sort of control or oppress state, ijust think we a sort of control or oppress state, i just think we have to treat people humanely, particularly people from the former empire, so there are also people tonight from places like nigeria, uganda, kenya, india, bangladesh, who also came up here as pa rt bangladesh, who also came up here as part of that generation and they too do not want this horrible status of temporary leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain, huge fees in an environment hostile to them and their children. do you accept the point the home secretary made that in a way successive governments, and this plays into your point abo

beard lyttle warns that this will be meeting unless there is a change in the way the home secretary officeks. i hope the new home secretary will show some interest and determination to see that it works efficiently because at the moment it does not. i am delighted to have gotten this new responsibility. for him and mrsajid gotten this new responsibility. for him and mr sajid javid, a brief moment to enjoy day one. him and mr sajid javid, a brief moment to enjoy day onelj him and mr sajid javid, a brief moment to enjoy day one. i have not called my mother get, but i will when you give me a moment. he is inheriting big problems. and no home secretary can be sure of avoiding accidents that may come. let's bring you up to date with the latest developments and our political correspondent, ben wright is at westminster. a new home secretary has been promoted by the prime minister, but she is still in the firing line herself. you are absolutely correct. she remains the target of labour's attacked. they feel it is easier now. now that amber rudd is out of the way, they are going to continue to dema

the home office said it was looking at 49 cases as a result of calls over the course of tuesday.arlier, the prime minister theresa may apologised over the deportation threats to children of commonwealth citizens. our correspondent adina campbell has more. that was the first day that he started school... paulette wilson, another descendant of the windrush generation who arrived into the uk as a child from jamaica. despite living here for more than 50 years, she was held in a detention centre for not having the right paperwork. when i saw the "illegal" paper, ijust didn't understand it, and i kept it away from my daughter for about two weeks. i was just walking around in a daze, thinking, "why am i illegal?" it's just upsetting to think that an ordinary person like me could go through something like that. i'm still going through hell at the moment. archive: in jamaica they couldn't find work, but full of hope they sailed for britain... the treatment of long—term immigrants from commonwealth countries now living in the uk has become the focus of international political debate. it ha

the home office say they're now looking into more than 200 windrush cases. an attempt to clean up plastic pollution as the government sets out plans to ban billions of plastic straws, cotton buds and drinks stirrers. on newsnight, we live from new york where the uk exclusive interview with the former direct of the fbi, james comey, arguably the most pivotalfigure of james comey, arguably the most pivotal figure of the us election in 2015 that gave us donald trump. we will have live reaction from anthony scaramucci. join us ben. —— we are live from new york with the exclusive uk and you —— join us ben. —— then. good evening and welcome to bbc news. the queen has welcomed commonwealth leaders to buckingham palace for the formal opening of the commonwealth heads of government meeting, which involves representatives from 53 countries and territories. looking to the future, her majesty, who'll be 92 this weekend, told the leaders that it's her sincere wish that prince charles will succeed her one day as head of the commonwealth. the summit is happening amid intens

the last half an hour or soa office. in the last half an hour or so a series of tweets from the home secretary in which she says she didn'tnowledge as it was copied into her office. she said again she wasn't aware of those targets but accepts she should have been and apologised again. she says she will be making a statement on monday to the house of commons, adding, i will work to ensure our immigration policy is fair and humane. it seems she's staying in herjob. perhaps humane. it seems she's staying in her job. perhaps part humane. it seems she's staying in herjob. perhaps part of the reason is any resignation could be very destabilising to the government. and could leave theresa may, the previous home secretary, vulnerable to criticism. why amber rudd doesn't appear to be going anywhere tonight, i don't think the pressure on her shows any sign of letting up. the economy grew at its slowest pace since 2012, in the first three months of this year. figures from the office for national statistics show it grew by 0.1 % — less tha n ma ny a nalysts had predicted. bad weather and the beast from the east had some impact, but e

and on monday, the home secretary told the house i'm concerned the home office has become too concerned with policy and strategy and sometimes the site of the individual. who does the prime minister think is to blame for this? the current home secretary or her producers -- her predecessor? >> prime minister? >> it touches people's lives every day in a variety of ways. right honorable friend, the home secretary, has been swift in respond during -- in responding to which we have apologized. the right honorable gentleman referred earlier to action we have taken as a conservative government to deal with an eagle -- with illegal immigration. can i say to the right honorable gentlemen that i think it's absolutely right that we ensure that people who access our services that are paid for by taxpayers, that are relied on people living in this country have a right to do so but we take action against people who are here illegally. the when jeff generation are here -- of the windruff generation are here legally. they have a right to be here. if he wants to question the issue of taking action again

let me just point something out, in exchanges today it was very clear that basically the home office d the default position is potentially everyone is illegal and that is what created the hostile environment. that is creating the problem is that a lot of people who are actually seeking legal status who are perfectly legal to be here because they can't prove the documentation isn't there, no one has asked the decades. you could go somewhere and present a gas bill in order to show who you are. suddenly, everything is tightened up and everybody suddenly has to show documentation... on the specific idea of an amnesty comedy sport at? i deathly figured something we should consider, seeing everything has gone. and facing the problem that we have for eu migrants, creating a generous environment that isn't hostile and accept the eu citizens who here should be here and have that status immediately, without them going through very hostile processes. let's be clear though it was the liberal democrats who are in government with the conservatives when these measures came ends they also need to tak

