Sir Keir Starmer is to be told to accept more than 70 million migrants by EU leaders in a fresh Brexit betrayal in just a few days' time.
On Monday, the Prime Minister will head to Brussels for talks on a new UK-EU security deal - but as German ambassador Miguel Berger warned GB News last month, the continental bloc is set to issue a major demand of Britain in return.
The EU's top brass are said to be preparing to demand Starmer submits to a youth mobility scheme granting 18-to-30-year-olds from across the 27-member-strong alliance the right to live and work in the UK.
Germany’s ambassador to Britain, Miguel Berger, has vowed that free movement would form "an important element" of any deal, and had explicitly told GB News' Political Editor Christopher Hope that "it will be included".
Downing Street maintains it has "no plans" to open up Britain's borders to the EU - despite Sir Keir Starmer's much-hailed "relations reset" with the bloc.
But Labour minister Nick Thomas-Symonds has refused to rule out such a scheme, telling MPs he was "not going to give a running commentary".
At the same time, Eurostat data from 2020 reveals that there were 73.6 million people aged 15-29 in the EU - more than the entire UK population.
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Richard Tice and Chris Philp have laid into damning new data showing how much money taxpayers have spent on clothes for Channel migrants over the last few years.
Clothes for migrants cost taxpayers £3,733,145 for 2022-23 and the first 10 months of 2024 - sparking fury from the Shadow Home Secretary and Reform UK's deputy leader.
The former, Philp, said: "Illegal immigrants crossing the Channel are disrespecting our laws and should not be getting free clothes and accommodated in hotels - costing billions a year.
"These illegal immigrants do not need to cross the channel. France is safe and has a perfectly good asylum system."
While Tice said: "The taxpayer should not be footing any new clothing bill... If [refugee charity] Care for Calais and other leftie luvvies care so much, they can source clothing from their donations."
READ THE FULL STORY ON THE MIGRANT COSTS HERE
Sir Keir Starmer is set to appoint a diplomat who left sensitive top secret files at a bus stop as Britain's ambassador to Nato.
Angus Lapsley lost a 50-page classified file which held the locations of British special forces in Kabul, Afghanistan, and the Royal Navy's movements in the Russian-occupied Crimean peninsula, in June 2021.
The dossier included one document marked "secret, UK eyes only" and others labelled "official, sensitive".
Despite the error, Lapsley kept his job in the civil service and was later promoted from the Foreign Office to Nato in 2022, where he was made the assistant secretary-general for defence policy and planning.
More recently, he has worked on Britain's crucial strategic defence review.
Lapsley, according to The Times, is set to take over from Sir David Quarrey, who has been the UK's permanent representative to Nato since April 2022, next week.
One senior defence source who worked with Lapsley in the past said: "It is deeply worrying that the Foreign Office and Ministry of Defence don't take security seriously."
He had been tipped for the ambassadorship before the security breach - but defence sources have said that he is now expected to take it up in just days.
But officials have remained coy - a Ministry of Defence spokesman told The Telegraph that Lapsley was still working on the strategic defence review and that there were no plans for that to change.
While a Foreign Office spokesman said: "Ambassador appointments will be confirmed in the usual way."
New Tory peer Toby Young, now Baron Young of Acton, has joined a cross-party drive to protect free speech just 24 hours after taking his seat in the House of Lords.
The Free Speech Union founder was nominated for his peerage by Kemi Badenoch - and was installed in Parliament's upper chamber earlier this week.
A new All-Party Parliamentary Group was set up just yesterday afternoon by ex-Tory chairman Richard Holden to scrutinise Labour policy on free speech grounds - and Lord Young was among the first to join.
Holden told the Express: "It's clear that whether it's on our university campuses, in our civil service, or even in football, free speech is a big target", and has warned that MPs and peers must "come together to defend this most important of values".
READ THE FULL STORY HERE
Shadow Foreign Secretary Priti Patel has labelled this morning's plane crash in Washington DC "devastating" in a heartfelt tribute to its victims.
