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Starmer plans to ‘treat people smugglers like terrorists’ to cut crossings

The Prime Minister wants to apply counter-terrorism approaches to stop people smugglers before they act

Evening Standard · Nov 4, 2024

Channel crossings by migrants in small boats: Key numbers

Vietnamese migrants accounted for the single largest group of arrivals in the first six months of the year.

The Independent UK · Nov 4, 2024

Government will ‘try to make progress as rapidly as possible’ on small boats

Yvette Cooper said that criminal gangs were the target as the border security command is set to see its funding doubled.

Evening Standard · Nov 4, 2024

S&P and Moody’s warn of fresh constraints to public finances after Budget

The ratings agencies were responding to Chancellor Rachel Reeves’s plan to lift borrowing and change the UK’s fiscal rules to allow it.

Evening Standard · Nov 1, 2024

House price growth slows in October after September high

The annual growth rate was 2.4% last month, as market activity ‘remained relatively resilient’, according to Nationwide.

Evening Standard · Nov 1, 2024

Reeves admits NI hike could hit pay rises while markets react to borrowing spree

Chancellor Rachel Reeves insisted she had no alternative but to raise taxes in her first Budget.

Evening Standard · Oct 31, 2024

Government borrowing costs rise further after Budget

UK government bond yields jumped to a one-year high on Thursday after Labour announced a sharp increase in spending in the Budget.

Evening Standard · Oct 31, 2024

Rise in criminals recalled to jail after Tories freed thousands early

More than a third (35%) of prisoners released under the scheme were serving a sentence of six months or less.

Evening Standard · Oct 31, 2024

Spending plans mean £9 billion of cuts after next year, economists warn

Economists have suggested Labour’s longer-term spending plans are ‘extremely challenging’ and do not rule out a return to austerity.

Evening Standard · Oct 31, 2024

Channel crossings: 564 migrants arrive in UK as man dies attempting journey

The latest figures take the total for 2024 so far to more than 30,000.

Evening Standard · Oct 31, 2024