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It’s trust in English kindness that keeps the migrants coming

10 May 2025 9:00 am

More than 12 million Brits engage in some form of voluntary work, many of whom have dropped everything to help those arriving in small boats

Enforce the borders, stop the boats, save lives

18 August 2023 6:15 pm

Rishi Sunak has failed in his pledge to ‘Stop the Boats’, and the £480 million deal he signed with France…

Tories fight over Illegal Migration Bill

11 July 2023 11:36 pm

The Illegal Migration Bill is back this afternoon for ‘ping pong’ – the final stage of its legislative passage where…

The Illegal Migration Bill will define the next election

8 March 2023 1:37 am

The government’s Illegal Migration Bill is finally here. Speaking in the House of Commons this lunchtime, the Home Secretary unveiled…

Liz Truss is a liberal. So how will she approach immigration?

27 September 2022 12:01 am

Should Tories already be feeling buyer’s remorse over their new leader? It has been only 20 days since Boris Johnson,…

Will Britain welcome Ukrainian refugees?

1 March 2022 1:00 am

Immigration used to be the most-discussed issue in British politics. It gets less attention these days, for reasons too varied…

Priti Patel and the progressive language police

26 November 2021 7:10 pm

There was an exchange in the House of Commons on Thursday afternoon that ought to be a scandal but won’t.…

Talk tough and do nothing: The abject failure of Patel’s migrant strategy

8 August 2021 9:15 am

It is somehow fitting that during an Olympic Games a department of Her Majesty’s government is busy smashing records. In…