Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood said the Home Office is “not yet fit for purpose” after an internal review revealed a culture of dysfunction and defeatism.

The 26-page report, written by Conservative MP and former Home Office adviser Nick Timothy under the last government, was only released after a two-year legal battle by The Times .

A judge ruled in September that publication was in the public interest, saying the document would “add significant value to informed public debate about how the Home Office is and should be functioning”. New Feature

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Mahmood said the findings confirmed that the department had been “set up to fail” and promised a complete overhaul of its staff, systems and culture.

“The Home Office is not yet fit fo

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