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THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: The Reform UK leader’s suggestion, as part of his party’s proposed immigration measures, that any asylum seeker arrested for serious crimes such as rape should have their background details issued by police, will do nothing for the community cohesion he claims to care so much about

Rupert Matthews has joined Nigel Farage’s party as he says the ‘dark heart of wokeness’ needs removing from the justice system.

COMMENT: As home secretary Yvette Cooper announces £100m to pay for more border officers and new surveillance technology, among a raft of key measures, Sean O'Grady admits that there is no silver bullet to stop illegal immigration – and that slow, unshowy progress risks playing into Reform UK’s hands

Downing Street indicates that further hostage releases are not required for move to go ahead next month

Vanessa Frake warned the current justice system is ‘warehousing prisoners’ and ‘turning out better criminals into society’.

In today’s newsletter: Government’s internet crackdown could​ silence vulnerable communities, stifle political speech, and create massive new databases of personal data

It is said the centre cannot hold, but what if it does? That’s a frightening recipe for more stasis and more rage, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik

Farage accuses government of being ‘so below the belt’ as right wing doubles down on censorship claims