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Why Is The Home Office Still Not Fit For Purpose?

Why Is The Home Office Still Not Fit For Purpose?

Update: 2025-10-23
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Shabana Mahmood says her department remains “not yet fit for purpose,” after The Times uncovered a secret report calling it dysfunctional and detached from reality. Should we be worried that we're still using that phrase, 20 years after John Reid first made it famous?


Hugo Rifkind unpacks the politics of the day with Manveen Rana and Patrick Kidd.




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Why Is The Home Office Still Not Fit For Purpose?

Why Is The Home Office Still Not Fit For Purpose?