17+ hour, 7+ min ago  (643+ words) Shabana Mahmood made an impressive start as Home Secretary. Within her first 100 days, she had set out a tough" Angela Rayner's warning to Shabana Mahmood over migrant crackdown Shabana Mahmood made an impressive start as Home Secretary. Within her first…...

1+ week, 22+ hour ago  (268+ words) Max Jeffery and Michael Gove He also saw what Britain could lose. "I think there is a complacency in the UK. We take things for granted. I like to quote Kipling on this: "What should they know of England who…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago  (456+ words) As of Monday, migrants arriving in Britain no longer have the right to claim permanent asylum. Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood has changed the rules so that now migrants will be eligible only for temporary refugee status. Asylum seekers" applications will…...

1+ mon, 10+ hour ago  (245+ words) Steerpike is The Spectator's gossip columnist, serving up the latest tittle tattle from London and beyond. Email tips to [email protected]. Antonia Romeo is the new cabinet secretary We have a new cabinet secretary! After a shambolic week in which Downing…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (633+ words) The new policy is meant to align with the government's much-ballyhooed seamless digital border system. In New Zealand, where I live, the announcement has also aligned with sleepless nights for at least some of the 200,000 people here who fall into…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (647+ words) Forgetting was the best defence for the Kindertransport refugees'The Spectator Australia Forgetting was the best defence for the Kindertransport refugees Alfred and Doris Moritz remained largely silent about their persecution in Nazi Germany, having tried their best to erase the…...

3+ mon, 4+ day ago  (803+ words) Isabel Hardman is assistant editor of The Spectator and edits the Coffee House blog. She also presents Radio 4s Week in Westminster. Where is the violence against women and girls strategy? There was a revealing moment in todays Liaison Committee session…...

3+ mon, 2+ week ago  (762+ words) Should cops spy on kids? The revelation that police are including surveillance of young people in their expanding use of" Should the police use facial recognition on children? Should cops spy on kids? The revelation that police are including surveillance…...

3+ mon, 2+ week ago  (204+ words) Britain has long been one of the most surveilled democracies in the world. But under Starmer's government, things are about to take a more sinister turn. It seems we are all going to be watched by facial recognition cameras as…...

4+ mon, 1+ week ago  (410+ words) After a period of inclement weather grounded the small boats, more stable conditions at the end of last week led to a surge in crossings: 621 migrants reached England on Thursday, 648 on Friday and 503 on Saturday. The total number of migrants…...