The economic and strategic cases for welcoming highly-skilled people to the UK are compelling. It will help defeat Putin’s regime.
“So far, I think the Home Office and the government have got it completely wrong”, the Labour leader tells Sophy Ridge.
The Levelling Up Secretary was setting out how the Government is broadening various pathways into the country.
The department is appallingly bad at giving ministers accurate information about what is happening now.
Reeves, the Shadow Chancellor, sat nodding and smiling beside her Leader, while perhaps contemplating how she could have given the PM a harder time.
People in Britain see the horrendous sufferings of the Ukrainian people and want to help now, not in six months’ time.
Our international obligations do not oblige us to accept people attempting to reach this country from a safe country.
The best solution to the small boats is to expand safe, legal pathways to Britain for asylum seekers.
Hotels are not a place for families to reside long term, especially if people are suffering from trauma or have medical issues or disabilities.
They can’t remain in hotels, but deserve to rebuild their lives, with education and employment prospects. So radical options need to be considered.
It would seem to compound an injustice to invite these Afghans to join the back of the queue for resettlement assistance.
We need a dedicated minister to oversee the effort and to make sure that our policy offers adequate help to persecuted religious minorities.
If you want a circus, send for Pen Farthing. There’s a government to run. Number Ten must get a grip.
If the Foreign Secretary offered a spare room to an Afghan, the rules would prevent the offer from being accepted.
We should remember that compassion is not weakness; Conservatives know that better than most.