Immigration
The debate continues in the same style – over personalities and power, not the substantive challenges that face the country. Something will have to change in 2019.
Nine migrants have been detained on a beach in Dover, Kent, after crossing the English Channel in a small boat. The group comprises five men, one woman, two boys and a girl. This is the latest attempt to enter England after at least 43 people, tried to cross the English Channel on Christmas Day and Boxing Day.
Once again, this government has put bogus ‘clamp-downs’ on migration ahead of the real needs of our economy
Until the Government fixes immigration rules, we will continue to see the footage of children crammed onto dinghies or clinging onto lorries. No child should have to do this
Temporary workers will be able to apply for 12-month visas.
With a proposed income threshold of £30,000 for skilled migrants, the White Paper sets out a bleak picture for the future of UK immigration
Home secretary will announce new migration policy.
Skilled migrants must earn over £30,000 to get a five-year visa in blueprint labelled "crude".
Sooner or later, our struggle related to this trial will be over – but the wider struggle against the hostile environment must continue
I thought I was British but mainstream media enjoyed reminding me that I was an 'outlier'. No matter how hard I tried, I wasn’t enough of anything to feel like anything