Migrant crisis: Dinghies to UK could be ‘disabled using nets’
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption More migrants successfully crossed the Channel in the first three weeks of September than in the whole of 2019 A plan to use nets to stop dinghies carrying migrants across the English Channel is being considered by the government, it has been reported. Dan O’Mahoney, who leads the Home […]
Coronavirus: Pressure mounts over school meal vouchers in summer
Image copyright Reuters Pressure is mounting on the government to continue its voucher scheme for free school meals to vulnerable children in England over the summer. There is growing unease among some Tory MPs over the refusal to extend the support, as footballer Marcus Rashford continues to campaign on the issue. During a Commons debate […]
Coronavirus: Row over ‘too slow’ care home response
Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionKeir Starmer says the government was “too slow” to protect people in care homes from coronavirus. Boris Johnson is standing by a response at PMQs to the Labour leader, after he was accused of misleading MPs. The row centred over advice on controlling infection in care homes […]