peter saull, bbc news. wanted men back into custody after they were found tied up on a bench in a county armagh village. james white and alexis guesto were wanted for offences including a breach of their licences. images shared on social media appear to show them tied up and covered in paint. live now to our correspondent in belfast, john campbell. what is the latest? the police of the protection branch have issued an appealfor information the protection branch have issued an appeal for information about these two men. they have released their pictures and giving details of a car seen pictures and giving details of a car seenin pictures and giving details of a car seen in the south armagh area. this isa seen in the south armagh area. this is a particularly closely knit rural community. police were called there last night and they found these two men tied to the bench, their hands bound with cable ties and paint poured over their heads in what was a p pa re ntly poured over their heads in what was apparently

she has resisted growing calls for her to resign. our political correspondent peter saull reports.y, another government minister leaping to the defence of the embattled home secretary. amber rudd denies reading a memo about the deportations of illegal immigrants. that memo was addressed to the then immigration minister. it was a memo to me. do you remember reading it? yes, i do actually. brandon lewis went on to say that he and amber rudd discussed an ambition rather than a target to increase the numbers. i was working through on a weekly basis to make sure that we were doing everything that we could, working with the police, working with local government, making sure that we were doing all we could to help vulnerable people, to crack down on criminals and to remove more people who were here illegally. yes, i did talk to the home secretary about that and the overall work that we were doing and the overall ambition to see an increase in numbers. last week, amber rudd told a commons committee that there were no targets at the home office. we do not have targets for removals. brandon

peter saull is our political correspondent tell us more about this letter.k it keeps the pressure on the home secretary, she will give a statement to the commons tomorrow, the letter asked a series of questions, specifically about the compensation scheme, how much the windrush migrants might be entitled to, how it would work, how they would get the papers to prove addition citizenship and it calls for all of us to be backed up by legislation. lots of questions for amber rudd to answer when she returns to the commons tomorrow.l lot of calls for her to resign over targets and what she knew or did not know about targets within the home office, what is the latest on that, how much pressure do you think she is under? once again there is another call for her to resign from diane at that he has written a letter to the prime minister calling foran inquiry as letter to the prime minister calling for an inquiry as to whether amber rudd broke the ministerial code. downing street insists there is no need for an inquiry, says she did not mislead the commons, she was not

a little earlier i spoke to our political correspondent peter saull, who has seen the letter and explaineds in it. it accuses the government of making up it accuses the government of making up policy on the hoof when it comes to the aftermath of the windrush scandal. it calls for a lot of the measures that were announced by amber rudd to be back up by legislation. it was a compensation scheme, more detailed to be given on that, and also on how these individuals get hold of the papers that they need to prove their citizenship. amber rudd is on a lot of pressure, also, over claims that she misled parliament by saying that she misled parliament by saying that she was not aware of immigration target at the home office, for deporting illegal immigrants. brandon lewis has been on the andrew marr programme a short while ago on bbc one. he was actually sent that memo. amber rudd was copied into it. she says yes —— he said, yes, it dealt with regional internal immigration targets from a previous year as an aspiration to increase deportations by 10% the following year. the memo did not talk about th

peter saull is our political correspondent. firstly, what is in this letter that has been signed by 200200 largely from opposition parties, the labour party, the snp, the liberal democrats and one tory mp and it accuses the conservatives of making up policy on the hoof, measures announced by amber rudd to be backed by legislation, it once the compensation scheme, more details to 5; given was individuals can get hold of heeee ieeieieuelé eee eee re'e ei the eeeee ieeieieee'e eee eee ee'e ee the they need to eeeee ieeieieee'e eee eee ee'e ee the - they need to prove their the papers they need to prove their citizenship. amber rudd is under a lot of pressure over claims she misled parliament by saying she wasn't aware of immigration targets at the home office for a deporting illegal immigrants. the former immigration minister now currently conservative party chairman brandon lewis has been on the andrew marr programme a short time ago on bbc one and he was sent that memo, it was addressed to him, amber rudd was copied into it and he said i remember that the mob but it dealt with regional i

peter saull is our political correspondent. he's in our london newsroom. good morning, peter. but what does it say? essentially these are 200 mps, mainly labour, accusing the government of making up policy on the hoof, they want some of the measures announced by the home secretary to deal with the wind rushed scandal to be backed by legislation, firstly, more detail on the compensation that will be available and also how they can get the papers that they need desperately so that they can prove their british citizenship. there's been another letter sent to the prime minister about this today from the shadow home secretary diane abbott, who is calling for an investigation into whether amber rudd wrote the ministerial code. the government says they don't believe there is grounds for an investigation over claims that amber rudd misled parliament because she was not aware or rudd misled parliament because she was not aware 01’ she rudd misled parliament because she was not aware or she did not read a memo last year which told of deportation targets. so the windrush scandal which is