47 h. ago Keir Starmer in new asylum crackdown as he takes on ‘Farage boats’

PM will stop migrants having automatic rights to bring family members to Britain as he ramps up bid to counter threat from Reform over immigration

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55 h. ago Sir Keir Starmer blames Brexit for migrant crisis and rebrands crossings 'Farage boats'

Sir Keir Starmer said that before Britain left Brussels, returns agreements with the EU would enable illegal migrants to be sent packing as he lays blame for migrant crossings

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57 h. ago Why Starmer has strayed into wild fantasy with claim that migrant boats are Farage's fault, by DAVID BARRETT

The Prime Minister's claim that Channel migrants come to Britain aboard 'Farage boats' and cannot be removed from this country due to Brexit is preposterous and simply not grounded in fact.

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57 h. ago POLL OF THE DAY: Starmer blames Brexit for 'Farage boats' crossing the Channel. Is he right?

Sir Keir Starmer stepped up his war on Reform UK today by blaming Brexit for the English Channel migrant crisis and dubbing the small boats 'Farage boats'.

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59 h. ago Starmer pledges rethink on international law to stop ‘Farage boats’

The Prime Minister blamed Brexit for making it harder to remove migrants who crossed the Channel in small boats.

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60 h. ago Now Keir Starmer blames BREXIT for Channel crisis and calls dinghies carrying migrants the 'Farage boats' but is forced to clarify that the Reform leader isn't 'personally racist'

Keir Starmer described Nigel Farage as 'formidable' amid a backlash at the aggressive stance in his address to the party faithful.

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60 h. ago PM brands Channel crossings ‘Farage boats’ because Brexit has hampered returns – UK politics live

PM also says he does not believe Nigel Farage or Reform voters are racistHelena Horton is a Guardian environment reporter.Ed Miliband is due to take to the stage to deliver his speech today, and he is set to announce a “total ban” on fracking.I am about to announce something you have been calling for and campaigning on, which is to ban fracking for good. You called for it, I’m going to do it, thank you for your campaigning.What an amazing result for our environment, our local communities, and the thousands of committed people and groups right across the country who’ve spent years fighting for fracking to be banned for good – including the many who signed 38 Degrees supporter Geoff’s recent petition. Not long ago, it felt like fracking might make a comeback, with Reform UK pushing to put it back on the agenda. But thousands of us stood up, demanded a permanent ban, and made our voices impossible to ignore. Continue reading...

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61 h. ago Keir Starmer brands small boats 'Farage boats' in latest scathing attack on Reform

Keir Starmer has lashed out at Nigel Farage, branding small boats crossing the Channel as 'Brexit boats' and saying the Reform leader was wrong to say leaving the EU would not affect migration

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2 w. ago Major report names Labour's 'best shot' at taking on Nigel Farage over small boats

A study by think-tank British Future called on Keir Starmer to pledge to cut small boat crossings by 75% in three years by adopting a 'bold' new strategy with France

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3 w. ago Farage confirms he wants to deport female asylum seekers back to the Taliban in Afghanistan

Farage also backtracked on a promise to stop small boat arrivals within two weeks of gaining power

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3 w. ago Farage ends conference with unity plea after rowing back on small boats pledge

The Birmingham conference was bigger than previous years.

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3 w. ago Farage rows back on pledge to stop small boats within fortnight of election win

The Reform leader says legislation would need to be passed ‘as quickly as humanely possible’ and arrivals would stop two weeks afterwards.

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3 w. ago Nigel Farage says Reform WILL deport Afghan women back to the Taliban if they arrive in Britain via small boats

The Reform UK leader has promised to deport 600,000 migrants over five years if his party wins power at the next general election.

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last month Nigel Farage blamed for small boats crisis after end of 'returns' deal for asylum seekers

EXCLUSIVE: The SNP say the Reform UK must own a rise in illegal immigration after the “Dublin Regulation” ended.

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