A LEGAL challenge to the Home Office’s policy of paying migrants just £1 an hour to work inside immigration detention centres was shot down today by a High Court judge.

In a surprise move Mr Justice Murray denied permission for a group of detainees to bring a judicial review against Home Secretary Sajid Javid’s department.

The Home Office was under pressure from lawyers for not giving detainees a pay rise since the £1 an hour rate was first fixed in 2008.