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Top civil servant summoned before MPs to explain government’s Rwanda spending
The top civil servant at the Home Office has been summoned before MPs on Monday – to explain the full costs of the government’s scheme to send asylum seekers to Rwanda.
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‘We need to deliver Rwanda policy for the public’, says Conservative MP
We asked the Tory MP Danny Kruger about allegations that the Government was looking incompetent over its Rwanda policy.
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‘No evidence Rwanda policy will stop small boats’, says Labour’s Diana Johnson
We were joined by Labour’s Diana Johnson MP, who’s chair of the Home Affairs Select Committee.
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‘I can’t believe he’s saying this’ – bereaved families and those affected react to Boris Johnson’s evidence at UK Covid-19 inquiry
People all over the country will have been watching Mr Johnson’s testimony, the majority of whom were affected in some way by how the government handled the pandemic.
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Covid inquiry: Boris Johnson apologises as relatives of Covid victims protest
After weeks of testimony alleging chaos at the heart of Downing Street during the pandemic, today it was Boris Johnson’s turn to put his side of the story.
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Delays to Rwanda bill could prove ‘lethal to Conservative party’, says Tory MP
We spoke to the former Tory MP Sir Edward Leigh and started by asking him for his reaction about Immigration Minister Robert Jenrick’s resignation.
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Immigration minister Robert Jenrick resigns after Sunak’s emergency Rwanda bill – reports
In the last few minutes, reports say Robert Jenrick has resigned as immigration minister over the Rwanda migrant bill, as Labour accused the Government of ‘total chaos’.
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UK signs new asylum treaty with Rwanda
There’s no credible reason to question Rwanda’s record, according to the Home Secretary James Cleverly, who’s been in Kigali signing a new treaty he hopes will get the Government’s asylum seeker policy back on track.
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Protesters’ attacks on police after child stabbings ‘disgraceful’, says Dublin MEP
Ireland’s Justice Minister has condemned what she called “an attack on innocence itself”, after three young children and a woman were injured in a suspected stabbing in Dublin. Police say a man in his 50s – who’s also being treated for injuries – has been detained, and they don’t believe the attack is terror-related. They…
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Far-right populist set to win the most seats in Dutch election, sending shockwaves through Europe
It was once seen as a beacon of liberalism. But the Netherlands has sent shockwaves through Europe, handing a dramatic election victory to far-right populist Geert Wilders. Curbing immigration is his top priority. But he’s toned down his anti-Islam rhetoric, putting his plan to ban mosques on hold, and pledging to be “prime minister for…
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Most governments take the ‘easy option’ and borrow rather than cut spending, says leading economist
Paul Johnson is the director of the Institute for Fiscal Studies, Cathy asked him whether or not the UK is about to face some rather painful cuts in government spending.
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‘Migration figures should come down, but we won’t set a specific target’, says Shadow Home Secretary
No government minister was available to talk about Immigration today, but Cathy went to Westminster to speak to the Shadow Home Secretary Yvette Cooper and began by asking her if Labour would cut net migration.
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UK’s rising migration figures, how did we get here?
Net migration hit a record high in 2022, after the Office for National Statistics revised its previous estimate. We look at the numbers.
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UK net migration from 2022 revised up from 606,000 to a record 745,000
Net migration hit a record high in 2022, after the Office for National Statistics revised its previous estimate. And it’s not a small revision. It now says net migration – which is the number of people coming to the UK minus the number leaving wasn’t 606,000 in 2022 as it previously estimated, but 745,000 –…
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What do voters think of David Cameron’s shock government return?
How is the news of David Cameron’s shock return to government going down with voters?