Speaking to experts and people on the ground in Pas-de-Calais reveals a different narrative to that told by Rishi Sunak The people from Vietnam trying to get to England on small boats across th...
The policing minister, Chris Philp, appeared to confuse the countries of Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo on BBC Question Time. When discussing the government policy of deporting a...
Chris Philp gets confused over neighbouring countries when discussing government’s Rwanda deportation policy The policing minister, Chris Philp, appeared to confuse the countries of Rwanda an...
Micheál Martin says UK asylum seekers fearful of being removed to Rwanda are seeking sanctuary in Ireland The UK government’s Rwanda policy has been described as a “kneejerk reaction” to...
Exclusive: Action by organisation supporting migrants argues new rules are discriminatory An organisation that supports migrant workers has launched a legal challenge against the government’s...
Such policies are ‘betrayal’ of values, says French president in speech covering defence and negative effects of Brexit Emmanuel Macron has criticised migration policies that involve sendin...
Hundreds voice dismay at Sunak and Starmer, accusing them of misreading UK attitudes towards Europe Elena, 35, was “flabbergasted” when she heard that both Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer had ...
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/apr/25/britons-hit-out-rejection-eu-youth-mobility-offer
Home secretary visits Lampedusa in Italy as National Audit Office says scheme could surpass £580m by 2030 Several flights a month will deport asylum seekers to Rwanda “indefinitely”, the h...
COLIN MONTGOMERY, DANIEL FENTON, FEDERICO MOSCOGIURI, ALWYN JONES and MARTIN COULT on small boats, deaths in the Channel and the passing of the safety of Rwanda bill Daniel Boffey’s account o...
A desperate prime minister has given up trying to meaningfully account for the money he is putting into pre-election promises According to the myth, Catherine II’s courtier Grigory Potemkin r...
In submission to MPs, archdeacon Rick Simpson says claims by ex-vicar Matthew Firth are ‘deeply problematic’ A former vicar who claimed the Church of England was complicit in a “conveyor ...
Ben Habib says navy or Border Force should not save people who throw themselves into sea if they have refused other vessels A deputy leader of Reform UK has proposed not rescuing people in the ...
As David Cameron learned to his cost over Brexit, voters don’t judge politicians on policy, they judge on results Henry Hill is deputy editor of ConservativeHome The government’s current pos...
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After years of failed gimmicks and polarisation under the Tories, Britain is ready for a more grown-up approach “Look, if people don’t like the mug, they don’t have to get the mug,” Ed ...
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Attempt to cross via overcrowded dinghy from Wimereux aborted after engine stalls and five people drown They could have been on a school trip. Fifty teenagers from Vietnam, dressed for the biti...
UN and Council for Europe add voices to outcry as more people drown within hours of ‘cruel’ Rwanda bill being passed Humanitarian groups have called for new safe routes to Britain after fiv...
There is no evidence for the government’s claim that deportations will ‘stop the boats’ The capitulation of the House of Lords over the government’s Rwanda bill was predictable – eve...
Then home secretary’s decision in January 2023 to drop pledges was discriminatory, high court hears A decision made by the former home secretary Suella Braverman to drop three recommendations...
Prime minister announces increase to UK defence spending to 2.5% of GDP by 2030 in speech about security. This live blog is closed UK to boost defence spending to 2.5% of GDP, Sunak says RISHI...