9 h. ago Keir Starmer deal to return small boats migrants 'is historic breakthrough'

Home Office minister Dame Angela Eagle said the new migrant returns deal with France will help 'replace chaos with control' and she branded the agreement 'historic'

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12 h. ago Martin Rowson on Keir Starmer’s migration deal with France – cartoon

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12 h. ago More than 500 small boat migrants arrived in Britain on day of Keir Starmer's 'one in, one out' deal

The figures are a fresh blow to the Labour leader and the number of crossings over the year so far to 21,690, which is more than a 50 per cent higher than 2024.

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20 h. ago Small boat migrants will be detained as part of France return deal, Yvette Cooper confirms

Home Secretary Yvette Cooper said people who arrive on small boats will be detained as part of a 'groundbreaking' one-in-one-out returns deal with France - but refused to say how many would be affected

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20 h. ago BBC's Charlie Stayt humiliates top Tory for trying to 'ridicule' Labour in brutal TV moment

Tory shadow home secretary Chris Philp was humiliated in a TV interview after he called Keir Starmer's new 'one in, one out' returns deal with France a 'gimmick'

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20 h. ago Macron is right it's too easy to work illegally in UK, says Yvette Cooper after new 'small boats' deal agreed

‘Groundbreaking’ pilot scheme will see migrants ‘detained and returned to France in short order’ and begin within weeks, says Starmer

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27 h. ago 'What a joke!' Keir Starmer's half baked deal with France to deter small boat migrants already in peril as Tories claim plans will not put off 'a single person from crossing the Channel'

The Prime Minister and French president Emmanuel Macron announced a 'one in, one out' migrant swap deal which was far less ambitious than expected.

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35 h. ago Press conference in full: Starmer and Macron unveil migrant return deal after crunch talks

Watch live as Sir Keir Starmer and Emmanuel Macron announce a migrant return deal with France intended to tackle illegal crossings over the Channel.

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35 h. ago Macron blames Brexit for illegal migration crisis as 'one in one out' returns scheme to tackle small boats unveiled with Starmer

‘Groundbreaking’ pilot scheme will see migrants ‘detained and returned to France in short order’ and begin within weeks, says Starmer

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35 h. ago Starmer says ‘one in, one out’ deal will allow UK to return small

PM also announces first safe and legal route for ‘genuine asylum seekers’ who have not tried to cross ChannelPeople arriving via small boats will be detained and returned to France “in short order” with a new safe and legal route established for refugees for the first time, Keir Starmer has announced.The “one in, one out” deal, a pilot agreed with the French president, Emmanuel Macron, will for the first time give the UK the ability to return cross-Channel asylum seekers to France, and those people would not then be allowed to apply via the legal route. Continue reading...

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36 h. ago Keir Starmer and Emmanuel Macron agree 'one in one out' returns scheme to tackle small boat crisis

‘Groundbreaking’ pilot scheme will begin within weeks says Prime Minister at joint press conference with French President

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36 h. ago Keir Starmer and Emmanuel Macron announce migrant returns deal

‘One in, one out’ pilot scheme announced after weeks of negotiations

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36 h. ago Watch live: Starmer and Macron unveil migrant return deal after crunch talks

Watch live as Sir Keir Starmer and Emmanuel Macron announce a migrant return deal with France intended to tackle illegal crossings over the Channel.

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42 h. ago Keir Starmer and Emmanuel Macron to sign migrant returns deal

Final touches being made to ‘one in, one out’ pilot scheme on Thursday

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62 h. ago Starmer and Macron are up against a small boats crisis – but how many migrants cross the Channel and who gets turned away?

Keir Starmer wants a radical new deal with French authorities, as data shows small boats migration is at highest-ever levels – even with 4 in 10 migrants prevented from crossing the Channel. Alicja Hagopian reports

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65 h. ago As Starmer and Macron discuss small boats, how many migrants cross the Channel – and how many are stopped?

Keir Starmer wants a radical new deal with French authorities, as data shows small boats migration is at highest-ever levels – even with 4 in 10 migrants prevented from crossing the Channel. Alicja Hagopian reports

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2 w. ago Keir Starmer in huge DWP benefit cuts climbdown as he offers deal to rebels

Hundreds of thousands of people will avoid losing their Personal Independence Payments after Keir Starmer was forced into major climbdown to avoid a humiliating Commons defeat

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3 w. ago Trump on ‘good form’, Starmer says after US president’s trade deal gaffe

Sir Keir Starmer said he rushed to pick up trade deal documents dropped by the US president in order to prevent a security scare.

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3 w. ago Starmer reveals why he rushed to picked up Trump’s trade deal papers at the G7

The prime minister insists there is no reason to be concerned about the US President’s health

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3 w. ago Trump leaves G7 early for something ‘bigger than a ceasefire’ amid Iran

US president denies claims from France’s Macron that he is working on a truce after earlier urging Tehran residents to flee from Iranian capitalCeasefire offer has been made, says Macron, as Trump leaves G7 earlyJust to recap on events, Donald Trump and UK prime minister Keir Starmer signed off a UK-US trade deal at the G7 summit n Kananaskis, Alberta, on Monday.The US president said Britain would have protection against future tariffs “because I like them”. Continue reading...

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