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Lucy Gilder

London

Journalist, Home and Social Affairs at BBC

Journalist covering home and social affairs @BBCNews Verify team | @JSchofieldTrust Fellow 2024 | Views my own.

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  • 2 days ago | bbc.com | Ben Chu |Tom Edgington |Rob England |Lucy Gilder

    What are the challenges facing the government's immigration plan? Ben Chu, Tom Edgington, Rob England and Lucy GilderBBCWhen it comes to reducing UK immigration, there have been plenty of promises and targets from successive governments over the last 15 years, but the numbers remain high. Prime Minister Keir Starmer is now pledging to "take back control of our borders", promising tighter rules to bring down the numbers "significantly".

  • 2 weeks ago | bbc.com | Jake Horton |Lucy Gilder

    Border crossings, egg prices and jobs - Trump's 100 days speech fact-checkedJake Horton & Lucy GilderGetty ImagesPresident Trump used a rally in Michigan to mark what he claimed had been "the most successful first 100 days of any administration in the history of our country, according to many, many people". He highlighted his efforts to tackle illegal immigration, to bring back jobs to the US and end what he called "the inflation nightmare".

  • 2 weeks ago | flipboard.com | Jake Horton |Lucy Gilder

    1 day agoTrump has focused on stopping immigration during his first 100 days. Border crossings are way down, but that makes deportations trickier. Randy and Carol Eiland are relieved they're no longer coming across migrants while horseback-riding near their New Mexico home. In New York, Ildayra Varona …

  • 2 weeks ago | bbc.com | Lucy Gilder |Jake Horton

    How much has Elon Musk's Doge cut from US government spending? Lucy Gilder, Jake Horton and the Data Science teamBBCElon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (Doge) - set up to cut US government spending - claims to have saved, on average, more than $10bn a week since President Trump entered office. "We're talking about almost $200bn and rising fast," Trump told the BBC when talking about Mr Musk's cost-cutting drive on 23 April.

  • 1 month ago | bbc.com | Ben Chu |Lucy Gilder

    Ben Chu & Lucy GilderBBC VerifyThe fate of the Scunthorpe steel works has shone a fresh spotlight on Chinese investment in the UK economy with critics raising questions over potential security risks. The British Steel plant had been owned by China's Jingye Steel. But the UK government has now taken control of the Scunthorpe site, amid claims the Chinese owners were planning to permanently decommission its two blast furnaces and use its rolling mills to process imported Chinese-made metal instead.

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Lucy Gilder @lh_gilder
9 Apr 25

RT @Gerghana: President Trump has been justifying his sweeping tariffs with a series of claims about how the US is the victim of "unfair tr…

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Lucy Gilder @lh_gilder
1 Feb 25

RT @jakehorton0305: President Trump has caused controversy after suggesting that diversity programmes supported by his predecessors played…

Lucy Gilder
Lucy Gilder @lh_gilder
4 Dec 24

RT @J_A_Horton: Another piece written by @lh_gilder and I on FBI migrant crime stats, which Trump made misleading claims about to attack t…