Government to publish nationalities of foreign criminals for first time

Home Secretary Yvette Cooper is understood to have ordered officials to publish data by the end of the year showing the nationalities and crimes of those awaiting deportation.

Shadow home secretary Chris Philp said the announcement showed Labour had “buckled” under pressure from the Conservatives to disclose the data.

Government sources insisted the move was only possible because Ms Cooper had ordered Home Office statisticians to overhaul their systems after they cited poor data quality when refusing to answer questions about the nationalities of foreign offenders.

A Home Office source said: “Not only are we deporting foreign criminals at a rate never seen when Chris Philp and Robert Jenrick were in charge at the Home Office, but we will also...
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