According to a new bill, indviduals could start to lose their British citizenships without any prior notice.

This is due to Clause 9 of the bill, "Notice of decision to deprive a person of citizenship. This clause explains that the government is now exempt from providing notice to remove citizenship if it is not "reasonably practicable" to do so.

The revelation has caused a great amount of controversy. Not only because of the nature of the clause, but also becasue this change was made very quietly, and the information was not the easiest to find.

Frances Webber, the vice-chair of the Institute of Race Relations, said: "This amendment sends the message that certain citizens, despite being born and brought up in the UK and having no other home, remain migrants in this country. Their citizenship, and therefore all their rights, are precarious and contingent.

"it builds on previous measures to strip British-born dual nationals (who are mostly from ethnic minorities) of citizenship and to do it while they are abroad, measures used mainly against British Muslims. It unapologetically flouts international human rights obligations and basic norms of fairness."

In 2005, it was made legal for the government to strip nationals of their citizenship. This came after the London bombings.

By 2018, the requirement to give notice was loosened. The Home Office were allowed to give notice by simply putting it on the subject's file, but could only do this if they could not track down their location.

The Home Office stand strongly by the New Bill, and have said: "British citizenship is a privilege, not a right. Deprivation of citizenship on conducive grounds is rightly reserved for those who pose a threat to the UK or whose conduct involves very high harm. The nationality and borders bill will amend the law so citizenship can be deprived where it is not practicable to give notice, for example if there is no way of communicating with the person."