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Today, New Zealand’s Prime Minister called for a global fight to “weed” out extremism.
So much of the Brexit debate has been dominated by unicorns – policies put forward by one side, dismissed as fantastical by the other.
A Mr Johnson once famously said: “The present age abounds with a race of liars who are content with the consciousness of falsehood.” That was Samuel Johnson in 1753. Today Boris Johnson – no relation – gave a speech on his Brexit ideas. But after falsely claiming he never issued warnings about immigration from Turkey during the…
The immigration minister says the number of migrants crossing the English Channel in recent days is “deeply concerning”. Twenty three migrants were involved in three separate rescues on the Kent coast overnight and this morning. It comes after more than forty migrants were picked up on Christmas day. Our Senior Home Affairs Correspondent Simon Israel…
Theresa May has insisted the government does remain committed to getting immigration down to the tens of thousands, although the Home Secretary refused to commit to a specific figure as he unveiled the long-awaited immigration white paper.
“We will take back control of our borders, by putting an end to the free movement of people once and for all. Instead of an immigration systems based on where a person comes from, we will build one based on the skills and talents a person has to offer” That’s what the Prime Minister wrote…
President Trump has eschewed saying much about the latest job figures which are up; or about the US economy which is booming. Instead it’s immigration. Jon Snow sat down with Anthony Scaramucci, Mr Trump’s former Press Secretary, and asked him why there’s such a focus on immigration.
Four days from now, Americans will vote in mid-term elections. Hoping to keep Republican control of the House and Senate, President Trump has used a campaign rally to ramp up his hard-line immigration plans.
Workers from the EU should face the same immigration rules as those from elsewhere after Brexit. Ministers signed off the plan last night following recommendations made by the Migration Advisory Committee. The cabinet is said to have unanimously agreed that the UK should have a system based on skills rather than nationality.
On a visit to Coventry, the Chancellor said it showed the economy had “recovered sharply” – but weaker international demand for British goods means manufacturing has continued to slide.
Gary Gibbon
Facebook have given the DCMS committee data on the ads Vote Leave sent out during the EU Referendum. We’ve crunched the numbers to see what messages they were trying to get out.
Arriving in Brussels, Theresa May insisted “we’ve already seen flexibility from the EU.” But hopes of progress in negotiations on Brexit are surely at odds with the fact that the issue dominating EU diplomacy at the moment is migration. Only this morning Angela Merkel warned that “migration could end up determining Europe’s destiny.”
Two years after Brexit what does Britain think about immigration? It was an issue that defined the referendum, and in the intervening months it has stayed high on the agenda. So while the scandal of how Windrush immigrants were treated by the Home Office saw the resignation of the Home Secretary, and discussions about the…
If Brexit means an end to freedom of movement, Britain will need a brand new immigration policy. Indeed it was the reason many people voted to leave. And while many have thrown up their hands in horror at what’s been going on at the Mexican border or in Italy and Hungary, an exclusive poll for…
Gary Gibbon
Nigel Farage says “the Tory posh boys” sang his song on immigration in the latter stages of the referendum campaign and are now running away from the issue and talking of a “liberal Brexit”.