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Government concerned by immigration lawyer 'hitlist'


Lawyers have been advised to work from home, board up windows and install fireproof letterboxes.

The government says social media platforms "clearly need to do far more" after it emerged a list purporting to contain the names and addresses of immigration lawyers was being spread online. Lawyers have told the BBC they have been advised by police to work from home, board up office windows and install fireproof letterboxes. Jim McMahon, minister for Housing, Communities and Local Government, told the Today programme, on BBC Radio 4, that he was "concerned".

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