French becoming more effective in stopping small boat crossings, UK says
The Home Office credits France with intercepting hundreds of potential crossings this summer using new tactics....
Burnham announces plans to clean up worst three illegal waste dumps
The government says the sites in Kent, Surrey and West Yorkshire contain 22,000 tonnes of waste....
AI will not solve council cash crisis, say experts
Councils across the UK are making cuts of £3bn this financial year, despite recent funding reforms....
People smuggler exposed by BBC investigation arrested and charged
Twana Jamal Khdir has been arrested and charged with immigration offences....
The dangers of politicians being “too online” – or not online enough
In an era when reputations can be made or broken with a single post, getting the balance right is tricky....
‘Everyone in for Christmas’ – Burnham unveils rough sleeping plan
Rough sleepers in England will be offered housing, in a move likened to the “Everyone In” initiative during the pandemic....
Russia says UK ‘will pay’ for supplying drones to Ukraine
An MoD spokesperson responds by saying Britain stands “shoulder to shoulder” with Ukraine....
Burnham exchanged messages with person posing as Trump’s chief of staff
Downing Street has declined to comment on the security breach, first reported by Politico....
Reform UK benefits ban for foreign nationals would include EU citizens
The move would require renegotiating the UK’s Brexit deal and could risk stripping British expats living in the EU of similar rights....
Calls for public inquiry into Jason Arday ‘witchhunt’
Lord Simon Woolley said Arday had been “hounded” by the media and pursued relentlessly....