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UNBELIEVABLE: 6 - The Untold Story

Rishi Sunak rebuked by watchdog for false asylum claim

PM wrong to claim backlog had halved since Labour government, says UK Statistics Authority

The Independent UK

Statistics watchdog rebukes Sunak over inaccurate asylum backlog figures

Head of UK Statistics Authority says outstanding cases had risen, not halved as PM had claimed

The Guardian - UK

Australian green steel deal shows UK industry how to do it, say campaigners

Liberty Steel has struck a deal with the Australian government to support its switch to an electric arc furnace at its Whyalla plant - and unions believe it shows how cooperation can benefit the sector

Daily Mirror

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MP says ministers want to blame migrant crisis on 'Labour, judges or footie pundits'

It comes as Rishi Sunak fights off rebels from his own party on his controversial Illegal Immigration Bill. MPs debated the details of the bill, which seeks to introduce powers to remove people who have entered the UK illegally

Daily Mirror

Sunak used incorrect asylum backlog figures, stats watchdog finds

Asylum data cited by the Prime Minister ‘do not reflect’ Home Office records, the chairman of the UK Statistics Authority said

The Independent UK

Sunak used incorrect asylum backlog figures, statistics watchdog says

UK Statistics Authority says PM used inaccurate figures when comparing current backlog with situation under Labour

The Guardian - UK

Sunak used incorrect asylum backlog figures in Parliament, stats tsar finds

Asylum data cited by the Prime Minister ‘do not reflect’ Home Office records, the chairman of the UK Statistics Authority said.

The Independent UK

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Top Tories including Rishi Sunak used misleading immigration figures, watchdog finds

The UK Statistics Authority has written to the government after three ministers including Mr Sunak claimed in December that the current backlog is half what it was when Labour was in office - whereas official figures show it is 150,000 higher

Daily Mirror

Victory for 16,000-job Celtic Freeport campaign to benefit wind farms and steel

UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Welsh First Minister Mark Drakeford announced the go-ahead for two freeports in Wales, including a development based at Port Talbot and Milford Haven

Daily Mirror

‘We’ve got the perfect storm’: people of Port Talbot say budget needed to go further

The struggling Welsh town wishes the UK government had done more to tackle deprivation

The Guardian - UK

Tories 'sleepwalking into death of Britain’s steel industry', warns union leader

Fresh fears have been raised about the future of the sector after a major report found the UK “falling further behind in the race to develop green steel plants”

Daily Mirror

Senior MPs back plan to create 16,000 jobs in major boost for Britain's steel industry

The scheme, which includes deepwater docks at Port Talbot, South Wales, and Milford Haven, Pembs, would attract £5.5billion investment, according to supporters.

Daily Mirror

Ruth Wishart: What I learned appearing on Question Time

RUTH Wishart has lifted the lid on her experience as a Question Time panellist in England.

The National (Scotland)

New Business Secretary Kemi Badenoch fuels fears about collapse of steel industry

Some steel industry insiders believe the Government is determined to 'manage decline' of the once-thriving industry amid sky-high energy costs and moves to slash pollution

Daily Mirror

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UK steel industry on brink of 'irreversible decline', MPs warn Rishi Sunak

The Prime Minister has been issued with a stark alert, in a letter seen by the Mirror, about the threat to sector as companies mull job cuts and firms demand help to slash emissions

The Independent UK

Liberty Steel to begin next phase of restructuring with up to 440 jobs affected

The firm said it will offer an alternative to redundancy through a programme which aims to retain, redeploy and reskill workers.

Daily Mirror

Steelworkers warn of risk of job losses as Tories cut back energy support

The Government is curbing help for firms hit by surging energy prices - raising fears for the future of the UK's fragile steel industry amid sky-high costs

The National (Scotland)

Labour MP claims England 'left with no choice' but to deploy troops to cover strikes

Stephen Kinnock claimed that England had been “left with no choice” to draft in army personnel to cover for striking ambulance drivers, border…

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Wales Online

Mark Drakeford says Wales cannot afford the money nurses are asking for

The First Minister placed the blame with the UK Government and said his government's hands are tied

Daily Mirror

Defence chief complains 'we're busy!' as 1,200 troops sent to cover strikes

The Chief of Defence Staff hit out as Labour backed covering strikes with troops - and Rishi Sunak caused anger by branding unions 'Grinches that want to steal Christmas'

Daily Mirror

Steel campaigners set to hand No10 petition demanding fresh help for industry

Union activists will press Downing Street to throw the sector a lifeline amid soaring energy costs and growing calls to switch to more environmentally-friendly production

The Guardian - UK

Revealed: UK has failed to resettle Afghans facing torture and death despite promise

Those who risked their lives helping British government face a ‘toxic combination of incompetence and indifference’

Daily Mirror

Fears Russian steel is being snuck into Britain by back door as firms 'duped'

Britain banned steel imports from Russia in the wake of Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine, but industry sources fear supplies are making their way here via Turkey, where the metal is reprocessed before being shipped abroad

Wales Online

Welsh Labour MP says the party would consider introducing ID cards

Stephen Kinnock is the party's shadow minister for immigration

Daily Mirror

Labour immigration minister slapped down by Yvette Cooper over ID cards

Stephen Kinnock suggested ID cards should "certainly be on the table" to control migration and pointed to their usage in many EU countries - before the Shadow Home Secretary dismissed the proposal

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