British dual nationals risk imminent refusal of travel to UK, Home Office affirms

Government ignores pleas for a grace period before new rules come into force on Wednesday

British citizens with a second nationality risk being blocked from entering the UK from Wednesday, the Home Office has confirmed.

The government has decided to ignore pleas from families, the3million campaign group, the Liberal Democrats and the former Conservative cabinet minister David Davis for a grace period to allow British dual nationals to adapt to the new rules they face.