having worked in the home office i think the home - attached to it.ing worked in the | home office i think the home office is strong and powerful but there has to be a systemic change. the attached to it. having worked in the home office i think the _ attached to it. having worked in the home office i think the home - attached to it. having worked in the | home office i think the home office is strong and powerful but there has to be a systemic change. the department of health, education and media have a bigger role to play so hopefully there will be a cross—party and cross departmental work on that. find cross-party and cross departmental work on that-— work on that. and how do you think the tory leadership contest - work on that. and how do you thinkl the tory leadership contest is going thus far? they've all agreed on the winter fuel thing, what does that show? ~ ., , winter fuel thing, what does that show? ~ . , ., show? i think that is part of the problem. _ show? i think that is part of the problem, they all _ show? i think that is part of the pr

but but this is a major blunder by the home office. thing i would ever have expected to see. it's not party political in any way. it's got nothing to do with whom the home secretary is, but what on earth they think and to be balanced, jacob, just just i mean, i balance is not impartiality, but i'm not going to bore you with details, but to be balanced. when we had the riots in 2011, we also had a disproportionate and ott response by the government and the court of appeal and after a while pointed that out. it does look to be as though they've largely lost their heads again. but deleting this tweet and restating the principle that everybody is innocent until proven guilty could well redeem the home office from this massive unforced error into which it has blundered . which it has blundered. >> and is there a defence for the home office to say that they haven't mentioned any individual criminal? this is just generically that a thousand people have been arrested. some of them may well be guilty or most certainly are, and that therefore the

and the home office has you use. thuggish organisation that puts out pub talk effectively. and she could have easily stepped in and said quietly to her colleague, to her staff, look, just take that down and reword it. but she hasn't done so. i wonder why, in terms of criticisms of the home office, i'll trade blows with you. >> i think john reid once described the home office as unfit for purpose, and i think under successive governments, that's been the reality for far, far too long. but the first responsibility of government is to maintain law and order. >> no, i'm with you on that. >> no, i'm with you on that. >> i'd lock them all up. you've had a go, daniel. let me finish my point. you know, a couple of weeks ago, we came the closest i've seen to completely losing control of the situation in this country. and if the government, with the police, with the judiciary , hadn't acted judiciary, hadn't acted incredibly swiftly , got people incredibly swiftly, got people into court and started jailing them, i think the si

having worked in the | home office i think the home office is strong and powerful but there has to be contest is going thus far? they've all agreed on the winter fuel thing, what does that show? ~ winter fuel thing, what does that show? ,, ., , ., show? i think that is part of the problem. _ show? i think that is part of the problem, they all _ show? i think that is part of the problem, they all looked like i problem, they all looked like being from the past and saying obvious thinqs— from the past and saying obvious things are nothing fresh. in terms of what may go boom, is the labour party— of what may go boom, is the labour party going to break election promises not to raise certain taxes? if promises not to raise certain taxes? if they— promises not to raise certain taxes? if they do _ promises not to raise certain taxes? if they do that i think that can be very interesting.— if they do that i think that can be very interesting. thank you all for 'oinin: very interesting. thank you all for joining us- _ very interesting. thank you all for joining us- just — very interesting. thank

home office papers, specifically home office papers, to see if we could work out just exactly how muchigures that we have, as you quite rightly say, 6.6 billion, for the current. well, for the year 2324. so just ended in march and goodness knows what it's going to be for this year going forward , but that's a, that's forward, but that's a, that's a quite a staggering amount of, of money. and it shows a almost an exponential growth really over the last few years when we look at, why this has happened, you know, the home office talked about small boats. it's the first thing they mention, is being small boats. and further down the list , just to be fair, down the list, just to be fair, there's also the issue of settlement of afghanis and 1 or 2 others that probably the british public wouldn't object to too much. but the sheer hotel costs are such that the government's own chief independent chief inspector of borders and immigration , borders and immigration, described them as as quite incredible . and he also said, by incredible. and he also said, by the way, that, home office data, is un

and that's wrong. >> okay, okay, so if the home office are standing by this henry, then surely the buck yvette cooper. who's the home secretary who is ultimately responsible for the home office? what's going on here? this is a slippery slope. >> well, is it political? are they trying to send a message here? that absolutely is inappropriate for the very reasons that matthew said , and reasons that matthew said, and the other thing is, look, you know, somebody else might have authorised this is this yvette cooper being unable to deal with her senior civil servants who probably signed off on this, whatever. this is a very bad look for yvette cooper and for the labour government. i guess this is. and it's very easily solved. >> but this goes back, though , >> but this goes back, though, to what we were talking about previously about, you know, the civil service, you know, are they the, the tail wagging the dog, ultimately it should be the home secretary's decision. and, you know , she in my opinion, she you know, she in my opinion, she should apologise and order them to take it down. that w

