Labour government to deny UK citizenship to small boat refugees - MP Stella Creasy says proposed rule would have denied entry to Paddington Bear

Children will be exempt from tough new Home Office guidance to bar refugees from obtaining British citizenship, The i Paper has learnt amid Labour criticism of the “small-minded” new measures. New good character guidance slipped out this week states that an applicant will “normally” be refused citizenship if they entered the UK illegally – no matter how long they have lived in the UK,