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Government 'goes cold' on Boris Johnson civil servant cuts plan after huge cost revealed

A WHITEHALL review into Boris Johnson’s plans to axe as many as 91,000 civil servants over three years has led the Treasury to “go cold” after…

The National (Scotland)

Total number of people crossing English Channel in small boats passes 18,000

The new milestone was reached just days after the busiest day for Channel crossings in 2022 so far.

The Independent UK

UK Rwanda asylum plan under fire as rising numbers cross Channel

MoD says 696 people made journey in small boats on Monday, as concerns grow over government response

The Guardian - UK

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Britain and France ‘put plans in place’ to prevent further border travel chaos

British and French border force officials said the two countries are ‘working closely’ to support the smooth flow of traffic.

The Independent UK

Three international dealers who attempted to send drugs across Atlantic jailed after Newcastle raids

Kohi Choudhury, Sabir Ahmed, and Arif Shomel have been jailed for their roles in the conspiracy

Chronicle Live

Rishi Sunak vs Liz Truss: Where PM candidates stand on tax cuts, Brexit, immigration and other issues

Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak will go head-to-head in a BBC debate on Monday night

Manchester Evening News

Truss and Sunak trade blows on immigration and China ahead of TV debate

Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak will have their first TV debate on the BBC after a weekend that saw both camps trade increasingly personal attacks.

The Independent UK

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Tory candidates both vow crackdown on illegal migration

Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak have pledged fresh measures to tighten British borders.

The Independent UK

Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss BOTH lurch to right with grim migrant pledges

Rivals Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak vying to be Britain's next Prime Minister showed tonight that whichever way the scandal-hit Tories go, the UK will see further attempts to crack down on illegal migration - including the widely derided Rwanda asylum scheme

Daily Mirror

Sunak and Truss promise crackdown on illegal migration

Both the Foreign Secretary and the former chancellor appeared united on the need to toughen up UK policy on migrants.

The Independent UK

Jarrow pensioner who ordered prohibited weapons online spared prison

George Patrick, of Jarrow, admitted possessing and purchasing stun guns and a taser

Chronicle Live

Week of criticisms and revelations over Home Office’s handling of migrant crisis

Here are this week’s developments.

The Independent UK

Week of criticisms and revelations over Home Office’s handling of migrant crisis

The Home Office’s response to the migrant crisis has been the focus of a series of critical reports.

The Independent UK

Approach to small boats crisis may have been counter-productive, review says

Border Force reform planned as report finds ‘suboptimal performance’.

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The Independent UK

Home Office to pilot ‘contactless corridors’ to allow travellers to breeze through border control

The pilot scheme will hopefully begin running in 2024, the Home Office said

Daily Mirror

Airport passenger misery caused by 'unsustainable and inefficient' Border Force, review finds

Three hour queues at Heathrow - the UK's biggest airport - are causing issues in other regions as staff are relocated to deal with the crisis, a review by Australian immigration minister Alexander Downer found

The Independent UK

Border Force reform planned as report finds ‘suboptimal performance’

An independent review of the agency was commissioned by Home Secretary Priti Patel.

The Independent UK

Heathrow Airport passport queues ‘visible manifestation’ of systemic Border Force failures, report finds

Reviewer says government is not properly consulting Border Force on ‘ill-conceived policy initiatives’

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The Guardian - AU

Border Force has seized more than 1,000 devices from people entering Australia in past five years

Agency keeps about one in 40 devices searched – but there are no details on prosecutions that result

Manchester Evening News

37 Greater Manchester drug dealers locked up and off our streets for selling heroin, cocaine and crystal meth

They were all jailed for flooding communities with drugs

Daily Record

Scots antique gun collector left child alone in flat with guns, crossbow and knives

Police raided the Edinburgh home of Nicoll Graham, 41, last year and found a 10-year-old alone inside the property alongside several weapons including a crossbow and large knives.

Edinburgh Live

Edinburgh antique collector caught importing imitation handgun into country

Officers raided the military enthusiast’s home and discovered a child alone within the property alongside a large array of weapons which were said to have been “strewn through the house”.

Nottingham Post

East Midlands Airport seizes hazardous jewellery, toxic cosmetics and unsafe toys in £17m haul

An airport team works in partnership with Border Force on the nationally funded project

Liverpool Echo

Mum brought back to UK in ambulance accused of 'smuggling drugs'

Rachel Pighills travelled to Spain for life-saving surgery but says she was held by Border Force for four hours on her return

Evening Standard

Mother ‘treated like drug smuggler’ as she returned to UK after brain surgery

A husband has spoken of his devastation as his wife was searched for drugs by border patrol officers as she returned to the UK in an ambulance after having life-saving surgery in Spain.

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