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Guido Fawkes2 Apr 2026

Welsh Voters Turn Backs on Net Zero Ahead of Senedd Elections

New polling from the TaxPayers’ Alliance shows just 6% of Welsh voters now see Net Zero as a top priority, with the cost of living, NHS waiting times and illegal immigration all ranking far higher. A single tear runs down Miliband’s cheek… The poll of 1,011 Welsh adults found only 22% are confident the government…

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Sky News Politics1 Apr 2026

Two migrants die during attempt to cross English Channel

Two migrants have died off the coast of France during an attempt to cross the English Channel.

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The Guardian Politics31 Mar 2026

UK to pay France extra £16m in stopgap deal to patrol Channel beaches

Two-month arrangement aimed at preventing small-boat crossings comes as existing deal expires The UK will pay France an extra £16.2m to keep police patrolling Channel beaches and prevent a surge in small-boat crossings after negotiators failed to agree a permanent deal before a midnight deadline. The stopgap arrangement, which will last for two months, comes after French negotiators refused to give in to UK demands for further interventions and patrols to stop asylum seekers from reaching the UK

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The Guardian Politics31 Mar 2026

Starmer’s immigration rhetoric follows familiar pattern of bold claims but few results, expert says

Madeleine Sumption says politicians make big claims about things they only partially control to appeal to voters Keir Starmer’s pledge to “smash the gangs” profiting from small boat crossings has followed a pattern set by Conservative-led governments of employing “bullish rhetoric” with little evidence that it can be delivered, an expert has claimed. Madeleine Sumption, the director of the University of Oxford’s Migration Observatory, says the prime minister has repeated the mistakes of Rishi Su

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The Guardian Politics30 Mar 2026

UK-France beach patrol deal to intercept small boats on verge of collapse

Negotiations deadlocked as No 10 wants more action by French officials but France has concerns over safety The UK’s agreement with France to pay for beach patrols is on the verge of collapse amid wrangling over the number of small boat interceptions and the safety of asylum seekers in French waters. Negotiations over plans to revamp the three-year, £480m deal remain deadlocked, despite the involvement of ministers including Shabana Mahmood, the home secretary. The deal expires at midnight on Tue

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The Guardian Politics28 Mar 2026

Samuel Ojo on Shabana Mahmood’s immigration reforms – cartoon

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The Guardian Politics26 Mar 2026

Doctors waiting on asylum decisions can work in NHS as Home Office lifts ban

Rule change follows high court challenge brought by two doctors prevented from working in specialist fields Doctors who have been prevented from working in the NHS while they wait for asylum decisions are celebrating after the Home Office agreed to lift the ban. The changes come into force on Thursday. The changes to the immigration rules follow a high court challenge by two specialist doctors who had the relevant qualifications to work for the NHS but were prevented from taking up work. Doctors

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BBC Politics25 Mar 2026

NHS, bills and immigration: One constituency's election talking points

Six weeks from the Holyrood election, the BBC takes the temperature in one central Scotland constituency.

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Guido Fawkes25 Mar 2026

Starmer’s Ex-Spinner Torches Labour Over Migrant Benefits and Debt Delusion

Starmer’s former top spinner Paul Ovenden has written another punchy intervention in the Times this morning, attacking Labour directly for fighting to give ‘Boriswave’ migrants “lifetime benefits, paid out of the pockets of other already hard-up, fed-up constituents” and warning Britain “can no longer borrow our way out of every difficulty“. Is anyone in the…

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Express Politics25 Mar 2026

Labour civil war explodes over threat to hand low-paid migrants £10bn in benefits

Furious row erupts over controversial Home Office plans, with critics warned that they are only helping Reform

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Express Politics25 Mar 2026

Fury as Labour refuses to answer 1 major question on asylum seeker housing

The Government has rejected the FOI request drawing fresh criticism.

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The Guardian Politics24 Mar 2026

‘They singled out non-white, foreign-born workers’: the restaurants raided by Britain’s version of ICE

They’re not armed and they keep a relatively low profile. But the Home Office’s immigration compliance and enforcement officers have searched thousands of business in pursuit of illegal workers. Are they abusing their powers? Diners were tucking into their upmarket Indian lunch when the Ice agents slid through the restaurant’s back fence. Armed with stun guns and clad in stab vests, the 11-strong unit blocked off every entrance before moving in on their target: Mandira’s Kitchen. This wasn’t a s

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