New criminal offences to disrupt people smugglers set out in border Bill
The Government is expected to seek to bring the measures into force as soon as possible once the legislation is approved by MPs and Lords.
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MPs and peers call for independent investigation of policing of Palestine protest
Over 50 Mps and peers have signed a letter to the Home Secretary Yvette Cooper seeking an independent review into the ...
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Border Force to be given 'counter-terrorism' powers in crackdown on small boats
Immigration authorities are to be given much stronger powers, inspired by those used to prevent terrorism, in an effort to tackle deadly small boat crossings in the English Channel.
Starmer, Blair and Brown among mourners at Prescott funeral
The service for the former deputy prime minister, who died in November aged 86, is being held at Hull Minster.
Massive migration shake-up as small boat arrivals face 'five years in prison'
Yvette Cooper has announced new laws as sources revealed the biggest boat detected crossing the Channel had a staggering 120 ...
Labour accused of ‘rank hypocrisy’ over plans to detain child migrants and ditch slavery protections
Despite Labour frontbenchers repeatedly speaking out against the Conservatives’ Illegal Migration Act (IMA), Yvette Cooper is pressing ahead with plans to allow unaccompanied children whose age is dis ...
QUENTIN LETTS: As Channel 4's gripping drama Brian and Maggie concludes, a throwback to a time when politicians faced real TV grilling's instead of being intervi…
Brian Walden and Margaret Thatcher were soulmates. He was a Labour MP who became a TV interviewer, she was the Tory leader ...