Number of people crossing Channel on small boats since Labour took office likely to pass 50,000 as Keir Starmer comes under pressure – UK politics live

Prime minister announced ‘one in, one out’ returns deal with France last month but faces attacks from Reform UK and Conservatives over migrationSeveral assertions made by senior politicians about immigration have been disputed or debunked in recent days and weeks. My colleagues Eleni Courea, Adam Bychawski and Jessica Elgot have debunked a few of them in this explainer. Here is one example:Conservative Robert Jenrick, the shadow justice secretary, said on Radio 4’s Today programme last Monday that 40% of sexual crimes in London last year were committed by foreign nationals.The claim was sourced from the Centre for Migration Control (CMC), a thinktank and blog that describes its purpose as “controlling and reducing migration to Britain”. It is run by the Reform UK activist Robert Bates …No I don’t think they’re right to single those people out. They’re a problem for all the reasons that we’ve talked about. But I think that there are unfortunately … too many largely men who are responsible for violence against women, of all types.That’s why we need to take the sort of action that this government is taking, and that’s why I hope Reform will change their position and support us in the tough legislation that we’re bringing forward to tackle that violence. Continue reading...

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