that is why the home office is taking action to deal with that. but for governments of every color, including the government in which the right honorable lady served, action has been taken against illegal immigrants. this does not apply to the windrust generation. they are here, they are british, they have a right to be here. but under labor, action was taken to -- for a compliant environment. under the conservatives, action has been taken to deal with illegal immigrants. that's what we're doing. i have apologized to the windrust generation, and i do so again. we are doing everything we can to ensure that they are reassured, that they do not have the anxiety that some of the generation have had. but we also owe it to them and to the british people to ensure we deal with people who are here illegally. >> julian lewis. >> does my right honorable friend still subscribe to her excellent maxim that no deal is better than a bad deal, and does she acknowledge that locking ourselves into a customs union with the eu after brexit, would be a very bad deal in

the bbc understands the home office will scrap immigration removal targets, just a day after home secretary amber rudd said they didn't exist. president trump will come to the uk injuly. the white house says it is a working visit. after two decades of decline, violent crime rose by more than 20% in england and wales last year. and on newsnight, how damaged is the home secretary, amber road, by the windrush scandal? can she blamed her predecessor when that is the prime minister —— amber rudd. good evening and welcome to bbc news. one of american television's biggest stars, the comedian bill cosby, has been convicted of drugging and sexually assaulting a woman. the 80—year—old is best known for starring in the 1980s tv series the cosby show. he was the first major black actor on prime time, and was held in huge affection by audiences. his conviction today follows allegations against him of sexual offences by some 60 women, stretching back decades. aleem maqbool reports. he was an icon, one of the most—watched men on television. he came to court today defiant, confident he would walk free. he

today at 5: the bbc understands the home office will scrap immigration removal targets. a day after the home secretary amber rudd said the targets did not exist, she's had to admit they do, and she's facing calls to stand down. i have never agreed that there should be specific removal targets and i would never support a policy that puts targets ahead of people. that gives you no confidence whatsoever because they start off saying there aren't targets, then they go on to say that they are fully in charge of the situation, then go on to say they didn't even know what was going on. i'll be talking to yvette cooper, the chair of the home affairs select committee. the other main stories on bbc news at 5: the home of english football, wembley stadium, could be sold. the football association receives an offer worth £800 million. it's been confirmed, president trump will visit the uk thisjuly. returning the favour — prince harry asks his brother, prince william, to be best man at his wedding to meghan markle. just how much are we eating? most adults in the uk are overweight or ob

back in 2009, when the labour government was in power, there was a decision made at the home office tonding ca rd of documents. these are the landing card of the people who came in in the windrush generation who would have been filmed in at that time —— filled in at that time. they were destroyed, in 2010. once theresa may was in the home office, because the coalition took over in 2010, but the keyissue, coalition took over in 2010, but the key issue, really, certainly from labour's perspective is the direction of travel in terms of how the home office then began to deal with immigrants. because the home office under the coalition, decided to be much stricter on immigration, and it became the case that if you we re and it became the case that if you were somebody who was living in the uk, you had to prove that you were legally here. of course, in these people did not have that prove, and said they would then denied rights to health care, for example, they lost theirjobs, somewhat deported. that is why we have got to this point now, where the home secretary and the prime minister have b

we will organise that the president with the home office next weeka president with the home office nextssion on the 24th, with the home office and committees involved in this. and if there are changes needed, we will also communicate to negotiate to david davis michel barnier what modifications are needed to avoid real problems for eu citizens. labour are now also calling for a group exemption for all windrush individuals from immigration rules on for the burden of proof to be placed on home office officials, to prove that someone does not have the right to remain. almost certain, i think, too, but prime minister's questions later today. norman, thank you. the head of the cia has reportedly travelled to north korea to meet the country's leader, kim jong—un. according to unnamed officials, mike pompeo went to pyongyang over the easter weekend to prepare for direct talks between mr kim and the american president. donald trump is currently hosting the japanese prime minister and he told reporters that five locations are being considered for the meeting. a plan by inspectors in syria in dou

in 2010 the home office destroyed landing cards for a generation of commonwealth citizens. ave told people, we cannot find you in our system. did the prime minister, the then home secretary, sign off that decision? prime minister? no, the decision to destroy the landing cards was taken in 2009 under a labour government. the decision was taken by officials not ministers yet the anxiety of those affected goes beyond paperwork. the windrush generation can to our country after the war to rebuild our nation that had been so devastated by war. isn't the truth, isn't the truth mr speaker that under herthe isn't the truth mr speaker that under her the home office became heartless and helpless? was that theresa may? good morning. this home secretary has to do with an accidental mass, the overall crackdown under the former home secretary was entirely deliberate. we wa nt secretary was entirely deliberate. we want to ensure only legal migrants have access to the labour market, free health services, housing, bank accounts and driving licences. this is notjust about making the uk are mor

the country. 60 years. in 1993, junior green received a letter with a home office stamp saying that he can remain indefinitelyunited kingdom but when he tried to get this certified on his jamaican passport in 2009, the home office asked in each of the previous ten yea rs asked in each of the previous ten years to asked in each of the previous ten yea rs to prove asked in each of the previous ten years to prove that he had lived in the uk. then putting the onus on anyone to go back ten years. there keeps records the ten years? you wouldn't think that you would need to because you had grown up all your life in this country. junior says that twice as application to update his passport with the correct these information was rejected. in march last year, junior and doreen's mother was taken ill injamaica. last year, junior and doreen's mother was taken ill injamaicam ididn't mother was taken ill injamaicam i didn't see her, if i didn't go, i probably wouldn't see her alive again. so that was a choice i had to make. so i went. like i said, i had all the evidence showing that lived in the country so i thought there