""The Home Office obviously deals with emergency and crises issues on a regular basis, and over a long period of time has been found not to be able to rise to the scale of the challenge," "We've got a range of problems - but I'm determined to deliver." "The enforcement of our rules has been lacking - it wasn't good enough or strong enough under the last government,""
""The law hasn't kept pace with the changes in the way people get work. The numbers are still not where I want them to be, but they're moving in the right direction.""
The Home Office faces deep-rooted operational problems including contract mismanagement, poor staff retention, and an overstretched enforcement system. Multiple crises include illegal migration, asylum accommodation pressures, and frequent internal leadership churn. Enforcement activity rose, with 8,232 arrests over the past year, a 63% increase on the prior 12 months, though spot checks in London found no illegal workers in two hours of checks. Asylum hotel costs have spiralled, wasting billions of pounds. Ministers expect tougher workplace checks to reduce pull factors for small boat crossings, while enforcement and legal frameworks are acknowledged as not yet adequate to current labour-market methods.
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