3 d. ago Voices: Getting rid of the ECHR won’t stop a single boat of migrants

As New Labour grandees unite with Red Wall Labour MPs to call for the European Court of Human Rights to be reformed – legislation that Nigel Farage wants to scrap – Sean O’Grady says the mainstreaming of the view that it is no longer workable or needed is deeply dishonest

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4 d. ago The government must consider all options for a more forceful approach to migration

Editorial: The proposal to grant a temporary permission to work to asylum seekers from countries where the overwhelming majority of applications for refugee status are normally granted deserves a cautious welcome – not least because it would enable 200 asylum hotels to be closed within a year, and help get the beleaguered system back on track

Politics

5 d. ago Voices: Want to see how quickly Farage’s migrant plan would unravel? Just look at Greece

Several of the draconian schemes that a Reform UK government would implement in Britain have already been tried by Athens – and failed, says Thimios Tzallas

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5 d. ago Nigel Farage’s ‘fag packet’ asylum plans are a golden opportunity for Labour

Editorial: Reform UK’s plan to detain and deport all migrants who arrive in the UK without permission will be popular, but it is unworkable. It will also give the prime minister a winning idea – about how he should now assume a pivotal role in updating international agreements such as the Geneva Conventions for the modern age

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5 d. ago Voices: Finally! Nigel Farage concedes that there’s no easy solution to the migrant question

According to its thin and unconvincing immigration plan, Reform UK expects the British government to pay the Taliban and the Iranian regime to take back its asylum seekers – and yet the party still has no answers for many crucial questions, says John Rentoul

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6 d. ago 'This is an invasion': Nigel Farage warns migrant crisis is a 'threat to public order' as he unveils plan for mass deportations and accuses France and Britain of 'colluding in support of criminals'

The Reform UK leader, in a major speech in Oxfordshire, unveiled his party's 'Operation Restoring Justice' proposals to deal with illegal migration.

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6 d. ago Voices: It’s time for Starmer to expose Farage’s snake oil on immigration

Nigel Farage and Reform UK have gone conveniently silent on Brexit while decrying small boats and asylum seekers – Keir Starmer needs to take significant measures to expose the reality of what they’re selling, while convincing the public that Labour is on course to do better, writes Andrew Grice

Politics

7 d. ago British citizens to be 'prioritised over foreigners' under Nigel Farage's plan to scrap the Human Rights Act to deal with Channel migrant crisis

Nigel Farage is this week set to unveil his proposals for mass deportations of asylum seekers who come to the UK on small boats.

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8 d. ago Nigel Farage must not be allowed to slander Britain as broken

Editorial: The failures of asylum policy do not mean that this country is descending into violent disorder – or that Lucy Connolly is a martyr. Truth, justice and fairness must remain cornerstones for the UK

Politics

8 d. ago Voices: Starmer has to find a workable plan to ‘stop the boats’ or Farage will become prime minister

The only thing that will defeat Reform’s unworkable asylum policy is a workable one, writes John Rentoul. Looking at its numerous holes won’t work when symbolism is its main attraction to so many in Britain

Politics

9 d. ago Nigel Farage pledges £10billion 'mass deportation' plan for five migrant flights out of UK every day if Reform take power

The party leader said the five year plan, called Operation Restoring Justice, would bar small boat migrants from claiming asylum in the UK.

Economics

2 w. ago Voices: You can’t demand seats in the Lords and still be an establishment rebel, Mr Farage

The Reform leader’s only problem with a ‘crony-filled House of Lords’ seems to be that they are not his cronies, says John Rentoul

Politics

3 w. ago Voices: Britain isn’t broken, but people believe it is, and that is a big problem for Keir Starmer

We are safer, richer and healthier than ever before, so why does Britain feel as if it is falling apart?

Politics

3 w. ago Voices: ‘One in, one out’ is a realistic plan to deal with migration – let’s give it a chance

Home secretary Yvette Cooper’s plan to tackle irregular migrants crossing the Channel is only a pilot programme to test the mechanics of a much larger scheme that could, one day, return all small-boat arrivals – and silence Nigel Farage for good, says John Rentoul

Economics

4 w. ago Voices: Will Labour’s new migrant controls stop the boats or encourage Nigel Farage?

As home secretary Yvette Cooper announces £100m to pay for more border officers and new surveillance technology, among a raft of key measures, Sean O'Grady admits that there is no silver bullet to stopping illegal immigration – and that slow, unshowy progress risks playing into Reform UK’s hands

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