68 m. ago Tackling violence against women and girls will be treated like terror and organised crime crackdown, Labour vows

Jess Phillips promises ‘change is coming’ as long-awaited violence against women and girls strategy published

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25 h. ago Labour crackdown on foreign workers could hit UK economy by £710m, Starmer warned

Advisors called for salary thresholds for some jobs to be reversed because they are ‘an inefficient’ way to cut migration

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3 d. ago Foreign farm workers are struggling amid Trump’s immigration crackdown: ‘It was terrifying’

Growing instability in the US is being exacerbated by devastation at home and alleged pressure from employersFarm worker Owen Salmon has picked apples in upstate New York for almost a decade, some 1,500 miles (2,400km) from home. In the midst of harvest season this year, Hurricane Melissa, a record-breaking category 5 hurricane, made landfall in Jamaica.“It was terrifying,” said Salmon, whose wife and two children were at home near Black River, a town on the country’s south-western coast. “For days, I couldn’t hear from them. When I finally did, I heard my roof was completely gone. My wife and kids had to run for their lives, but thank God they’re alive.” Continue reading...

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3 d. ago A hurricane destroyed their homes in Jamaica. Now they face losing the jobs they relied on in the US

Thousands of Jamaican workers who come to the US on an H-2A visa aren’t sure if they’ll be able to return from one year to the nextFarm worker Owen Salmon has picked apples in upstate New York for almost a decade, some 1,500 miles (2,400km) from home. In the midst of harvest season this year, Hurricane Melissa, a record-breaking category 5 hurricane, made landfall in Jamaica.“It was terrifying,” said Salmon, whose wife and two children were at home near Black River, a town on the country’s south-western coast. “For days, I couldn’t hear from them. When I finally did, I heard my roof was completely gone. My wife and kids had to run for their lives, but thank God they’re alive.” Continue reading...

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3 d. ago A hurricane destroyed their homes in Jamaica. Now they fear losing the jobs they rely on in the US

Thousands of Jamaican workers who come to the US on an H-2A visa say they aren’t sure if they’ll be able to return from one year to the nextFarm worker Owen Salmon has picked apples in upstate New York for almost a decade, some 1,500 miles (2,400km) from home. In the midst of harvest season this year, Hurricane Melissa, a record-breaking category 5 hurricane, made landfall in Jamaica.“It was terrifying,” said Salmon, whose wife and two children were at home near Black River, a town on the country’s south-western coast. “For days, I couldn’t hear from them. When I finally did, I heard my roof was completely gone. My wife and kids had to run for their lives, but thank God they’re alive.” Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Revealed: 4,232 more asylum seekers in hotels as visas issued to foreign workers plummet

Net migration has dropped to the lowest annual figure since 2021 but the number of migrants housed in hotels is now at 36,273

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3 w. ago Criminals under 25 to face jail under crackdown plan backed by Scottish Labour

EXCLUSIVE: Scottish Labour will review anti-jail sentencing guidelines if they win in May.

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3 w. ago Any salary sacrifice clampdown ‘would hit pension savers, firms and economy’

Pensions UK and the Federation of Small Businesses have sent a joint letter to Chancellor Rachel Reeves, urging her not to change salary sacrifice.

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3 w. ago Some migrants will have to wait up to 30 years to get settled status under new immigration 'crackdown'

Illegal migrants who bring successful human rights claims to dodge deportation will be forced to wait 30 years to secure permanent leave to stay in Britain.

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4 w. ago Wes Streeting not ‘comfortable’ deporting children under Labour’s migrant crackdown

The health secretary insisted the number of forced removals ‘should be low’ but admitted he was not comfortable with the plan

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4 w. ago Britain’s migration crisis: Is Labour’s crackdown targeting the right people?

As Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood faces a Labour revolt over her planned overhaul of the asylum system, Alex Ross looks at how effective the measures would be

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4 w. ago Warning over ‘dangerous brain drain’ as number of Britons leaving UK revealed

UK net migration reached a new record high, new figures show, as Labour home secretary Shabana Mahmood comes under fire over asylum crackdown

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last month What are the changes in Shabana Mahmood’s asylum crackdown – and how serious is Labour backlash?

Inspired by Denmark’s strict system on asylum seekers, Shabana Mahmood has unveiled her own version to the Commons – but what will it mean, and what has the reaction been to it so far?

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last month Number of Britons leaving UK far higher than previously thought

UK net migration reached a new record high, new figures show, as Labour home secretary Shabana Mahmood comes under fire over asylum crackdown

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last month Farage backs Labour’s asylum crackdown after Mahmood tells Reform leader to ‘sod off’

Reform UK leader also quips that home secretary’s sweeping overhaul of asylum system could have been pitch to be ‘next defector’ to his party

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last month Labour disintegrates on immigration as gleeful Greens surge in the polls and dozens of Starmer's MPs turn on him

Dozens of backbenchers look set to try to block Shabana Mahmood's plans despite her pleading that they are the only way to restore public faith and stop Reform.

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last month Labour eats itself over immigration: 'Dozens' of MPs poised to revolt against asylum crackdown as Shabana Mahmood warns 'broken' system cannot go on

Dozens of backbenchers look set to try to block Shabana Mahmood's plans despite her pleading that they are the only way to restore public faith and stop Reform.

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