The official said the proposal to have “low-key” citizenship ceremonies at Hillsborough, Co Down, was a “tacit admission” of ...

Tony Blair’s Labour government introduced the ceremonies for those seeking UK citizenship, with the first ceremonies taking place in 2004, involving participants singing the national anthem and ...

The official, Ken Fraser, dispatched an email in October 2003 to counsel that proposals contained in a consultation document for new UK citizenship ceremonies might not work out as smoothly in ...

The opposition has pledged to reinstate a requirement for local councils to hold citizenship ceremonies on Australia Day.

And he has taken part in three citizenship ceremonies at Sandwell Register Office, with the latest seeing 24 people becoming UK citizens. "I hadn't got a clue what the citizen ceremony was about ...