The prime minister wants a radical deal with French authorities as data shows migration on small boats is at its highest-ever levels despite 4 in 10 migrants being prevented from crossing the Channel. Alicja Hagopian reports
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Bridget Phillipson’s fury that a vulnerable child was placed in a caravan at cost of £75,000
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Starmer and Macron will join forces on nuclear deterrents in cases of ‘extreme threats’ to Europe
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Police hunt for teenager missing from Redcar for over a month
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Kemi Badenoch to call for tougher restrictions on benefits to cut welfare bill
“It is not fair to spend £1 billion a month on benefits for foreign nationals and on handing out taxpayer-funded cars for conditions like constipation.”