Gary Gibbon
He appears to have taken the view that to run a dignified, half-respectful service that didn’t treat ordinary travellers insultingly badly, given the resources he had, he had to relax security and get the flow of visitors up through border checks.
Live Channel 4 News online coverage of Brodie Clark’s appearance before MPs on the home affairs select committee.
New figures reveal that border checks were relaxed hundreds of times at 28 UK ports over the summer, as part of a pilot scheme authorised by Home Secretary Theresa May.
As the latest border security scandal engulfs the Home Office, a former immigration whistleblower tells Channel 4 News “root and branch” reform is needed to get the department up to speed.
The former head of the UK Border Force, Brodie Clark, tells MPs he did not extend or alter Home Secretary Theresa May’s trial on relaxing border checks in any way.
Home Secretary Theresa May is under renewed political pressure after it emerged passengers on British-registered coaches passing through Dover have only been subject to cursory passport checks.
Home Secretary Theresa May bans the Muslims Against Crusades group ahead its “hell for heroes” demonstration. Members tell Channel 4 News they will disband but will “never be silenced”.
Home Secretary Theresa May defends her role in the storm over the relaxation of UK border controls, which has already cost the head of the UK Border Force his job amid a row over who was at fault.
UK Border Force chief Brodie Clark resigns but denies “improperly” relaxing border checks, accusing the Home Secretary Theresa May of making his position “untenable” for “political convenience.”
Gary Gibbon
What is most interesting about an email from a senior manager at the UKBA to all immigration staff at Heathrow Terminal 5 is the reference to how border staff “are no longer able to suspend Secure ID except in the most exceptional circumstances. The Home Secretary has not given us that flexibility”.
Gary Gibbon
Gary Gibbon on the last hurrah – or should that be miaow? – of “catgate”.
Justice Secretary Ken Clarke says he regrets his “colourful language” when he accused Home Secretary Theresa May of making “laughable and childlike” comments about the human rights act.
Gary Gibbon
The hall at the Tory party conference isn’t exactly packed for a speech on the NHS, writes Gary Gibbon – who is also keeping one ear out for the latest on “catgate”.
Gary Gibbon
Theresa May told the Tory conference a man had been saved from deportation by dint of his relationship with his cat, blogs Garry Gibbon. But was the cat the sole reason why the man had remained in this country?
Home Secretary Theresa May tells the Conservative Party conference she will restore “sanity” to immigration, with measures including stopping the human rights act protecting foreign criminals.