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Meet Antonia Romeo, Keir Starmer’s super-ambitious pick to reboot the British state
2+ hour, 28+ min ago (1775+ words) POLITICO spoke to 30 current and former politicians, political advisers and civil servants who have crossed paths with Britain's new Whitehall boss at all levels. LONDON " "Her office was like something out of Black Mirror," recalls a young official of her…...
UK hits back as Albanian PM slams ‘ethnic stereotyping’
2+ mon, 4+ week ago (396+ words) Edi Rama had lashed out at U.K. Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood after she singled out 700 failed Albanian asylum seekers. LONDON " Albania's leader accused Britain's interior minister of "ethnic stereotyping" after she singled out 700 Albanian families whose asylum claims had failed in…...
Britain’s asylum crackdown shows the hardliners have gone mainstream
3+ mon, 2+ day ago (857+ words) Left-wing Labour MPs are seething at a policy blitz targeting asylum seekers " but it's a fight the British government is willing to have. LONDON " It's a decade since Britain's Labour Party caused uproar simply by printing "controls on immigration" on…...
UK to impose Trump-style migrant visa bans
3+ mon, 2+ day ago (421+ words) People from Angola, Namibia and the Democratic Republic'of the Congo will be barred from Britain if their governments don't improve immigration cooperation. LONDON" The British government will impose visa bans on countries that refuse to take back migrants who enter…...
Inside No. 10 Downing Street, the creaky old house that runs Britain
3+ mon, 5+ day ago (1874+ words) Mice, "nan's bathrooms," carpets duct-taped together " and terrible phone signal. Is there a worse place to run a country from than 10 Downing Street? By DAN BLOOMand PATRICK BAKERin London Illustration by Yusra Na'im for POLITICO The world knows it as…...
PMQs: Starmer tackles fears grooming gangs inquiry falling apart
3+ mon, 4+ week ago (469+ words) The prime minister was asked if the inquiry could be trusted after four victims quit the survivors" panel. Prime minister"s questions: a shouty, jeery, very occasionally useful advert for British politics. Here"s what you need to know from…...
Man sent to France under ‘one in, one out’ scheme returns to UK on small boat
3+ mon, 4+ week ago (465+ words) Man claimed to be a victim of modern slavery from smugglers in northern France and wants to claim asylum in Britain. LONDON" A man sent to France under the "one in, one out" scheme agreed between London and Paris has…...
Keir Starmer to set out plan for millions to require digital ID
4+ mon, 3+ week ago (252+ words) The U.K. prime minister will announce the move in a speech on Friday. LONDON "Keir Starmer will on Friday unveil plans to require people working in Britain to have government-issued digital identification. The U.K. prime minister is expected to announce the move…...
Inside the fight to stop migrants crossing the Channel
5+ mon, 19+ hour ago (282+ words) POLITICO's weekly political series lifts the curtain on how Westminster really works, offering in-depth insight into the political issues which typically only get broad-brush treatment in the wider media. Just this week, Shabana Mahmood, the Home Secretary, has made a…...
First Channel migrant deported under UK’s ‘one in, one out’ deal with France
5+ mon, 1+ day ago (381+ words) One migrant leaves the U.K. after previous efforts at deportations were delayed. LONDON " The first undocumented migrant has been sent from the U.K. to France as part of an asylum deal struck between the two countries. The man, who crossed the English…...