Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said the UK and Austria are deepening co-operation to “end this vile trade” of people smuggling after he discussed the Rwanda policy with Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer in Vienna.



Mr Sunak said...

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said the UK and Austria are deepening co-operation to “end this vile trade” of people smuggling after he discussed the Rwanda policy with Chancellor Karl Nehammer in Vienna.



Mr Sunak said illegal...

Sir Keir Starmer has denied he is scaling back Labour’s ambitions as he launched the party’s doorstep offer to voters ahead of the general election.



The Labour leader unveiled a pledge card with six “first steps” his party...

Paul Kagame is “completely committed” to the Rwanda plan, Rishi Sunak said, amid reports homes marked for migrants in Rwanda had been sold off.



Asked about the sale, the Prime Minister said: “Paul is completely committed to...

Rishi Sunak has insisted Rwanda flights will get off the ground without further delays.



Speaking at a press conference in Downing Street on Monday morning, the Prime Minister said: “Enough is enough. No more prevarication, no...

Full press conference as Prime Minister Rishi Sunak called on MPs and peers to back his Rwanda Bill as he blamed Labour opposition to the plan for the delay.

Rishi Sunak has acknowledged he will miss his self-imposed spring target for getting the Rwanda scheme off the ground but insisted: “We will start the flights and we will stop the boats.”



He blamed Labour opposition to...

Rishi Sunak has acknowledged he will miss his self-imposed spring target for getting the Rwanda scheme off the ground but insisted: “We will start the flights and we will stop the boats.”



The Prime Minister said “enough is...

Rishi Sunak said the Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill sends a “clear message” that illegal migrants will not be able to stay in the UK.



The Prime Minister, addressing the Government’s illegal migration operations...

Rishi Sunak declined to give details on numbers of people likely to leave on flights to Rwanda, but said there will be a “regular rhythm” of “multiple flights a month through the summer and beyond”.



The Prime Minister,...

Rishi Sunak has insisted Rwanda flights will get off the ground without further delays.



Speaking at a press conference in Downing Street on Monday morning, the Prime Minister said: “Enough is enough. No more prevarication, no...

Rishi Sunak said teams across Government “are working flat out to deliver this genuine game changer”.



He told a Downing Street press conference: “The first flight will leave in 10 to 12 weeks. Now of course that is later than...

Rishi Sunak declined to give details on numbers of people likely to leave on flights to Rwanda, but said there will be a “regular rhythm” of “multiple flights a month through the summer and beyond”.



The Prime Minister,...

The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has announced a mentoring programme has expanded to reach more than 70,000 young Londoners and is on track to reach its 100,000 target before the end of 2024.



The mayor also speaks on the...

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer gives a keynote speech marking the four-year anniversary of the 2019 election, at Silverstone Technology Park, near Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire.

Labour's Yvette Cooper comments as migrant Channel crossings top 20,000 for the year so far. Some 300 people made the journey in five boats on Tuesday, according to Government figures, suggesting an average of around 60 people per...

Labour’s shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper said the Prime Minister has “failed to get a grip” on Channel crossings as the total for 2023 passed 20,000.



The provisional total for small boat crossings in 2023 to date is...

In a speech at the defence and security thinktank, the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI), shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper set out a future Labour Government’s vision of future security.



She also took questions on...

Chief Executive of NHS England, Amanda Pritchard, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and National Medical Director of NHS England, Professor Stephen Powis, during a press conference in Downing Street in London, as the NHS and Government launch...

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak gives a speech in Dover on plans to tackle migration.



The Prime Minister said the numbers making the crossing were down by around a fifth since last year and “our plan is starting

to...

Rishi Sunak said that he would “wait to announce” where new barges, set to house asylum seekers, would be located.



He said that the Government does “extensive engagement with local communities in advance of other large sites...

Sadiq Khan and Allen Iverson talk new fund for basketball coaching in London, a joint fund of £1.1 million between the Mayor's Office and the NBA.<b<br/>r/>

Interviews with London Mayor Sadiq Khan and Basketball star Allen Iverson

Sadiq Khan speaks about the Metropolitan Police's summer drive to tackle violent crime in the capital, as the country heads out of lockdown. He also commented on Labour's win in the Batley and Spen by-election.

Mayor of London Sadiq Khan visits one of the MyEnds projects in east London. The project aims to take a neighbourhood and estate-level approach to tackling and reducing violence in the area.