The Al-Qaeda preacher Abu Qatada is a Jordanian national who is in the UK illegally (having come here in 1993 on a forged United Arab Emirates passport). The headache he has caused successive UK governments looks like finally reaching a peak. But there is a simple solution to the problem he poses. Last month, not only for the first time in the decade-long Qatada process, but for the first time eve...

Illegal immigrants could be slipping in to Britain on the Eurostar because of a rule, known as the Lille loophole, that allows them to travel without any passport check.

The UK Border Agency says "tighter controls" will be introduced to stop some Eurostar passengers being able to enter the UK without passport checks.

This week has marked something of a watershed in the British economic debate. The story of the strike on Wednesday was not one of paralysis, but of resilience. There was an 85 per cent turnout in NHS staff; Cumbria council kept every office open as so few staff went on strike; Aussies landing at Heathrow cleared passport control in record time, due to the large number of volunteers who were qualif...

Passengers at UK airports glide through passport controls with some claiming their experience to be 'better than usual'

UK citizens should have their own passport controls at domestic airports and ports, a group of MPs says.

Former UK border force head Brodie Clark says he was "surprised" ministers did not know passport checks had been relaxed.

Former border chief denies he "went rogue", saying he relaxed passport checks "exactly as Home Secretary wanted".

The ex-head of the UK border force Brodie Clark says he "did not extend or alter" a passport checks pilot set up by the home secretary. But Theresa May and the chief executive of the UK Border Agency say he did.

Former UK border chief Brodie Clark says he did not enlarge or extend scheme to relax passport checks in any way and delivered project "exactly as Theresa May wished".