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HMRC scraps plans for new inland border facility in Dover

Plans for a new inland border facility (IBF) in Dover will no longer go ahead, HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) has announced. It was hoped a new facility, located at a business park off the A2 in Kent, would see millions of pounds of investment in the ...

16 Jun 2022 at 18:01

Dover MP calls for more border posts as plan for new customs centre is ditched

The MP for Dover has said more border posts are needed in Kent. Her statement comes as Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC) announced it will no longer go ahead with plans to open a new inland border facility (IBF) just off the A2 in Dover. ...

17 Jun 2022 at 12:24

Residents say Jenrick ‘shocked’ by scale of migrants arriving in Dover area

Immigration minister Robert Jenrick was “shocked” by the scale of migrants arriving in Dover communities after landing on nearby beaches in small boats, local residents have said. Mr Jenrick spent about an hour on Friday listening to stories ...

04 Nov 2022 at 18:09

Mordaunt: Tory odds of retaining Dover have improved since Elphicke defection

Natalie Elphicke’s defection to Labour has “slightly improved” the Conservatives’ odds of retaining the Dover constituency, according to Penny Mordaunt. The Commons Leader said it was a “personal tragedy” for Ms Elphicke to switch from the ...

09 May 2024 at 12:46

Labour chairwoman says Elphicke ‘held accountable’ for sexual assault comments

Natalie Elphicke has been made accountable for past comments she made defending her ex-husband after he was convicted for sexual assault, Labour Party chairwoman Anneliese Dodds has said. Ms Elphicke quit the Conservatives just moments ...

09 May 2024 at 12:51

Channel crossings deal ‘does not match scale or urgency of migrant crisis’

The UK’s latest deal with France to curb Channel crossings does not match the scale or urgency of the crisis and is “recycling the same failed response”, critics have claimed. The agreement, hiking the figure paid to France by the UK ...

14 Nov 2022 at 19:54

Starmer set to pledge new anti-terror powers to break small boats gangs

Labour will use new counter-terrorism powers to tackle people-smuggling gangs bringing migrants across the Channel in small boats, Sir Keir Starmer is set to announce on Friday. In a speech on the Kent coast, the Labour leader will ...

09 May 2024 at 22:30

50 hotels to stop housing migrants by January, minister announces

The number of hotels used to house migrants will be cut by 50 over the next three months, the immigration minister has announced. Robert Jenrick told MPs the process of “exiting” the first tranche of accommodation will begin in ...

24 Oct 2023 at 17:54

Starmer will not set small boats target but pledges hostile territory for gangs

Sir Keir Starmer declined to commit to “stopping the boats” as he set out his party’s plans to tackle cross-Channel migration. The Labour leader said crossings needed to be reduced “materially” and he would “like it to come ...

10 May 2024 at 21:19

Sunak vows to do ‘whatever it takes’ after Supreme Court rules Rwanda unlawful

Rishi Sunak has vowed to do “whatever it takes” to stop small boat crossings after the Supreme Court ruled his flagship policy of removing asylum seekers to Rwanda unlawful. The Prime Minister insisted on Wednesday that ...

15 Nov 2023 at 11:59

Elphicke ‘lobbied justice secretary to interfere in husband’s sex offence trial’

Tory defector Natalie Elphicke has been accused of lobbying the justice secretary in 2020 to interfere in her then-husband’s criminal sex offences trial. Sir Robert Buckland has said the MP who has now crossed the ...

11 May 2024 at 21:36

Sunak handing migrants a ‘Tory amnesty’ says Starmer as MP defects to Labour

The Government is handing migrants a “Tory amnesty” Sir Keir Starmer said as a Conservative MP defected to Labour while criticising Rishi Sunak’s attempts to tackle small boats crossings. Dover MP Natalie ...

08 May 2024 at 13:02

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