citizenship Articles

Britain is in urgent need of a national conversation about citizenship, argues Thom Brooks The integration of immigrants into British society is a key concern for the public. Two new reports by Dame Louise Casey last month and the APPG on Social Integration led by...

I felt very touched when I attended my British citizenship ceremony in Hackney last year. People from 41 nations gathered together, some having escaped discrimination for being gay, political or female in their country of origin. It was a wonderful day – I tweeted...

Both of the frontrunners to succeed Boris Johnson have pledged a more open and inclusive politics. Tessa Jowell, who has been a long and lonely advocate for throwing open Labour’s selection processes through the use of primaries, says she wants her party to leave...

In 2002, Tony Blair’s Labour government launched a Life in the United Kingdom Advisory Group. Its objectives were to provide recommendations for what kind of information should be incorporated in a new ‘Life in the UK’ citizenship test and how citizenship ceremonies...