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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.Β 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’,…
Sir Keir Starmer and Emmanuel Macron’s migrant deal will come into force on Tuesday, with detentions set to begin by the end of the week. The “one in, one out” pilot scheme – which will allow the UK to send some people who have crossed the Channel back to France in exchange for asylum seekers…
At a press conference on Monday in which Reform UK announced the Tory police and crime commissioner for Leicestershire and Rutland was joining their ranks, as well as former prison governor Vanessa Frake, I asked Nigel Farage a simple question. But his answer wasn’t what I expected. I asked the Reform UK leader if the…
The prime minister’s spokesman has refused eight times to confirm whether recognition of Palestine could go ahead if Hamas remainΒ in power and the hostages are not released.Β Keir Starmer’s spokesman was questioned by journalists for the first time since the announcement last week that the UK will formally recognise the state in September – unless…
Scotland’s Deputy First Minister Kate Forbes has announced she will stand down at next year’s Holyrood election. In a letter to First Minister John Swinney, the Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch MSP said she did not “wish to seek re-election and miss any more of the precious early years of family life”. Ms Forbes is expected…