UK Politics

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Migrant from Chad is charged over Edinburgh 'stabbing' after two people were injured and schools were put into lockdown​

A spokesperson for the Home Office said: 'This was a shocking incident. Our thoughts are with those injured, and we thank Police Scotland for their swift response.

1. 'We will not allow foreign criminals and illegal migrants to exploit our laws.
2. We are reforming human rights laws and replacing the broken appeals system so we can scale up deportations.

Migrant from Chad is charged over Edinburgh 'stabbing'

A 23-year-old man was arrested on Monday following a stand-off with armed police, who rushed to a tower block in Calder, west Edinburgh, at around 8.30am.

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Labour's 'absurd' plan handing failed asylum seeker families up to £40,000 to leave Britain branded an 'insult' to taxpayers​

Shabana Mahmood has been accused of 'insulting the British taxpayer' after launching a scheme which will hand failed asylum seeker families up to £40,000 to leave Britain.

The Home Office today informed 150 families they are eligible for lump sums of £10,000 a head for up to four people if they agree to go voluntarily.

The Home Secretary's programme could be expanded to thousands more families with no right to be in this country if it proves successful.

The 'eye-watering' pay-outs were immediately branded 'absurd' by critics.

Some suggested the principle of offering five-figure sums to failed asylum seekers could actually encourage more illegal migrants to come to Britain, enticed by the prospect of free money.

Labour's new scheme is significantly more generous than existing cash incentives offered to migrants to leave voluntarily, currently capped at £3,000 a head.

Ms Mahmood has sanctioned the huge pay-outs in a bid to save even larger sums currently being spent on keeping the families in migrant hotels and other types of accommodation at the taxpayers' expense.

Labour scrapped the previous government's Rwanda scheme, which would have seen adult asylum seekers compulsorily sent to east Africa to lodge claims there rather than here.

Failed asylum seeker families offered up to £40,000 to leave Britain

The Home Office today informed 150 failed asylum seeker families they are eligible for lump sums of £10,000 a head for up to four people if they agree to leave Britain voluntarily.

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Moment 'Chinese spies in UK pour water under door of kidnap target in bid to get into her flat while pretending to be "Dave from maintenance"'​

Chinese spies operating in the UK poured water under the door of a kidnap target as they tried persuading her to open the door so they could get into her flat, a trial heard.

The men filmed their operation on bodyworn cameras as one of them pretended to be 'Dave from maintenance', calling out to the woman they believed was inside - and footage has now been shown to jurors at the Old Bailey.

Former Royal Marine Matthew Trickett, could be seen knocking on the door, claiming there had been a water leak and saying: 'Hello, ma'am, ma'am - you need to open up.

'We need to investigate the leak, there's water everywhere. The other residents are complying - can you please open the door?'

In the end they forced their way into the flat in Pontefract, Yorkshire, on the evening of May 1 2024, in the hope of 'taking hold of' their target, the Old Bailey was told.

But UK law enforcement had secretly bugged the 'shadow police operation' to break into young mother Monica Kwong's home on behalf of
China
, a court has heard.

Police then swooped in to arrest 11 people, including British Border Force official Peter Wai, two former Royal Marines, Beijing-based businesswoman Tina Zou and a retired Hong Kong Police superintendent.

Wai, 38, known as Fatboy, and another ex-Hong Kong police superintendent Bill Yuen, 65, are on trial at the Old Bailey accused of charges under the National Security Act.

China spies 'poured water under kidnap target's door to get into flat'

Border Force official Peter Wai, 38, known as Fatboy, and another ex-Hong Kong police superintendent Bill Yuen, 65, have gone on trial at the Old Bailey.

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Patient Anonymous: Ian Huntley has three round-the-clock bedside guards after savage prison attack... if Soham killer survives he'll be sent to a cushy £300,000 a year secure hospital at taxpayers' expense​

-- So in just 4 years a convicted paedophile and murderer will have been handed benefits of £1.2 million. If he survives 10 years he will be handed benefits of £3 million. 20 years, $6 million etc., etc.
Such is the soft UK justice system without a legalised death penalty ❗