Fast-fashion retailer Boohoo has written to the Government to ask it to do more to stop workers being exploited in UK garment factories – despite investigating allegations of malpractice at its own supplier. The move comes as more than £1 billion was wiped from Boohoo’s share value in two days when an article claimed workers … Read more
Navy tests the use of NETS to snare migrants in the Channel as record numbers cross illegally from France Military ships worked with UK Border Force to try out tactics in May and June Priti Patel revealed the scheme as she blamed Paris for the ongoing crisis More than 2,750 thought to have reached the … Read more
Priti Patel says 50,000 people per day are coming into the UK from abroad – but cannot give an estimate for how many might have coronavirus Priti Patel has revealed 50,000 people per day are now coming into the UK Home Secretary could not give an estimate for how many might have Covid She clashed … Read more
‘Is it huge or is Priti Patel just very small?’: Home Secretary’s GIANT mug causes a stir on Twitter – just days after Rishi Sunak showed off his own £180 ‘smart’ coffee cup Priti Patel was seen drinking out of an enormous mug during a remote hearing Twitter users ridiculed the Home Secretary choice of … Read more
Priti Patel says 50,000 people per day are coming into the UK from abroad – but cannot give an estimate for how many might have coronavirus Priti Patel has revealed 50,000 people per day are now coming into the UK Home Secretary could not give an estimate for how many might have Covid She clashed … Read more
And still they come: Up to 90 more migrants are caught trying to get to UK after Priti Patel told France to crack down on cross-Channel route The migrants were brought into harbour at the Port of Dover in Kent this morning Up to 90 migrants were caught, though the number has not yet been … Read more
Priti Patel today unveiled the UK’s post-Brexit immigration system insisting the ‘brightest and best’ will still be welcome. Under the points-based system coming into effect from January 1, EU nationals will receive more equal treatment with people from the rest of the world – although they will not have to provide fingerprints for visas. In … Read more
Home Secretary Priti Patel will BAN foreign criminals from Britain if they have been jailed for more than a year as she unveils UK’s new points-based immigration system from January 1 Patel is set to reveal details of how UK’s points-based system will operate Criminals who have prison sentences longer than a year could be … Read more
Priti Patel last night told France to start towing boatloads of illegal migrants back to its shores – as numbers crossing the Channel to England surged to near-record levels. Up to 200 migrants were intercepted by Border Force patrols off the British coast yesterday in what is feared to be a new daily record. The … Read more
Thugs who assault police or other emergency service workers should face longer in jail, Priti Patel says today. Writing exclusively for the Daily Mail, the Home Secretary reveals details of plans to double the maximum sentence for criminals convicted of attacking 999 staff. She will today launch a review that recommends increasing the maximum jail … Read more
So much for your great deportation crackdown, Priti Patel! Home Secretary’s promise thrown into doubt by new failures to secure the removal of offenders Priti Patel promised to crack down of foreign criminals dodging deportation The Mail on Sunday can reveal cases that demonstrate the urgent need for the new fast-track deportation legislation promised the … Read more
Home Secretary Priti Patel will tell chief constables to prosecute shoplifters stealing less than £200 after complaints thefts are being ignored by police A study of 3,500 retailers revealed that abuse towards workers had increased There is a feeling that complaints of minor thefts are being ignored by police Some shops have now even resorted … Read more
Next and Asos have dropped Boohoo clothes from their websites as influencers turn their backs and £1billion is wiped off the fast fashion firm’s value in two days over its Leicester lockdown factories scandal. The Health and Safety Executive is probing three Leicester factories over claims staff are being forced to work with inadequate protection … Read more