the guardian reports on the false accounting at the home office.gures from the institute for fiscal studies suggest the budget they set for asylum, border control, visa and passport spending was £110 million — and what they actually spent was £2.6 billion a year. the paper says that is down to a "bad habit of submitting "initial budgets 7 that departments know to be insufficient." labour is using this to argue things are much worse under the bonnet than we were told. but how much of itjustine can be explained by this constant pressure to find savings? you work in the treasury. when i saw these next to each other today... are departments underestimating what they spend, because that is so much easier than cutting or trying to find savings? and how chronic do you think that problem is? the final debate held in parliament before i stood down was on treasury reform. i think the treasury needs reform. i am a qualified accountant and i remember telling the treasury i felt we needed a lot more qualified finance people managing public spending. today's sto

but what the home office, what the home secretary is saying is, "look, we haven't had a new strategyhe new threats are." more now on the diplomatic effort to try to arrange a ceasefire deal in gaza. our state department correspondent tom bateman is travelling with the us secretary of state, antony blinken, and has this update from tel aviv. the air is thick with expectation when it comes to antony blinken. this was referred to as an inflection point referring to what they had to get inflection point referring to what they had to get from inflection point referring to what they had to get from the inflection point referring to what they had to get from the ceasefire deal. some are talking off their hopes that they can get this thing over the line as soon as this time it next week. that may sound extremely optimistic, and what we are perhaps seeing here is antony blinken trying to apply as much diplomatic pressure as possible, starting tomorrow morning with a meeting with prime minister netanyahu. what he will try to urge him to do is drop any final... more concessions from the steel,

they are now recognised by the uk home office as being victims of modern slavery.as nicholson. mr nicholson's company, tn trawlers, paid these men under the minimum wage. the men said they worked without proper food and rest, and injoel quincey�*s case, the company ignored a head injury sustained on board. it took 22 hours forjoe to reach the hospital. tn trawlers under mr nicholson's direction prioritise the catch over their workers' safety. nicholson, seen here arriving for court, was convicted of failing to getjoel adequate care. he was fined for health and safety breaches. joel received compensation. seven years afterjoel�*s accident, yoruk riyanto was working on a vessel. whilst trying to remove a chain that had been stuck on the boat, a report into the death highlights a weak health and safety culture on nicholson's boats. irma doesn't believe he was trafficked and he was never recognised as such. the bbc has identified 35 former tn employees who have been recognised by the home office as being victims of human trafficking or modern slavery. their experiences

. >> and the home office to some extent hasn't wanted to release these statistics.arliamentary questions. it's taken investigation to dig this stuff out. >> but it's quite interesting that detail, because the home office and other departments are actually quite adept, often up blocking parliamentary questions and foi answers. so i'm quite interested in why these have come now. but the stat you mentioned in particular about the assault on police officers is astonishing. and, you know, i think the guy you've just interviewed, the former police officer who pointed to the possible solutions, was was quite right. and the answer most of the public would give is build more prisons and ask yourself whether we are locking up the right people. >> but of course, nigel, the last government attempted to institute a prison building programme. there were half a dozen sites located and the local communities near those sites said, no, not in my backyard. >> that's right. and so one of the things that is going to happen now under labour is, is a reform of planning laws . reform of pl

but what the home office, what the home secretary is saying is, "look, we haven't had a new strategys are." let's return to our top story now — and america's top diplomat, antony blinken, has arrived in israel on his ninth visit to the middle east since the war in gaza began to push once again for a ceasefire and hostage—release deal. president biden said on monday that a gaza cease—fire remained a possibility. i'm joined now by negar mortazavi, who is an editor and host of the iran podcast, and a senior fellow at the centre for international policy based in washington, dc. thank you forjoining us on the programme. so both sides are accusing each other of blocking the deal that's on the table — do you think we are headed for yet another deadlock in these negotiations? i think it's a little early to say, but it sounds like it's going that way. if we look at the pattern of the past round of negotiations, usually it starts with more optimism from the us and the white house, antony blinken — but we've also seen the same pattern, both sides accusing each other. and we've also seen a growi

