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Nigel Farage unable to say what his own cap on immigration would be in car-crash interview

2 days ago | leftfootforward.org | Basit Mahmood

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage was unable to define what his own cap on immigration would be, despite making it a major priority for his anti-immigrant party. Farage has made immigration a major issue for his party, as it seeks to build on its recent local election success ahead of the next general election and has accused Labour and the Tories of having failed on the issue.
Lib Dems launch ‘Reform Watch’ team to hold Reform-run councils to account

2 days ago | leftfootforward.org | Olivia Barber

The Lib Dems have created a national “Reform Watch” scrutiny board, bringing together Lib Dem leaders in areas where Reform has taken control to hold them to account. Ed Davey has said Labour and the Tories are “too scared” of Reform to hold the right-wing party to account. A key focus of the board will be monitoring whether Reform tries to cut public services, Davey told the Guardian. The Lib Dems won 370 seats and three councils on 1 May, coming second to Reform UK in some areas such as Durham.
Nigel Farage and Lee Anderson slammed for ‘shameful’ small boat comments

2 days ago | leftfootforward.org | Olivia Barber

Reform’s Nigel Farage and Lee Anderson have been condemned by other MPs for their comments about small boat crossings. During yesterday’s debate on the Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill, Farage claimed that at the time of him speaking, 600 young men had already been processed at Dover. He went on to say: “Perhaps the odd Iranian terrorist among them — who knows?”.
Tories write to Kemi Badenoch calling on her to resign

2 days ago | leftfootforward.org | Olivia Barber

A group of Tory figures and activists are writing a letter to Kemi Badenoch demanding her resignation following the Tories’ disastrous local election results earlier this month. Many have signed an anonymous open letter which is circulating among Tory groups, calling on Badenoch to stand down, and make way for “fresh blood” rather than “allowing Reform to take our space”.
Here’s what Keir Starmer said in his immigration speech today

3 days ago | leftfootforward.org | Olivia Barber

Labour’s white paper, ‘Restoring control over the immigration system’ was published today. Keir Starmer gave a speech in Downing Street this morning, which has come in for heavy criticism from backbench MPs, charities and unions. First, here’s a summary of the changes included in the speech: The government is planning to double the waiting period for Indefinite Leave to Remain (ILR) from five years to 10 years.
Tory donor becomes a billionaire from providing substandard refugee housing

3 days ago | leftfootforward.org | Olivia Barber

Graham King, whose firm Clearsprings Ready Homes holds £1bn in Home Office contracts to house asylum seekers, has now become a billionaire. King, who has previously donated money to the Conservative Party, . Last year, the companies’ profits rose to £91 million, from £62 million the year before. The Times noted that King made his debut on the Rich List only last year when he appeared at No 221 with £750 million. This year, he ranks 154 with a reported fortune of £1.015 billion.
Nigel Farage’s Reform UK ‘manifesto’ branded "unserious" and "unhinged"

3 days ago | leftfootforward.org | Olivia Barber

Over the weekend, Nigel Farage used a double-page spread in the Daily Mail to set out his “manifesto” for Reform UK, which has been described as “every bit as unhinged and unserious as you’d expect”. The proposals include raising the income tax threshold to £20,000 and abolishing inheritance tax on estates under £2 million. Other policies included abandoning net zero in favour of “drill baby drill”, and creating a minister for deportations.
Bank of England governor says UK must do “everything we can” to improve trade with EU

4 days ago | leftfootforward.org | Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead

Andrew Bailey, the Bank of England governor, has called for the UK to “rebuild” its trading relationship with the European Union, urging that everything possible be done to strengthen long-term trade ties. His comments follow this week’s UK-US trade deal, which Bailey hopes will be the first of many steps toward easing global trade tensions.
Woke bashing of the week - Reform to ban councils from flying ‘woke’ flags

4 days ago | leftfootforward.org | Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead

No, this isn’t a headline from Texas or Alabama, it’s straight out of the Telegraph. In what feels like a direct knockoff from Trump’s culture war playbook, Reform has announced that councils under its control will now be banned from flying anything other than the Union Jack or St George’s Cross. Party chairman Zia Yusuf declared that ‘no other flags’ would be permitted on flagpoles, balconies, reception desks, or council chamber walls.
Trump eyes Rwanda for migrant deportations, echoing UK’s controversial scheme

4 days ago | leftfootforward.org | Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead

Donald Trump is reportedly exploring plans to deport migrants from the US to Rwanda, the New York Times (NYT) has reported. The proposal appears to borrow directly from Britain’s highly controversial Rwanda asylum scheme, one that the NYT notes has drawn intense domestic and international criticism. Images of former UK home secretary Suella Braverman grinning during a tour of Rwandan detention facilities continue to haunt many observers.