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Sunak under pressure to curb legal migration
Rishi Sunak is on the defensive over legal migration. After figures late last week revealed net migration hit a record 750,000 in the year to December 2022, the Prime Minister is under pressure from …
Published on 2 years ago
Should Sunak reduce immigration?
Figures out this week put net migration at 672,000 in the year to June 2023. Should the government cut the number of work visas, to immediately reduce this figure, or should it accept that high level…
Published on 2 years ago
What happened in Dublin?
There were riots in Dublin last night. Looters smashed shops, and burnt police cars in a night of unrest in the capital of Ireland. What provoked the angry crowd, and should the police have done a be…
Published on 2 years, 1 month ago
Have we seen peak migration?
After much Whitehall spin, the official figures are now in. Net migration in the year to June hit 672,000, down from 745,000 in 2022. A total of 1.2 million people arrived to live in the UK, whilst 5…
Published on 2 years, 1 month ago
The truth about Hunt’s ‘tax cutting’ Autumn Statement
The Chancellor today delivered his fiscal update, branding it as an ‘Autumn Statement for Growth’. In it, he announced a series of tax cuts for both businesses and workers including the decision to m…
Published on 2 years, 1 month ago
Did Covid expose a 'failure of imagination'?
This week it is the scientists’ turn to appear before the Covid Inquiry with Sir Chris Whitty, the Chief Medical Officer and Sir Patrick Vallance. James Heale speaks to Fraser Nelson and The Spectato…
Published on 2 years, 1 month ago
Why has Rishi Sunak made five more pledges?
James Heale, Katy Balls and Fraser Nelson look ahead to the Autumn Statement this week. Will Rishi Sunak commit to cutting taxes? And with barely a year to go before the election, would implementing …
Published on 2 years, 1 month ago
Katy Balls' Sunday Roundup - 19/11/2023
Katy Balls presents highlights from this week's political shows.
It's an economy special, as Jeremy Hunt prepares to deliver his autumn statement next week. With tax at an all time high, which tax …
Published on 2 years, 1 month ago
What will fix Britain’s prisons?
HMP Bedford was issued with an urgent notification yesterday, meaning it must immediately make reforms to improve. It’s the fifth prison to receive such a notification this year. What’s going wrong i…
Published on 2 years, 1 month ago
Can Sunak shift the dial?
The chancellor Jeremy Hunt will deliver his autumn statement next week and Rishi Sunak will be hoping to stamp his authority onto a fracturing party after a difficult few days. There are lots of rumo…
Published on 2 years, 1 month ago