the home office insists it is creating a new border security command to tackle the problem . e home secretary has problem. the home secretary has announced a new crackdown on extremism, pledging to tackle harmful ideologies and address gapsin harmful ideologies and address gaps in current policies. the home office is launching a rapid sprint to analyse and recommend strategies for countering extremist threats, including rising radicalisation among young people online. that initiative follows violent riots across england in recent weeks after the southport stabbings, with over 460 people so far appearing in court, including more than 70 minors. yvette cooper says the new approach will target a spectrum of extremist ideologies . a don't extremist ideologies. a don't swim alert has been issued for a popular devon seaside town because of a sewage leak. there south west water says it can't keep up with the spill caused by a burst pipe at a nearby pumping station in exmouth. it has apologised and insists engineers are working round the clock to fix the problem . it comes after fix t

the home office is totally broken and in some cases corrupt.e boats from coming. otherwise the situation only gets worse, >> scarlett says that we're not a soft touch. what do you think that to that at home? i suspect that to that at home? i suspect that some of you will have very strong opinions on that. get in touch and tell me. look, are you a smoker? and yes, i know my accent. you probably can't tell if i'm saying smoking or smoking. i'm saying smoking. and if you are a smoker, do you think you should be able to smoke in places like pub gardens, places like that? your thoughts? i'll see in hi there. michelle dewberry with you till 7:00. yusuf and scarlett mccgwire remain alongside me now. are you a smoker? and if so, i don't know. there's a lot going on in this world that might be your kind of brief moment of relaxing at the end of the day, i don't know. but look, we talked a lot about keir starmer, there's rumours abound that he might be coming for your little five minute chill out time, take a listen to what he has had to say on smoking.

it's still going to be funded by the home office. it's still going to be funded by the home office. going to be an obugafion office. it's going to be an obligation on council comes out of a different budget. >> it comes out of the treasury budget. it shifts from the home office and it moves into the treasury budget. and all the treasury budget. and all the treasury then has to do is give extra grants to the councils to fund those people that they would have kept in the hotels in the first place, but instead, now you're pushing it onto the council for two different areas. >> you're talking about reducing costs by. >> yeah, but one is social housing and the other is low cost housing. and we have seen in the north of england, particularly companies coming along to hmos, and those people who are social housing saying we will buy them up for five years from you so that we can house them with those coming in from asylum. all that does now is push up. >> i think that has to be and has to be avoided, which is why there's a priority in it for doing things like unused student halls of residence

for their efforts, and lead nearly 100 people who have moved into the command hq, based at the home office as shadow home secretary james cleverly said last night. six weeks and still no sign of labour's phantom border command or a single gang smashed. so they'd better get a move on, because it appears we struggle to rid ourselves of violent migrants once they do hit our shores. it was also revealed today that the kurdish man seen here trying to kill a london commuter by pushing him onto tube tracks, was in fact a sex crime migrant already facing deportation from britain for a utany deportation from britain for a litany of criminal behaviour. brazier shoes, 24, shoved the stranger onto the tracks as a train approached in february because he thought he gave him a dirty look. yes, that's all it took. he was recently convicted of attempted murder for that behaviour . of attempted murder for that behaviour. but the of attempted murder for that behaviour . but the truth of attempted murder for that behaviour. but the truth is, he shouldn't have even been here in the first place. schorsch had 12

so this this woman, she's the home office. i love the way it's called the home office minister.ike the home office. i like the home office. it's like they. she's working out of her home. she's got a fax machine on top of a file cabinet, and then she can go home from her home office. >> she goes into into the living years here. and lewis is completely grasped. she's just figuring it out. >> he's just going. i understand >> he'sjust going. i understand funny names for these things. >> well, that's true. >> well, that's true. >> so. yeah. and this is being criticised by some of the tory contenders at the moment. so, tom tugendhat has said when gangs of masked men gathered in birmingham brandishing weapons and live on camera, threatened female journalists and attempted to slash the tyres of broadcast vans, jess phillips, a home office minister, chose to justify their behaviour instead of condemning it because these were not far right hooligans, but young muslim men , which is but young muslim men, which is where the two tier suggestion is coming from, along with a whole lot of other

