Home secretary Yvette Cooper is set to confirm the new policy.Labour have been have been accused of “dog whistle politics” and pandering to racists over plans to publish the nationalities of foreign criminals.Home secretary Yvette Cooper is set to confirm that the data will be released by the end of the year.It comes after ministers came under pressure from the Conservatives and Reform UK.A Home Office source said: “Any foreign national who abuses our country’s hospitality and commits serious crimes should be in no doubt that they will face the full force of the law, and be removed from the UK at the earliest opportunity.“But we also want to ensure the public is kept better informed about the number of foreign criminals awaiting deportation, where they are from and the crimes they have committed.”But politicians, charities and campaigners contacted by HuffPost UK have hit out at the government move, which they said risks scapegoating immigrants by linking them to criminal behaviour.
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