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The chancellor has declined to rule out raising taxes on gambling after a thinktank said the move could raise £3.2bn for the public coffers and cover the cost of lifting 500,000 children out of poverty. According to the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR), hiking taxes on online casinos and slot machines could raise enough…

Diane Gall’s husband, Martyn, had been out on a morning bike ride with his friends on their usual route one winter morning in November 2020 – when he was killed by a reckless driver.  Diane and her daughters had to wait almost three years for her husband’s case to be heard in court. The case…

Migrants who crossed the English Channel have been detained for deportation to France under the new “one in one out” returns deal. The first detentions came after pictures showed people on small boats headed for the UK yesterday, the day the pilot scheme came into force. The Home Office said detentions began at Wednesday lunchtime,…

Asylum seekers who work in the UK without permission should be placed “on the next plane home”, Tory leader Kemi Badenoch has said. Ms Badenoch and her shadow home secretary Chris Philp criticised the UK as being a “soft touch” and that illegal working acts as a “pull factor” for those making the dangerous journey…

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Safeguarding minister Jess Phillips has told Sky News that councils that believe they don’t have a problem with grooming gangs are “idiots” – as she denied Elon Musk influenced the decision to have a national inquiry on the subject.  The minister said: “I don’t follow Elon Musk’s advice on anything although maybe I too would…

For the second summer in a row, “asylum hotels” have become a flashpoint of protest, with some turning violent. The government has said the asylum system is under “unprecedented strain”, forcing it to use hotels to accommodate migrants. Meanwhile the number of asylum seekers crossing the Channel has surpassed 25,000 this year – the earliest…

A cabinet minister has said attempts to deport asylum seekers could be delayed in the courts, amid confusion over whether there is a human rights “loophole” in the UK’s migration deal with France. The “one in, one out” agreement will see migrants ineligible to stay in the UK sent back across the Channel. In exchange,…

More than 70 MPs have signed a letter asking the government to delay biometric checks for 80 students from Gaza so they can study in Britain, Sky News can reveal. Labour MPs Abtisam Mohamed and Barry Gardiner are leading the charge, asking Home Secretary Yvette Cooper to defer the requirement, so the students can take…

Police should reveal the ethnicity and immigration status of criminal suspects, Yvette Cooper has said. The home secretary told Sky News there needs to be “greater transparency” about people arrested and charged, with the Law Commission conducting a review of guidance in this area. Politics Live: Migrant detentions will begin ‘in a matter of days’,…