well, we'll hear it from some source, whether it's the home office, whether it's the home office, whethert's the police. i don't know what was interesting and wrong was the levels of speculation. had the levels of speculation. had the bloke arrived on a boat last yean the bloke arrived on a boat last year, was he a muslim activist? that could all have been quelled. >> much was true. >> much was true. >> no. completely untrue, and yet fuelled what happened in southport. absolutely. don't we need the police and the home office and others to give us as much information about people like that as quickly as possible? >> we do, and the police are well aware of that, and they're well aware of that, and they're well aware of that, and they're well aware that the absence of information leaves a vacuum that's filled by, yes, all sorts of speculation. yes. and they try to do that. i was a detective chief inspector investigating murders, and i cameras pointed at me within half an hour. an hour of arriving at the scene on arrival at the scene. same time. what's happening? i don't know, i've just got h

, it does seem that the home office has always been a mess.oesn't do wonders for the image of the home office in the slightest, and you have to wonder, who was it that signed these budgets off in the first place? >> so you have the civil service on the one side, but also which ministers or home secretary actually did sign these budget overspends off because it would have been obvious halfway through a year or even a few months, through a year, that you have this enormous overspend coming up, you would have seen that the budgets that you had set weren't going to be anywhere near good enough, and therefore you needed to amend them. so why wasn't the overspend picked up? was this from the civil service? was this from the civil service? was it from ministers ? and why was it from ministers? and why did the treasury keep signing off? three years worth of dipping into reserve funds? >> i mean, it's clear it's almost as if i set aside £10 for my grocery shop this week, and then it ended up being £1,000, and i and i was shocked by that. i mean, this i

at the time of the incident, who has cctv or doorbell footage to come forward . forward. >> the home office has outlined plans to tackle illegal immigration, including deploying 100 new intelligence officers to target people smuggling gangs. the home secretary has also outlined plans for the next six months to achieve the highest rate of removals. of those who do not have the right to be in the uk, which includes failed asylum seekers. the government says it's also it will also reopen immigration removal centres in hampshire and oxfordshire, which will add 290 beds. but the conservatives have said that labour were not serious about tackling the people smugglers or stopping the boats . and those are the latest boats. and those are the latest gb news headlines. for now. i'm cameron walker. now it's back to patrick for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code, or go to gbnews.com forward slash alerts . gbnews.com forward slash alerts. >> you have been sending foreign aid to parts of the world that are richer than parts of the uk. british

fact that hundreds of employers face hefty fines after at least 75 illegal migrants were held in a home officegy businesses . office blitz on dodgy businesses. so can labour really smash the gangs? well, nigel nelson joins us now to explain what's going on here. now, nigel, this looks like good pr does it not for the labour party, a party that which let's not forget, doesn't exactly have a gleaming track record when it comes to tackling the issue of migration, does it? >> well, and the home office is very keen to get this one out. so they wanted as much publicity as possible. 75 doesn't sound like an awful lot of people, but bearin like an awful lot of people, but bear in mind this was the first week of a crackdown, so that was the haul after the first week, as you've just said, that people will be will businesses will face £45,000 fines for a first offence. it goes up to £60,000 if they do it too often. so it's quite a hefty penalty for the business doing it. the whole intention is this is the starting point for dealing with the gangs, that most of these people are brought over by the gangs.

in any way politically. >> now, anne, you've been as i mentioned before, a senior figure in the home officeom the home secretary now in the days and weeks ahead ? weeks ahead? >> well, i mean, i think we could see some very tough action. and i think we could see the police instructed to take very tough action. and the police are instructed to do that quite regardless of you know, what the politics of the situation are. but i think we should also be saying to the police, you do actually only arrest when somebody has done something wrong. >> most definitely. and the prime minister talked about, you know, with considerable conviction how he's going to speak up for those who feel targeted because of their race or their religion. he's absolutely right about that. but i don't remember such pronouncements during those weekly pro gaza marches in central london and other cities , central london and other cities, in which a lot of anti—jewish rhetoric was shouted with slogans, waved around on placards . placards. >> and remember, also the police were taking an extremely soft line, and they actually s

the home office has outlined plans to tackle illegal immigration, including deploying 100 new intelligence officers to target people smuggling gangs. the home secretary has announced. the new measures to boost britain's security to and target, dismantle and disrupt organised immigration crime networks. yvette cooper has also outlined the government has new plans for the government has new plans for the next six months to achieve the next six months to achieve the highest rate of removals of those who don't have the right to be in the uk, including failed asylum seekers. as part of its plan, the government says it will reopen immigration removal centres in both hampshire and oxfordshire, adding 290 beds. the conservatives have said labour were not serious about tackling the people smugglers or stopping the people smugglers or stopping the boats . official figures show the boats. official figures show the boats. official figures show the rising cost of public services and benefits caused the government borrowing last month to surge on the year before borrowing hit £51 billion last month, aro