Writing on social media, Patel said: "Devastating and deeply tragic news this morning from the US.
"My heart goes out to our friends in the US and the people of Kansas and Washington DC at this deeply distressing time, following the terrible accident near Reagan Airport."
Dozens are thought to be dead after the horror crash between a passenger plane and a US Army helicopter - with 64 people aboard the former and three on the latter.
READ THE FULL STORY ON THE WASHINGTON DC PLANE CRASH HERE
Rachel Reeves has slapped down London Mayor Sadiq Khan's environmental objections to a third runway at Heathrow Airport as Labour's fault lines over the expansion grow once again.
Khan, alongside Energy Secretary Ed Miliband, is a vocal opponent of growing Britain's largest airport - and the Chancellor has looked to quell the party's divisions this morning and rally Labour's climate-conscious top brass to her cause.
She said: "I have huge respect for Sadiq, but on this I know that sustainable aviation and economic growth can, and do, go hand-in-hand.
"The way that we fly has changed hugely in recent years, engines have become so much more efficient, reducing carbon emissions and also sustainable aviation fuel is changing the way that we fly with a mandate that came in at the beginning of this year."
Asked whether Energy Secretary Ed Miliband was fully behind the plans, Reeves replied: "Yes, we are all united as a Cabinet backing these plans. We know that we have to grow our economy, we can't keep saying no to big infrastructure projects."
Sir Keir Starmer's Office for Value for Money has "not been involved" in discussions over the reported £9billion fee to hand over the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, Labour has confirmed.
Shadow Defence Secretary James Cartlidge had probed Cabinet counterpart John Healey on whether the MoD had been in talks with the office over how much money British taxpayers would be expected to hand over to lease the strategically vital Diego Garcia military base from Mauritius if the surrender goes through.
Answering on Healey's behalf, Armed Forces Minister Luke Pollard said: "We continue to work closely with HM Treasury on the agreement with Mauritius and will take this forward into the Spending Review.
"The Office for Value for Money has not been involved in these discussions to date.
"Details of the treaty agreed between the UK and Mauritius will come before Parliament for scrutiny in the usual manner following its signature."
Rachel Reeves has now said that she "wasn't aware that previous Chancellors had released their tax return" after yesterday's row over making her HMRC filings public.
She told Times Radio this morning: "I'm very happy to release my tax return in accordance with what's happened in the recent past, and I'll be doing that alongside the Prime Minister in due course."
When probed on whether Kemi Badenoch should follow suit, the Chancellor said: "That's a matter for Kemi Badenoch, but the Prime Minister and I will be releasing ours."
Rachel Reeves has performed a spectacular U-turn just hours after refusing to release her tax return with the public.
The Chancellor had ruled out sharing the details after being quizzed by GB News' Political Editor Christopher Hope at her growth speech in Oxfordshire earlier today.
He asked: "Millions are sending in their tax returns this week to HMRC, you're in charge of it, will you publish your tax return?"
But Reeves quashed his question, saying: "Chancellors and Prime Ministers haven't published their tax returns in the past, and I don't have any plans to do so."
However, a Treasury spokesman has since confirmed the details will soon be made public.
Reeves's decision to U-turn on her tax return comes shortly after it was pointed out that ex-PM Rishi Sunak and former Chancellor Jeremy Hunt both shared information on their tax affairs while holding high office.
But in the face of Reeves eventually opting to release her tax return, Tory leader Kemi Badenoch refused to make the same promise.
READ THE FULL STORY HERE
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On Monday, the Prime Minister will head to Brussels for talks on a new UK-EU security deal - but as German ambassador Miguel Berger warned GB News last month, the continental bloc is set to issue a major demand of Britain in return.
The EU's top brass are said to be preparing to demand Starmer submits to a youth mobility scheme granting 18-to-30-year-olds from across the 27-member-strong alliance the right to live and work in the UK.
