David Barrett
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Home Affairs Editor, Daily Mail https://t.co/IyKGt1X8Fi Views are my own.
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Joined October 2007
Latest: 1,075 small boat migrants arrived yesterday. Report here…
dailymail.co.uk
There were 1,075 arrivals in a 24-hour period, the Home Office said. It brings the total since the start of the year to 35,476, up a third on the same period last year.
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Court backlog figures, just published, show it’s hit a massive new high. Crown court has 78,329 cases awaiting trial (up more than 7,000 since Labour came to power), and magistrates’ courts push past Covid peak for first time, to 361,000. Total backlog 439,356 in Eng & Wales
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Deporting a ‘growing backlog’ of foreign criminals will ‘take decades' for some nationalities at current rates, a new analysis shows. Full story here…
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A wide range of convicted criminals - particularly those from African, Middle Eastern and Caribbean nations - are being removed from Britain at a glacial pace.
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UK Border Force officers could’ve been hit with a massive compensation bill when they decided to cut open several generators which arrived at London Gateway port from South America. That is, if it had been a genuine shipment… Full story here!
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Using their 'experience and nous' to suss out dodgy shipments, Border Force officials used an angle grinder to cut two generators - worth £700,000 - into pieces.
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In its rush to blame the deepening Channel crisis on the weather, the Government has perhaps overlooked how its latest figures on small boats appear to indicate the Rwanda scheme had a marked impact. Shows lower arrivals even on calm days in the Channel…
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Official figures show migrant arrivals were far lower when Conservative ministers were poised to finally launch Rwanda removals flights last year.
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The potential impact of Labour’s soft-justice masterplan: up to 43,000 criminals a year who are currently handed jail sentences could instead walk free from court with a ‘slap on the wrist’. Story here:
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A new sentencing review already been accepted 'in principle' by Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood could see tens of thousands of offenders avoid jail each year, official data shows.
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‘This data may have included contact details and addresses of applicants, their dates of birth, national ID numbers, criminal history, employment status and financial data such as contribution amounts, debts and payments.’
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‘We believe the group has accessed and downloaded a significant amount of personal data from those who applied for legal aid through our digital service since 2010.’
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BREAKING: Legal Aid Agency has been targeted by a cyber attack which led to applicants’ data being compromised, spokesman says
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Foreign criminals should be deported immediately after conviction or after serving a fraction of their jail sentence, says Labour review
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An existing 'early removal scheme' which allows foreign offenders to be deported after serving 50 per cent of their sentence should be brought forward to the 30 per cent point, an official report...
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Assisted dying laws to save the NHS up to £60million a year, with an estimated 12 people a day ultimately taking their own lives under the new measures, official documents show https://t.co/jbgIvuyHHd via @MailOnline
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Legalising assisted dying would save the taxpayer £10million in NHS costs in its first year, rising to £60million after a decade, according to grim new estimates published by the government.
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Illegal migrants could remain indefinitely under new sentencing plan, @RobertJenrick warns https://t.co/6rEyaR6wTt via @MailOnline
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The Sentencing Council - already embroiled in a political storm over its 'two-tier justice' measures - plans to slash the maximum jail terms for a range of immigration crimes
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More than 150,000 migrants have reached Britain since the start of the Channel small boat crisis after a further 407 arrivals on Boxing Day, latest data from the Home Office shows. That’s 35,898 arrivals since the start of this year, including 22,324 since the general election
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Man charged with committing a sexual assault just ONE HOUR after being freed from jail under Labour’s early release scheme
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The 31-year-old repeat offender allegedly assaulted a female prison worker while he was being given a lift to a railway station.
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Number of Channel small boat migrants to have reached Britain since Labour came to power hits 5,000, after 107 arrivals yesterday. Brings the total since the start of the year to 18,574.
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Follows this Daily Mail exclusive last month which first revealed how passengers aboard general aviation flights are not being checked in person by Border Force.
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‘This is shocking and something is clearly very wrong,’ Neal says in his report.
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Report by sacked borders watchdog David Neal released - reveals ‘shocking’ security failures in airport security. But key facts are redacted by the Home Office…
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Here’s the data from Home Office’s publication Crime Outcomes in England and Wales, year ending June 2023
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