in any way politically. >> now, anne, you've been as i mentioned before, a senior figure in the home officeom the home secretary now in the days and weeks ahead ? weeks ahead? >> well, i mean, i think we could see some very tough action. and i think we could see the police instructed to take very tough action. and the police are instructed to do that quite regardless of you know, what the politics of the situation are. but i think we should also be saying to the police, you do actually only arrest when somebody has done something wrong. >> most definitely. and the prime minister talked about, you know, with considerable conviction how he's going to speak up for those who feel targeted because of their race or their religion. he's absolutely right about that. but i don't remember such pronouncements during those weekly pro gaza marches in central london and other cities , central london and other cities, in which a lot of anti—jewish rhetoric was shouted with slogans, waved around on placards . placards. >> and remember, also the police were taking an extremely soft line, and they actually s

that's from the home office.r middlesbrough, andy mcdonald. he described the scenes in his town as rampant chaos. he said it is a really dark day for our town. he said it is a really dark day for ourtown. he he said it is a really dark day for our town. he said those involved in the violence and disorder in middlesbrough today, his words, he said they will bitterly regret the day they thought this was such a good idea, and you can hear how angry he was in response to the scenes in his town today. irate angry he was in response to the scenes in his town today. we must talk about the _ scenes in his town today. we must talk about the policing _ scenes in his town today. we must talk about the policing of - scenes in his town today. we must talk about the policing of this, - scenes in his town today. we must talk about the policing of this, of l talk about the policing of this, of course, because in the uk police forces are organised mostly on county and constabulary lines. that can put a great deal of strain on ind

men who, having worked for tn trawlers or its sister companies, went on to be identified by the home officeere have been no convictions related to trafficking on tn boats, although there have been long running investigations by police scotland and the uk home office. we asked thomas nicholson for a statement about these allegations. tn group responded, saying... tojoel, it offered an apology, saying... it also said that his company has only ever worked with reputable agents. for the specific allegation vishal makes of being placed on the wrong boat with substandard food and no pay, there was no response, so we went to ask him directly i just want to show you some documents, mr nicholson. mr nicholson did not answer our questions, but for vishal and other men in his position, the experience of working for tn trawlers and with the british justice system has left a bitter taste. chris clements, bbc news. the liberal democrats have called for the government to scrap vat it's august and in scotland's capital city, that means only one thing: it's time for edinburgh festival fringe. for the next t

but what the home office, what the home secretary is saying is, "look, we haven't had a new strategy the age of 88. the actor was part of the golden era of french cinema, known for his tough—guy persona on screen in hits including the samurai and borsalino. his family say he died peacefully at home, surrounded by his children and family. president macron has paid tribute — posting on x "alain delon played "legendary roles and made the world dream. "lending his unforgettable face to shake up our lives. "melancholic, popular, secret, he was more than a star: "a french monument. " entertainment reporter and radio times columnist caroline frost told us more about his most defining performances. i guess, off the top of my head, one of the most defining things was the bookends of his relationship with romy schneider, whom he later described as the love of his life — a german actress he met in the late 1950s and co—starred with in a film called christine. she was a bigger star than him at the time, but then in later years, he recruited her back for the film that turned out to be a poignant

she's a home office minister. herjob she's a home office minister. her job is to uphold the law.is to uphold the law. there were violent protests in birmingham that she then sought to excuse on twitter . people had to excuse on twitter. people had masks, people were apparently armed with knives and machetes and she said, well, they only turned up to stop the far right. if that isn't picking sides, what is if keir starmer was serious about dealing with this, he wouldn't have taken seven days to call a cobra meeting. he would have sacked jess phillips and said it is never acceptable for home office ministers to excuse violence and criminality on our streets . and i just think on our streets. and i just think that's why people talk about this two tier policing, because it does feel like there's one rule for one set of individuals and another rule for the others, but you have to see everything in context. >> i do agree that keir starmer wasted too much time, but i can speak from my vantage point that did does everyone expect that ethnic minorities should just sit and wait and hope th

