Home Secretary Yvette Cooper has defended Labour's record on returning asylum seekers and criticised Reform UK for ''continuously attacking'' the police. It comes as the Chief Constable of Essex Police has denied that officers drove counter-protesters to a demonstration outside a hotel housing asylum seekers after claims made by Nigel Farage. Report by Gluszczykm. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
The government has announced a public inquiry into the Battle of Orgreave - one of the worst days of violence during the 1984-85 Minersā Strike. Campaigners have long fought for an investigation into South Yorkshire Policeās actions during and after the clashes at the Orgreave Coking Plant in June 1984. Home Secretary Yvette Cooper says concerns āhave been left unanswered for decades, and we must now establish what happened.ā Report by Jonesia. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
Speaking in the House of Commons, Home Secretary Yvette Cooper insisted the UK-France return deal would āfundamentally undermineā the smugglers organising the crossings.
Under the pilot scheme, for each small boat migrant sent back across the English Channel, an asylum seeker will be allowed to enter the UK from France under a legal route.
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Home Secretary Yvette Cooper hails the new āone in, one outā agreement with France on illegal migrant Channel crossings, following āsix-seven years of small-boats chaosā. Report by Jonesia. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
Home Secretary Yvette Cooper says the decision to proscribe Palestine Action as a terrorist group is about protecting national security, rather than preventing the "lawful right to protest". Report by Brooksl. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
Dr Caterina Brandmayr, Director of Policy and Translation at the Grantham Institute, says Heathrow Airport's expansion would make it "very challenging for the aviation sector to decarbonise", potentially impacting the government's current net zero targets. Report by Brooksl. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
Justine Bayley says she has not been offered any compensation from the government over Heathrow's expansion, but fears a third runway would mean that she will need ear defenders "every time I open the front door". Report by Brooksl. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
Justine Bayley, who has actively campaigned against plans for a third runway at Heathrow for more than ten years, says village communities will be "destroyed" if the airport's expansion goes ahead. Report by Brooksl. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
Liberal Democrat MP Munira Wilson says Heathrow's expansion would make it "impossible" for the country to deliver its net zero targets and that the economic benefits of a third runway are "fundamentally unproven". Report by Brooksl. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
Shadow Home Office minister Katie Lam says it is "deeply worrying" that 25,000 migrants have arrived in the UK after crossing the Channel so far this year, the fastest this figure has been reached. Report by Brooksl. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
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