By GB News (Politics) | Created at 2025-04-01 06:53:56 | Updated at 2025-04-02 16:20:23
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Sir Keir Starmer's small boats record is worse than any other Prime Minister since the Channel crossing began in 2018, damning new data has revealed.
Despite the Prime Minister's tough talk yesterday, a staggering 29,884 asylum seekers arrived on British shores between Labour thumping victory and March 29.
The figure equates to just over 780 per week, compared to 570 for Rishi Sunak and just 400 for Boris Johnson.
After entering No10, Starmer vowed to "smash the gangs" but immediately axed Sunak's Rwanda relocation plan.
Shadow Home Secretary Chris Philp claimed the surge came as a "direct consequence" of the decision to cancel the Rwanda scheme.
He said: “Today’s conference will make no difference. Law enforcement alone cannot stop illegal immigration – you need a removals deterrent.”
However, a Home Office spokesman argued: “We all want to end dangerous small boat crossings, which threaten lives and undermine our border security.
"The people-smuggling gangs do not care if the vulnerable people they exploit live or die, as long as they pay, and we will stop at nothing to dismantle their business models and bring them to justice.
“That’s why the UK is hosted the landmark Organised Immigration Crime Summit, bringing together 40 countries to dismantle people-smuggling gangs.
"This adds to our action to strengthen enforcement powers, ramp up returns to their highest levels for more than half a decade and crackdown on illegal working.”
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Whitehall chiefs hiring woke £104k lawyer to oversee equality on Falklands
Whitehall chiefs have made a listing for an £104,000 a year lawyer to oversee equality on the Falkland Islands.
The post would look to cover equality on the 3,662-strong island, which is also home to around a million penguins.
The Head of Legal Services will work in the capital Stanley for the Falkland Islands Government.
Starmer warned UK faces free trade snub over free speech
Sir Keir Starmer has been warned that the UK will miss out of a free trade deal with the US due to an ongoing free speech row.
The US State Department is "concerned about freedom of expression in the United Kingdom", particularly due to a clampdown on anti-abortion activism.
It said it was “monitoring” the case of Livia Tossici-Bolt, who was prosecuted for holding a sign near a Bournemouth abortion clinic reading: “Here to talk if you want.”
