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Rule Changes

Appealing High Court ruling

On February 13, 2026, Britain's High Court ruled the government acted illegally when it banned Palestine Action as a terrorist organization—the first to overturn a UK terrorism proscription. The three-judge panel said the group's tactics of breaking into factories and damaging military aircraft were criminal but did not meet the terrorism threshold, calling into question more than 2,700 arrests and 250 charges under the Terrorism Act.

Updated 5 hours ago

Rule Changes

Implementing visa penalty strategy

For years, the UK lacked effective tools to force foreign governments to accept deportees: paperwork stalled, travel documents went unsigned, countries simply refused. Deportees stayed in Britain.

Updated 2 days ago