It is critical that we do not lose focus – waiving the fee does not take away the problems with the application process.

The UK Government will not allow Holyrood ministers to pay £65 settled status fees for European citizens who are working in Scotland's public services, Nicola Sturgeon has said.

Thousands risk having their lives ‘turned upside down’ as 30 June cut-off looms and backlogs remain.

The Scottish government is using devolved powers to secure the rights of EU nationals beyond the end of June, as new figures suggest thousands of Scottish residents are likely to miss a crucial Brexit deadline to continue legally living and working in the UK.

Proportion being granted pre-settled status – with fewer rights – has risen to 42%.

Experts express concern over the loss of Britons’ free movement rights after Brexit.

Where does it end? How many rights will they have to take away? How many lives will they have to ruin? How many families will they have to break before they are finished?

Have you had a problem with your application for settled or pre-settled status under the EU Settlement Scheme? Are you struggling to apply, still waiting for a decision, or perhaps you received the wrong status, or were refused status? / Or, have you already been granted a status but are struggling to view or prove it because you haven't been given a physical proof of status?

Immigration lawyers warn people eligible for UK status risk being ‘thrown into the hostile environment’ after visa system outsourced to French firm Sopra Steria. / Private firms have raked in millions of pounds through the Home Office’s newly outsourced visa system as people are forced to pay “extortionate” fees and travel long distances to apply for UK status.

Numbers applying halve in a month as support centre closed by lockdown.

A policy paper in January warned it would take 'some time to implement' a new immigration system.

Preparing Brexit: How ready is the UK? is our second report examining government and business preparations for the end of the transition period, building on Preparing Brexit: The scale of the task left for UK government and business, published in July.

Government departments spent more than £4bn on preparations for leaving the EU, says the public spending watchdog.

The scheme offers EU nationals the opportunity to apply for settled or pre-settled status in the UK. / However, access to this support varies between holders of EU settled status and of pre-settled status. Questions are being asked of the European Commission whether the UK is complying with its obligations.

The UK hospitality industry’s labour shortage is set to get ‘significantly worse’ after the cut-off for EU settled status on 30 June, a London law firm has warned.

The UK’s ‘settlement scheme’ for EU nationals living and working in Britain risks leaving 2.6 million people at unlawful risk of deportation; lawyers told the High Court in London.

Care manager Joao Lamberio is in a race against time to apply for post-Brexit settled status.

Arkady Rzegocki insisted Polish citizens can now make a good living in their home country and don't need to live in Britain.

I could be deported to Poland if I’m denied settled status in the UK, because I stay at home to care full-time for my disabled son.

People from outside Europe living with their EU partners in the UK are being left “in limbo” due to severe delays in the Home Office processing applications, The Independent can reveal.

Over two million Europeans with pre-settled status under the EU Settlement Scheme (EUSS) can become illegal migrants if they fail to apply for a residency permit in the UK or their application isn’t recognised, the authorities remind.

One year on, what has become of the UK government’s promise that it would not make citizens pay the price of Brexit, asks Else Kvist.

Irena Jendrycha was liberated from an Austrian concentration camp just 12 minutes before they were to be murdered. She has lived in Dundee most of her adult life but still has not been told whether or not she has a 'right' to stay in the UK.

Research shows lack of trust in government as deadline to apply for settled status approaches.

Ofsted's head of research has complained on Twitter of being turned down in his application for "settled status" in the UK after Brexit.