Germany’s ambassador to Britain, Miguel Berger, has vowed that free movement would form "an important element" of any deal, and had explicitly told GB News' Political Editor Christopher Hope that "it will be included".
Downing Street maintains it has "no plans" to open up Britain's borders to the EU - despite Sir Keir Starmer's much-hailed "relations reset" with the bloc.
But Labour minister Nick Thomas-Symonds has refused to rule out such a scheme, telling MPs he was "not going to give a running commentary".
At the same time, Eurostat data from 2020 reveals that there were 73.6 million people aged 15-29 in the EU - more than the entire UK population.
FOLLOW BELOW FOR LIVE UPDATES THROUGHOUT THE DAY…
Tice and Philp fume at SEVEN-FIGURE migrant clothing costs - with 'leftie luvvies' told to foot the bill
Richard Tice and Chris Philp have laid into damning new data showing how much money taxpayers have spent on clothes for Channel migrants over the last few years.
Clothes for migrants cost taxpayers £3,733,145 for 2022-23 and the first 10 months of 2024 - sparking fury from the Shadow Home Secretary and Reform UK's deputy leader.
The former, Philp, said: "Illegal immigrants crossing the Channel are disrespecting our laws and should not be getting free clothes and accommodated in hotels - costing billions a year.
"These illegal immigrants do not need to cross the channel. France is safe and has a perfectly good asylum system."
While Tice said: "The taxpayer should not be footing any new clothing bill... If [refugee charity] Care for Calais and other leftie luvvies care so much, they can source clothing from their donations."
READ THE FULL STORY ON THE MIGRANT COSTS HERE
From earlier: Keir Starmer set to appoint bungling diplomat who left top secret files at BUS STOP as Britain's Nato ambassador
Sir Keir Starmer is set to appoint a diplomat who left sensitive top secret files at a bus stop as Britain's ambassador to Nato.
Angus Lapsley lost a 50-page classified file which held the locations of British special forces in Kabul, Afghanistan, and the Royal Navy's movements in the Russian-occupied Crimean peninsula, in June 2021.
The dossier included one document marked "secret, UK eyes only" and others labelled "official, sensitive".
Despite the error, Lapsley kept his job in the civil service and was later promoted from the Foreign Office to Nato in 2022, where he was made the assistant secretary-general for defence policy and planning.
More recently, he has worked on Britain's crucial strategic defence review.
Lapsley, according to The Times, is set to take over from Sir David Quarrey, who has been the UK's permanent representative to Nato since April 2022, next week.
One senior defence source who worked with Lapsley in the past said: "It is deeply worrying that the Foreign Office and Ministry of Defence don't take security seriously."
He had been tipped for the ambassadorship before the security breach - but defence sources have said that he is now expected to take it up in just days.
But officials have remained coy - a Ministry of Defence spokesman told The Telegraph that Lapsley was still working on the strategic defence review and that there were no plans for that to change.
While a Foreign Office spokesman said: "Ambassador appointments will be confirmed in the usual way."
Toby Young spearheads efforts against Starmer's free speech clampdown just 24 hours after entering Parliament
New Tory peer Toby Young, now Baron Young of Acton, has joined a cross-party drive to protect free speech just 24 hours after taking his seat in the House of Lords.
The Free Speech Union founder was nominated for his peerage by Kemi Badenoch - and was installed in Parliament's upper chamber earlier this week.
A new All-Party Parliamentary Group was set up just yesterday afternoon by ex-Tory chairman Richard Holden to scrutinise Labour policy on free speech grounds - and Lord Young was among the first to join.
Holden told the Express: "It's clear that whether it's on our university campuses, in our civil service, or even in football, free speech is a big target", and has warned that MPs and peers must "come together to defend this most important of values".
READ THE FULL STORY HERE
Shadow Foreign Secretary: Washington DC plane crash 'devastating and deeply tragic'
Shadow Foreign Secretary Priti Patel has labelled this morning's plane crash in Washington DC "devastating" in a heartfelt tribute to its victims.
