Law closes 'loophole' against stripping of British citizenship

EXTREMISTS stripped of their British citizenship will no longer be able to regain their status after a successful first appeal as a new law comes into force.

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Shamima Begum is the best-known example of the state's use of the power

Until now, a person who the Government considers a threat to national security could be released from immigration detention or returned to the UK while further appeals to stop them are ongoing.

But a new law has closed a "legal loophole" so that citizenship cannot be regranted until all appeal proceedings have been completed.

Between 2018 and 2023, an average of 12 people a year were deprived of their citizenship on the grounds it was "conducive to the public good".