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  • 1 day ago | thetimes.com | Matt Dathan

    Criminals will exploit budget cuts to target Britain’s border security and trigger lengthy queues at airports and ferry terminals, frontline officers have warned. Border Force is facing a real-terms cut to its £1.2 billion budget as the Home Office is among the departments expected to bear the brunt of savings in next week’s spending review. Any significant savings are likely to affect frontline staff as about 70 per cent of its day-to-day budget is its wage bill.

  • 4 days ago | parapolitika.gr | Matt Dathan

    Η ΒΡΕΤΑΝΙΑ θα ζητήσει από το Κοσσυφοπέδιο να δεχτεί μετανάστες που έρχονται με μικρές βάρκες, στο πλαίσιο των σχεδίων για τη δημιουργία μιας σειράς «κόμβων επιστροφής» στο εξωτερικό, αποκαλύπτουν οι «Times».

  • 5 days ago | thetimes.com | Matt Dathan |Larisa Brown

    Britain faces a “new era of threat” including the “immediate and pressing” danger of Russia, the long-awaited strategic defence review will warn on Monday. The report, which will be published after nearly a year, consists of 48,000 words and is about 130 pages long. The government is expected to accept all 62 recommendations in full. On the eve of publication, John Healey, the defence secretary, said Britain must be prepared for a military attack by Russia.

  • 5 days ago | thetimes.com | Matt Dathan |Larisa Brown

    Britain will build up to a dozen nuclear-powered attack submarines, Sir Keir Starmer will announce on Monday as he puts the armed forces on a war footing. They will replace the UK’s seven Astute class submarines, which are armed with conventional weapons, and will be in operation from the late 2030s, joining the four Trident submarines that carry the nation’s at-sea nuclear deterrent. Starmer will also pledge a £15 billion investment in the UK’s sovereign nuclear warhead programme.

  • 5 days ago | thetimes.com | Matt Dathan

    Britain is on course for up to 50,000 migrant crossings this year according to new analysis after daily arrivals topped 1,000 for the first time this year and a new row broke out with the French. Home Office figures revealed 1,195 migrants arrived in 19 boats on Saturday — the highest daily tally so far this year and the fourth highest figure recorded. The French prevented a further ten boats from entering the water, according to UK government sources.

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Matt Dathan
Matt Dathan @matt_dathan
10 May 25

Why the OBR isn't fully accounting for the impact of immigration on the public finances, according to the Home Office, immigration experts and the Prime Minister's chief of staff: https://t.co/qxYl9ncdxP

Matt Dathan
Matt Dathan @matt_dathan
10 May 25

Other lines: - PM's aides have set an informal net migration target of 200k by next election. - Immigration White Paper will also set out plans to restrict judges' interpretation of Article 8 of the ECHR (family rights). - Law change will also restrict what counts as a 'family

Matt Dathan
Matt Dathan @matt_dathan

Excl: The Home Office fears that long-term immigration will be higher than expected and believes the government is overstating the benefits of migration: https://t.co/aP0uKfDW91 https://t.co/gcoV5tDpBE

Matt Dathan
Matt Dathan @matt_dathan
9 May 25

Excl: The Home Office fears that long-term immigration will be higher than expected and believes the government is overstating the benefits of migration: https://t.co/aP0uKfDW91 https://t.co/gcoV5tDpBE