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• Jailed in Suffolk: PC World fraudster and brothers who sold illegal firearms 25 Jan 2020 08:34 PUBLISHED: 08:00 25 January 2020 Sophie Barnett Guzzy Lee and Kevin Lee have been jailed for a combination of 24 years for selling illegal firearms to criminals. Picture: NORFOLK CONSTABULARY NORFOLK CONSTABULARY Convicted fraudster conned PC World out of …
• US Ends Decades of Mismanagement on Energy, Immigration 24 Jan 2020 17:09 As the election year progresses, more attention will be paid to the substantial settling of two of the greatest public-policy failings in the United States since the official end of racial segregation. For more than 70 years the U.S. was a sizeable …
• Five illegal workers found in raid at Birmingham restaurant leads to shutdown 22 Jan 2020 16:49 A city centre restaurant has had its licence to trade revoked after five illegal immigrants were found to be working there - in what one officer said was the 'worst case' he'd seen in 20 years. Tasty Restaurant on Station Street will no longer …
• Suspected illegal immigrants found 22 Jan 2020 16:21 Sue and Jeremy Riches, from Pattingham, had stopped at their son's house in Marlborough, Wiltshire, when they made the discovery. The four Sudanese men have been arrested on suspicion of immigration offences, the Home Office said. The immigrants were …
• Landlords back cards for EU citizens to prove post-Brexit status 22 Jan 2020 12:29 Private landlords have backed calls for the government to issue physical cards to EU citizens to prove they have the right to be in the country post Brexit. The Residential Landlords Association (RLA) has previously cautioned that EU citizens risk …
• Brexit: How Scotland will be in big trouble if EU migrants stop coming – Steve Cardownie 22 Jan 2020 07:00 EU nationals in Scotland play vital roles in many sectors such as care homes, where 68 per cent of nurses come from the European Economic Area, writes Steve Cardownie. As we approach January 31 and our departure from the European Union, it is worth …
• Hubs And Heartlands: The Battlegrounds Of The New Class War 21 Jan 2020 21:17 The following is an excerpt from “The New Class War: Saving Democracy from the Managerial Elite,” out Tuesday from Penguin Books. On a map of the United States color-coded by party, big cities and university towns and a few regions with large immigrant and …
• Reducing Illegal Migration  20 Jan 2020 10:16 Man from the beginning of time has greatly felt the pull to leave his comfort zone to go to where they can more effectively bring home the bacon. The adage ‘It is greener on the other side’ is apt here. There has always been that pull to leave his familiar …
• 6 things we learned during an operation to combat human trafficking in Surrey 20 Jan 2020 08:44 Police forces lined the M25 in a pro-active attempt to combat human trafficking in Surrey. Surrey Police, alongside multiple agencies, joined forces for a day of operational activities - and SurreyLive attended to understand the various methods used. Chief …
• Immigration shake-up as Government plans introduction of points system by end of year 20 Jan 2020 08:24 An Australian style-points-based immigration system should be introduced into the UK by the end of the year. Home Secretary Priti Patel will tell Cabinet colleagues that Britain needs to speed up the introduction of the new migration system to coincide …
• UK-born children of migrants ‘face more prejudice’ than foreign migrants 20 Jan 2020 01:28 Image copyright Getty Images People born in Britain to migrant parents are more likely to feel discriminated against than migrants who are new to the UK, research suggests. Evidence from two 2018 surveys points to ethnicity being at the root of any …
• Five times immigration changed the UK 20 Jan 2020 00:48 Image copyright Getty Images Since the end of World War Two, immigration has transformed the UK. After the war, fewer than one in 25 of the population had been born outside the country; today that figure is closer to one in seven. Many moments have …
• EU Brexit spokesman says Britain assured him about those who do not apply for settled status 17 Jan 2020 18:11 When Guy Verhofstadt, the European Parliament's co-ordinator, hailed a partial climbdown after a meeting with Brexit secretary Stephen Barclay on Thursday, the, hopes were raised of an amicable outcome. Verhofstadt contends that the ability of millions …
• Shocking moment immigrants flee lorry on A38 after crash outside home leaves trail of destruction 17 Jan 2020 11:08 These pictures show the dramatic aftermath of an immigration incident near the M5, which reportedly saw children flee a lorry crash. Photos have emerged of the horrific lorry crash on the A38 on Wednesday evening (January 15). Video has already emerged …
• Kentucky Senate Priorities: Purposeful or Political? 15 Jan 2020 21:15 Kentucky Republicans started the 2020 legislative session last week with a less-combative governor, albeit a Democrat, and under the shadow of a looming budget crisis that threatens services and cities statewide. So, what does the state Senate pick as its …
• How the 2020 candidates should talk about immigration 14 Jan 2020 14:05 In 2016, President TrumpDonald John Trump Democratic challenger on Van Drew's party switch: 'He betrayed our community' Rand Paul pledges to force Hunter Biden vote if GOP backs Dem impeachment witnesses Trump plans to divert .2 billion from …
• UK immigration rules are unworkable, says Law Commission 14 Jan 2020 02:07 Immigration rules are “overly complex and unworkable” according to the Law Commission, which recommends simplifying them in order to save the government £70m over the next decade. The regulations have quadrupled in length since 2010 and are “ …
• Our readers reveal how they'll have their last fling with the EU 06 Jan 2020 09:50 British citizens will no longer be EU citizens from 31 January if the withdrawal agreement Boris Johnson sealed in October is ratified. But Brexit day will not be the full stop on almost three decades in which British people, like their counterparts across …
• Commentary: The 2010s – when tolerance and pluralism came under attack 05 Jan 2020 23:04 SINGAPORE: When I squint back at these last 10 years and think about what it will be remembered for, what comes to mind is the opening lines of W H Auden’s poem September 1, 1939, penned at a dismal time - the German invasion of Poland which marked the …
• Border Force patrols intercepts boat with seven suspected migrants on board 29 Dec 2019 13:22 Border Force patrol intercepts boat with seven suspected migrants on board in the English Channel and brings it into Dover Pictures showed Border Force boat docking in harbour and people disembarking It's the latest migrant landing since Boxing Day, …