the home office should not be on twitter. like this, let alone putting in jeopardy. the trials, the fair trials of people who are pleading not guilty to these crimes in the future. and that is what they have done. >> yes, adam, a lot of people are saying, i think the labour party have turned out to be far worse than i could ever have anticipated. a lot of people in the comment section, i mean, is that something a sentiment you're hearing? >> i think they're doing a lot of this unpopular stuff early because they've calculated that they might as well do this now, get tax cuts in a couple of years time. >> well, probably happen now with the election. actually let's see, not just me, to be clear. >> yeah, but look, the point is, they know this is not going to go down well, but they have a massive majority. they only won a month ago. they're not going to be punished for it in 4 or 4 and a half years. that's what i guessis and a half years. that's what i guess is majority though on a very slim vulture. >> right. true, true. >> righ

the home office has budgeted £15 million for this.it will end up costing us a heck of a lot more. oh, and if they haven't got their documents, which you know, let's be honest, will help them get new ones , won't we? so i do new ones, won't we? so i do wonder what message does this send out. so if you come to britain legally , legally, you britain legally, legally, you can have a life on the dole. and if you come to britain illegally, you can get everything paid for. and if you decide that you want to leave because it's not quite worked out for you, then we'll pay for that as well. well, i mean, i can't wait for labour to tell us about that economic black hole again. let's get the thoughts of my panel this evening. i am, of course, joined by the bbc and itv political top dog, john sergeant , businesswoman, joana sergeant, businesswoman, joana jaflue sergeant, businesswoman, joana jarjue and political commentator alex armstrong. john, should we pay alex armstrong. john, should we pay illegal migrants to leave? >> yeah, if you can. if you

home office. -- ih hg. that's all we know at this present time.— know at this present time.resent time. we've been following that _ know at this present time. we've been following that since - know at this present time. we've been following that since we've l know at this present time. we've - been following that since we've been on air in the last couple of hours. as we said, we have managed to verify that this video has been shot this evening in tamworth. it's very recent. we turn our attention to middlesborough. we recent. we turn our attention to middlesborough.— recent. we turn our attention to middlesboranh. ~ . . , . middlesborough. we have an update, olice have middlesborough. we have an update, police have confirmed _ middlesborough. we have an update, police have confirmed that _ middlesborough. we have an update, police have confirmed that 35 - middlesborough. we have an update, police have confirmed that 35 people | police have confirmed that 35 people have been arrested today. but in total over this weekend they've arrested 55 people in relation to violent acts

road area at the time of the incident, who has cctv or doorbell footage to come forward. >> the home officeas outlined plans to tackle illegal immigration, including deploying 100 new intelligence officers to target people smuggling gangs. the home secretary has also outlined plans for the next six months to achieve the highest rate of removals. of those who do not have the right to be in the uk, including failed asylum seekers. the government says it's also reopening immigration removal centres in hampshire and oxfordshire, adding 290 beds. but the conservatives have said that labour were not serious about tackling the people smugglers or stopping the boats . smugglers or stopping the boats. well, those are the latest gb news headlines for now. i'm cameron walker. now it's back to jacob for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code, or go to gbnews.com forward slash alerts . gbnews.com forward slash alerts. >> welcome back to state of the nafion >> welcome back to state of the nation . it is with deep sadness nation. it is with deep sa

yeah. >> joining us now is the former home office minister, norman bakeh home office minister, normanmessaged in actually saying that hong kong have been tackling this issue. so it isn't just isolated to the united kingdom. right? there is a problem with these apps potentially being abused . potentially being abused. >> well, look, i mean, you've got a kind of grey economy here where people can work as kind of effectively self—employed, but also they should be properly registered on the books. and it suits some of these people very well. these companies, i mean, to not pay too much attention to where people have come from to keep their wages down and say nothing about it. so the responsibility of primary responsibility, in my view, is with those who are employing these people, they should make sure, first of all, people who are employed are legally able to work. and secondly , that they work. and secondly, that they they pay their taxes and national insurance and everything else. and but thirdly, also, which hasn't been done to make sure that those who are properly employed have prope

the home office has been accused of �*woeful budgeting' for repeated overspending on asylum support.udies, who said the department spent £7.6bn more than forecast over the last three years. a home office spokesperson said it is determined to operate the asylum system "swiftly, fairly, and in the interest of taxpayers." the last few days, we've been covering the ongoing legal issues for the founder and ceo of the messaging app telegram in france. well he's now been charged as part of an investigation into organised crime. the russian—born billionaire was released on bail set at five—and—a half—million dollars, and is not allowed to leave french territory. he faces multiple charges including failing to curb extremist and illegal content on the app, and being complicit in the distribution of child pornography. his lawyer has described the allegations as "absurd" and says telegram fully complies with european digital regulations. bbc�*s pierre antoine—denis has more. in france, being placed underformal investigation does not imply guilt, but does suggest that there is enough evidence for

