When I wrote to the Home Office challenging this, I was told the computer “randomly” selects applications for checking. A simple, straightforward case, but beset with byzantine Home Office regulations generating a file of more than 100 pages. John BissetBirnie, MorayI note that Matthew Rycroft, permanent secretary at the Home Office, is proud of the organisation he leads. He says: “Our new values – compassionate, respectful, courageous, collaborative – set a different path for the future.” Ten years ago the Home Office values which produced “wrongs and injustices” were integrity, honesty, objectivity and impartiality. As John Reid said in 2006 (although he later said the words were first used by a Home Office civil servant), it is just not “fit for purpose”.

Source: The Guardian May 16, 2021 17:26 UTC