A police and crime commissioner has today urged Priti Patel to scrap plans for an all-graduate policy for police recruiting. Marc Jones, Lincolnshire’s police and crime commissioner, has warned that such a scheme could exclude older recruits – such as those who join from military backgrounds. He also said he had spoken to officers who claimed … Read more
Cabinet ministers rally to defend Boris Johnson over his failure to sack Matt Hancock as Jacob Rees-Mogg says loyalty is the PM’s ‘great strength’ and premiers ‘do better’ if they don’t respond ‘all the time’ to ‘political froth’ Priti Patel denied failing to sack Matt Hancock made Boris Johnson look ‘weak’ She said there had … Read more
Priti Patel today blasted parents who smack their children as she said it is ‘appalling’ and ‘incomprehensible’ after experts called for it to be banned. The Home Secretary said she was ‘categorically’ opposed to physically punishing children and that they ‘need love and they need support’. Ms Patel told Times Radio: ‘I can’t think of anything … Read more
Priti Patel will overhaul Border Force with new supremo in charge of stopping Channel crossings and overhauling ‘broken’ asylum system Home Secretary Priti Patel will unveil proposed new laws next week A new supremo is expected to be appointed to stop illegal Channel crossings Over 200 migrants on 14 boats reached the UK across the Channel … Read more
Priti Patel ‘opens talks with Denmark to open new centre in AFRICA to process asylum seekers who want to come to UK’ Priti Patel is working on legislation which could see migrants processed offshore UK is in talks with Denmark to open immigration processing centre in Rwanda Plans form part of effort by the Home … Read more
Samantha Cameron has revealed her husband David ‘loves employing women because they work harder’. The 49-year-old, who lives with David, 53, and their three children Nancy, 16, Arthur, 14, and Florence, 10, in their £1.5 million home near Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, spoke with the Telegraph’s Claire Cohen on her Imposters podcast. She said she believes … Read more
Priti Patel tells Border Force officers to stop attending ‘unconscious bias’ workshops because they are ‘complete nonsense’ The training is supposed to challenge ways of thinking, such as who gets a job But it has been accused of being political correctness and part of a ‘culture war’ A source said that Priti ‘thinks the whole … Read more
Unite leadership contender Howard Beckett who was suspended by Labour for saying Priti Patel should be deported and said the UK’s defence budget should pay for traveller sites pulls out of race Beckett was in election to succeed Len McCluskey as general secretary of Unite But he has now withdrawn and said he will … Read more
‘When is she going to sort this?’ Boris ‘lashed out at Priti Patel’ over migrant Channel crossings as ministers blame officials for failing to enforce policies Boris Johnson reportedly blasted Priti Patel over migrant Channel crossing surge The premier said to have demanded to know ‘when is she going to sort this out?’ Almost 5,000 … Read more
Two men are charged over ‘grossly offensive’ and ‘racist’ social media video targeting Priti Patel Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) charged two men over ‘racist’ video Jake Henderson, 28, and Robert Cumming, 26, were accused of an offence It follows complaints in relation to a video targeting Home Secretary Priti Patel By Emer Scully For Mailonline … Read more