now, the home office put this tweet out which said criminals.uming the 1000 people that's been arrested are already criminals, which is why i sent this letter to yvette cooper. now, bear in mind, this twitter platform x platform, if you like, this is the home office. this is not some angry politician at 11:30 at night, who's probably been on the bottle and decided to create something out and then regretted it the day after. this is the home office, and i think it's an absolute scandal . absolute scandal. >> you said here, innocent until proven guilty that tweets on the screen. >> now it appears not since the labour party took charge. check this tweet out from the home office sent out last week, which in my opinion is disgraceful. >> now they also sent a letter. i think we've got a picture of that. we can pop on the screen. lee and you've said here in that letter you think this could be a possible contempt of court issue. >> strong words. lee, tell us more. >> well, you know this. you know this march. you know, if you talk about a live court case

. ichi questions to the home office.e distinction between peaceful protests and what we have seen in too many places today. rioting, violence. there have, though, been some demonstrations which have been peaceful. some demonstrations which have been eaceful. , ., , ., peaceful. yes, there was a demonstration _ peaceful. yes, there was a demonstration earlier - peaceful. yes, there was a l demonstration earlier today peaceful. yes, there was a - demonstration earlier today in order shot, or people who were anti—immigration held placards and basically allowed their voices to be heard. there was no violence, there was no disruption, and they have peacefully dispersed. so there have been peaceful demonstrations around the uk. in fact, a been peaceful demonstrations around the uk. infact, a number of been peaceful demonstrations around the uk. in fact, a number of today's demonstrations of which turned violent, started off peaceful, but unfortunately they turned violent. the message that the prime minister, the crown prosecut

the home office and home office officials did not release that kind of information to ministers until or they've sneaked it out through the back door as they tried to do at that committee. and, you know, good on me for holding them to account and making sure that they repeated the point, because they repeated the point, because the committee weren't aware of that number of hotel rooms at the expense of the uk taxpayer thatis the expense of the uk taxpayer that is being held for migrants. okay, scarlett, let's take a look at this story in the telegraph, shall we? >> this £99 brick phone. so it's the old nokias, isn't it? it's the old nokias, isn't it? it's the old. >> well, yeah. and they're trying to make them. this is a this is their barbie phones. right. so this is, is, is to do with and it's to try and make phones that don't have the internet that are not smart phones, trendy for children so that children can, can, can have a phone . that means that their a phone. that means that their parents can phone them. they can phone their parents, they can text, but they're not going on to

home office figures today illustrate the challenge of reducing what it calls "irregular migration".e election. we know that in the year tojune, there were 38,784 irregular arrivals — 81% of them, people coming in small boats. now, that's actually down by a quarter, 26% fewer people than in the previous 12 months. but with improvements in the weather over recent weeks, there's been a notable rise again in channel crossings. my country! let's have it! recent rioting — much of it, stoked by the far right — showed what an incendiary issue immigration has become for parts of the electorate. and the new government faces the same challenges as the previous one when it comes to controlling our borders and stopping the boats. labour have now removed the partnership with rwanda and, in doing so, removed the deterrent. they are sending all the wrong signals to the people smugglers. and sadly, we are seeing those arrival numbers going back up again. and worse still, we are seeing multiple fatalities in the channel. thank you. where have you just come in from? er, i came from greece. small boat

used by the home office to house asylum seekers awaiting results of asylum applications.at this partnership between the mod and homes england quietly ended. in march of this year the mod looked at the surplus land they had and looked at what land could be used for housing and they identified the land available could be used for up to 35,000 houses, even more than the first scheme, but as we understand it, none of the land has yet been released or sold. i understand a lottie's long term and have developed it could be quite some years before it happens —— understand a lot is long term. labour have that housing is a key priority for them and it was a key pillar of the election campaign. that is right. as he said, this happened under the previous government but the reason it is so interesting now is because this is all against a backdrop of labour making house building such a big pledge. the deputy prime minister angela rayner also serves as housing secretary, she said yesterday there have been failures in the development system preventing house—building. she was not talking