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Home Office unveils new 'smash the gangs' measures as migrant Channel crossings up 25%

Almost 37,000 people crossed the Channel in small boats in 2024 - up by a quarter on the previous year

Evening Standard

Proposed phone bans for suspected people smugglers branded ‘weak’ by Tories

Measures aimed at cracking down on organised immigration crime are ‘laughable’, shadow home secretary Chris Philp said.

Evening Standard

Tory criticism of knighthood not the last I will receive, Sir Sadiq Khan says

Shadow home secretary Chris Philp accused Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer of ‘rewarding the failing Sadiq Khan’.

Evening Standard

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At least three die attempting to cross Channel from France amid rescue operation

A large-scale rescue operation was launched from a beach in Sangatte, in northern France, on Sunday morning

The Independent UK

More than 150,000 people arrived in UK in small boats in last seven years

Labour blames ‘appalling legacy’ left by Tories after milestone for number of arrivals was reached on Boxing Day

The Guardian - UK

People smugglers offer migrants ‘package deals’ to UK as Channel crossings top 150,000 since 2018

Keir Starmer has put international cooperation with law enforcement agencies in Europe at the heart of his bid to cut the number of arrivals

The Independent UK

Labour blames ‘appalling legacy’ after migrant crossings top 150,000 since 2018

The Prime Minister has put international co-operation with law enforcement agencies in Europe at the heart of his bid to cut the number of arrivals.

Evening Standard

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Will ISIS Bride Shamima Begum Be Allowed To Return To Britain? Border Security Minister Speaks Out

Former Isis bride Shamima Begum may one day return to Britain, after government minister Angela Eagle refused to rule out allowing her back.

International Business Times UK

MPs denied chance to hail Prince Andrew’s spycatching heroics

Duke of York’s decades of playing everyone’s useful idiot – all for the good of the country – were off-limits in the Commons

The Guardian - UK

Chinese alleged spy’s identity revealed as MPs raise fears over Beijing’s reach in Britain

Yang Tengbo is named in court as Iain Duncan Smith warns such ‘agents’ are the ‘tip of the iceberg’

The Independent UK

Pressure grows on government as MPs demand answers on Prince Andrew ‘Chinese spy’

Home secretary warns UK will take ‘very strong approach’ to national security but admits Britain still needs economic cooperation with Chinese state

The Independent UK

Illegal Channel crossings rise as Cooper refuses to set migration deadline

Labour previously pledged to have the highest rate of returns since 2018 in their first six months in office.

Evening Standard

Government keeping Syrian asylum claims under ‘constant review’ – Cooper

The Home Secretary reiterated Sir Keir Starmer’s welcoming of the Assad regime’s collapse but said there was a ‘significant risk’ of instability.

Evening Standard

Tory MP Chris Philp sports black eye during live TV interview

Conservative MP Chris Philp sported a black eye during a live interview on breakfast television today (5 December).

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Evening Standard

Starmer promises his ‘plan for change’ will improve people’s lives

Sir Keir Starmer is setting out a series of targets to measure progress on his Government’s key missions.

Evening Standard

Rivalry, ambition and the threat from the Right: Can Kemi Badenoch resuscitate the Tories?

The new Conservative party leader is less than two months into the job, yet reviews are already mixed

The Guardian - UK

Use robots instead of hiring low-paid migrants, says shadow home secretary

Tory MP Chris Philp calls for more investment in technology to reduce UK’s net migration figures

The Independent UK

New asylum hotels ‘massive incentive’ for small boat crossings, ministers warned

Last week Home Office minister Dame Angela Eagle said that asylum hotel use had risen since Labour entered government.

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The Independent UK

Minister: 14 asylum hotels have opened since Labour came to power

Dame Angela Eagle said seven asylum hotels have also closed since July, representing a net increase of seven.

The Independent UK

Police probes ‘should not trespass upon free speech’, chiefs told

Shadow home secretary Chris Philp called for guidelines around non-crime hate incidents to be rewritten.

The Independent UK

‘You are not the thought police’: Top Tory weighs in on Allison Pearson row at police chiefs summit

Chris Philp has called for guidelines around non-crime hate incidents to be rewritten and expressed caution over ‘new bureaucracies’ after government announced a national police performance unit

Evening Standard

Police ‘losing confidence to exercise their powers’, says Philp

Shadow home secretary Chris Philp said legal changes that would offer officers better protection must be pushed forward.

Evening Standard

Chris Philp wants guidelines around non-crime hate incidents to be rewritten

The shadow home secretary will address a major policing conference in Westminster.

Evening Standard

Starmer: Taking down gangs ‘single most effective way’ to stop small boats

The Prime Minister said that he had discussed stopping smuggling gangs with his counterparts in Germany, Italy and France.

Evening Standard

Tories say migration deals ‘won’t work’ as Government vows to ‘tackle upstream’

The comments come as official figures show that over 1,000 migrants crossed the English Channel in the last week.

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