“Fundamental questions remain” over the government’s plan to draft the military in to curb the rise in Channel crossings – a decision that appears to have been “borne of desperation”, cross-party MPs have warned.
A report by the Defence Committee lambasts the Home Office and the Ministry of Defence (MoD) for “squabbling” over the use of “pushbacks tactic” to deal with small boats trying to reach England from France, calling exchanges in the Commons and on Twitter "deeply unedifying".
