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Starmer says people-smuggling should be seen as ‘security threat similar to terrorism’

The British prime minister made the comments during his speech at the Interpol general assembly in Glasgow

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Author: Guardian staff reporter

Farmers want to be ‘militant’ in response to IHT raid, NFU warns

Union’s president says something ‘has to change’ after policy announced by Rachel Reeves in Budget last week

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Author: Genevieve Holl-Allen

Investment of £150m to tackle Channel people smuggling

Today, Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced a £75 million funding boost to the UK’s Border Security Command, bringing the total investment over the next two years to £150 million. #INTERPOLGLA

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Author: George Allison

Can Starmer stop the small boats?

Keir Starmer will use his speech at the Interpol General Assembly in Glasgow today to set out Labour’s plans to ‘smash’ the criminal gangs

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Author: James Heale

James Dyson condemns Rachel Reeves’s first Budget as ‘spiteful’

The businessman said the decision to tighten inheritance tax relief on business property is an ‘ignorant swipe at aspiration’

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Author: Millie Cooke

Anger over Badenoch’s ‘insulting’ Partygate claim as shadow cabinet named

New Tory leader makes first appointments as Starmer unveils new funding for Border Security Command

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Author: Tara Cobham

Starmer to give speech about ‘severity’ of illegal migration threat as Badenoch works on shadow cabinet

Starmer to urge world to ‘wake up’ to severity of illegal migration threat at Glasgow’s Interpol meeting

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Author: @AndrewSparrow

South Staffs Water say ‘we’re sorry’ as homes left without water

Breaking as there has been reports of ‘flooding’ due to the burst in Stafford Road

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Author: Kelly Ashmore

Nightclub owner forced to address sick online rumour after ‘severed head’ claims

John ‘Mick’ McWilliams is the owner of Edinburgh’s Liquid Rooms and has been drawn into the online rumours surrounding an horrific incident in the city’s Cowgate on Saturday night

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Author: Ruth Suter

Britain will work with European prosecutors to ‘jail people smuggling gangs’

The prime minister will issue a £75 million package to law enforcement agencies before an Interpol summit in Glasgow this week

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Author: Matt Dathan, Home Affairs Editor

Small boat smugglers to face fast-track justice like rioters

Prime Minister to order Crown Prosecution Service to speed up charges for people smugglers in a £150 million package of measures

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Author: Charles Hymas

Starmer vow to fight ‘vile’ small boats gangs as 32,000 cross Channel this year

Action so far by the new and past governments have shown little sign of success in cutting the number of crossings

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Author: Nicholas Cecil

David Lammy: Slavery reparations not about transfer of cash

Speaking in Nigeria, the UK foreign secretary said he wanted Britain to develop relations with Africa.

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Author: @BBCNews

James Dyson: Chancellor is taking an ‘ignorant swipe at aspiration’

Entrepreneur accuses Rachel Reeves of ‘spiteful’ Budget

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Author: Gwyn Wright

‘Lovely little lass’, 10, mauled to death by XL Bully she boasted about getting

The 10-year-old girl, known only as Savannah, was discovered mauled to death by the family pet XL Bully dog by her mother, who had previously boasted to friends how she was caring for the dog

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Author: Joseph Wilkes

PM announces extra £75m to tackle people smuggling

Sir Keir Starmer wants to reset the UK’s approach to border security, after ditching the Rwanda plan.

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Author: @_JennyMcKiernan

Kemi Badenoch has the makings of an outstanding Conservative leader

Plus: Business blues; farming fiasco; teddy’s travels; British Airways losing its way; and why our roads are verging on an utter mess

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Author: Letters to the Editor

Badenoch set to reveal new Conservative shadow cabinet

Dame Rebecca Harris has already been named as chief whip, but there has been no official announcement of the new Conservative front bench.

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Author: Christopher McKeon

Block of flats burst into flames with cats trapped inside

Around 60 firefighters tackled the flames.

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Author: Danny Rigg

Flat fire in west London kills two cats as 60 firefighters respond to ‘major’ blaze

Around 60 firefighters were called to tackle ‘highly visible’ blaze in west London

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Author: Josh Salisbury

Reeves: We can’t afford to let farmers die tax-free

Chancellor defends inheritance tax raid on million-pound estates despite limited gains for Treasury

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Author: Ben Riley-Smith,Dominic Penna

Royals make millions from NHS, files reveal

King Charles and Prince of Wales receives £50m in revenue a year from leasing out land, investigation finds

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Author: Poppy Wood

Rochdale: Off-duty police officer arrested over ‘life-threatening’ crash

An off-duty Greater Manchester Police officer is arrested after a crash, which left a man injured.