Writing on social media, Patel said: "Devastating and deeply tragic news this morning from the US.
"My heart goes out to our friends in the US and the people of Kansas and Washington DC at this deeply distressing time, following the terrible accident near Reagan Airport."
Dozens are thought to be dead after the horror crash between a passenger plane and a US Army helicopter - with 64 people aboard the former and three on the latter.
READ THE FULL STORY ON THE WASHINGTON DC PLANE CRASH HERE
Reeves slaps down Sadiq Khan as Labour in-fighting grows over Heathrow
Rachel Reeves has slapped down London Mayor Sadiq Khan's environmental objections to a third runway at Heathrow Airport as Labour's fault lines over the expansion grow once again.
Khan, alongside Energy Secretary Ed Miliband, is a vocal opponent of growing Britain's largest airport - and the Chancellor has looked to quell the party's divisions this morning and rally Labour's climate-conscious top brass to her cause.
She said: "I have huge respect for Sadiq, but on this I know that sustainable aviation and economic growth can, and do, go hand-in-hand.
"The way that we fly has changed hugely in recent years, engines have become so much more efficient, reducing carbon emissions and also sustainable aviation fuel is changing the way that we fly with a mandate that came in at the beginning of this year."
Asked whether Energy Secretary Ed Miliband was fully behind the plans, Reeves replied: "Yes, we are all united as a Cabinet backing these plans. We know that we have to grow our economy, we can't keep saying no to big infrastructure projects."
Starmer's 'Office for Value for Money' NOT involved in £9billion Chagos surrender talks
Sir Keir Starmer's Office for Value for Money has "not been involved" in discussions over the reported £9billion fee to hand over the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, Labour has confirmed.
Shadow Defence Secretary James Cartlidge had probed Cabinet counterpart John Healey on whether the MoD had been in talks with the office over how much money British taxpayers would be expected to hand over to lease the strategically vital Diego Garcia military base from Mauritius if the surrender goes through.
Answering on Healey's behalf, Armed Forces Minister Luke Pollard said: "We continue to work closely with HM Treasury on the agreement with Mauritius and will take this forward into the Spending Review.
"The Office for Value for Money has not been involved in these discussions to date.
"Details of the treaty agreed between the UK and Mauritius will come before Parliament for scrutiny in the usual manner following its signature."
Reeves: 'I wasn't aware that previous Chancellors had released their tax return'
Rachel Reeves has now said that she "wasn't aware that previous Chancellors had released their tax return" after yesterday's row over making her HMRC filings public.
She told Times Radio this morning: "I'm very happy to release my tax return in accordance with what's happened in the recent past, and I'll be doing that alongside the Prime Minister in due course."
When probed on whether Kemi Badenoch should follow suit, the Chancellor said: "That's a matter for Kemi Badenoch, but the Prime Minister and I will be releasing ours."
Our top story from yesterday: Reeves WILL publish tax return but Badenoch refuses after GB News question forces Chancellor U-turn
Rachel Reeves has performed a spectacular U-turn just hours after refusing to release her tax return with the public.
The Chancellor had ruled out sharing the details after being quizzed by GB News' Political Editor Christopher Hope at her growth speech in Oxfordshire earlier today.
He asked: "Millions are sending in their tax returns this week to HMRC, you're in charge of it, will you publish your tax return?"
But Reeves quashed his question, saying: "Chancellors and Prime Ministers haven't published their tax returns in the past, and I don't have any plans to do so."
However, a Treasury spokesman has since confirmed the details will soon be made public.
Reeves's decision to U-turn on her tax return comes shortly after it was pointed out that ex-PM Rishi Sunak and former Chancellor Jeremy Hunt both shared information on their tax affairs while holding high office.
But in the face of Reeves eventually opting to release her tax return, Tory leader Kemi Badenoch refused to make the same promise.
READ THE FULL STORY HERE
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