The government has agreed to alter its illegal migration bill to limit detentions for unaccompanied children in a key concession ahead of the flagship legislation’s return to the commons today. The Home Office has said it has introduced “safeguards” following “scrutiny” in the House of Lords. It comes after peers inflicted 20 defeats against the
A government minister has accused Labour and Liberal Democrat members of the House of Lords of voting “sabotage” key elements of the government’s flagship small boats legislation. Neil O’Brien, a health minister, told Sky News, “We’ve got to restore our ability to deport people who shouldn’t be here”, » Read More
The Home Office under Rishi Sunak is a curious department. Nominally, it is led by Suella Braverman, who appeared to have the brief surrendered to her during the October 2022 Conservative leadership contest. Of course, we are ignorant of the details of such a “deal” between Sunak and his soon-to-be home secretary, » Read More
The home office is set to release long-awaited data on immigration which will detail the number of people who settled in the UK last year. It is widely expected that net migration will soar to at least 700,000, with some forecasters saying they could near one million in the year ending December 2022. » Read More
“The Blob”, that perennial spectre of Conservative party governance, takes its name from a 1950s B-Movie about an unstoppable amoeba-like mass which devours everything in its path. “There is no stopping The Blob as it spreads from town to town”, the trailer for the forgotten flick explains. Leading man Steve McQueen — in his first
After a brief sabbatical from scandals following the exit of Dominic Raab, Rishi Sunak’s government faces another round of probity questions courtesy of his home secretary’s conduct over a speeding fine. Suella Braverman is accused of trying to swerve public ignominy by asking impartial civil servants to help arrange a private speed awareness course, » Read
Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has said that Rishi Sunak must launch a formal ethics investigation into whether Suella Braverman broke the ministerial code amid a row over a speeding fine. Ms Braverman, the home secretary, had been caught speeding last summer while serving as attorney general, and initially opted to attend a driving awareness
Not all of what was said at the National Conservatism Conference this week can or should be subjected to detailed textual analysis — I’m thinking of Conservative MP Miriam Cates’ case against “cultural Marxism” and or Danny Kruger’s exaltation of the “normative family”. But the discussion billed as a cosy “fireside chat” with Michael Gove
Suella Braverman will be among those gathering at the National Conservatism Conference today, where she will challenge the prime minister to deliver the Conservative manifesto promise to reduce net migration so that Britain does not forget how to “do things for ourselves”. The home secretary will use the speech to warn her cabinet colleagues against
Since Wednesday, a further name has been added to the eclectic catalogue of “lefty lawyers” and political activists blamed for thwarting the government’s small boats agenda. The new individual of concern is, of course, the Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby — fresh from crowning a new monarch on Saturday. Addressing Britain’s assembled nobles in the
