Ex-Border Force chief says migrants crossing the English Channel are ‘major threat’ to UK borders

Tony Smith CBE, former head of the Border Force, told a committee today that he cannot see an immediate end to the crisis The ex-Border Force chief has today said migrants crossing the English Channel are a ‘major threat’ to UK borders as another boat is picked up today, taking the total number to a … Read more

Boris BACKS DOWN on NHS charge for foreign health workers

Boris Johnson bowed to massive pressure to drop the NHS surcharge for foreign health and care workers tonight.  The PM declared that the levy will be dropped after senior Conservatives complained it was ‘immoral’ and ‘mean-spirited’ that those on the frontline of the coronavirus battle were being forced to pay.  Hassan Akkad, a BAFTA award winning … Read more

Boris BACKS DOWN on NHS charge for foreign health workers

Boris Johnson bowed to massive pressure to drop the NHS surcharge for foreign health and care workers tonight.  The PM declared that the levy will be dropped after senior Conservatives complained it was ‘immoral’ and ‘mean-spirited’ that those on the frontline of the coronavirus battle were being forced to pay.   Mr Johnson insisted yesterday that the … Read more

Nigel Farage says NINE boats carrying migrants are already on the Channel this morning

Nigel Farage has accused France of assisting an ‘invasion’ of migrants across the Channel after its border patrol ships were filmed shadowing dinghies trying to make it to the UK. The Brexit Party leader, 56, said today would be ‘another record day’ for crossings and claimed nine migrant boats are already on the Channel. Border patrols … Read more

Almost 24 MILLION people entered the UK in the first three months of 2020 with no coronavirus checks

Almost 24million people arrived in the UK from abroad in the first three months of this year when there were no checks for coronavirus, damning new figures show today. Some 23.7million ‘passenger arrivals’, including foreign visitors and Britons returning home, were clocked at UK sea and airports between January and March, the Home Office revealed. … Read more

Almost 24 MILLION people entered the UK in the first three months of 2020 with no coronavirus checks

Almost 24million people arrived in the UK from abroad in the first three months of this year when there were no checks for coronavirus, damning new figures show today. Some 23.7million ‘passenger arrivals’, including foreign visitors and Britons returning home, were clocked at UK sea and airports between January and March, the Home Office revealed. … Read more

Nigel Farage says NINE boats carrying migrants are already on the Channel this morning

Nigel Farage has accused France of assisting an ‘invasion’ of migrants across the Channel after its border patrol ships were filmed escorting dinghies into UK waters.   The Brexit Party leader, 56, claimed today would be ‘another record day’ for crossings with nine migrant boats already reported to be on the Channel. A record 531 migrants have made … Read more

Heathrow Airport begins trialling thermal screening temperature checks on passengers

New thermal imaging cameras which can check the temperatures of airline passengers as they enter Britain are today set to be rolled out at the country’s busiest airport, as bosses look at ways to kick-start the travel industry in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak. Heathrow will introduce the tripod mounted cameras in one of … Read more

Exempting foreign NHS workers from surcharge only costs £90m

Boris Johnson’s reasoning for refusing to exempt foreign NHS workers from the healthcare surcharge began unravelling tonight when a top economist slapped down his suggestion it would cost hundreds of millions.  The Prime Minister today hailed the £400 annual fee for migrants as a £900million revenue raiser, as he swatted away calls for the government … Read more