Home Office’s Removal Notice Windows Policy Suspended “The consequences can be devastating, involving lengthy or permanent separation of families and people being sent to countries where their lives are at risk. “ PLP is representing the charity Medical Justice in its judicial review of the Home Office’s Removal Notice Windows (‘RNW’) policy. At an interim…
20 Mar 2019
PLP has submitted written evidence to the House of Commons Public Bill Committee on the Immigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) Bill, which is currently being considered by the Committee. PLP takes no position on the UK’s decision to leave the European Union. Our work around Brexit is intended to ensure that Parliament is…
6 Mar 2019
The Home Secretary has agreed to make key changes to the settled status scheme to make it fairer, following a legal claim by our clients, the Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants (JCWI). During the litigation, the Home Secretary has adopted many of JCWI’s requests to make sure that the rules for settled status…
1 Mar 2019
PLP’s proposed amendment to the Immigration Bill has now been laid before the Public Bill Committee. The full text of the Bill can be read here. The proposed amendment to the Immigration and Social Security Co-ordination Bill would make provision for appeals to the First-tier Tribunal against decisions made under the EU Settlement Scheme. The text…
21 Feb 2019
Today PLP and 12 other civil society organisations have sent a letter to Stephen Barclay, the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, drawing attention to the fact that the requirement for effective, proportionate and dissuasive penalty schemes in retained EU law is being removed by Statutory Instruments (“SIs”) being made under the EU…
20 Feb 2019